Routine

I am so proud of Travis (and Joseph & I) for establishing a somewhat predictable routine. Travis and I wake up around 0800-0900 to start our day. I’ll change him, feed him, play for a bit, and then takes his first nap of the day around 1030-1130. His first nap tends to be somewhat long so he won’t wake up till 1200-1300 (depending on what time he went to nap). We’ll do the same thing (feed, change, play) until it’s time to take his second nap, which is usually around 1500-1600. Same thing again once he wakes up till it is time for him to get ready for bed around 1900-1930. After we do his little bedtime routine, he’ll play for a bit (if he isn’t so sleepy), a last diaper change, then he is off to dreamland for the night.

It isn’t the most predictable routine, but it works well for the three of us (so far). We’ve come a long way especially since Travis lacked a routine the first few months, which proved to be very frustrating for all three of us. 

Barnes & Noble

Earlier while we were at Barnes & Noble, Travis began to have a complete fussy/meltdown period. Joseph and I were sitting on the table in the adjacent Starbucks enjoying our drinks and talking. I noticed Travis was starting to get a bit fussy so I held him and walked around the store. It helped him a bit, but he was still being a bit fussy so I went ahead and changed his diaper in the restroom. Upon our return to where Joseph was, Travis’s fussiness became more apparent. I tried giving him his bottle, but he was not having it. He began to cry and let out a little scream. 

While people around us were kind enough to not pay us any attention there was this one lady that gave me that, “Why can’t you shut your kid up look.” This lady, young lady actually had this annoyed look on her face as if I disrupted her from the most important thing in the world. At first I thought, “well maybe she’s doing homework,” (my attempt at sympathizing) so I took a quick glance at her laptop only to find that she’s just on Skype chatting away while pretending to do her paper. 

In return, I gave her the “stop staring at me or I’ll say something to you” look and gathered up Travis’s stuff (with the help of Joseph) and proceeded to leave. I don’t know this lady at all, but I was so irritated at that look she gave me. It made me feel like I was the most horrible mom in the world. That look made me more tense and anxious than I already was. 

I understand that a crying baby is disruptive especially if you’re studying. I know this very well myself because I’ve studied at Starbucks, numerous coffee shops, bookstores, etc many many times. However, these locations are very public places and one should not expect complete silence. Isn’t that what a library is for?

After leaving the store, we went back into the car to drive home. Turns out that my little prince was sleepy and just needed the smooth vibrations of a moving car to lull him to sleep. 

Sleep regression

When Travis turned 3 months, he began sleeping through the night. For some odd reason that all changed upon him turning 4 months. He started waking up again once at night to feed. Before that, he would fall asleep around 1930-0800 and wake up at 0500-0600 to eat, then sleep again, and wake up at 0830. We started giving him a 7 ounce bottle of breast milk prior to him going to bed, but he’s still waking up. He doesn’t eat more throughout the day and appears to be satisfied. I’ve also increased his bottles throughout the day (6.5oz to 7oz). 

I’ve heard that at 4 months, some babies go through a sleep regression. Does anyone have any experience on that?

Joseph and I thought, “Well maybe the milk isn’t hitting the spot anymore.” So we tried to give him rice cereal, which really didn’t settle well with me at first since I wasn’t planning on starting him till he was at least six months, but hey it doesn’t hurt to try! So we tried giving him rice cereal, which he pushed out with his tongue. So of course, I stopped the rice cereal since he obviously isn’t ready for it yet (we might try again when he turns 5 months since that was the recommendation of his pediatrician). 

Just twenty minutes ago, Travis woke up. I just got done feeding him and changing his diaper. Hopefully my little prince will sleep till at least 0600-0700! :)

Any tips on helping him sleep through the night again will be greatly appreciated

Screaming hour

Travis,

You’ve been screaming for a good ten minutes. Thankfully, the screams are happy screams which I actually find to be cute. You have pretty good lungs my love because one of your screams actually succeeded in hurting one of my ears :)

Love,

Mommy <3

Slitherin'

I put Travis on tummy time earlier and he started pushing against his knees. What surprised me was that he managed to slither about an inch or so on his playmat! Is a 4 1/2 month old suppose to be doing that? 

Either way I’m very proud of him! 

Now he’s on his swing staring at me. He wants to be a night owl tonight :) 

Travis is definitely getting better at his motor skills. These past few weeks I have noticed that he loves grabbing more and more onto his toys on his gym and bouncer. Also, he has mastered grabbing onto this umbrella shaped toy on his bouncer that plays nursery tunes when it’s pulled. So in addition to his squeals of delight during playtime, I now also hear nursery tunes playing over and over again :) 

Another thing I’ve noticed is that he’s starting to throw things. Last week, I picked him up from his bassinet and he threw his pacifier at me! Bad mood perhaps? Guess it’s safe to assume that he isn’t a morning person like me! Also whenever he’s on the exersaucer he loves to throw his rattles and links on the floor and likes to watch me pick them up (and then he does it again).

4 month checkup

Travis had his 4 month checkup today along with his 4 month vaccines. Let’s just say that he isn’t too pleased with the vaccinations. 

Other than that Travis is now 16lbs 12oz, 25 inches long, and 40.5 inches in head circumference. He is on the 80th percentile for weight and 50th percentile in height. 

His pediatrician gave the okay to start solids at around 5-6 months so we’ll be waiting until then. We’re going to shoot for 5 1/2-6 months to start solids.

After Trav’s appointment, we went to Target to buy some stuff. I walked by the baby section and was happy to find that they sell Earth’s Best and Plum Organics! I’m kind of tempted to buy a pouch of the Plum Organics to taste it myself :) 

Happy 4 Month!

Happy 4 months my little boogin head! My goodness, 4 months already. It seemed like yesterday I was typing up the, “Happy 3 Months” entry. 

Well here’s a lowdown of what has happened this past month:

• Size 3 diapers
• Slowly moving into 6-9 month clothing
• Drinking 5 1/2 to 6 oz of breast milk (usually 6 oz)
• Always looking at mommy & daddy
• You love to scream (not because you’re angry, but from joy)
• You love to talk to your toys and you get very upset when you realize your toys aren’t talking back to you
• You love it when someone is talking to you
• You like it when you’re being read to
• You’re still not too fond of tummy time
• It’s getting harder to put you down for a nap during the day
• You sleep through the night a majority of the time