Wow, just realized it's been over a month since my last post.
Not sure the best way to organize thoughts on what happened since then either. So maybe a pro/con telling...
Pros: Robby smiles. Not just when he's pooping or farting. He smiles a lot, and at me and his dad. He's usually smiles when he gets up in the morning and it just warms your heart. He even laughs when I sing him silly songs that make no sense. He sleeps when I sing to him 99 bottles of beer. Both soothing and educational. He also likes 3 Little Birds and Take Me Out to the Ball Game. He's now sleeping 4 to 5 hours at night, and shorter naps during the day. It's really fun interacting with him. So glad he's a happy baby. At least, so far.
Cons: He eats a lot. A lot. This is a pro as far as health goes. Con when it comes to being hungry when I need to make dinner. And boy, can he cry when he's hungry. It's sad to see tears. Also good and bad. Same thing with sweat, he sweats now. Cluster feeding. This happens during growth spurts, which are starting to get more spaced out. I'm tired but not exhausted. Years spent as an insomniac helped trained me for such a task. I have learned to survive on little sleep and still function.
Overall stress level: not too high. I thought things would be a lot worse. Don't get me wrong, some days are really, really frustrating. But so far, good days/times out-weigh the bad. We've moved him to the nursery. It's harder for me than it is for him I think. Separation issues. I've started looking for work, so I'm sure that will add some stress. I'll be sure to post updated blogs on that. I hate to put him in daycare, as I knew I would. Looking for that miracle job that lets me be with him and husband. Guessing it doesn't exist.
Holy crap, just did spell check and the only thing wrong was 'that'll' guessing not a proper contraction. Too bad it doesn't do grammar/word misuse.
