Wow! Rebecca slept until 6 am Monday morning, after a few fitful hours in the evening, with several nursing periods, light sleep, and then periods of crying out. Scott and I can't figure out what has her upset in the evening, but nursing her seems to be the only thing that settles her down for longer than a few minutes. She napped well in her pack and play in the afternoon, waking around 4:15 in time for us to go pick up Ben and be back in time for a visit from Renee, to bring dinner and meet Rebecca. Renee was able to settle Rebecca down in the evening, even getting her to take a pacifier for longer than she has in the past. Ben went down to sleep easily.
On Tuesday morning, Rebecca slept the entire time between her 6 am and next feeding, which didn't occur until closer to 10 am after I awoke her with a diaper change. She fell alseep again after nursing, but I used her sponge bath to wake her up. I played with her but making faces in the mirror and talking to her. She fell asleep as I was holding her and she was in and out of light sleep for several minutes once I laid her down on the sofa. She still falls asleep easily in my arms, but if not in a deep sleep when I put her down, will often wake after a few minutes. Around 11:30, I put Rebecca in her crip to sleep, and she slept well until I woke her to eat again.
Rebecca fell asleep after nursing at 6 am Wednesday morning. I woke her at 10 am to eat again, and then we went out to the mall to pick up Benjamin's table I'd ordered. She slept most of the time between that feeding and her 1:00 feeding which I had to wake her for. She also didn't stay awake long afterward, sleeping in the pack and play until I awoke her for her 4:00 feeding. She was alseep again coming back from picking up Ben and slept a while, allowing time for Ben and me to play together. Ben and I loaded and dumped his small animals and trucks from his dump truck. The maid had come this morning, but after a few minutes, we had trucks spread out across the family room and kitchen.
Ben asked for a "nana" before dinner, and he ate it all. He likes to hold the banana himself, peeled part of the way down, but then needs help to finish peeling it so he can finish eating it. Once I had Ben's dinner heated (rotisserie chicken from Costco, brocolli with melted cheese and rice), he wasn't interested in eating and pushed his plate away. However, he settled down nicely after a few minutes and ate most of his rice and broccoli and a few pieces of chicken. He's shown recently that he doesn't like being pulled away from his playing to eat, but eventually will settle down and eat something.
Ben has continued his obsession with juice, but now all juice is "apple juice" which he enunciates quite well, but it's a matter of trial and error to determine which kind of juice he actually wants. He is adamant about what type of juice he wants, and will let you know if pulling apple juice out of the refrigerator isn't right even though he's asking for "apple juice", since it can just as often mean that he wants orange juice. I'm trying to get him to understand that he needs to refer to it as orange or "o" juice, but so far to no avail.
Scott got home from work around 7:30, which was a treat for Ben since lately he hasn't come home until after Ben is in bed. He treated Ben to some m&m's, which Ben calls "nuts" for some reason. First, Scott gave Ben a small piece of graham cracker, which is what he'd asked for. After Ben's first bite, Scott showed him that he had a few m&m's in his other hand, to which Ben immediately announced that he was "all done" with the graham cracker! Ben apparently showed a preference for blue m&m's, according to Scott. Scott told him that the fourth or fifth m&m was going to be his last, and he still offerred it to me to eat. I'm thinking Ben didn't understand that it was going to be his last one! After finishing the m&m's, the graham cracker looked appealing again and Ben finished it.
Rebecca was fussy again Wednesday night, eating every couple of hours and either fussing or sleeping some in between feedings. After I fed her around 10 pm, even though she'd eaten at 6 pm and 8 pm, she was still fussy. I awoke Scott from his nap on the family room carpet and asked him to walk around with her. I was so happy that she settled down with him in a matter of seconds it seemed, with her head resting on his shoulder. He put her down on the sofa and she continued sleeping there in the boppy until almost 6 am. I stayed down there with her on the other end of the sofa until 4 am, and Scott stayed with her until 6. I'm impressed with how long she can sleep, being still under 2 months old!
Lara came to visit us on Thursday after work, and Rebecca slept in the bouncy seat for a good while in the evening, while Ben had a little dinner and played with Lara and me. Before she'd arrived, Ben tried out his new table which I'd put together in the afternoon. He enjoyed sitting at it with his coloring books and markers. After eating at 7, Rebecca slept again in Lara's arms until almost 9:00. However, she was a little bit fussy again after eating, still having a hard time settling back down, but it was better than last night. She ended up sleeping from around 10:30 to 3:00 am in her bassinet, waking to eat and then sleeping the rest of the morning in the bed resting her head in the boppy. Ben also had a hard time, probably partly due to Scott getting home at 8:00, just prior to him going into his crib. He and Scott read books for a little while upstairs before Scott put Ben down. Ben would have none of it though, and cried and screamed for his Daddy for a good while. After Scott talked to Ben about going "night night", he still cried. I brought him downstairs for some milk and cuddle time with Daddy before putting him down again. This time there was only a minute or two of crying before he quieted down and went to sleep.
The weather was nice on Saturday, so Ben and I went outside after almost 3 hour nap. Ben is a little apprehensive about being outside nowadays, afraid a dog will come to close. He listens for dogs barking and says "woof woof" when he hears one. He also wants to be picked up, presumably to be protected from a dog encounter. We weren't outside long before Daddy got home. He asked Ben if he wanted to go to the playground, to which Ben instantly answered "yes" to. So Scott and Ben got in the car with a little juice and headed off. I loaded Rebecca into the van and we met them there before she and I headed off to the grocery store. Ben enjoyed running around and going down the slide.
Ben and Scott stayed home on Sunday, while Rebecca and I went to the farm, to go to church and the lunch afterward to celebrate the new well at the church. Aunt Glenda fed Rebecca a bottle and held her all during the service. Grandma, Aunt Jean, Charlotte, Phyllis, Barbara, and everyone else at church got to see Rebecca for the first time, since she only saw my immediate family at Christmas. Aunt Catherine and Robin even got to meet her Sunday evening at Grandma Hazlegrove's house. I stopped up on my way out to see them and ended up having ham rolls, baked apples, baked beans, and grape salad for dinner with them, Grandma, and Jean. Scott and Ben went to Maymont on Saturday after Ben's nap, seeing lots of goats. I understand Ben and Daddy took a nap together in our bed...I'm not surprised!
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