Attempt numero dos to introduce Gabriel to rice cereal went much, much better. He actually took a few bites of cereal off his spoon and swallowed it. It wasn't much, but it was enormous progress over yesterday.

Now we just need to work on consolidating his naps and getting him to recognize that 3:30am is not an acceptable wake-up time. We're ( Read more... )

We made attempt #1 at introducing Gabriel to solid food today. As per the instructions, we mixed 1 tablespoon of single-grain rice cereal with 5 tablespoons of formula pre-mixed with water. We used the special tiny plastic spoon that I bought just for the occasion. But he was having none of it. He seemed perplexed by the idea of the spoon in his ( Read more... )

Know what's more fun than trimming an infant's fingernails? Trimming his toenails. I'm pretty sure I just gave my son 10 soon-to-be ingrowns ( Read more... )

Once again, Master G is doing great! Stats ( Read more... )

Being the unofficial family photographer has its drawbacks: there are few photos of just me and Gabriel. Most of the ones in existence are either at the hospital, or I'm in my pajamas/loungey clothes. So today I put on a little makeup (makeup), snuggled up to my kid, and snapped away ( Read more... )

This morning I got up with Gabriel at 5:30am for his feeding, which was fine. He ate two ounces, then sort of just sat there, staring off into the abyss...and then he threw up all over himself and me. When I went to change his outfit I discovered that he had pooped, too. Of course, he found this all quite hilarious. He's such a morning kid. So we ( Read more... )

Yesterday Gabriel took several long naps: 8am to 10am, 10:45am to 1:15pm, and 2:15pm to 5:15pm. Usually he goes down for the night around 6pm or 7pm, which he did - but then he woke up on his own at 9:30pm, about an hour before we usually wake him up for his last feeding of the night ( Read more... )

I finally feel like a human being again. It took one of the longest, most painful weeks of my entire life, but Gabriel finally adjusted to napping in his crib. I would like it if he'd start consolidating his naps instead of only sleeping in 45-80 minute bursts, but I'm not complaining - I'm just happy that Hell Week is over and he's once again my ( Read more... )

Last night while holding Gabriel I took a swig of red wine - straight from the bottle - and it splattered a bit and got on his clothes. Baby's first wine stain!

This morning he woke up at 8am!!!

( Gabriel's final sleep log for yesterday )