Not as Fussy....

Yes, I know...my little panda is the cutest in the world (as all mommy's would say about their own kids, lol)!

So the little one is officially 16 days old.  He cries over everything -- from diaper changes to baths, but when he's calm, the world seems like a rainbow on a cloudy day.  Or something like that, lol.

Auntie Pency came over for TnT's weekly photo shoot. I kept him entertained enough to stay awake, lol, and she was able to get some great shots!  I had a different outfit on him before, but the little bugger peed through his diaper, outfit, and 2 sets of blankets, lol.  He doesn't quit fit the the newborn size (we noticed it was leaving a mark on his cute little butt), and he's not quit big enough for the size 1 diapers....but we're making do.  Ish.  I'm still experimenting with how tight and high to put on the diaper...so it's usually mine that leak. =/  Bleh, lol.

Here is some evidence that TnT is a crier.  I had just changed his diaper and changed him into this cute onesie....

Usually at that point, I would pick him up and look straight into his face, and tell him "it's okay, it's over...I'm all done" and he would look back and me and slowly stop crying.  However, I decided to take a pic really quick first, instead, hehehehe.  Yes, I'm mean...

As a side note, yes, those are socks on his hands...we noticed they stay on better than the little mitts since the mitts are still a smidge too big for him.  He gets them off so easily!

So it's been a couple days, and he's been taking the gripe water pretty nicely.....I feel like it eases the gas in his stomach.  The bottle says to feed him 1/2 tsp 3 times daily, but I didn't feel like this eased his stomach enough.  Instead, I give him a few drops with every bottle. I noticed that this seems to work a lot better.  He's not as fussy...

Also, he could be not as fussy because we changed his diaper from newborn to size 1?  Well, the hubby seems to think so, lol.  There's still periods of time where we won't sleep or eat, doesn't need a diaper change or doesn't burp, but he'll cry.  Definitely not the 3 hours like babies with colic do, but still...it's hard to deal with!  We just hold him and let him cry...try to feed him....try to burp him....and eventually he quiets down.

Luckily, he's not doing this at night....at night, we've gotten him to sleep!  He still wakes up every 2.5-3hrs, but that's okay.  We just change him and feed him, and he goes right back to sleep.  He's more fussy during the day time or evening time.  And like I said, it doesn't seem to last too long...

So yeah, I'm going to keep up with the gripe water, and see how that goes...

Till next time!