I was just thinking, 1 year ago I wasn't even pregnant yet. We will still in the final rounds of 'should we/shouldn't we' debate, and now, here he is. Amazing!

HURRAY!

MY BABY SLEPT THROUGH THE NIGHT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Insert happy dance and songs of praise here!

He went to bed at 10:30, and just woke up now at 6. Of course I've been waking every half hour since 4, waiting for him to wake up and getting up to check on him (remember those days, mommies?)

Is it weird that this joyous occasion moves me to tears? Sleep deprivation is a cruel thing. Even more special is Gemma slept through the night, too.

Knock on wood fingers crossed that it happens again.

Barf Machine

He has thrown up his last 5 meals. He seems perfectly happy, still sleeps and does all his normal stuff but he can't seem to keep anything down. I just fed him a half hour ago, only for about 4 minutes and then I left him where he lay, in hopes that maybe a small meal and no jostling/moving around will help it stay in.

Uggghgg for projectile milk barf on everything!

1 month old!

I can't beleive a whole month has gone by, wowsers.

His one month checkup went fine. He screamed like crazy at the needle, poor thing! He weighs in at 11.2 pounds, and 22.5 inches. He also has hydrocele, which is pretty common in newborns and no big deal (unless it gets swollen or doesn't go away in a year.)

Guinness is fussier than Gemma was, at least that we can remember. I spend almost every evening, from 6-midnight feeding him and holding him. He doesn't want to be put down, and he cries and fusses most of that time. He is good in the day, and good at night but the evenings aren't his thing. Oh, and he can tell when he is being held sitting down, and then he cries. He likes to be held upright and to be walked around the house. He ate like a pig today so hopefully he has a good sleep now, and not too much tummy trouble.

Bath time fountain

So I was giving Guinness a bath tonight, mostly for cleanliness but also because it was 10:30 pm, not feeding time yet but I was getting tired of pacing the house with him and needed something to do. And I found the advantage of fountain peeing; he peed and it went right up over the edge of the tub, so hardly any got in the actual bath water. Nice!

Of course he pooped minutes later... drats!

Guinness News

We have belly button! The stump fell off earlier this week. Gemma kept calling it poop, so I am glad we can put that behind us.

He has been a little fussy lately, crying when he is awake and wanting to be held. But he can tell if you are not standing up and holding him, so despite my million efforts to sit down in the rocking chair he insists on being carried around the house. I think he is having gas issues, so I am examining everything I eat, and trying to not overfeed him. Also had two projectile vomits this week. Nothing like the sound of gagging followed by the SPLAT of milk hitting the tile floor from shoulder height.

AND he smiled at me yesterday! Might have just been a well timed gas smile, but I looked at him and said Hi Guinness and I got a great little grin :) How sweet.

Guinness' first Easter