Cry It Out

For the last 2 weeks we have been doing cry it out at night. Let me just say I am not a big fan of cry it out. We tried it when Noah was younger and it was a huge disaster! 30 minutes of not stop screaming that ended in a snotty red swollen faced baby. But as it always is with parenting all things change!
About 2 weeks ago Noah decided to start weaning from BF. I was not a fan (but that's a whole other post) so at bedtime my ace in the whole was gone. This left me with a tired baby who refused to go to bed. Every time I put him in bed he would scream and its exhausting to spend over an hour getting him to bed. So I decided to try crying it out again and miracle of miracles it worked! Every night since within 5 to 10 minutes he is sleeping soundly in his bed. Now it still breaks my heart to put him in his bed and walk away as he screams its so worth it for him to go to bed and get more sleep and me to get an hour back in my day!
Here is hoping this continues to work for bedtime. Nap time is whole other can of worms..........

New Years resolution keep up with my blog!

You know its sad when over christmas dinner your grandpa tells you that you havent updated your blog in forever! BUSTED. I have been terrible about blogging I know. I guess keeping up with a 1 year old and work has gotten the best of me but I am determined to stay on top of it this year!
Since I last posted we have been busy. Noah turned one in November. We had a busy holiday season (which isnt over yet). Work is very busy and going great!
I plan to start the new year focusing on getting back in shape and balancing my schedule better.
There is much more to come but for now this a quick sample. Merry Christmas all!

update

wow its been a while since i have blogged. all is well in baby land. noah is now a little over 5 months and has started solids. so far cereal and we just started bananas last night. he seems to really like it. he is cutting a few teeth on top but they are not thru yet. we took him swimming for the first time last week. he seemed to enjoy it!
on my end things are about the same. work is SUPER BUSY which is great! we are having record months!! i am feeling good and starting to be less tired. I am still stuck with the last of the baby weight. it just stopped coming off. i have heard you dont loose the last till you stop nursing. we will see. i have been trying to exercise more now that its nice outside and he is more able to be taken out and about.
Mothers day is coming up and we are looking forward to it. going to the inlaws to cook out and my mom is coming too. should be fun as long as someone is good in the car!
Thats about all for now. Noah is swinging and starting to get the grumpys, meaning he wants busted out. LOL.

Here and there

Noah is now 4 months old! I cant believe how time flies. We have decided to wait on solids till 6 months. It definitely wont hurt to wait so we are gonna try to make it.
On another note, we put a bid on a house close to work that way i could come home for lunch and not lose almost an hour a day in drive time, plus we wanted a fenced yard for the dogs.........but we were outbid =( we have to sign a new lease for this house soon so i think we will have to wait another year.
not much else is happening. work is going great. noah is growing. we are happy for spring to come. Other than that same old same old.

solids

I am really debating when to start Noah on Solids. Everyone says 4 months for cereal but all the current research says 6 months of exclusive breastfeeding. I am not sure what to think. Part of me wants to wait as long as possible to let him develop his digestive system completely, the other part says he is showing signs. Stares when I eat, lots of drooling, chewing on hands ect. I dont really know what to think.
I am open to any input!

sweet baby sleep

Noah is doing soooo great sleeping at night for the last week or so. He has started getting into the routine of going to bed around 8:30 and he has been sleeping till 6:30 or 7. For a 3 month old baby that is great! This morning I had to wake him at 6:30 so that I could nurse him before work and he was not crazy about being awakened!
I am so proud of him for sleeping so well. And I have even been putting him to bed not all the way asleep. Tonight he was still pretty awake, I laid him down and sang to him and rubbed his belly but even before he was asleep i snuck away and got ready for bed myself and he didnt even cry and laid and looked at the animals on his wall drifted off on his own. What a good little man!

sling DUH!

We are so silly. I have been having a really rough time getting Noah to nap. he is sleeping very well at night. sleeps almost 12 hours and gets up only once or twice but refuses to nap. then he gets cranky, I mean very CRANKY. so cranky i cant do anything. he wants held or he screams. so you are stuck holding him all afternoon and evening. Now I love holding my baby but I also need to get stuff done around the house. then today hubby said try the sling. DUH. Why didnt i think of that. we had used it a few times when he was little but it made me so nervous bc he was so small and fragile so I hadnt used it lately. but i thought why not give it a try so I did. and he has been sleeping in it for 2 hours now!!!! Its great he gets the nap he needs and i can get work done! granted its heavy on my shoulder and back but its totally worth it. why didnt i do this months ago!
Now I know this is not a permanent solution. we need to get him to nap in his bed but its a temporary one at least. I am reading a great book called becoming babywise (thanks Lea) and its is very good. we are working on a night schedule and putting him to sleep drowsy but not asleep. that is working pretty well. but for some reason day is another story. maybe once the night routine is solid we can incorporate a day one in slowly too! Here is crossing my fingers but for the meantime sling it is!