Monday, October 03, 2005

Sawyer Slept TEN Hours!

I couldn't believe it when I awoke at 6:00 this morning and Sawyer was still asleep. I heard him on the monitor around midnight but he fell back asleep. I woke up at 4:00 and remember thinking that I needed to pump but I fell asleep instead. I pumped for five minutes at 6:00 instead and got almost three ounces! I really wish that I would have pumped earlier because you don't know uncomfortable until your son hasn't nursed in almost eleven hours! I'll just leave it at that! :)

Speaking of nursing, he's been on quite a nursing strike lately. One of my books says that it can happen "even to non-union babies" which I thought was pretty cute. It seems like he's just not quite as hungry these days but he's driving me crazy! I guess the good thing about him sleeping so long last night is that he's actually nursed well today. It's going to be one of my questions at his four-month well-visit on Thursday. The main question is when he can start cereal. Lorne is hounding me about wanting to feed him. I've already promised him that when Sawyer does start solids his father will be the first to feed him. Of course I have been reading on the subject and there is quite a bit of research to support waiting until at least six months to introduce solids as a baby can survive on breastmilk or formula alone for the first six months. One of the main reasons is due to food allergies. Lorne and I talked about it and his food allergies were pretty mild and I didn't have any so hopefully we will get the green light from Dr. Darrow to give it a try. I know that we can start without her blessing but I will feel better after I hear her side of the argument.

It looks like my daily posts have turned into weekly ones. I try my best to keep up but the days really get away from me. Once Lorne gets home I'm usually running off to Curves at least three times a week. When I get home we usually walk Rosie or I am needing to feed Sawyer again. Dinner is thrown in there somewhere even though I am still rarely cooking. I'm bathing Sawyer every other day now so we do that too (I'm posting a cute bathtub picture today). I'm trying to go to bed after I feed him the last time so I try and shower before that last feeding. Long story short I don't have much time to blog if I don't get to it during the day which is what I am trying to do today. Sawyer's hanging out in his swing. He is still liking it as best as I can tell. He seems to be getting bored with his bouncer though which is not cool since it gets us through mealtime most nights. He's started turning on his side as if he's trying to escape.

I'm in the process of trying to get our roof replaced. We lost quite a few shingles from the high winds a couple of weekends ago. State Farm came out Friday and said that it only needed repaired which means that we wouldn't meet our $1500 deductible. I find that ironic since they actually totaled the same roof in 2003 after a hail storm. Lorne and his dad only replaced a few shingles instead of replacing the entire roof. It seems like shingles are always falling off so that's why we're going to shell out the money to replace it. I wish now that we had done it three years ago but there's not much we can do about that now. I've called four roofing companies about estimates and am waiting for them to call me back so that we can schedule. I got the numbers from State Farm's "Premiere List" so I am hoping that they are reputable and dependable. We have one estimate so far but it was from someone who just left us their card so I don't know anything about them or their reputation which makes me uneasy. I'm hoping that we can have a new roof by next week. I love the experience of getting to wait on them to call to schedule, wait for them to get here, and then wait some more once we schedule the actual roofing. Fun, fun!

I lost again last week so I have lost 15 pounds total! I just got a call from Lisa who works for Weight Watchers in Florida. She wanted to put me in Self magazine. I had to tell her that I'm not at goal and that I just had a baby. She said for me to call her when I get back to goal. I can't believe that it was just this time last year when I was at goal and waiting to be in the Weight Watchers magazine and book. The funny thing is that I was already pregnant in my "after" picture that's in the magazine. Lorne took it at Laura's wedding and I had just taken my first home pregnancy test that morning. What a difference a year makes!

Here are some more pictures of the little man:


Here's a rated G version of Sawyer's first bubble bath.


Sawyer's started sticking out his tongue at us. I think that he's just realized that he has one!


Trask's site gave Lorne the idea to show how Sawyer is like HIS daddy. Since it was Sunday it was football, football, football!


He's such a photogenic little baby!

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