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I'm really at a loss about what to write about tonight! I guess I'm excited about a few things (it doesn't take much to tickle my fancy these days). Not much is different with Eliseo...waiting for the crawl, I'm trying to find a way to bribe him into joining me on the opposite side of the room but mainly he just ends up crying. Then I feel guilty.  He's been really into Snickers, much to her dismay. He lights up everytime he sees her. I'll be really mad if his first word is Snickers. He's growing a lot but I'm still waiting on a major milestone. It's bound to happen soon, right?

On the food front, tomorrow we introduce cantaloupe. I'm excited to see how he reacts, hopefully without an allergic reaction though! So far he hasn't had any reactions, it's been pretty easy. We are in a good flow for now. Mostly predictable but then he throws us for a loop. Lots of smiles though. We love those smiles.

YouTube challenged

Ok so. I am YouTube stupid and cant figure out how to get a video to play but I'm working on it. In the meantime enjoy some pics. Butternut squash an absolute hit.

Now what?

Day 4 of daycare this week and things kind of went downhill all week. This growth spurt is really screwing with my baby! No morning nap again today. I can only imagine how crabby he must have been for Janelle. He ate the double portion of oatmeal I sent and didn't finish his bottle so I know he had enough to eat today. Then when he got home I made him some lunch:zucchini with brown rice and he barely ate any of it. I wanted my pediatricians advice on his not napping this week and the nurse said maybe he just doesn't need it anymore. She recommended keeping him awake (what a joy that will be with a cranky baby) and trying one longer nap in the afternoon. Hmm. So I tried it, and again we were back to an hour crying in the crib with no nap. I know it takes a couple of weeks for him to learn a new behavior, but I'm afraid trying to get him to nap in the crib may make him like it less at bedtime. Bedtime is the one thing that we have down pat. Maybe I'll have him nap in the pack n play that is down in our bedroom. Ugh so we are back to trying to work out naptime.

I finally did get him to nap in his swing at around 4pm but it didn't last long. He had a minor meltdown as I finished up work, but once I was done the evening was pretty pleasant. Dinner was sweet potatoes and brown rice and a nursing session and then we played on the floor. Worked on sitting up...he can sit up by himself but he still throws himself back pretty hard so I have to be close by. Then I think the favorite part of my night...I nursed him around 730 and he feel asleep, then I fell asleep and we cuddled. I woke up around 9, brought him upstairs and put him in his jammies, nursed again and he's been out ever since. So we'll see how it goes tomorrow.

As far as the food, even though he's 8 months he still eats every 3 hours and nurses quite often.  The nurse says this is fine, that you can't really over feed him right now. Just let him eat until he's full. So I guess I'm going to need a lot more food around here! I've been incorporating grains to keep him fuller longer. She says keep doing what I'm doing.

So there it is...and I just love these legs and feet so thought I'd share!

Just when you think you figured it out

Hey y'all! I'm not from Texas but it sounded good.  The last few days Eliseo has been pretty fussy in the morning/ afternoon. I think I figured out the problem. Apparently he is starving. I brought him to day care on Wednesday and he hadn't taken a nap all morning for Janelle. I thought he would sleep well in the afternoon but no such luck. I fed him lunch and after his food was gone he was sitting there like a baby bird with his mouth wide open. I nursed him but that didn't make him tired enough to nap. So, he continued to be fussy. A few hours later I fed him dinner and he did the same thing. So I heated him up a second serving and he ate the whole thing! So today I doubled up on everything and he ate it all! I had enough food to last through the  weekend but he ate it all! So I made him a few more things tonight: Brown rice, oatmeal, apples and pears as mixers and the new introduction butternut squash. Can you say growth spurt?

Other than that, nothing new. He hasn't crawled yet but it will happen any day now. No teeth, maybe a "mama" soon...

Isn't January boring?

Mmmm hmmm, it really is. But after December craziness, boring isn't so bad. I just have far less to talk about. I'm really surprised at how easy it was to get Eliseo back into the groove. We had one tough night of adjusting, but other than that, bedtime has been a breeze. The only exception is he's been stirring a little right when I'm getting into bed at night. He is a floor away so I know he can't hear me, the only thing I can figure is that it gets quiet once I turn off the tv and that may be what wakes him. Usually he will just go back to sleep but sometimes I go rock him a little.
So what have we been doing? Pretty much laying low, I find if I leave the house I spend money and I'm still recovering from Christmas, so I've been trying to stay home and get the house in order. E and I have been spending a significant amount of time on the floor playing, one of these days he's going to take off crawling but it has happened yet.
Today I met with my running girls and brought Eliseo with me in the jogger. It was cold and windy, but I had him nice and bundled up. I was planning on running about 3 miles and walking in a fourth, but I got turned around on one of the trails and wound up inadvertently adding a mile onto my run. This did not make Eliseo happy. I had no other way to get back than to run, so I turned on the turbo jets. I didn't know if he was just cold, or tired of being bundled, or poopy, but he had a meltdown. Not good! I felt like a bad mommy. It's so heartbreaking to feel so powerless. So finally I called Donna to come pick me up, he wasn't gonna make it another mile and a half (or I wasn't). Finally my heart just couldn't take it anymore, I had to pick him up, even if it was cold and windy. At least I had a blanky to wrap him in. That's all he wanted, was to be held. My poor baby.
So that was the extent of our excitement. We lead very boring lives :).
Oh but worth mentioning....E had his 8 month "birthday" last Tuesday. I'm starting to think about his 1st bday party already ( yikes!). Looks like it will be 4/27, so mark your calendars!

Happy New Year!

Well, we did it, we actually left the house and stayed out past midnight! Glenn accepted an invitation to one of his fellow police officer's house which was just a few miles away from our house. They said we could bring the baby and since I didn't want to try and find a babysitter (and I wasn't drinking anyway, plus I kinda wanted to be with him) we put him in his jammies and headed on over. I thought Eliseo would fall asleep around 9 or 10 and that I would let him sleep in the car seat, or that we would just leave early. Oh no, he stated past midnight. Only my baby. I kept thinking that I was going to be sorry cuz his sleeping schedule was going to be screwed up, but it's already screwed up so oh well. It was a special occasion. And yes, I did pay for it tonight with an hour and a half of fussing. He'll be back to normal soon enough.  Today we just hung out as a family, went to the mall and ran a couple of errands. Did more housework and yet more laundry...yada yada.

So resolutions for 2013? I guess just the standard: try to take better care of myself. I guess back to running and to the gym. My gym has childcare available so I really have no excuse. And...Biggest Loser is coming back on! I love that show, it totally motivates me.

Alright peeps, it's late and I have work tomorrow. I hope you all have a happy and healthy 2013!