Sleep

As you can tell, sleep is one of the dominating themes for new moms. After all, how can we be good mommies to our babies if they won't let us sleep??? Dunning has continued his trend of waking up 2-3 times a night. Since it is not necessary for him to feed that many times at night, and can become a habit, I have started to let him "cry it out," which is the most painful thing in the world, not only emotionally but physically too! Nobody wants to hear their baby cry. Plus, babies have this place where they find a high octave and high intensity cry that can pierce eardrums and drive even the strongest person insane. So, after he feeds the first time he wakes up, he gets to cry it out any other time he wakes up. I will get up and check to make sure he's no suffocating or something, pop a binky in, pop it back in after he spits it out, and leave the room. For the past two nights he has woken up every 4 hours after going to bed, which translates into around midnight and 4 a.m. When I went in at 4 a.m. to check on him, he smiled at me, hoisted his butt into the air and showed me his new trick, grabbing his toes. He hasn't quite gotten the hang of it, so he usually gets ahold of his pjs.

Monday, my friend Carol came over for lunch. Dunning wasn't in too great of a mood, needing a nap, but he did talk for her. He likes it when I have conversations with other people and he tries to join in.

He rolled over the other day to get Mr. Bubbles in to his mouth. I haven't gotten him to do it again. He's also fascinated with his reflection. I attached a small mirror from his tummy time mat to his bouncer and he will bounce and bounce just looking and talking to himself.

Apparently the fashion designer feel the need to bring back more of the 80s (according to the Today Show) - Neon, Member's Only jackets, and "modern" acid wash jeans are "in." Hope you saved your bangles! They also did a piece of marriage and housework - apparently getting married results in 7 additional hours of housework for women and saves an hour for men. Do the math! Ha ha!