Feb 13
I don't know what the heck was up with Martyn today. First, when we got up this morning at 11, he was just cranky. I was feeling like I hadn't gotten enough sleep either since he was up ever hour and a half to nurse last night. (oy!) I ate some breakfast nursed and changed the boy, and decided we both needed to go back to bed for a little while.
We got up around 2:30 or so.
Then, he was awake all day, which was great...but just clingy. I mean, it makes sense for him to be clingy, he is only 3 and half weeks old. But he was just cranky. Usually I can put him down for a few minutes, while he's awake, and do stuff that requires both hands, like fix lunch. But he just wanted to be held all day.
I put on his belly, on the boppy turned around backwards, on the kitchen table so he could at least see me while I made myself some lunch. He was only content with that for about 2 minutes, when he scooted himself backwards too far. Which I have to admit, though frustrating for me, was super cute.
He was pretty content for the rest of the afternoon as long as I was holding him. I decided to take him in the bath for another soak, later in the afternoon. He really enjoyed that too. He's so cute, just floating around and kicking his little legs like a frog. I'm definitely going to employ the use of the tub in the future for soothing him. I also had turned on the Budos Band for the bath and he seems to also really like that.
I was doing some research on the use of pacifiers today, because I've been debating on whether or not to introduce a binky to him. I decided I still want to hold off on even introducing a pacy for now. He sucks his hands and arms when he needs to suck something other than the nipple, and I'm fine with that...though once in a while (today for example) he gave himself a hicky on the arm. I don't particularly like that. But most of the time he will suck on his hands or fingers and that is enough to soothe him. It's easy for him to find in the night time, and if it falls out of his mouth, it doesn't fall on the floor and get dirty. I don't want it to develop into thumb sucking as a toddler, but for now as an infant this is what we're going with. I have a couple of pacifiers, that I'm not opposed to giving him as a last resort if there comes a time when he cant' seem to be soothed any other way. But I'd rather not even introduce it unless I have to.
Eli's Aunt Maurgaritte and her husband Ned brought us dinner tonight and I had just gotten Martyn soothed to sleep, and he got all disturbed by people coming in....poor boy, he was just not happy today. No fever. Just fussy. Poor Eli, after they left and I got the boy soothed again I passed him over to Eli. It was really cute, after the baby was asleep, he says in a quiet voice, "can I have some baby time?" He's so funny. I was like YES! I love watching him with Martyn.
But as soon as I passed him over, it was just a few minutes and he was fussy again. I had to go to the bathroom so Eli had to just take care of him until I was done. I took him back and he calmed right down. He just wanted his mama I guess. I think it kind of hurt Eli's feelings though.
Even now while I'm typing, Martyn is snoozing on my lap and I've gotten up three times...but I bet if I set him down on the couch, he would wake up and freak out. It's all worth it though. I find every day that I love this little boy more and more. He and Eli are my whole world.
This whole mom/wife thing is pretty awesome.
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