Gas
Lesson learned today about breast feeding.
So yesterday I tried to cook Beth and I a nice healthy meal. Always need to get some veggies in there to make it well balance right. So I cooked some brussel sprout in the frying pan bringing them to a nice golden brown. They were delicious.
So in case you didn't know, whatever Beth eats gets transferred to the baby through the milk. So when she called me up today to tell me that Brayden has not stopped crying all day and she thinks it is gas, I originally said "that can't be right". Being the detective that I am I traced back through everything that I thought she had eaten. Just when I had about given up... "OHH SNAP, I MADE THOSE DELICIOUS AND NUTRITIOUS BRUSSEL SPROUTS LAST NIGHT". I knew I was right because I too had a little bubble butt last night post meal.
I sprung into action remembering the "Dealing with Gas" section of the Dad Survival Guide book that my brother Ryan had got me. Then without hesitation deployed the gas relieving tactics that were described.. Within no time (a couple hours) I had Brayden cooing in his crib under an uncontrollable sleep.
Beth was extremely impressed. Just saying.
Monday, January 14, 2013
Thursday, January 3, 2013
1/3/12 9:15 pm
Early onset sleep deprivation
It's official. Early onset sleep deprivation has started for Beth and myself. Traditionally I have been straight up cranky if I don't get my full 8 hours of sleep and beauty rest at night.. Now we are running on about 4. So it's kinda rough.. Well at least I can see it more apparent for Beth.
Case and point: Beth laughs almost historically at ALL of my jokes.. I mean I know I am a pretty funny dude, but some of the things that are getting her laughing at are only one knee slippers!!! I don't even have to use all of my good material.
Well I have to say though.. At this point it is pretty easy to get any laugh when the majority of your conversations at night are about poop and blowout.
It's official. Early onset sleep deprivation has started for Beth and myself. Traditionally I have been straight up cranky if I don't get my full 8 hours of sleep and beauty rest at night.. Now we are running on about 4. So it's kinda rough.. Well at least I can see it more apparent for Beth.
Case and point: Beth laughs almost historically at ALL of my jokes.. I mean I know I am a pretty funny dude, but some of the things that are getting her laughing at are only one knee slippers!!! I don't even have to use all of my good material.
Well I have to say though.. At this point it is pretty easy to get any laugh when the majority of your conversations at night are about poop and blowout.
1/3/13 12:30am
The little guy isn't sleeping well tonight. Can't seem to get him into a deep sleep. I even tried my technique (as mentioned a few posts ago) where I lay down on the floor and use my hand to rock the cradle.
I was going through a rut with changing diapys over the past few days. Brayden was getting to a mid diapy change checkpoint and then he was letting his bladder loose. This resulted in copious amounts of urine covering his entire outfit. This also makes daddy very upset as one can imagine. That's all I am going to say about that...
I was going through a rut with changing diapys over the past few days. Brayden was getting to a mid diapy change checkpoint and then he was letting his bladder loose. This resulted in copious amounts of urine covering his entire outfit. This also makes daddy very upset as one can imagine. That's all I am going to say about that...
Saturday, December 29, 2012
12/29/12 11:58AM
Night of the living dad
Tonight I am absolutely freakin exhausted. I think my body is finally catching up with me and its saying "sloooooow dooooowwwnnnnn!". After a quickly diapy change and bottle with my eyes practically closed, Brayden would not fall back asleep. What's that? Awesome idea Justin!! Put Brayden in his cradle , then lay down on the floor where it is nice and comfy and you can rock Brayden to sleep with your hands. You don't your eyes open to rock the cradle. It's so easy that you can practically do it in your sleep, right?
So thats what I did, I laid down on the floor next to the crib and rocked it with my left hand, eyes closed and all! This lasted for a solid 2 minutes before you found me passed out laying face down next to the cradle. It literally looked like someone took a baseball bat to my head and I was knocked out next to my sons cradle. I proceeded to wake up about an hour later, drool on face and all, actually surprised I fell asleep on the floor. But to my surprise I had Brayden sleeping nicely next to me.. .. I should try this technique more often.
Tonight I am absolutely freakin exhausted. I think my body is finally catching up with me and its saying "sloooooow dooooowwwnnnnn!". After a quickly diapy change and bottle with my eyes practically closed, Brayden would not fall back asleep. What's that? Awesome idea Justin!! Put Brayden in his cradle , then lay down on the floor where it is nice and comfy and you can rock Brayden to sleep with your hands. You don't your eyes open to rock the cradle. It's so easy that you can practically do it in your sleep, right?
So thats what I did, I laid down on the floor next to the crib and rocked it with my left hand, eyes closed and all! This lasted for a solid 2 minutes before you found me passed out laying face down next to the cradle. It literally looked like someone took a baseball bat to my head and I was knocked out next to my sons cradle. I proceeded to wake up about an hour later, drool on face and all, actually surprised I fell asleep on the floor. But to my surprise I had Brayden sleeping nicely next to me.. .. I should try this technique more often.
Friday, December 28, 2012
12/27/12 12:53am
Brayden has been up for the better part of an hour and a half. I am doing my part to let Beth get as much sleep as possible right now. We have been home for 3 days now and we just got re-introduced to our other bundle of joy - Lola (our pug).
The evening started and continued (notice that I didn't say ended) with Brayden and Lola taking turns testing my patience to see how much crying and barking Beth and I could handle in the first couple hours. The hardest part of it all is the fact that Brayden and Lola seem to feed off each other. Meaning the harder Lola barks the more Brayden will cry and vice versa.
I have been trying to keep myself busy reading articles on my phone, and I have even dabbled into some Pregnancy & Newborn magazines. But I will discuss my thoughts on this magazine in another post. For now I will pray that Brayden will fall asleep soon. ....
Well as I wrote that last sentence I just smelled the sweet aroma of a nice poopy so he is sure wake up to me changing his diapy
now..
The evening started and continued (notice that I didn't say ended) with Brayden and Lola taking turns testing my patience to see how much crying and barking Beth and I could handle in the first couple hours. The hardest part of it all is the fact that Brayden and Lola seem to feed off each other. Meaning the harder Lola barks the more Brayden will cry and vice versa.
I have been trying to keep myself busy reading articles on my phone, and I have even dabbled into some Pregnancy & Newborn magazines. But I will discuss my thoughts on this magazine in another post. For now I will pray that Brayden will fall asleep soon. ....
Well as I wrote that last sentence I just smelled the sweet aroma of a nice poopy so he is sure wake up to me changing his diapy
now..
Thursday, December 27, 2012
12/28/12 12:43am
Sneaky PeePee
A term that I will coin tonight. This is something that has now happened 3 times and I just can't explain it...
Sneaky PeePee: Brayden's ability to pee an extraordinary distance or quantity while diaper is being changed without anyone noticing.
In my mind this is truly remarkable to accomplish this without anyone knowing what just hit them, then BAM! Let me describe how it happened tonight. 12:20am just got finished giving the big guy some exquisitely pre-pumped deliciousness. Set him down for a change. Got the diapy off. Took 1.5 steps from where I was working to dispose of the diaper in the Diaper Genie ( a total distance of about 20 inches. Returned to Brayden in approximately 2.5 seconds only to find that the fresh diapy I put on him is wet, the changing table cloth is wet, and there is a short stream of wetness on the carpet with a trail going up the dresser. Sneaky PeePee...
A term that I will coin tonight. This is something that has now happened 3 times and I just can't explain it...
Sneaky PeePee: Brayden's ability to pee an extraordinary distance or quantity while diaper is being changed without anyone noticing.
In my mind this is truly remarkable to accomplish this without anyone knowing what just hit them, then BAM! Let me describe how it happened tonight. 12:20am just got finished giving the big guy some exquisitely pre-pumped deliciousness. Set him down for a change. Got the diapy off. Took 1.5 steps from where I was working to dispose of the diaper in the Diaper Genie ( a total distance of about 20 inches. Returned to Brayden in approximately 2.5 seconds only to find that the fresh diapy I put on him is wet, the changing table cloth is wet, and there is a short stream of wetness on the carpet with a trail going up the dresser. Sneaky PeePee...
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