Holdyn Is Delicious (Holdyn at 2.5 Months nearly 11 Weeks)
Actually I feel like this an understatement. My beautiful little man is so much more than delicious, I can't quite think of the right word right now. Well, I knew it would happen...he is growing, he is getting more and more chubby and longer. It's sometimes hard for me to see this when I am with him all the time.
What a joy he is, my heart is pretty much all a flutter all the time. It really is amazing how much healing he has brought to my broken darkened heart. My mind feels much more clear since his birth, that curtain that began to rise and let in light around this time last year is now fully risen. The light that now resides in my heart is so bright and shining. I never thought I would be able to say that, or feel like I do. For me, time has brought healing, and through my second chance at pregnancy and giving birth I feel a renewal.
Holdyn is my radiant light, he is my healer.
In the last few weeks, and recent days he has begun to give big smiles, they are almost giggly sometimes. He is also cooing so beautifully, and he has been repeating a sound that sounds like "A Gee". It's really so sweet, I repeat it to him and he smiles so lovingly. Holdyn is also beginning to prefer to sit up and look around at different things, lights, photos, he really fixates on things and it's so neat to watch him in amazement. He's thriving. Holdyn is just such a content, happy, joyful little man! The only time he get's upset is sometimes at bedtime, he get's so mad and cries and cries. It breaks my heart. Sometimes rocking soothes him, sometimes bouncing and singing to him on the excercise ball works. What has worked for you?
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He's delicious!
I remember when my monkey would get pissed off at bedtime. We would do the bouncy ball and hold her in what we called "the magic position". Kind of hard to describe without visuals, but here goes; I (or her papa) would put her belly down on my right forearm, supporting her chin with my hand and with her legs dangling on either side of my elbow. I would then support my right forearm with my left, holding her close to my body- think of the gesture you do when you are miming cradeling a baby, then put an actual baby belly down on it...
OK, not a very good description, but I tried. another thing that worked for my bean was swaddling. She still loves being wrapped up like a burrito!
How precious!
With mine when he was little it was having a stockpile of things to try and change up. Sometimes rocking, sometimes swaddling, sometimes a ride in the car, sometimes just walking outside, changing the scenery. I found if I had 6-8 different things to try and went through a few I usually found something that would help. Sometimes though, nothing does and yes it is a heart breaking night for mama's.
a routine helps.. not sure if you have a routine yet. for instance, bathing, low light, reading a book, singing a lullaby... nursing to sleep. the routine will get established and then in the future once you start it they'll naturally start getting sleepy.
Walking around in circles in their low lit room works for us, and soft music (actually i use the Hypnobabies relaxation music. since i used it so often with the scripts it's something that's already familiar to them...) and nursing to sleep.
With both my boys, from about 4-6 months of age, I swear they would just cry all night no matter what I did. No rhyme or reason for it... but they just wanted to stay on my boob all night. God forbid it fall out of their mouth with the drooly milk when they fell asleep.
I am so thrilled to read all these fabulous posts about his sweetness and how much you are absorbing it all in! Good for you!
I just really learned to perfect the bounce and sway!
Also stepping outside just for a few. The fresh air and the change of scenery!
Best of luck
When Harry gets fussy at sleep time (usually naptime -- he puts himself to sleep at night now, which is awesome), he often likes to be swayed side to side while having his bottom patted. It's one thing that almost always works.
I actually posted on calming a fussy baby (seeking suggestions) a month ago -- there were some good suggestions in the comments. (http://ourboxofrain.blogspot.com/2008/11/calming-fussy-baby.html)
It's so hard to listen to them cry, especially when you know that what they really need is sleep, which isn't something you can really give them :)
Routine. Especially bathtime and then storytime.
He is so delicious.
Our son seemed to have a witching hour of about 9-11pm. So make that witching hours. It started out of the blue when he was about 6 weeks old and went away just as mysteriously at about 16-ish weeks. We would soothe him as best as we could, I would let him nurse or comfort suck and just hope for the best. He definitely outgrew it, so keep your chin up.
The nighttime routine worked best for us too. A nice warm, quiet bath. A little massage with lotion, and then pj's. When they were really little I would nurse them in a glider in a low lit/black room and then put them to bed. It only took a few times before they all learned to settle into the routine and they also slept through the night :) They were all nursed too, so I count it great joy that they slept through the night (10pm-6amish) at about 7 wks old :)
Good luck!
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