Isaiah @ 5 Months

Isaiah's going to be five months old in a few days! I can't believe how big the little monster is...it just seems like all he does is eat, sleep and GROW!

We took a small hiatus from feeding him baby food. Last week he had a couple of HUGE spit ups in the middle of the night...once in my bed and once in his. The one in his bed was slightly greenish (from the green beans he'd eaten earlier that night) that coupled with the fact that he started getting really worked up when we were feeding him made me decide to give him a break from the stuff. We're probably going to start back tonight...I shared a couple tiny bites of ice cream with him last night and he really was really excited about it so I think the break was a good thing.

I have such a good baby! We just woke up from a nap, he had a little snack, and now he's just laying on the floor with a couple toys and a blanket, entertaining himself. I'm not sure how long it will last, but I sure do appreciate it!

I don't understand why people seem surprised when I say he doesn't sleep through the night. Should he be? It's not that he (or I) completely wakes up. I usually hear him start to move around long before he starts crying...I will either pop his pacifier back in his mouth or will scoop him up to feed him. The boy doesn't even wake up all the way and usually doesn't make enough noise to wake up my sister. He's ALWAYS been that way....he doesn't wake up and fuss in the dead of night but he does want to be fed. As long as that happens, he will pass right back out.

So I hate my job. I know I've mentioned this before but they really make me want to just walk out the damn door! I'm starting to have some people make me feel uncomfortable with pumping while I'm there. I don't know if that's their intention, but they really should be a little more understanding. I actually had one woman ask me how long I planned on pumping and if I would be done at six months. She isn't a mother, so she might not understand but it upset me. I know I'm pretty sensitive about the whole thing....for whatever reason I start crying when the offices are all full and I have to wait for a chance to get in one...but they really aren't being supportive about it in anyway.

I'm even starting to get comments from the supervisors about how long it takes me! On my first 15 minute break I have to: walk to the back of the store, go to the bathroom, get my pump from my locker, find an open office, pump (7-10 minutes each side), clean up, go to the breakroom, rinse my pump out, put it away, and get back up front. There is NO WAY to do that in 15 minutes!!! I KNOW the company is required to let me pump but technically I'm not allowed longer than my breaks. Grrr, it's making me MAD. I felt bad about it at first but everyone told me not to worry about it but NOW I'm starting to get comments. Did they really think it wouldn't last this long or what?

I don't know....I just really hate that place.

Isaiah @ 4 Months

Stats

18lbs, 3 oz (100%)

26 1/2" (88%)

Isaiah had is 4-month checkup last week. He's now 18lbs and 26 1/2 inches long....maybe that's why he was mistaken for a 6 month old in church the other night!

I am absolutely in love with the doctor we saw!!! Pretty much since he was born, Isaiah had a weepy, then goopy eye. It's been going on sooo long and his first doctor never really mentioned it. I went to another doctor specifically for that and he rushed through, barely looked at Isaiah and prescribed eye drops and said to massage the inner corner of the eye a couple times a day. THIS doctor took his time to look at Isaiah (also part of the 4-month checkup, but I still didn't feel rushed) and told us to leave a warm washcloth on his eye for 30-seconds and then rub down the outside of his nose and do that every time he ate. I didn't know how to do it when he was eating so instead I did it every time he woke up from a nap and within ONE day his eye is 100% better. Absolutely no more goop!! I eased off how often I was doing the washcloth & rubbing thing and the past couple days I haven't done it at ALL and his eye is COMPLETELY fine!! I told Jeremy we will be going to this doctor as long as possible now...I'm soooo happy!

Isaiah's also started eating baby food. I've done rice cereal in his bottle a few times. Yes, they say not to do that because it can lead to childhood obesiety, but I don't believe that because my mom did it with us (starting MUCH younger). Anyway, that's beside the point. He seemed hungry SO often so I tried cereal-in-the-bottle before bed to see if he would sleep better. It didn't help so I stopped doing that. Maybe a week ago I got a few jars of baby food to just to see what he thought of it. We started with banana's and it was a resounding failure. He tried about 2 bites and didn't want anything more to do with the stuff. Tried a couple nights later and had the same result. Then we tried green beans and he loooooooved them! I'm talking ate half a (small) jar with no trouble whatsoever! I actually stopped him because I was afraid he would have some sort of trouble with it or eating too much of something new would upset his stomach. The next night he finished up the jar AND ate some cereal! Last night he at a WHOLE jar of applesauce mixed with rice! He even still nursed before he went to bed...no wonder he's such a chunky guy!

Today my mom found some of the cookie/cracker thingies she would give us when we were little and Isaiah gummed on that for a while before dropping it on the floor for the dogs. He always makes faces when he first tries something new, but then he really seems to enjoy it. The only thing he didn't like was the bananas and I'm going to try it again some time to see if maybe it was just because it was his first baby food experience.

I can't believe my little guy is eating real food now! Now if I can just get him to stop blowing his tongue when I'm feeding him that will be helpful. He blew food ALL over his face (even in to his hair) last night! Now I really need a highchair because we've been feeding him in his swing and that is NOT made for easy cleanup!