Week 3 for Dalton was another week of strong growth and a few developmental changes.
Mid-week he seemed to have a growth spurt where he did nothing but ate and slept. This was followed by a notable change in his sleeping habits. He now has an increased startle reflex (and yet still hates to be swaddled) and a longer REM-like state at the beginning of his sleep, which makes it harder for him to stay down until about 25 minutes into his sleep cycle. However, once he does get to sleep, he wants to stay asleep, and I end up waking him when he starts to make hungry faces, and to try not to have him be up all night. I think his total amount of sleep time is still a lot more than Sonia’s.
Unfortunately, shortly after this new development the nanny called in sick one day, and I gained an even greater appreciation for the difficulties of being a stay-at-home-mom of two. Without someone else there to keep her busy, Sonia came asking to be held every time I picked up Dalton. In order to keep Dalton asleep I had to carry him a lot, and eventually put him down on his tummy, which allowed me to get a little more one-on-one time with Sonia.
By the end of Week 3, Dalton was just over 8lb, going up to 4 hrs between feedings (though only 2 hrs on average), and taking down ~3 oz at each feeding. Unfortunately, he still hasn’t gotten the hang of nursing without inhaling a ton of air. Even though the projectile spit-up seems to have stopped, he is much more bothered by bubbles in his tummy and dirty diapers than Sonia ever seemed to be. This leads to a lot of stressful times trying to calm his crying fits while burping him, especially at night. Still trial and error for now, but I’m hopeful we’ll find a routine soon, and we’ll get more happy and awake time to play together.
I am now down to only 15 lbs over my pre-pregnancy weight and have started going to Cardio Barre again to help tone up my tummy muscles that definitely feel looser this time around. Unfortunately, I still have the sweet tooth I developed during pregnancy, and I’m sure will soon have to be more attentive to my eating habits if I hope to keep losing the baby weight. 🙂