Amazingly Travis successfully reasoned with the 4 week old and right now both Travis and Henry are sound asleep in bed. Henry is cuddled in Travis's armpit and looks a bit like a peanut. Both are perfectly content and look deceivingly innocent.
After what seems like the longest week of my life, watching Travis and Henry together is just what I need.
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Wednesday, April 11, 2007
Screaming Henry
This is a picture of my perfect, angelic son Henry.
Henry has been working very hard at learning new things lately. In between the times that he is sleeping and the times that he is testing out those lungs (see above) Henry is learning how to hold his head up on his own and learning what the world around him looks like. I love to watch him while he is wide-eyed and checking out everything around him. Every once in awhile he will burst out into a huge smile. I wonder what he is thinking when he watching everything in the world around him... I am going to have to ask him tomorrow because right now Henry is screaming and Travis is trying to reason with a 4 week old....
This is an extremely realistic picture of Henry when he is pissed. (I think its the Luther Temper in him).
Henry has been working very hard at learning new things lately. In between the times that he is sleeping and the times that he is testing out those lungs (see above) Henry is learning how to hold his head up on his own and learning what the world around him looks like. I love to watch him while he is wide-eyed and checking out everything around him. Every once in awhile he will burst out into a huge smile. I wonder what he is thinking when he watching everything in the world around him... I am going to have to ask him tomorrow because right now Henry is screaming and Travis is trying to reason with a 4 week old....
Sunday, April 8, 2007
I Know Babies Are Smart, But...
Do they have a sixth sense that allows them to know exactly when it is the most challenging time for them to be fussy? I have a feeling that this is one of those lessons I will learn as a new mom.
This morning, as my family and I were headed out the door to go to church, my (soon to be) husband, Travis, threw out his back. Immediately everything came to a screeching halt. Travis tried to find a comfortable position while I put the baby down in a safe place and started to make some food so Travis could take some medicine. Just as Travis found a comfortable position and sat down with a heating pad to wait for the medicine to work- Henry started fussing.
Now, the important thing to understand is that Travis is amazing when it comes to the baby. We have this unspoken system where we alternate responsibilities... feeding, changing, holding, etc. And, although Henry is not a particularly fussy baby, Travis is great at soothing the baby and taking him just as I am about to loose it. (Yes, I am a BRAND new mom but I am not too proud to admit that listening to my son cry relentlessly can make me crazy at times). So, when Travis is incapacitated and needs my attention - and, I am the only one who can take care of the baby - things start to get challenging for me.
When I say Henry started fussing I mean he was crying and fidgeting for about 3 hours - During those three hours I would sit down and give Henry a bottle and then get up to change him. As soon as I sat down again he was crying and fidgeting again. I tried to hold him, swaddle him, rock him... nothing worked - And, 10 minutes later he needed to be changed again. This basically was repeated during the 3 hours until Henry must have just worn himself out and now is sleeping like a little angel. Of course feeding, changing and holding aren't without their own sidetracks - spilling formula on the couch, having to completely change the babies outfit, losing the beloved pacifier... And, all of this while my partner is in pain on the couch and can't move much less even hold the baby.
So, is it Murphy's law that when my husband is sick and needs my attention the baby also requires an extreme amount of attention or is it possible that Henry really knows when things are out of the ordinary in the house and reacts to that by being extremely fussy?
This morning, as my family and I were headed out the door to go to church, my (soon to be) husband, Travis, threw out his back. Immediately everything came to a screeching halt. Travis tried to find a comfortable position while I put the baby down in a safe place and started to make some food so Travis could take some medicine. Just as Travis found a comfortable position and sat down with a heating pad to wait for the medicine to work- Henry started fussing.
Now, the important thing to understand is that Travis is amazing when it comes to the baby. We have this unspoken system where we alternate responsibilities... feeding, changing, holding, etc. And, although Henry is not a particularly fussy baby, Travis is great at soothing the baby and taking him just as I am about to loose it. (Yes, I am a BRAND new mom but I am not too proud to admit that listening to my son cry relentlessly can make me crazy at times). So, when Travis is incapacitated and needs my attention - and, I am the only one who can take care of the baby - things start to get challenging for me.
When I say Henry started fussing I mean he was crying and fidgeting for about 3 hours - During those three hours I would sit down and give Henry a bottle and then get up to change him. As soon as I sat down again he was crying and fidgeting again. I tried to hold him, swaddle him, rock him... nothing worked - And, 10 minutes later he needed to be changed again. This basically was repeated during the 3 hours until Henry must have just worn himself out and now is sleeping like a little angel. Of course feeding, changing and holding aren't without their own sidetracks - spilling formula on the couch, having to completely change the babies outfit, losing the beloved pacifier... And, all of this while my partner is in pain on the couch and can't move much less even hold the baby.
So, is it Murphy's law that when my husband is sick and needs my attention the baby also requires an extreme amount of attention or is it possible that Henry really knows when things are out of the ordinary in the house and reacts to that by being extremely fussy?
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