7/13/09

So it seems I am know posting about once a month...whoops...

Collin is doing awesome! We've gotten a routine down. He is taking great naps. The sleeping at night....ehh... that's another story. Well I can't say it's all bad. Sometime he sleeps a good 9-10 hours! Other nights he wants to wake up at 2, then again at 4. I have a feeling it is his gums hurting him though. They look like they are starting to get a little swollen and he is dripping pools of drool. I'm sure it won't be too long before we see a little tooth. :( I like the gummy smile!! Anyways, this is our schedule:
7 am - wakes up, gets a diaper change and eats
Then we play for a little while
8-8:30 - he starts to get tired so we read a story and he takes a nap
9:30ish - wakes up from his nap
we play a little until his next feeding
10 - feed
then we get to go run errands or get out of the house for a little bit
12:30ish - takes a cat nap for about 20 minutes
1 - feed
play again and read a story
3 - naptime again (sometimes he takes a long nap (2 hr) here)
4 - feed
then the rest of the evening is pretty random because it depends when he wakes up from his long nap and he also feeds on demand ever 2 hours or so to make sure he is full for the nighttime
8 - Stoli, Collin and I (and sometimes Pat if he can take a few minutes off) - go for a walk
8:30 - Collin gets his bath
8:45 - feed
9 - 9:30 - bedtime

Hmm... so I think we have a pretty good schedule down, but if you read this and it sounds absurd keep it to yourself!!! Hahah... it took me forever to get to a point where I felt like I have some control over my day and can plan any outings accordingly.

Anyways... as far as Collin's development, it seems like everyday he learns or does something new.

He started rolling over (purposely) from his back to his tummy when we were on McAllen (on June 30th to be exact). From then on, we haven't been able to get him to sleep on his back anymore. The first few nights it terrified me because all you read and hear about is how babies HAVE to sleep on their backs. I called the nurse at the doctors office and asked her advice on what to do if he keeps rolling over to sleep on his tummy. She sounded like she thought it was the dumbest question anyone ever asked. She was like "it's fine once he can roll over." Well.... NOBODY ever says that!!! Ugh... and to think of all the sleep I missed out on trying to make sure wasn't suffocating. I still try to lay him on his back sometimes but he immediately rolls over. He likes to sleep on his stomach like me I guess.

So why I'm really posting today is because we had a breakthrough with Collin interacting with Stoli today!! He was laying on the floor doing tummy time and Stoli walked up to him and he just started cracking up. Until now he had looked at her but not really taken any notice of her or tried interacting with her. I noticed he was laughing at her so I picked him up and sat him up by Stoli on the couch while she played with her toy. He just kept laughing and laughing at her. Then later we went to sit outside on the swing and I turned on the hose because Stoli loves to play in sprinklers. So I sprayed it like a sprinkler and Collin thought it was funny watching Stoli play in the water also. It was hilarious. THEN..and this is the coolest... when Pat got home he came and sat on the swing with us and Stoli jumped up to sit with us up there and Collin actually started petting her on his own!!!!!! He stroked her a few times and then very uncoordinatedly grabbed her skin. Hahah... She just sat there like the great dog that she is and let him. She almost went to grab her ears but we stopped him. It was so cute though!! I can just imagine what Stoli has coming to her in the near future with Collin trying to play with her.

Oh yeah... and last night was another funny scenario. So we finish bathing Collin. I feed him. Get him nice and full. Then I start reading to him before bed. He starts getting sleepy so I start rocking him a little to get him nice and ready to be put down. All of a sudden he poops and wakes himself up! Dang it....time to change and start all over trying to get him ready for bed. Ok... we sit back down. Start another story...Dang it!! Another poop!! Change again... Nope..not done yet... ANOTHER poop!!! THREE dirty diapers in like 10 minutes!!!!! Let's just say he was nice and relaxed and slept for like 10 hours after that.. hahaha.. I was worried he had diarreah or something. Nope... just wanted to keep it all in until nighttime I guess...

In other news, we converted our upstairs living room into more of a playroom for Collin. Our downstairs was starting to become an amusement park of baby rides. We moved the table we had upstairs into the attic and put down those rubber squares that connect like puzzle pieces. So now he has a place where all of his toys are and we can just sit up there and play and be close to the nursery also. Plus it's getting close to the time that he will start crawling and I don't want him banging into tables and stuff down here when he is playing.

Ok...well I have pictures on the camera, but I haven't had a chance to upload them....will do it soon.