3 months

My little boy is 3 months old! He didn't have a Dr. appointment this month, and because I am back at work I can't go to breastfeeding clinic to weigh him, so I called the doctors office and asked if I could come after work to weigh him on their scale. (It is down in the basement and I know how to do it because I have gone to BF clinic so many times). They let me! He weighs 13lbs and 2oz.

Favorites:sucking on his fingers, smiling at anyone who smiles at him (when he is in a good mood), playing with hanging toys above his head, bath time and DROOLING:)

Sleeping: He has been regularly sleeping at night from 9pm- 3 or 4am and then until 6:30am. He is starting to get a bit more regular with his naps, but often they are still random and are always in the swing.

Colic: I have heard that "colic" is just that the doctors don't know what is wrong with a baby. Although that might be true, I think that it has something to do with the baby's digestive system. Take Jay for example: While he was one month old, he was only pooping every day and a half, and he was always gassy and fussy. Then we started putting gas drops in every formula bottle we made. I would guess he gets between 4-6 oz. of formula per day- more on days I am gone a lot, less on the weekends when I am around. I think it has helped and he is up to once or twice a day pooing and quite a bit more happy. He now has happy times where he lays and plays on the floor for 30 min. at a time! BUT...what else can you do for a babies digestive system besides gas drops?

Travel: He does good in his car seat sometimes: like in the mornings, or when he falls alseep. He still screams the entire way to our destination other times.
We are flying to my brothers wedding in Wisconsin this week, and I have already lost sleep planning and anticipating how taking our baby on a plane will be.

Friends: Jay has lots of adult friends. He hasn't really met any other kids his age yet. Linda babysat Jay once a week after family left and it was awesome. He peed all over her shirt the first time she held him...which must mean he likes her.
Mandi has also babysat him. We went to a volleyball game this week. She is pregnant and 18 weeks along!

Grandpa and grandma came over on Saturday.

Morning Happiness

I love Saturday mornings when I don't feel rushed, and I get to enjoy Jay's morning happy time. I also get to go run errands while John takes care of him. This morning I found a garage sale with a bunch of cute toys. I have priced them at Kohls, Target and Walmart and it is ridiculous how much they are. I got all these toys for $8 total. I guess it still is a lot for a garage sale, but I was specifically looking for these kinds of toys! I was washing them outside before he played with them, and I decided he should come hang out with me. Jay seems to like them:)

His hands still win as "the best thing to suck on".

Here is a video of his morning happy time. (it is a min. long)

morning happy time- jay from angie shaler on Vimeo.

Frustrated...

Can I just stay that I am pretty frustrated about the formula recall that they just announced. I checked all my formula today and almost all of it is on the list (and some of my containers are pretty much empty). Not only do we have to change brands and exchange it all, but I think baby Jay's tummy was just getting used to our breast milk most of the time with some formula routine. Now we are changing it up with different formula. He was pretty crabby tonight, and I wonder if that is why. The other thing I am frustrated with is that most of the other baby recalls are for cribs, or strollers where it would have to be an extreme case for someone to actually get hurt. This one is for something we put in our babies bodies! If nothing else, this gives me incentive to continue breastfeeding longer than I planned to, even if it isn't exclusive.

tasks...

Now that I am a working mom, all those little tasks that I had time to get done during the day, are needing to get done even when I don't get a chance. John has been amazing and I really feel like parenting has been a team effort. On the other hand, we are both taking online classes this semester and we are both working full time this month, so we have been multi-taking quite a bit.
Sometimes Jay is as happy as a clam when we do it. Today he sat in a chair and played with a toy while I cleaned/organized.

Last night he wasn't so happy to do laundry with me:)

(ps it kind of looks like he is getting teeth in this last picture, but I zoomed in on photoshop and discovered it is just the glistening of all the drool in his mouth:))

My sister's etsy site

My sister is really creative and is great at sewing. Here is just a random selection of what she has made for Jay and I: Toys, graphic onesies, bibs, blankets, fabric embellishments, and my ultimate favorite an extra long nursing cover.



Now you can buy some of the cool stuff she makes.
Please go check out her new Etsy site! Click Here: Bubbaloo

really?

You expect me to sit in this chair?
I don't think so!

First day back to work...

and it was great!
I'm not someone who cries much...and I didn't cry today either. I was actually excited to go back to work. I missed the kids, my colleagues, and "knowing what I was doing".
Let me explain that last one. I am "learning" how to be a mom and "learning" how baby Jay works. It was nice to KNOW how to do things back at work.
On the other hand, I was nervous about how his first day at the babysitter would go. Mostly just wondering how crabby Jay would be for her.

At work I was greeted by many kids and teachers enthusiastically saying "she's back!" and "how is your little baby?". I taught my lessons with gusto, and found a great little office room with a sink where I can pump. I didn't even worry because I got a text from the babysitter saying that he played happily on the floor for a while, and that he took a good nap. Oh he still had some crabby time, but it wasn't horrible.
Here is a picture of Kristie (our babysitter) and I. (and apparently a kid doing a skateboarding trick in the background)
She has 3 kids of her own, so she has plenty of experience:)

I started missing Jay on my way to pick him up..and when I got there he was just chillin in the swing. He had a good day. I guess even when he doesn't have a good day we know that he is capable of it:)
It will be a challenge to get everything done during the week, but I am excited to be back at work. The thing I miss most besides smiling and laughing with Jay are afternoon naps:(

Here is a picture of Jay wearing his first button down shirt from Sunday: