This weekend was a nice balance of errands (picking up book shelves), stuff around the house (another 30 pounds of laundry) and play. I won't bore anyone with the details of living. On Saturday, Burlingame had an "art in the park" fair with all sorts of booths, food, and music. We strolled down there for lunch and a walk. It was a nice day, though windy, and just good to get outside. We had a quiet evening in and were to bed early.
Yesterday, we lived it up high-style with some friends in Half Moon Bay. We met Uzi and Ritika at the Ritz in HMB for brunch at 11:00. It is this incredibly extravagant buffet with a raw bar, sushi bar, dim sum bar, omelettes, cheese, chartucerie, roasts.... We stayed for about 2 1/2 hours as we casually grazed through the buffet and overlooked the ocean. It was a gorgeous day - no fog. After lunch, we went for a walk along the cliffs edge with the ocean on one side and a golf course on the other. It was beautiful! About 4:00, we got back into our cars and headed to their house for some more conversation and hanging out. Miles was a perfect gentleman all day. Both Uzi and Ritika took a spin with the baby bjorn. He ended up never really getting a full and good nap, so by the time we left their house, he was tired, cranky, and out cold in under 3 minutes in the car. Yesterday literally felt like a mini vacation and was great for the mental health - though it felt more like a Saturday than a Sunday and Monday morning came too soon. Oh well, that's the cost of having a wonderful time!
Monday, June 9, 2008
Oh Ughs
I've been having some back pain for a while now and am finally taking care of it. On Friday I went to a chiropractor and had some x-rays taken. It turns out that I have a compressed disc in my lower back. It seems like there is nothing I can actually do to make it heal fully again, but ice, physical therapy, and advil for the rest of my life is the only solution. I am feeling a little deflated today, and after another adjustment from the chiropractor, a little sore. The chiro says it might be about a month before I start feeling better, but at least I am on my way to feeling better, as opposed to last week where it was just hurting. I was hoping for more of a quick fix and no issue, but I guess that is just not the case this time.
Bah humbug.
Bah humbug.
Thursday, June 5, 2008
12 Weeks!
Wow - is time flying or is the exhaustion causing a time warp? Both?
Our little man is becoming more and more of a happy little guy who chats a ton. This week he has started talking to his activity mat, the little baby in the mirror, and the car. He is using his delightful little voice more and more and it is really exciting to watch.
Over night, he also has developed an incredible amount of neck strength. Tim put him on his stomach for tummy time the other night, and Miles held his head at 90 degrees for a while. His head slowly started coming down until it rested on the mat and he was done. It was just a couple of weeks ago when he would only keep his head up for a minute. We have a video of it (not too exciting, but some big milestones) and we'll try and post it soon.
After a very tricky Monday, Miles has been a joy this week. I got caught up with obsessing about sleep on Monday and worked myself into such a tizzy that he wouldn't sleep. It's not his fault, he won't really learn how to soothe himself to sleep for another 4 weeks... and that's 30% of his life! I have to be a bit more patient and hold on to these days as he is changing so quickly and learning so much so fast. It has to be hard to not have enough muscle control to not be able to hold up your head!
Our little man is becoming more and more of a happy little guy who chats a ton. This week he has started talking to his activity mat, the little baby in the mirror, and the car. He is using his delightful little voice more and more and it is really exciting to watch.
Over night, he also has developed an incredible amount of neck strength. Tim put him on his stomach for tummy time the other night, and Miles held his head at 90 degrees for a while. His head slowly started coming down until it rested on the mat and he was done. It was just a couple of weeks ago when he would only keep his head up for a minute. We have a video of it (not too exciting, but some big milestones) and we'll try and post it soon.
After a very tricky Monday, Miles has been a joy this week. I got caught up with obsessing about sleep on Monday and worked myself into such a tizzy that he wouldn't sleep. It's not his fault, he won't really learn how to soothe himself to sleep for another 4 weeks... and that's 30% of his life! I have to be a bit more patient and hold on to these days as he is changing so quickly and learning so much so fast. It has to be hard to not have enough muscle control to not be able to hold up your head!
Wednesday, June 4, 2008
Monday, June 2, 2008
Battle of Wills
It seems that on Day 2 of the great sleep experiment, Miles is a little less willing and able. He slept well last night and like most mornings, Tim took him out of the room at about 8 so I could get and extra hour of sleep (as I was awake 1:30-2:30, 4:30-6, 7-8). Miles fought me hard on this morning's nap, and I bailed on good sleep habits and stuck him in the swing. He slept for about an hour, but apparently swing sleep isn't considered good sleep. When he woke up, he was wailing. Nice. So I fed him again and have been trying again for some time to get him to sleep. I finally danced him to sleep and put him up in his crib. All of 5 minutes later, he was awake and needed the same routine, so it was back to dancing and soothing the little man. I just put him down again and am hoping he will sleep for another 45 minutes... but who knows. He seems determined to be awake and cranky -- while I am determined to have him rested and peaceful. Let's see who wins...
Sunday, June 1, 2008
Weekend Update
Tim got home on Friday night with the world's worse case of Montezuma's revenge... not that we have been in Mexico, but the effect was the same, and Tim spent the better part of Friday night until the early coping. Saturday, Tim slept in while Miles and I got up early and did some errands. Yesterday ended up mostly a wash as Tim was still sick, I was tired, and Miles was cranky.
I spent yesterday night reading up on sleeping infants, and am going to spend the next couple of months trying to get our Mr Miles on more of a schedule before he goes to daycare. It started with an earlier bed time (9:00 - though we will get that down even earlier over the next two months). Miles woke up twice during the night, 1:30 & 4:30 and then was up permanently around 5:45...early. I was up for all the night feedings so Tim scooped him out of the room and let me sleep until 7:30. At 9, we left for an interview with an elderly persian woman for daycare who seemed great. Miles fell asleep in the car ride over and then slept through the entire interview until we got home at 10:30. This is great news as he is supposed to take a morning nap and he did!! We then took a long walk around noon for lunch and a coffee -- which Miles slept through as well. The boy is a sleeping fool today!
Around 2:00, after another feeding, Miles was up and super chatty! We took a number of videos that we will look to convert this evening to get online. The boys are both down for another nap right now, and I am biding my time for another 20 minutes before the next feeding - I guess you just get hungry a lot when all you eat is milk.
Tim has recovered and Miles seems (all of 1 day into it) to be doing well on a new sleep routine. I am pretty tired out, but hopefully with the earlier bed time, I can get a little more sleep every night... here's to hoping anyway!
I spent yesterday night reading up on sleeping infants, and am going to spend the next couple of months trying to get our Mr Miles on more of a schedule before he goes to daycare. It started with an earlier bed time (9:00 - though we will get that down even earlier over the next two months). Miles woke up twice during the night, 1:30 & 4:30 and then was up permanently around 5:45...early. I was up for all the night feedings so Tim scooped him out of the room and let me sleep until 7:30. At 9, we left for an interview with an elderly persian woman for daycare who seemed great. Miles fell asleep in the car ride over and then slept through the entire interview until we got home at 10:30. This is great news as he is supposed to take a morning nap and he did!! We then took a long walk around noon for lunch and a coffee -- which Miles slept through as well. The boy is a sleeping fool today!
Around 2:00, after another feeding, Miles was up and super chatty! We took a number of videos that we will look to convert this evening to get online. The boys are both down for another nap right now, and I am biding my time for another 20 minutes before the next feeding - I guess you just get hungry a lot when all you eat is milk.
Tim has recovered and Miles seems (all of 1 day into it) to be doing well on a new sleep routine. I am pretty tired out, but hopefully with the earlier bed time, I can get a little more sleep every night... here's to hoping anyway!
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