Monica made us a fabulous lunch yesterday – isn’t it pretty?
And right now she’s making blueberry muffins for breakfast!
April 14, 2008
April 13, 2008
Henry’s Sling
The sling is helpful for holding Henry while I straighten up around the house – I can use both hands!
Monica’s Here!
Monica and I hit the Hibernian last night for beers and dinner.
It was great because Monica fed Henry and that allowed us to stay out an extra long time. Monica is great with the baby!
April 10, 2008
Tricky Tricky!
We have a few squirrels that have gotten into our bird feeders.
Even though we have squirrel baffles on our poles, they’ve figured out a way to thwart us. First, they started jumping down from the gutter onto the poles, and then they learned how to jump from the porch railing onto the window screen onto the poles. *Sigh*
They’ve emptied our one “house-shaped” feeder so we keep it empty or filled with safflower, which fewer birds like.
Then they started feasting on peanuts from the peanut feeder.
And most recently, they’ve figured out how to circumvent our fancy squirrel-proof feeder. See?
Luckily, this problem is easily remedied.
Amy Visit
Yay! Amy drove all the way from the ATL to meet and visit with Henry.
It was a very short visit but it was awesome. Thanks for visiting, boo!! And congrats once again on your new job!
EASY
Yesterday Ele came over to visit. We spent some time chatting on the couch while the babies slept, then took a nice walk through the neighborhood.
I complained that I felt Henry was “snacking” too much, not eating enough at a sitting and therefore eating more often. She talked to me about Baby Wise and the Baby Whisperer. The basic premise of the theory is to put your infant on a loose schedule and to prevent them from drifting from nursing into sleep. She summed it up with the mnemonic E.A.S.Y.: Eat, have some Activity, and go to Sleep, which leaves a bit of time for You (the mom).
So I started to try the basic principles yesterday evening by keeping Henry awake for 30 minutes after he ate, then putting him down for a nap. He did great and had a three hour eating cycle and then a two hour eating cycle. He started his last feeding at 11 PM, which took an hour, and went to bed at midnight. He woke me up at 4.30 AM for his next feeding. That’s four and a half hours of sleep! and technically is a 5 1/2 hour feeding cycle! How lovely!
Of course, this morning he’s been a snacker and very, very fussy. Baby steps.