As for last night, the sleep went like this. He woke up at 9 pm and I gave him a ounce of his bottle in his crib and then put his binky back in. He woke up at 11 pm and I put his binky back in and left the room. He cried for 4 minutes. Then at 12:50 am, he woke, I gave him a bottle in his crib and he slept till 5 am. At that time, I picked him up and we went into the other room and slept for another hour.
I know Max is having a tough time sleeping because he is teething so bad again. But at least he slept in his room. I was so proud of him this morning. Each time he went right back to sleep. He was also rested and that made me feel happy for him. Although Max is always happy.
As for teething, he is starting to shove his whole hand in his mouth again. Poor Max. OUCH!
We saw Daphne Goldeberg today. Max is 29 1/4 inches and he is 22 pounds. Grew 3/4 of an inch and gained a pound. WOW! I was so happy when she told me that he does not have an ear infection anymore. Thank goodness. I am so happy. We also talked in length about his sleep and we both agreed that my version of taking it slow and trusting my instinct with the crying is the best for us. I do not need it to happen overnight. I just want to make sure he can learn to self soothe and learn that he can put himself to sleep. It was wonderful to talk with her about it in detail and hear your mothering experiences ads well. We also talked about the weaning and I feel the same about that-meaning that I am going to listen to Max. If he wants to nurse then he can and if he wants a bottle then he can. As ong as I can pump milk for him-well that is the most important to me-getting him those nutrients from my breast milk. He also had a flu shot today. But one of the reasons we chose Daphne as a doctor is that she buys from a distributor in England, who makes the shot without mercury. Can you imagine? All of the flu shots are made with mercury and only one place makes the shot without and it is exensive. Amazing huh? Then as before, I have him the homeopathic remedy, Thuja, which helps his body to not reject the vaccine so that he would not have a reaction.
Then we went to the Narberth Playground to meet one of the babies from our Music Class. It was great to talk with another mom and I just had fun. Max loves swinging so much. So it was a nice treat after the doctors visit.
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