He started doing something new today. He stands in his crib, and shakes his head side to side (like he's shaking his head no) until he loses his balance and falls over. Then cries about falling. He stands back up, and then starts over again.
*shake shake shake shake shake shake-----BAM!!----CRY!!*
~~start over~~
after doing it 5 or 6 times, he will pull on his clothes (I swear he's going to stretch out every article of clothing he has) and then we are back to shake shake shake....
~~shake shake shake... shake your booty!! shake shake shake!!~~ sorry, I just had to...
and apparently the sound of the dog's whine when he bites her is funny.... great...
His therapist comes back tomorrow!!! wooot wooot!!! this has been an extremely loooonnnnngggg week and a half without her...
Showing posts with label littlest monster. Show all posts
Showing posts with label littlest monster. Show all posts
Monday, October 3, 2011
Sunday, October 2, 2011
Paper is .....edible???
Today has been better. Not as stressful. He is tolerating his clothes, actually not fighting as much about getting dressed or his diaper changed. Still fighting, don't get me wrong, but the bruise he caused on my jawbone has started to turn yellow and there hasn't been any new ones.
We have rearranged the house, hoping to help him through the night. We've moved his crib into our room, and it's right up against our bed. so maybe he will feel like he's sleeping with us, and in our bed. If it works, our goal is to move his crib away from the bed, a little at a time, until he is across the room. Then maybe out to the livingroom (that is closer to our room than his room) then eventually into his room. It's a thought, a plan. Something to try. At nearly 10 months old, he still doesn't sleep through the night. Mommy and Daddy are getting short with each other due to the lack of sleep. We have to figure something out. I'll have to let you know if it works. Even if he still wakes up 100 times a night, at least if he sits in his bed and plays with his toys and self entertains until he falls back to sleep, that would be better than where we are right now.
The wubbanub is the greatest invention EVER!! (www.wubbanub.com) but when he wakes up at night he doesn't even seek it out. even right next to his face, he just lies there and screams blood murder, like he thinks the rest of the world has abandoned him, and he's going to be all alone forever. It's not a "I'm in pain" type scream, it's more of an emotional pain type scream. You would have to hear it to truely understand.
I have debated in trying the weighted blankets, They say that you aren't supposed to use them with kids under 3 though, I'm wondering if that's because at 5 pounds, that blanket would be about 1/3 his total body weight. But what do they do for the kids that are just abnormally small? If he doesn't start growing again here soon, he's going to be in the 18-20 pound range for a good long time. Or is there a different reason they aren't recommended for use in children under 3? Any insight here would be great.
That, and they are really expensive for a "maybe" shot in the dark.....
He never liked to be swaddled, even as a newborn... but he sleeps best when held tightly to an adult's body.
I've been thinking about making him a custom "pillow" out of one of his daddy's old shirts that is weighted, and can be heated.... I'll have to experiment and keep you updated, I might come up with the next big thing. Necessity is the mother of all invention right??
oh, and by tightly, I'm not joking.. if you let your arm relax, his eyes pop open, and he's crying that gut wrenching emotional pain cry again. he wants to be held TIGHT!
.....
Sooo.. anyway... back to the original thought before getting off on the sleep tangent... He's dressed, and playing happily, getting into stuff today.
Although he has suddenly decided paper is edible. Doesn't have any desire for his food, but I don't want to even try to count the number of times I've removed soggy wads of paper from his mouth today...
weird child.
We have rearranged the house, hoping to help him through the night. We've moved his crib into our room, and it's right up against our bed. so maybe he will feel like he's sleeping with us, and in our bed. If it works, our goal is to move his crib away from the bed, a little at a time, until he is across the room. Then maybe out to the livingroom (that is closer to our room than his room) then eventually into his room. It's a thought, a plan. Something to try. At nearly 10 months old, he still doesn't sleep through the night. Mommy and Daddy are getting short with each other due to the lack of sleep. We have to figure something out. I'll have to let you know if it works. Even if he still wakes up 100 times a night, at least if he sits in his bed and plays with his toys and self entertains until he falls back to sleep, that would be better than where we are right now.
The wubbanub is the greatest invention EVER!! (www.wubbanub.com) but when he wakes up at night he doesn't even seek it out. even right next to his face, he just lies there and screams blood murder, like he thinks the rest of the world has abandoned him, and he's going to be all alone forever. It's not a "I'm in pain" type scream, it's more of an emotional pain type scream. You would have to hear it to truely understand.
I have debated in trying the weighted blankets, They say that you aren't supposed to use them with kids under 3 though, I'm wondering if that's because at 5 pounds, that blanket would be about 1/3 his total body weight. But what do they do for the kids that are just abnormally small? If he doesn't start growing again here soon, he's going to be in the 18-20 pound range for a good long time. Or is there a different reason they aren't recommended for use in children under 3? Any insight here would be great.
That, and they are really expensive for a "maybe" shot in the dark.....
He never liked to be swaddled, even as a newborn... but he sleeps best when held tightly to an adult's body.
I've been thinking about making him a custom "pillow" out of one of his daddy's old shirts that is weighted, and can be heated.... I'll have to experiment and keep you updated, I might come up with the next big thing. Necessity is the mother of all invention right??
oh, and by tightly, I'm not joking.. if you let your arm relax, his eyes pop open, and he's crying that gut wrenching emotional pain cry again. he wants to be held TIGHT!
.....
Sooo.. anyway... back to the original thought before getting off on the sleep tangent... He's dressed, and playing happily, getting into stuff today.
Although he has suddenly decided paper is edible. Doesn't have any desire for his food, but I don't want to even try to count the number of times I've removed soggy wads of paper from his mouth today...
weird child.
Wednesday, September 28, 2011
a challenging day
Today has been an especially challenging day for our littlest monster. Yesterday too actually. He has decided to start this obnoxious half whine, half cry noise that cuts right through to your soul. And he just stands there, at the arm of the chair, or your knee, or sits in your lap, or his high chair, and makes this noise. Con-stant-ly!!
It has been especially bad yesterday and today. I don't know why. He had been teething, but we've had some respite from that, and he behaves differently when he's teething. I don't know why he's making this noise, I can't figure it out. he will be happily playing with his toys, and then 30 seconds later, he's making this noise at your knees.
Well today was especially bad, there was no consoling him. So I stripped him to his diaper and tried brushing him. Brushing is touch and go with him, sometimes he likes it, and he calms down, and sometimes it only riles him up more. But I had to try something.... ANYTHING. well, for a few minutes, it worked, I had a happy baby, for a few minutes, and then we were back to the whiny/crying noise, and now, thrashing, and biting too. Oh no... he's melting down. Maybe he's in sensory overload... maybe he's not getting the input he needs, the brushing did work for a little bit after all.
Try the bath. Normally he HATES the bathtub, he only tolerates the water if we are holding him... or it's in the dog's water dish, no idea what the draw of that dish is.
but...
The bath worked. For 45 minutes I had a happy baby, he was laughing, and happy squeals, splashing, and playing in the water. he didn't even want bath toys, just the water. when the water started to cool, he decided he was done, he wanted out, and was going to get out no matter what, I almost couldn't catch him before he toppled over the edge and face first into the bath mat. Once he was wrapped in a towel, he was fussing again, but a game of peek a boo changed him back to my happy baby.
That is... until I tried to get a diaper on him.... then we were back to hell on earth. ok. fine. be naked. Crawl around the house without a diaper on. we have hardwood floors, if he messes somewhere it's easy to clean up.
But I can't let him be naked forever. he has to have a diaper on and his clothes. we live in the pacific northwest, we are coming up on winter, summer is gone. it's not warm enough to have a naked infant all the time.
but as soon as we put a diaper on him, we are back to that half whine half cry noise. nevermind clothes....
Sooo... now what???
It has been especially bad yesterday and today. I don't know why. He had been teething, but we've had some respite from that, and he behaves differently when he's teething. I don't know why he's making this noise, I can't figure it out. he will be happily playing with his toys, and then 30 seconds later, he's making this noise at your knees.
Well today was especially bad, there was no consoling him. So I stripped him to his diaper and tried brushing him. Brushing is touch and go with him, sometimes he likes it, and he calms down, and sometimes it only riles him up more. But I had to try something.... ANYTHING. well, for a few minutes, it worked, I had a happy baby, for a few minutes, and then we were back to the whiny/crying noise, and now, thrashing, and biting too. Oh no... he's melting down. Maybe he's in sensory overload... maybe he's not getting the input he needs, the brushing did work for a little bit after all.
Try the bath. Normally he HATES the bathtub, he only tolerates the water if we are holding him... or it's in the dog's water dish, no idea what the draw of that dish is.
but...
The bath worked. For 45 minutes I had a happy baby, he was laughing, and happy squeals, splashing, and playing in the water. he didn't even want bath toys, just the water. when the water started to cool, he decided he was done, he wanted out, and was going to get out no matter what, I almost couldn't catch him before he toppled over the edge and face first into the bath mat. Once he was wrapped in a towel, he was fussing again, but a game of peek a boo changed him back to my happy baby.
That is... until I tried to get a diaper on him.... then we were back to hell on earth. ok. fine. be naked. Crawl around the house without a diaper on. we have hardwood floors, if he messes somewhere it's easy to clean up.
But I can't let him be naked forever. he has to have a diaper on and his clothes. we live in the pacific northwest, we are coming up on winter, summer is gone. it's not warm enough to have a naked infant all the time.
but as soon as we put a diaper on him, we are back to that half whine half cry noise. nevermind clothes....
Sooo... now what???
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