Step by Step

I'm finally beginning to see it get better. As I have shared my adventures as a new parent, I have received the reply "it gets better". Although I knew this to be true, I was not in a place to receive it because things were so tough. My little cub was very fussy. We did everything to address this. We started with changing  his formula. My son was extremely gassy largely due to his formula.Changing his formula  was one of the best decisions we have made as parents thus far. Automatically his fussiness decreased.  We changed his bath time which seems to align perfectly with his feeding time. This allows us to put him down for bed at a better time and he seems more relaxed as well. Lastly, we moved his crib back into his room and now he sleeps in his own room. This last one may benefit us more so than the cub. Basically, while he sleeps he makes a lot of noise. I learned through reading and other parents that babies are not sound sleepers. I don't know where they got that saying "I slept like a baby" because babies go in and out of several sleep patterns and are quite vocal while they sleep. Well, for a new mommy this can make sleeping very difficult. Every little sound he made had me jumping up and checking on him. Now with him in the other room and me being forced to only hear him through the monitor I am not as jumpy as I initially was.  All in all the nighttime is so much better. It also helps that he only wakes up twice in the middle of the night for feeding and immediately goes back to sleep. This gives me hope that he will soon start sleeping through the night.

He has also started smiling and interacting with us. This makes the joys so much more joyful. I love seeing his face light up when he smiles and talks to me in his baby talk. Well more like baby sounds but I know he is communicating with me. It's one of the most precious things. It's also amazing how fast he is growing and developing. He can hold up his head now and he tries to grab things. He also pushes up with his legs. My little cub is getting really strong.

I am a huge advocate of the Baby Einstein DVDs. Our little cub loves his Baby Beethoven DVD. When I pop it in he immediately becomes focused on the images flashing across the screen. They use colors and images that stimulate brain activity while playing classical music. We'll watch to see if my cub is a genius (of course I already think he is).