Back to Work

I’m officially going back to work on June 7th. It’s hard to believe 3 months have already gone by. I’m only going back part time (if you can call 10 hours a week part time) and luck for me, my hours will be super flexible. I will be able to do most of the work at home in between playing with Aedan. I will have weekly office meetings with the lady that owns the company, but they will be at her house and since she has a baby just 4 weeks younger that Aedan, I will be able to bring him with me.

I will have team meetings and/or school and therapy observations each week so I needed to find a flexible place for Aedan to stay a few hours a week. Jon’s sister-in-law recommended the lady that they have been taking our nephew, Cooper, to for the last 4 years. They had nothing but wonderful things to say about her. I meet with her this morning and it looks like everything is going to work out. She can be flexible with the days and times that Aedan will come and she is comfortable taking care of a baby his age. It looks like for the summer she will be watching him two days a week for about 3 hours at a time. It doesn’t seem like much, but I know it is going to be hard for me to drop him off the first few times. Hopefully he is not a grumpy baby the whole time he is with her. :)

-Lauren-

Aedan and Daddy’s Day Out

Today I had a lunch meeting for work (more on that later) and since Jon was in town he volunteered to watch Aedan. He decided to take Aedan out for the first time without me. Jon has taken care of Aedan tons of times but they usually just stay home. Today he took him out to the Greenbelt for a hike and then out to lunch with some good friends. Here are a few of the pictures he sent me while they were out.

Thatcher (Aedan’s future best friend) and Aedan tired from the hike.

Aedan happy and having fun

And not so happy :)

I think they had a fun day together!

-Lauren-

Aedan’s First Weekend Away

We had a good weekend visiting my family in Plano. We were able to fit everything in our new car perfectly. Aedan did fairly well on the drive up and the drive back. He cried for a little while before he feel asleep each way, but since he hates his carseat I was worried he would cry much more than he did. I seriously thought about bringing earplugs for Jon and I. :)

He was a little more cranky than usual over the weekend. I think it was because his naps have been (and still are) out of whack. He slept well at night despite being in a new place. In fact my parent’s babysat Friday night, after Aedan went to sleep, so Jon and I could go out and they didn’t hear a peep from him. Jon and I went on a double date with my good friend Amanda and her boyfriend Chris. They took us to a yogurt bar called Yogilicious. It was yummy and fun. In fact I would love some frozen yogurt right now.

On Saturday we hung around my parent’s house. Aedan got to meet a few of my mom’s friends and take a few walks to the park near their house. I can’t wait until he is old enough to play at the park.

We left Sunday morning and as soon as we got home Aedan was all smiles. My mom had tried to get him to smile ALL weekend, but the only time he would smile was in the early morning when I would get him up or when he was with Jon or my sister upstairs. I think he was a little overwhelmed being in a new place. Plus my parent’s have a lab and Hiro LOVES it there, so he was more hyper and made the house louder than Aedan is used to. Hopefully next time we go up there, Aedan will be his normal self (even though that still means being grumpy for part of the day…I think he gets it from his daddy).

Aedan did love to look at my sister. I took him into her room Saturday morning to wake her up and he just lay there staring and chuckling at her. Then throughout the day he would just stare and smile at her. Too cute!

Speaking of being grumpy, Aedan’s nap problems have not gotten better. He is still doing wonderful at night (8/8:30pm to 6/6:30am every night straight) and I am so thankful. But he used to take great naps as well. Now he wakes up 45 min into his naps and will only go back to sleep if I put him in his swing. I have tried just about everything (feeding him – he is not hungry, rocking him back to sleep – as soon as I lay him back down his eyes pop open and he is wide awake, putting him down earlier and later for naps…). I’m pretty sure he is having trouble transitioning to a new sleep cycle since it is every 45 min like clock work. Basically I have been putting him in his swing and if he falls back to sleep in 5 min or so I let him finish his nap there and if he doesn’t go back to sleep we play until its time to eat again. He still goes down for naps super easily, in fact now it only takes me about 5 min of sitting with him and then I put him in his crib still awake but drowsy and he is out in just a couple of min. Is this just a phase? Any advice?

-Lauren-

A Couple of Issues

This little guy has decided that he no longer needs to take long naps. He has been doing GREAT at night and sleeping 10+ hours consistently. However during the day we are on an eat/play/sleep schedule and he eats about every 3 hours. He used to eat and then stay up for 1 to 1.5 hours. Then he would take a 1.5 to 2 hours nap. This week he has decided that a 45 minute nap is all he needs. Sigh. He is not hungry when he wakes up and clearly not grumpy (see above picture) so I guess he is getting enough sleep.

He has also decided that he doesn’t really like bottles anymore. We had been giving him a bottle at least once a day since he was about 2 weeks old and never had any problems. It was great because Jon could help out with the feedings (including the night ones). Well over the last few weeks Jon has been working a lot so I have been doing all the day feedings and Aedan hasn’t been getting up at night so we haven’t had to do any night feedings. :) Since it is harder for me to pump and then get a bottle ready, I have just been nursing him. Over the weekend we gave him a couple bottles and he just acted like he wasn’t hungry. I have been trying to give him a bottle everyday since and he will drink about half of what he normally would and then acts like he is not hungry. I know he is still hungry so then I nurse him afterward and sure enough he eats more.

Other than the nap and bottle issue he has been such a great baby lately. He is happy and all smiles most of the time. We are headed to my parent’s house for the weekend, so hopefully he will keep up the good mood.

-Lauren-

Update: I wrote this post yesterday and last night I tried giving Aedan a bottle before bed, and wouldn’t you know he took it like he had never had a problem. Sigh. Oh well, I guess I worried for nothing. I am hoping he keeps taking the bottle without a problem, especially this weekend. I know there will be a grandmother and an aunt that would love to feed him!

Weekend Recap (a little late)

Since Aedan had his check up and shots on Friday he was pretty sleepy most of the day. We decided to take it easy and just relax at home all afternoon/evening, which was perfect since it was a stormy day. I am happy to say that Aedan was fine after having a long afternoon nap. He slept great that night and was back to normal the next day.

On Saturday, Jon got up with Aedan and let me sleep in a little (so nice!). He pretty much took care of Aedan all day. One of my good friends from school was having a birthday/graduation celebration Saturday afternoon. Originally they were going to have it at their condo’s pool, but since it was supposed to rain they decided to have a late brunch at Z Tajas (yum!). The 3 of us were going to go to the pool party, but once it got moved we decided it probably won’t be the best idea to take Aedan to a nice restaurant with a large group of people. Jon stayed home with our little guy and I was able to have some time with my friends which was really nice.

Jon had to work for a few hours on Sunday morning and then he had a soccer game. Aedan and I were pretty lazy and just hung around the house. Sunday afternoon we headed over to Jon’s sister’s house for our nephew’s 5th birthday party. Jon was going to bring our Baby Bjorn carrier in with us so he could carry Aedan around, but I told him I was pretty sure we won’t have to carry Aedan around at all. Sure enough as soon as we walked in the door Jon’s dad was there wanting to hold Aedan. From there I think he went back and forth between Jon’s two sisters. :) The party was during Aedan’s nap time so we only stayed for about an hour, but it was great to see everyone.

-Lauren-

Enjoying the Morning

This morning Aedan got up early from his nap so we decided to enjoy some outside time before it got too hot. At the end of the video Hiro is barking at our neighbors, I need to figure out how to edit videos so I can cut that out.

 

Oh yes you heard right, Aedan slept from 7:30pm to 6:30am last night and the night before. :)

-Lauren-

Two Months

Look who is already 2 months old!

 

Aedan here is what you have been up to:

• You are weighing in at 13lbs, 12oz! Yeesh!
• You are wearing size 2 diapers. Some of your 0-3 month onesies are too small in length since you have a long torso, in fact you have started to wear size 3-6 months in a few brands. You still wear size 0-3 months in pants, although since it has been so warm here, you have just been wearing onesies.
• You spend a lot of time on your play mat and really like it. You still love to look at the fan, but you are also are more interested in your toys too. We started handing you little teething rings and you grab onto them and then wave your arms around. During tummy time you kick your legs so much that you scoot off the mat. I have a feeling once you start moving around, you may never stop.
• During your first month you wanted to be held just about all the time, but now that you can focus on more things you like to sit in your bouncer and just look around, especially outside.
• You have been sleeping great at night…you go to sleep between 8 and 8:30 and have been sleeping until 5/5:30 every night for the past week. We have even had a few nights were you sleep until 6:45/7. On the nights that you wake up around 5/5:30, you eat for a few minutes and then go right back to sleep.
• You love to be outside. When we take you anywhere outside you throw your head back and close your eyes like you are taking in all the sounds and the feel of the wind.
• You have been smiling a lot lately, although you smile more at Daddy than Mommy, which makes me a little sad (I mean come on, I did all the work!). You also started looking at yourself in the mirror above your playmat. It is pretty cute because you start chuckling and smiling at yourself. 
• You chuckle at a lot of things like Daddy talking to you, Mommy playing peek-a-boo, and being tickled on your belly…it is too cute (I need to get it on video).
• You are not so thrilled about riding in your carseat. I picked up a little mirror that goes on the back of the seat yesterday and this morning on the way to and from the doctor’s office you seemed to like it (maybe riding in the new Forester will help too). :)

-Lauren-

Update: Aedan’s check up went really well this morning. He is definitely a chunk; apparently I serve whole milk. He got the DTaP and Rotavirus vaccines and cried for a little while but was fine by the time we left. He has been pretty sleepy since we got home, but he missed a nap this morning so I kind of expected that. Other than that he seems fine. :)