As Layne has been working on his second bottom tooth, this past week was one of ups & downs. Monday was ROUGH. Our new nanny started that day, bless her heart, and by golly Layne was dead set on making her work for her money. I gave her about an hour long "orientation" when she got here, and explained all of Layne's needs, likes & dislikes, but I had a meeting to prep for so I wasn't able to spend much more time than that with her. Layne went down for his morning nap just fine, but was super crabby when he woke up and just let her have it. As I listened to him cry from my office, I was biting my nails and lip and debated how long I should wait until I go out and help her. On one hand, it was her first day and Layne is kind of a difficult baby, but on the other hand, I didn't want to step on her toes and make her think she can't do her job, and plus I was busy and paying her good money to watch him. I let them go for about 15 minutes until I finally went out to help, but she basically spent the rest of her day (unsuccessfully) trying to keep him happy.
And as you could probably guess, a rough day without much sleep made for an even rougher night. Jared had to work overnight so I was alone with Layne, and on top of it, I had to be up at 5am to drive two hours to a meeting, so it was the perfect storm. I spent the entire night up & down, feeding him & trying to rock him back to sleep everytime he woke up crying. I think I got about 45 minutes of sleep total, and called Jared about 15 times begging him to come home. When Jared finally got home at 4:45am, he took Layne from me and said, "Don't worry I've got him, you can go back to sleep." I just gave him a cranky look and got up to get in the shower, since it was time for me to wake up anyway. That was probably our worst night yet, which is strange because I thought those were supposed to happen in the newborn days! As tired and cranky as I was, I just felt so bad for little Layne and knew how much he must've been hurting because of his teeth and whatever other growing pains he was experiencing. I took his temp a few times, without the hint of a fever, so at least I knew he wasn't sick.
Since Monday, it's just been a roller coaster of good & bad days, but this morning I noticed his 2nd bottom tooth finally had cut through! Hopefully we'll have a little break until his top ones start coming in...does this stage ever end?? And just when I thought he was feeling better, I clipped him this morning with the nail clippers :( I was so mad at myself. Needless to say, I am very much looking forward to the weekend, especially since Jared finally has the full weekend off to spend with us.
Even though Layne has had some rough days, he is still as sweet as ever and is giving us more big belly laughs everyday. He has become OBSESSED with his feet, which makes diaper changes easier :) He is playing much better on his tummy but still has yet to roll over, I'm promoting it every day so I hope he does it soon!
And in exciting post-pardum news, I've finally started to feel "normal" all-around, if you know what I'm saying. I'm inching closer to my pre-baby weight and only have about 6 pounds left to lose! I haven't really had much time to work out, and haven't been watching much what I eat either since I'm still nursing and starving all the time, so that's encouraging that I'm still losing despite that. And I'm finally experiencing the hair loss that everyone talks about and it is disguisting! I can't run my hands through my hair without pulling out a clump, and our sheets, carpet, bathroom and wood floor is just full of my hair. It's worse than living with 5 dogs. Hopefully this stops soon otherwise I won't have much of it left!
Gotta run, I hear that my little babe is up from his nap and it's my job to make sure he wakes up with a smile on his face :)
2nd tooth!
Likes chewing on mom's fingers best
Out for a long scenic walk
Friday night dinner date
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