Liam's starting to become much more alert and when he looks at me, I feel like he really sees me now. He is still a HUNGRY little man and eats soooo much. Today, he wanted to eat every hour! I'm still trucking along with breastfeeding... one of the hardest, most mentally challenging things I've ever done. I'm taking it one day at a time. I'll have a night (like last night!) when I decide I'm giving up...but then I'll have a good day that will put me back in the game. My initial goal was one month and I made it so I'm proud of myself. We'll see how it goes from here and how the pumping goes when I go back to work in 2 weeks.
Liam loves hanging out on a blanket on the floor next to the couch. I'd leave him there all the time if it weren't for Eli the giant sprinter/jumper who would surely injure his brother (unintentionally) in minutes. So for now, Liam's blanket time is limited to when his big brother is sleeping or in his high chair.
He does NOT like sitting in the frog bouncy chair, which is very sad cause Eli used to love that thing. I took many a shower and cooked many a meal with Eli happily sitting in that chair. It's been much harder to get anything done around the house with Liam. I can't even confidently put him in his little crib and do things, because Eli demonstrated that he can climb into the crib with Liam in about 2 seconds the other day.
Eli's still a GREAT big brother and truly loves Liam. He wakes up asking for him and makes sure to say goodnight before he goes to bed. He loves kissing him and hugging him, especially if he's crying. He loves telling me "He's happy!" even if he's crying. He loves laying "next to Liam!!" on the couch and wants to be "in the jungle with Liam" all the time (they have a jungle play mat). Tonight I saw Eli run over and show Liam (translation...put them in and on his face) all of his little action figures. They're going to have a great time playing together in a few years... I hope!
Liam likes to fall asleep on my chest/tummy and there have been several nights where we have slept that way. He's already getting to be so big... I really am trying hard to cherish these times.
He has a doc appt on Monday, so we'll see how big he is! Two weeks ago, he was 8 lbs. I'm guessing he's now at 8.5.
Me, Eli, Jenn (sooooooooooooooooo beyond excited to have her here. She's a LIFESAVER) and Liam went to Muscoot Farm yesterday and had a great time. Liam nursed and slept the whole time and Eli led Jenn around the farm, showing her his favorite animals. We taught him how to milk a (pretend) cow and he really looked like a little farmer boy with his cute Texas hat. :)
We (me and Liam) attempted to sleep in the bedroom for the first time since we brought him home. Pffffft. He HAD been sleeping in stretches of 4-5 hours. Last night, I only got to sleep in my bed for 1.5 hours before he woke up. I took him out to the living room to nurse and then brought him back, seemingly asleep. As soon as I laid down (I'm telling you - babies KNOW when mommies lay down!), he started wailing.... then I heard Eli say "crying! crying!!" and then HE started crying. Uh oh. Liam and I hightailed it out of there, which is a good thing considering he wanted to be awake from 12:30-3am. It took Eli a while to stop crying and calm down (he thought it was morning time).... We're going to try it again tonight to see if it's any better. I'd REALLY like to sleep in a bed instead of the couch!
On that note folks, I'm off to sleep. wish me luck!
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