i'm not sure about this place... ever since moving here, i've only had a few nights good sleep. i don't know if it's a little noisier here or if it's because i'm sick again, or maybe even teething. whatever it is, i hope i get use to it.
other than that the place is really nice. mommy and daddy have made it so that i can crawl wherever i want and not be too worried about computer cables. now all they have to worry about is me using anything and everything to stand myself up. that's not the part that concerns mommy tho. she's worried about how i'm going to get down... see i haven't quite figured out how to do that gracefully yet. i know that i've bonked my head a few times. i've also gone from standing position to pushup position. yea... that hurt my wrists a bit.
mommy taught me what a cow says.... it says "mmmmmmmm".
i slept for 10 hours straight thursday and friday night for the very first time... both nights i had eggs for dinner. not saturday night though. i decided to be extremely difficult saturday since i was so nice those other nights.
last night i slept almost 8 hours straight. i was tired from my day out. daddy and mommy needed to go to the bank, but the only one that was open on saturday past 12:30 was in city centre. so we took the subway. daddy and mommy took me out in the maclaren stroller instead of the travel system. mommy figured it would be easier to fold up for the subway. i still am quite small for the maclaren stroller but no big deal.
we went to the bank... daddy has finally established credit in the uk as the bank offered him a credit card. good job daddy! we stopped off at mothercare, the mall and pret a manger. after that we went back into the mall to change my nappy. that's when we realized that we were late getting back to the flat to meet the washer/dryer repairman. daddy and mommy ran home quickly. the repairmen waited for us. too bad they were unable to fix it.
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mommy and daddy have been trying to not swaddle me when i take naps. it hasn't been going so well. my naps have been about 30 minutes. it use to be an hour to an hour and a half. now, mommy is trying to leave just one arm out. still... 30 minute naps. i guess it'll just take some getting use to. i'm still swaddled at night.
mommy is still concerned about my flat head. daddy and mommy have not been letting me lay down these past few days. i have not been getting that much time to play on my playmat. i was really upset about that. i was fussy, fussy, fussy until last night. mommy finally gave in and laid me down on the playmat. i was so happy after that. i missed my friends on my playmat.
mommy has been reading a lot of forums and websites about plagiocephaly and brachycephaly. she read that all of the national health care doctors and nurses will say that it's correct itself and that hair will cover it up. they consider it an astetic and not a medical issue. that is exactly what the health visitor has been saying to mommy. mommy says my head looks like some of the kids in the pictures on the websites. daddy and mommy doesn't think it's bad enought to be a medical issue, but they are concerned. they're not that worried at the fact that my head is flat but more concerned about the slight bulge on the right side. daddy and mommy have decided to make an appointment to get my head measured. mommy found out today that the only clinic that does this in glasgow is currently servicing over 200 babies. it may be a long wait. =/ of course if daddy and mommy decide they want a helmet for me. the earlier, the better.
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it's been snowing the past few days. today, it snowed a lot! it's pretty cold outside. we've been staying home with all the heaters on to keep warm. i'm not really a scottish baby. i'm not sure how i'll feel about the cold. i guess we'll see tomorrow. daddy and mommy will have to go out tomorrow. they need to bundle me up!
my sleeping schedule has been totally irratic this week. sometimes i sleep at night... sometimes i sleep during the day... sometimes i sleep a lot... and sometimes i don't sleep at all. trying to keep them on their toes.
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after the incident with the stalker lady, daddy and mommy said we had to move. we had trouble finding something that was as nice as the place that we're living in right now, but we eventually found one that was comparable. it's a newer build so hopefully there won't be pipe creaking noises at night that keeps mommy awake. i am excited about moving. mommy says i'll get a bigger bed and my own room when i get there! let's hope that no one fancies daddy in the new building except mommy.
let's see what else happened. i pooped on mommy while she was feeding me. she had me on the pillow. when she got up after feeding me, she noticed something wet on her stomach. lol it was all over mommy's stomach and shorts. later she found some one on the pillow. this was the first time mommy didn't put pants on me and just had me in a bodysuit. i felt really bad about what happened so i slept 7 hours for her to make up for it.
mommy found us a new gp office. daddy and mommy registered us this week. we're all very happy with this new surgery (what they call dr's office here). it's really nice. this is the only surgery that mommy found with it's own website. when we walked in, there was a touchscreen monitor in front where you can check yourself in for an appointment. after daddy and mommy filled out our paperwork we sat in the pretty plaid waiting room. when the nurse called us, we walked up the pretty plaid carpet. the nurse was very nice. she took the time to explain the practice to us. it was a completely different experience than our previous surgery where each visit was less than 5 minutes. mommy even asked her a question about overseas immunisation and the nurse called her back about it the next day. mommy is very relieved that not every dr's office is like our previous one.
mommy decided to start giving me vitamins again. she mixed it in the milk for me and then i went to sleep. i got up after 3 hours of sleeping. mommy thought that i got up wanting to feed. she did think this was odd since she stuffed my tummy full of food before i went to bed. when she tried to feed me, i let her know that i woke up, because i was sick from the vitamins. she didn't understand me at first so i yelled on the top of my lungs. maybe i shouldn't have done that because i threw up 3 times. after the third time, i got very sleepy again and went back to dreamland. mommy should know that giving me those vitamins never yields in good results.
daddy can't wait till i sit up and hold my own bottle. he's trying to train me to do this. i keep trying to tell him that i'm not really even 3 months old yet, but i humor him by holding it in place when he puts the bottle in my hand.
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daddy isn't the only one trying to make me hold things. mommy keeps on putting this moo cow in front of me like i'm going to just grab it and play with it. so today, i tried to just for her. i can't say i grabbed it, but my hands and arms did move it around until it finally got into a position where it looks like i'm hugging it.
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mommy is still trying to figure out this whole sleep schedule thing for me. if she lets me dictate how i want to sleep it seems like i go to bed later for the night later and later. so yesterday she tried to keep me up longer periods of time. i was going to go to bed an hour before i went to bed the night before. unfortunately, something woke me up after 30 minutes. it took another hour for daddy and mommy to get me back in bed. those 30 minute power sleep does wonders for my baby body.
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i'm not enjoying my swing as much as i use to. maybe it's because daddy and mommy feels the need to put me in it EVERY day and multiple times. instead of looking at my friends above, i like to look around now... mainly in the kitchen or at daddy's computer. i know my friends are still there. i still say hi to them. remember this picture when i was almost 2 months old? i've grown so much since then!
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nap time! see you later!
i took my first nap without being swaddled! it was a short nap as my first naps usually are. the only things is i couldn't fall asleep without my pacifier. we'll have to work on that one later. swaddle first, pacifier later. as soon as we hear back from the letting agency, daddy can put together my crib. that's when mommy's going to try out all this new sleeping stuff with me. i'm hoping i will like this better. i really don't like waking up all bound up and unable to move. here's to working on my crazy arms.
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daddy's away for his work again. so it's just me and mommy. it's only a 3 day trip this time so he'll be back tomorrow night. daddy asked me to be good for mommy. i'm trying to be, but mommy doesn't seem to want to give me nap time when i want it. i seem to always have to yell and fuss before she takes me to my cradle. by that time i'm too upset to sleep without a lot of cuddles. i know she'll figure it out. she's understands bedtime a little better than she use to.
mommy's very good at giving me tummy time. she makes me do it almost every time i'm awake. just for a little bit though. i get tired. mommy cheers me on. i'm doing better and better. my neck isn't steady just quite yet, but i can hold it up longer and longer. the reason why she's suddenly making me do all this tummy time is because she noticed that the left side of my head is slightly flatter than the other. she read that unevenly developed neck muscles could cause this. she's also been putting me on the other side to sleep, but most of the time i end up back on my left side. i think mommy's over reacting. it's really no so bad.
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mommy got a new book in the mail. it's called secrets of the baby whisperer. she's reading it right now while i'm hanging out in my pillow. she's a little worried about my sleeping habits. i love sleeping in daddy and mommy's arms or at least near them. i'm going to take advantage of that every chance i get. my cradle is so lonely and hard. i just cry every time i get into it then daddy or mommy will pick me up. we'll see if mommy and daddy have the patience to transition me back into my cradle. also, the midwives here are all for on-demand feeding. she's not sure if it's working out all that well since i'll eat any time she wants to feed me. well... pretty much every time. sometimes she's so comfy i'll just fall asleep on her. i'm eager to see how this book will change my life.
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when i sleep i do crazy things. i make a lot of noise. i make sheep and goat noises. i make car starting noises. i grunt, sneeze and cough. i let out small sad cries when i'm having nightmares. when i make these noises, i like to mix it up with some farting and pooping. my arms pop up from time to time when i'm startled. sometimes they just stay up while i sleep. i like to blow bubbles with my spit up so that when i wake, it looks like i'm foaming at the mouth. i smile sometimes, i purse my lips really tight, and sometimes one side of my mouth twitch. once in a while milk will come out through my noise when i sleep. that's when i let out my sad small cries in hopes that mommy or daddy will come and clean and comfort me.
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