baby deige

deigey isn't so "baby baby" anymore. he's a big baby! yay! getting so big. he's growing up right before my very eyes. i get sad every now and then because it really does happen fast! i always laughed when moms would say how quickly their kids grew up...but it's true! and now i'm one of the mommy's who says it! =) deige is such a good boy. he eats green beans now and rice cereal along with breastmilk and formula. i've been home a lot and my milk supply is really strong again because i've had more time to breastfeed him. i enjoy that more than anything. its such a special bonding time with little deige. he looks up and giggles while he eats and it melts my heart!

the little man started getting teeth. none have popped through the skin...but they are coming. he's a little fussy from it, but nothing major. baby and i take walks every day around the neighborhood with ava our dog. i think ava loves it more than anyone else. but deige enjoys being outside a lot. it's been rainy lately so i've taken deige to target to walk around when it was raining outside. he loves being in his baby bjorn. so cute! my sister, anna, brought him to the salon to see me on saturday. and she walked in with deige in the baby bjorn. it was adorable! everyone stopped working to come see her and the baby.

a few big changes happened for me this week. i learned how to "let go" a little bit. i allowed anna to drive deige in the car without me. before now, i've been REALLY cautious of anyone driving him other than micah or myself. but since anna is the nanny while i am at work, i had to let go of that a little bit. otherwise anna and baby would be house-bound every day. and deige loves getting out as much as any of us. so...big step for mommy alli~ =) i know it sounds silly, cause its not really a big deal. but to me it was.

also, i have deige sleeping in his crib about 5 hours each night. i know a lot of you may be saying, "what? he doesn't sleep in his crib?" well, no! he doesn't. he has always slept with us in our bed. when he was really little that was the only way i could get even 2 hours of sleep each night. as his crying spells lessened, i was able to grab 4 hours, then 6 hours. now we sleep solid 8-10 hours a night with him in our bed. its nice. everyone is happy because we all get to rest at night. but it has created this sleep pattern for deige where he can't sleep all night long without feeling me next to him. hearing me breathe, hearing my heart beat...all of that good stuff. so, he now falls asleep in his crib around 8 or 9. and sleeps okay...not soundly. he will whine a little and he moves a lot. but he sleeps until around 12:30. i usually can calm him down and get him back to sleep until around 2 am. then, its over. he HAS to be with me. so, one night at a time. 4 hours last night, hopefully 6 hours tonight. we'll see... but, while some of you look at this as a set-back. it's actually a big step forward in our home. so yay deige! learning the stillness of the crib is his big challenge right now.

anyway, that's our update. more later. i also have really cute pics to share. look for those! =) xxoo

LOVE,
alli