I’m not sure we fully appreciate how good Joseph is to us. Yesterday we went to a friend’s wedding and he did a wonderful job during the hour plus drive and during the service. He was awake but didn’t make much noise as he smiled and played. He’s starting to not want the breast all that often and drinks deeply when he does nurse so he can go longer between feedings. He only just started to fuss at the end of the trip home. He did a great job with all the noisy people at the reception. He even fell asleep for a bit. Maybe he’s starting to recognize noisy people as background noise.
Last night he went to be around 8 and only woke up to feed at 1am and 4am. I got two three-hour stretches of sleep! He was up around 6 with a wet, but clean diaper and proceeded to deposit a massive amount of waste right into the potty while breastfeeding (Mommy’s figured out a thing or two about how to work it). It’s soooooooo nice to know that there’s one more diaper explosion I don’t have to clean up after. In general we catch at least one pooh a day but I’ve not made much progress in identifying signals of need. I’m fine with that. The most important thing for me is that I don’t stress about it but take it as it comes. I hope to get better at reading him, but if you focus too hard on it you can’t see anything. Being more relaxed about this and other various aspects of baby care help me to enjoy Joseph and the time we have together much, much more. What blessed parents we are!
Last night he went to be around 8 and only woke up to feed at 1am and 4am. I got two three-hour stretches of sleep! He was up around 6 with a wet, but clean diaper and proceeded to deposit a massive amount of waste right into the potty while breastfeeding (Mommy’s figured out a thing or two about how to work it). It’s soooooooo nice to know that there’s one more diaper explosion I don’t have to clean up after. In general we catch at least one pooh a day but I’ve not made much progress in identifying signals of need. I’m fine with that. The most important thing for me is that I don’t stress about it but take it as it comes. I hope to get better at reading him, but if you focus too hard on it you can’t see anything. Being more relaxed about this and other various aspects of baby care help me to enjoy Joseph and the time we have together much, much more. What blessed parents we are!
