HAHA, this has a whole new meaning to me now!! I do have a 2 1/2 month old cry baby, lol!
So, last night Micah had a very big crying fit and I began to possibly see myself in him, and not sure if that is a good thing or not...
I've recently looked at my baby pictures and can see better how much his mouth looks like mine...even some of his smiles and smirks!!
I've also recently noticed how big I stretch after I wake up from sleep or a nap...just like his big stretches I have always thought were so cute but didn't realize they were very similar to mine!
But last night I think I might have seen more of his personality that could turn out to be similar to mine...the part where I work well with a schedule and with things happening like they are supposed to happen (although just having a kid has made me much more flexible in life). I fed him around 4, but left to go workout at the Y and forgot to change his diaper, which usually happens right after I feed him...so I got home and realized he was still unchanged and was VERY wet, so I thought he would enjoy a dry diaper and I changed him around 6...but I had no intention of feeding him until 7 since he goes about 3 hours normally and that would be right before volleyball practice...
He was having none of this! Almost immediately after I changed him he started crying and we could just not get him to stop for about 45 minutes...not with talking or music or position change or any of the things that normally work...he should not have been hungry yet, but once I finally fed him he was totally fine and then I got worried...is he like me?? That little bit of a different routine with the diaper change?? Was he so afraid that if I changed him then, that maybe, just maybe, I had forgotten to feed him??? Or is he already so aware of the routine that he knew something was desperately wrong and he could just not come to grips with it???
For the most part, he seems a very laid back kid...but that had a lot of drama involved.
I am slightly excited and slightly apprehensive about what else I might see in him that comes from me......
Thursday, February 26, 2009
Sleep is Sweet!
I wasn't sure if I should even write about this for fear that it would be a one time thing and I would be sharing my excitement over something that would quickly fade and be forgotten. But no...
So, two night ago Micah ate at 10:40 pm and was in bed by 11. He quickly fell asleep and did not wake until 5:25!! How exciting it is to sleep over 6 hours in a row!
This was very exciting for me and I only hope that it wouldn't be a one-time thing. Micah was fairly normal throughout the rest of yesterday, except that he had a very long crying around 6 pm (and I even thought about not going to volleyball practice because he was being such a drama queen). He ate around 7, though, and that seemed to calm him down, so I dressed him and talked to him about being good at practice:):) Well, I guess he heard me because he fell asleep on the way to practice and did not wake until after we got home!!! Almost 3 hours all in all....
Now, this was great in that a parent simply watched him in his car seat while matt and I both got to coach, but it was also worrisome in that he was having a very long and deep nap not long before I would want him to sleep through the night again....but low and behold, he proved me wrong!!!
We came home and I fed him around 10 and then got some things done around the house while matt kept him awake until about 11 when we all went to bed...and I didn't hear from Micah again until....
5 AM!!!
Another great night, 6 hours straight of sleep. And he may have slept longer, but he was starting to stir a little and I needed to feed him then since I was already getting up soon to fix breakfast for a meeting...
Two nights in a row...what a great birthday present, Thank You Micah!!
So, two night ago Micah ate at 10:40 pm and was in bed by 11. He quickly fell asleep and did not wake until 5:25!! How exciting it is to sleep over 6 hours in a row!
This was very exciting for me and I only hope that it wouldn't be a one-time thing. Micah was fairly normal throughout the rest of yesterday, except that he had a very long crying around 6 pm (and I even thought about not going to volleyball practice because he was being such a drama queen). He ate around 7, though, and that seemed to calm him down, so I dressed him and talked to him about being good at practice:):) Well, I guess he heard me because he fell asleep on the way to practice and did not wake until after we got home!!! Almost 3 hours all in all....
Now, this was great in that a parent simply watched him in his car seat while matt and I both got to coach, but it was also worrisome in that he was having a very long and deep nap not long before I would want him to sleep through the night again....but low and behold, he proved me wrong!!!
We came home and I fed him around 10 and then got some things done around the house while matt kept him awake until about 11 when we all went to bed...and I didn't hear from Micah again until....
5 AM!!!
Another great night, 6 hours straight of sleep. And he may have slept longer, but he was starting to stir a little and I needed to feed him then since I was already getting up soon to fix breakfast for a meeting...
Two nights in a row...what a great birthday present, Thank You Micah!!
Wednesday, February 25, 2009
It's new everyday!!
And that is SO true right now! Every single day there is something new and exciting! I never would have thought that being a parent would keep me so entertained and give me SOOOO much fulfillment!!! Again, it's appreciating the little things!
When Micah was first born he preferred one of our fingers to a pacifier in his mouth, but then i found a pacifier more like the shape of a finger and with a little texture to it, and he really likes that one! But just last night (while we were at IHOP getting our free pancakes on National Pancake Day) he started to find his own hand! So, I think he is going to be right-handed because this is the one he is trying to get in his mouth (trying being the key for right now). It's pretty cute, it's like he knows he wants the thumb (how do kids know that?) but his hand is in a fist, so he kind of gets his whole hand up there to suck on...cute!!
We'll see what tomorrow brings.....
When Micah was first born he preferred one of our fingers to a pacifier in his mouth, but then i found a pacifier more like the shape of a finger and with a little texture to it, and he really likes that one! But just last night (while we were at IHOP getting our free pancakes on National Pancake Day) he started to find his own hand! So, I think he is going to be right-handed because this is the one he is trying to get in his mouth (trying being the key for right now). It's pretty cute, it's like he knows he wants the thumb (how do kids know that?) but his hand is in a fist, so he kind of gets his whole hand up there to suck on...cute!!
We'll see what tomorrow brings.....
Thursday, February 19, 2009
Making faces
this is what we do after a meal, sit and make faces at each other while I try to get it on camera...sometimes it works...
Crying
Micah really doesn't cry too often unless he is just having a bad day...
Normally it is a hungry cry if I am not fast enough to whip out the milk, or else it is a cry that stems from being too tired and not being put in a position he can fall asleep (the way he wants)... but whatever cry it is, it always still seems to be cute...
But lately we have noticed some new cries. I know he is only 9 weeks, but I have figured out the sound of most of his cries, the hungry one vs. the tired one for example...So, most of the other ones are just fake, the main difference seems to be how long he is willing to keep it going vs. how long we can go without feeling so sorry for him that we pick him up. Last night, though, there was a new tired one. I think it was the "I'm so tired I can even open my mouth for the cry" so it was a much deeper and more pitiful sounding cry. And even now, it's sort of a whimpering one that seems to say "I really don't want to be in this swing but I do not have the energy to really cry all out and let you know that, so I will just whimper a little here and there to let you know I am not content".
HAHA...this is what my day consists of: feeding, playing, changing the diaper, figuring out the cry, getting a little work done when he eventually falls asleep, then starting the cycle over again...makes me laugh to think about it that way!
Normally it is a hungry cry if I am not fast enough to whip out the milk, or else it is a cry that stems from being too tired and not being put in a position he can fall asleep (the way he wants)... but whatever cry it is, it always still seems to be cute...
But lately we have noticed some new cries. I know he is only 9 weeks, but I have figured out the sound of most of his cries, the hungry one vs. the tired one for example...So, most of the other ones are just fake, the main difference seems to be how long he is willing to keep it going vs. how long we can go without feeling so sorry for him that we pick him up. Last night, though, there was a new tired one. I think it was the "I'm so tired I can even open my mouth for the cry" so it was a much deeper and more pitiful sounding cry. And even now, it's sort of a whimpering one that seems to say "I really don't want to be in this swing but I do not have the energy to really cry all out and let you know that, so I will just whimper a little here and there to let you know I am not content".
HAHA...this is what my day consists of: feeding, playing, changing the diaper, figuring out the cry, getting a little work done when he eventually falls asleep, then starting the cycle over again...makes me laugh to think about it that way!
Wednesday, February 18, 2009
It's the little things...
It's funny how life changes once you have a kid, especially the things that you get excited for...
I still get excited to coach volleyball and play volleyball. I still look forward to working out and spending time with my husband. I am excited to get back to hiking and camping...
BUT, I get much more excited about the simple things in life these days, like Micah having a good poop after a few days without one...
Or what about a really good burp after a feeding...
...or a big smile that reveals his dimple...
...or watching him just chill, wide awake and entertaining himself...
...or an extra half hour of sleep at night between feedings...
...or Micah fitting into an outfit that used to be too big for him...
...some are silly, some are small, some seem big, but all these and more get me so much more excited now as a mother (of the most beautiful baby boy!) than I could have thought...
It's the little things in life...
I still get excited to coach volleyball and play volleyball. I still look forward to working out and spending time with my husband. I am excited to get back to hiking and camping...
BUT, I get much more excited about the simple things in life these days, like Micah having a good poop after a few days without one...
Or what about a really good burp after a feeding...
...or a big smile that reveals his dimple...
...or watching him just chill, wide awake and entertaining himself...
...or an extra half hour of sleep at night between feedings...
...or Micah fitting into an outfit that used to be too big for him...
...some are silly, some are small, some seem big, but all these and more get me so much more excited now as a mother (of the most beautiful baby boy!) than I could have thought...
It's the little things in life...
Friday, February 13, 2009
Milestones
The past couple of weeks have been full of milestones in the life of Micah David Carroll...
Micah has started to be very interactive, especially right after he has a meal...I keep trying to catch one of his cute smiles, but have not had luck...he is also starting to look a little more like his cousin, proof he is definitely a Carroll!
We are trying to have Micah sleep more on his belly and side during the day so he doesn't get a flat spot on the back of his head...and he is so cute when he sleeps!
And speaking of sleep time, I think Micah might be like me when I was a kid...get me tired enough and I will sleep anywhere at any time...
We also had some very nice weather for a couple of days and got to take Micah on his very first walk in his stroller outside!! He wasn't having it at first, but then we got the pacifier in and walked for a few minutes to help him be OK with it...and there it came, sleepy time again!
Micah also got his first shots, and I think he did better than I do when I have to get shots...he screamed for just a few seconds, got his bandaids and he was fine! He was a little extra sleepy for the afternoon, but overall I think he did amazing!
And finally, just today, the day after his first shots, Micah feel asleep for the first time in his swing without having to be swaddled! He stayed awake for a long time staring off into space thinking about who knows what, then fell asleep for a while, then woke up and started staring again...he is so stinkin' adorable!!
Micah has started to be very interactive, especially right after he has a meal...I keep trying to catch one of his cute smiles, but have not had luck...he is also starting to look a little more like his cousin, proof he is definitely a Carroll!
We are trying to have Micah sleep more on his belly and side during the day so he doesn't get a flat spot on the back of his head...and he is so cute when he sleeps!
And speaking of sleep time, I think Micah might be like me when I was a kid...get me tired enough and I will sleep anywhere at any time...
We also had some very nice weather for a couple of days and got to take Micah on his very first walk in his stroller outside!! He wasn't having it at first, but then we got the pacifier in and walked for a few minutes to help him be OK with it...and there it came, sleepy time again!
Micah also got his first shots, and I think he did better than I do when I have to get shots...he screamed for just a few seconds, got his bandaids and he was fine! He was a little extra sleepy for the afternoon, but overall I think he did amazing!
And finally, just today, the day after his first shots, Micah feel asleep for the first time in his swing without having to be swaddled! He stayed awake for a long time staring off into space thinking about who knows what, then fell asleep for a while, then woke up and started staring again...he is so stinkin' adorable!!
Tuesday, February 10, 2009
Awake Time
It's crazy how fast babies grow up. Seriously! In one day Micah decided that he was going to stay awake more, and he was going to be ok with entertaining himself! We laid him down on the floor on a pillow on his stomach and he slept for a little while, but soon enough he had rolled himself over onto his back and was wide awake...and he just stayed there! I don't know what all he could see because he didn't roll under the play gym, and we have high ceilings, but he was just gazing at the world and he was fine with this for almost an hour!!! All this change in one day! Not like he gradually worked up to the hour, he just decided he was ready for more independence and he went for it.AND, he wasn't wrapped up! Normally if his arms are not confined close to his body then he cannot handle himself and begins screaming. But, his arms were free and moving, his legs were kicking wildly as if he were riding a bike, and he was so content it was amazing to watch! I think he got more exercise yesterday as he rode his air bike than I have gotten in the past 2 months!
LOVE that boy!!!
(photo courtesy of Angel at angelartphotos.com)
Friday, February 6, 2009
Bigger and Better
Thursday, February 5, 2009
The Cry
It is a little weird to me that Micah is just turning 8 weeks tomorrow and yet I feel like we are already seeing his personality, as well as just knowing what he is going to look like and how cute he is going to be! I know they develop young, some parts maybe even innately, but to watch it is crazy cool!
I think he is going to have a pretty relaxed personality, I think he is going to be pretty independent, I think he is going to be an explorer, and of course he is going to be very charming!! For the most part, he is pretty easy-going, he loves music, he can stare outside for as long as he can stay awake, and he likes to face the world when being held...
Physically, he is going to have Matt's hairline, he is going to have my long tongue, he is going to be beautiful with a gorgeous smile and great eyes!! He is also showing us that he is going to be just as gassy as his dad!!
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