8 Months...Where did the time go!

Hi everyone!  I haven't posted in awhile...and I might have to back date some future posts so that we stay in chronological order.  But for now...here's a look at TnT from his first convention: Anime Expo!

My mom knitted this Pikachu outfit for TnT.  It was funny how it happened. I was just musing aloud saying it'd be so cute if the baby had a Pikachu outfit for Anime Expo.  Then my mom started asking for yellow yarn.  For like a week.  Finally, I asked what the yarn was for...and she said, I thought you wanted a Pikachu outfit for the baby.  Yes, my mom is hip and knows that Pikachu is yellow, lol.  And then she got mad at me because I took forever to get her a picture of Pikachu...and the day I finally remembered...the printer broke.  FAIL!  But I threw some on her iPad and she was ready to go.

I helped her out a little on the sewing parts.  Don't you think it turned out AWESOME?  She didn't even use a pattern...she just winged it.  WTF, I always need a pattern! LOL

The baby had an amazing time...he smiled non stop and talked a bunch!  Seriously, the cutest Pikachu ever!

Finally - 3 Months!

My little one is officially 3 months old, as of yesterday.  Hurray!!  Lots of things have changed since his 30 day birthday, and I'm glad to report I'm getting more sleep at night. =)

So, first off, let me tell ya, I'm sorry I haven't been able to regularly blog (either on here or my main blog!).  I've been UBER busy, and it's only going to get busier!  Although I'm not working full-time, I do have some clients and I am doing some bookkeeping for a restaurant.  That, added to the fact that my parents have been out of the country for the last couple of weeks (omg, CANT wait till they get back on Wed!!) and the fact that my mother-in-law has started working 7 days a week, I have barely had any free time.  At least when my parents get back, I'll have some help with the baby.  =)

So...where I'm at right now....I'm trying to get TnT on sleep schedule. I think it's kinda working. He's still waking up before it's time, but I'm hoping if we stick to the schedule, he'll gradually wake up less...until he sleeps through the night.  I'm not sure why he doesn't sleep 7 hrs anymore, but my goal is to get back to that.

What method am I using?  I'm trying out the scheduling method...where you just stick to the same schedule every day.  Well, almost the same...his nap times vary throughout the day because I just let him sleep when he wants...that is, until 9pm.  At 9pm, I don't let him sleep until midnight.  My goal is to get him to sleep from midnight till 7am.  When he starts sleeping longer, I can let him sleep earlier...I think they say babies can sleep up to a block of 10 hrs.  10pm-8am or 9pm-7am would be a dream come true right now, hahahaha.  Anyhoo, I'll try to keep y'all updated as to how my scheduling method works. =)

Till next time!

Happy 30-Day Birthday!

My little one is officially 1 month old!  Time flies like crazy when you're busy!

Anyhoo, we had a dinner this past Saturday with my mother-in-law's friends.  Then we did another small dinner at my parents' house with just family.  We were planning to throw a bigger party for the rest of my family and friends, but my mom hasn't been feeling well, and she said she doesn't have the energy to host a party right now.  So we're postponing it until further notice. =/

In the meantime, here's a pic of my sweet TnT on his special day!  Isn't he adorable?  I have a video of everyone singing happy birthday to him, but I haven't posted it anywhere yet.  I want to make a special YouTube channel just for him, which is kept private where only friends and family can watch his videos.

When that's all done, I'll definitely post it here and take "applications" of who want a chance to view his stuff! Hahahah

Anyhoo, till next time!

I Got Peed on, awesome.

So yeah, like the title says, my little angel peed on me today.  Coincidentally, this happened while I had just undressed him for his bath and was waiting for the hubby to get the bathtub ready.  So yeah, of all the luck...

On another note...in this pic to the left, I'm sporting the Munchkin baby sling.  Baby slings (IMO) are one of the best inventions EVER (for lazy people like me).  It lets me carry the baby without actually using both hands.  It leaves my hands free to play on my iPad.  Yes, that's my iPad in the pic...I was recording the baby's last feeding, lol.  The app you see there is called "Baby Geek" and I love it.  I use it to record all of TnT's pees, poops, feedings, and sleep.  That way I can tell people that he's not eating well, or pooping as much as I'd like, etc. =P LOL  And yes, I DO do that...

So we kinda figured out what all the crying was about...it seems like our poor baby had some pretty bad gas, which was upsetting his tummy.  He was grunting all the time, and crying more and more every day.  So I took TnT to the doctor and he recommended that we change his formula (apparently gripe water wasn't strong enough!).  So now we have him on the Similac Soy Sensitive formula...although I'm not a fan of the smell.  I definitely like the smell of the regular formula better.  Perhaps our poor baby is lactose intolerant?  I suppose we'll have to wait and see.  We're only using the soy formula till it runs out...then we're switching to Enfamil AR (which is for gassiness and sensitive tummies too).  Just following the dr's orders! =)  I'm just happy our baby is not grunting all the time, and seems to be in a better mood.  He still cries sometimes, but it could be because we haven't completely weaned off the original formula (you can't just switch cold turkey!).  I'll keep you guys updated on how he does after he's just on the soy formula.

Well, it's 2am, and I really should be sleeping instead of typing (but really, I want to enjoy my night off!).  I'll try to be back soon!

Till next time!

Yay, an Innie!

Not much new to report.  TnT is still the crybaby....can't wait till he can "use his words" to tell me what's wrong! LOL  Atm, I'm just really bad at guessing.  Usually I start with a bottle, then smell his diaper, then try to burp him, and if all that fails, just hold him.  If he still cries after that...I'm usually at a loss and just try to rock (or bounce!) him.  Right now, I actually got his pacifier to keep him quiet, hehehe.  I usually don't think about it, but it was right next time and I thought I'd give it a shot.  I didn't think it'd actually work (cuz he's not hungry), but it's doing it's thing, woot!

Anyhoo, as you can see from the pic, TnT's umbilical cord has finally fallen off. He's 3 weeks and 1 day (or 22 days to be exact).  I'm glad he's going to be an innie...=)

That's all I have to report for now...I really can't wait until his house arrest is over, and we can finally go out together!  I have cabin fever...going out once or twice a week for a couple hours doesn't really do it for me.  It might have, 8 months ago, when I was super nauseous...but not anymore!

Till next time!

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!

TnT is starting to be Fussy!

So....the first couple weeks have gone by so quickly!  It seems like we started to get a sleeping (or lack of sleeping) pattern down.  However, the last couple days, this cute little panda has started to CRY like crazy!!!

I have no idea why he cries sometimes!  I'm pretty sure it's not colic....after googling it, I found out that colic means the baby cries at least 3 hours a day, and usually around the same time every day.  For TnT, he cries *sometimes* after a meal.  I've tried changing his diaper, burping him, feeding him, and carrying him....all to no avail.  It seems like if I can actually get him to sleep, I can finally get some rest!

It's hard being the one that doesn't work.  I take care of the baby all through the night (occasionally being spelled by the mother-in-law who wakes me up anyway!), then proceed to take care of the baby ALL DAY. It's kinda depressing when the week starts, and I can think about is "when is it going to be 6:30pm?" (when the hubby gets home)

Well, at least I do enjoy the time I spend resting, and the times I get to just chill with the baby!  He's so cute and I love having his attention!

Anyhoo, hopefully I can find out what's wrong that making him all fussy....

Till next time!