Day 2: so far so good.

[sagesaria]

Laurie was the most frustrating last evening. He was really fussy. But he finally went to sleep at 9:30, a half hour after I'd decided to try to sleep.

And get this; he LET ME SLEEP UNTIL 5 AM!!! which was when I was planning to get up anyway to get to school on time (in case he cried during the trip) and get him to daycare. He needed to be diapered, fed, a minute of burping (new record! usually it's a half hour), and he went right back to sleep.

He was no trouble at all when I came to see him at lunch. He slept for 90% of the time, woke up once for a diaper change, then was quiet until it was time to turn him off for the rest of the school time.

Then when I picked him up after school, I had to stay with Mrs. Mangene while I fed him (can't exactly walk around while feeding him), then before I could even burp him, he went to sleep again. And he's still asleep now. I wonder if this is a pattern.

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[suecochran.livejournal.com]

What seemed to calm the fussiness? Before we got the swing, Matthew often responded well to John's swinging him in his "Kanga-rock-a-roo" - it's a seat that can be carried around and the handle adjusts to different positions - NOT a car seat, just for in the house).

I'm glad that Laurie was able to (consequently YOU were able to!) sleep for so long last night. Cool! And it sounds like you're getting better at burping. I prided myself on my burping technique.

Question - why can't you walk around while feeding him? When I was still nursing Matthew, very early on, I had him with me under a light blanket while I was shopping at the Base Exchange at Bolling Air Force Base. Nobody even knew I was breastfeeding :) while I was walking around shopping.

[sagesaria.livejournal.com]

when he's just being fussy, as opposed to wet, hungry or gassy, all I really have to do is rock him for a while.

It's really hard for me to walk with him in my arm AND hold the bottle up at the same time. And if I had to do this on the way home, there's the stroller to worry about.

(hee, he woke up for food and a diaper change and went right back to sleep! Bless his little electronic heart)