Urban Times in Michigan: Logans

Monday, August 25, 2014

The Eleanor Update: 46 weeks

Sleep

One night last week she slept 13 hours! She woke once in that time frame to nurse, but I was like whoa!

Actually she's been going to bed around 8:30/9 and sleeping until around 8 and usually waking once to nurse as well this week.

Oh and then I wrote that and that night (Saturday night) she wouldn't go to sleep until after ten and was up for 2 hours in the middle of the night. It never fails that I write that and then she does that. She did however sleep from 9:30-7 last night without waking. We took a walk this morning about 45 minutes after she woke and she fell asleep and slept for 2 hours. Falling asleep in the stroller isn't unusual but falling asleep an hour after waking, and staying asleep during the transfer to the crib kind of is.

Feeding:
We went to Logan's this week using a gift card we had from Christmas. Rob got a steak and shared it with Eleanor and she seemed to like it. And she loooved the rolls! But who doesn't?

Rob gave her some honey bunches of oats. I wouldn't normally because it's sugary but I was sleeping when he did.

Also she had raspberries and seemed to like them even if she was hesitant at first.

Misc:

Working on birthday stuff. I'm having a hard time not falling into the whole pinterest party trap. I wound up ordering invites from Sam's Club (picked them up today and they turned out nice, and super cheap! $11 for 30). My budget was $200 for everything (food, gifts, decorations etc...)but I'm right there and don't have food We went to Party City over the weekend and had a little bit of fun,

She stood for 2 seconds on Sunday before lunging at me.

Earlier this summer I bought this plastic rocking toy from an online yard sale but she was to young/small. I put her on it on Friday and she loved it.

My parents picked her up a water table at a sale and that was also another fun toy she has enjoyed.

Monday, May 26, 2014

The Eleanor update: 33 weeks

Feeding: We tried a few new foods this week. I found that she did like raspberries. They made a mess though but she liked them.

We were out to eat at Logan's and she was fussy so she ate a roll, and then attempted a french fry and a brewski onion. This morning I gave her a bite of my raisin toast and that was a hit.

Eating a roll at Logan's.

She's been getting wild when nursing so I'm sometimes worried she's not getting enough because I still never feel that letdown. Or when she get's bored she get's super squirmy and twists all over. While latched on. That's fun.

Oh and I did find that she loved these (Happy Munchies Rice Cakes). I've only tried the carrot but I did get some apple from Target. I had a coupon otherwise they are kind of pricey for what you get it.

Sleep:

Rough this week. She's wanted to stay up late and it's a problem because she's tired. When she finally falls asleep she's usually okay, one maybe two wakeups. A couple nights she slept 7+ hours (usually 5-6). I actually had to kind of wake her to nurse her because I was getting uncomfortable.

Naps have been in the car pretty much all week. I hate that, because I want her to nap in her crib at least once a day.

Misc:

She got a mild sunburn Saturday despite my reapplying sunscreen several times, and keeping her inside most of the peak sun hours. I feel awful.

Then on Sunday after we got home and she woke up from a carseat nap I took her outside for just a minute to see Rob and then came back in. I was holding her the whole time. When we came back in I nursed her and 25 minutes later when she was done, realized she had been bleeding from behind her ear. It wasn't gushing blood but there was enough to concern me (and it was also on my arm). So I brought her back out to Rob and he said that something similar had happened to the neighbor kid. She got bit by something but I don't know what. Any ideas?