colic world

Yes, we are the newest members. I was hoping would not be true but after having to leave work on thursday and then him acting like a complete angel on friday--then demon again yesterday--I just don't know what else to chalk it up to. So,I can handle this . done it before. Main reason i was so upset was because I have been disappointed that we would have to go through this again. ask anyone that has been through it---makes it hard to enjoy these first few months--even though you still can. You just want to make it better and you can't. He will cry and pump his legs and arms like he is running a marathon in place. I usually have to nurse him to calm him down but that is not enjoyale either because he is yanking and pulling the whole time because he wants to relax and can't. It at least makes him stop crying so i will do whatever it takes. Man am I thankful for the special cream that I got from access pharmacy. It has saved my life. I am pretty tired because doc said to start waking him up again to nurse because he said he is going too long between feedings and wants him to gain quicker (me too but hard with all that crying). So I am back to newborn days. In fact he was going longer than 3 hours apart when we got home from hospital so i am pretty exhausted . Add that to the fact that I am worried to leave him for fear he will have a meltdown on anyone else. I don't even like to know he was crying like that on Matt. I say all this and then tomorrow he will be a complete angel. It is just a day to day thing where you just have to see what he is going to do. He can still be the most charming dimple baby. My MIL kept him the other night and he was complete sweet boy and even waited for me to get home to eat. I got to go see "new moon". So awesome. But then yesterday he could not go more than 2.5 hours without crying to eat and making the sucking motion. blah. So that is what we are doing. Matt has already put up our christmas decor. I sure am glad because if he didn't it wasn't going up. It is all i can do to let some laundry get done and the dishes not overflowing. On a good note he has started to like his swing. Arden loved the swing so i am so glad. He likes to sit in it while we run the blow dryer. Yes, he is his father's child. That is a Matt thing. My sister Cassie did it too. Now you can turn on the blow dryer and Arden will come in there and want to get under it. What is this world coming to. ha. Anyway, we are making it. This is just life as we have ever known it with a newborn. My dreams of sweet easy baby are crushed about 50% of time but you just wait. When he is 6months he may be just like his sis who was so easy we could go anywhere.At least he sleeps good at night and always has. I look forward to bedtime with him and with Arden i would cry when the sun went down. That has made a HUGE difference. sleeping at night is a good thing. Matt just tickled Arden and she screamed which woke up swingin' boy so i gotta run.

Pucker face

So, Matt has made a new rendition of Lady GaGa's "Poker face" for our son. Pucker face. He sings it when Brock does his bottom lip out and furrows his eye brows and wrinkles the forehead. I will say that our boy may not have colic but he officially has one bad temper. He now hates his car seat. He was the boy who never once cried in the car for the first month and now he will scream all the way home from work and all the way to work. THe only thing that makes it better is that (unlike with Arden) it does not make my heart race and make me want to vomit. I just turn up the radio. Arden just ignores him-which is another big plus. It would be worse if she was crying because he was or telling him to be quiet. He is still a spoiled adorable cuddle bug but he is making it known that he is NOT laid back. He will let you know if something is bothering him etc. It is a change but not so bad actually. I was hoping he would be the most chilled out kid but if you look at the gene pool that he came from---SLIM CHANCE. So, he will scream if I am holding him and someone (esp. males that arent dad) come and take him away. Then when they hand him back he is fine. He will scream (never fails) the whole time i am in the shower in the morning-because he can't see me. As soon as I get out and talk to him or pick him up he is golden. So, that is my life for now. The best thing is that he loves the morning and when i am fixing my coffee and sometimes in the middle of the night he is making the sweetest baby noises. He wants to talk so bad. What am I going to do with 2 talkers. HA. Anyway, we are doing great. Just trying to cover the basics and nothing more. If I can do work and grocery, little bit of family outings, Arden's school stuff, laundry, dishes, etc. That is a good day. I am even getting to exercise some. Will have to get serious about that in a month or 2 but right now sleep is taking first place.