Back to work

Yesterday I started work again on a part time basis until January - to be honest, I was kinda excited to get back into a more regular schedule. Thankfully, PJ and I have very generous family who has given their time to us for the next few weeks to babysit Brennan (not that we really had to twist any arms - they were chomping at the bit to spend time with him w/o us being around) so we did not have to start daycare thankfully. I wasn't sure how leaving yesterday would be, but it was fine. I took TONS of pictures to my office and decorated it a la' Brennan - frames, on my cabinets, brought an album (which I carried around and made everyone look at). I also called home numerous times to chat with Debbie and see how he was. All in all, he had a great day. Was leery of the bottle, but with the 6 options we had for him, Debbie got one to work! He ate as much as I pumped yesterday - that's my little chunker!

When I got home, he was ready for some mom time though. Unfortunately last night Brennan also came down with a cold - which PJ has been battling and I started getting yesterday as well. He had such a horse cry yesterday and then the nose started running. PJ went out to get a humidifier for his room and a new filter for the one in our room. Not sure if it is helping...

Sleep has been great the past two nights. Wednesday night he went down (in his crib!) at 10:30, woke up to eat at 2:45, and then slept until 6am when he ate again (and again at 7 before I left). Last night he went down at 10pm, woke up at 3am to eat, and then was up at 5:30 (we needed to do some aspirating of the nose and of course, feed him!). It was so great to get 5 hours of sleep in a row. He actually seems to sleep better in his crib than in the co-sleeper or with us (sad), but it is probably a good thing. Now, if only he would love sleeping on his back... :)

At work again today....feeling good about it. Feel so great that family is with him. Debbie comes back next week (hopefully with my dad), then Jessica is on the week of Thanksgiving, followed by Belle the week after T-day, and finally my mom comes the first full week of Dec. Then it's time to start daycare....eeks! Nervous about that for sure!

The laughing baby

Brennan continues to be such a joy! We got great news a few weeks ago at the doctor - perfect hips, so no worries there. We go to the regular doc next week to have his two month check up and start vaccinations. And yes, we are vaccinating, but we are opting for an alternative schedule for various reasons - still working it out. Luckily we have a VERY supportive and open minded doctor who fully supports our decision to make alternative choices for Brennan.

Sleeping is still an interesting thing in our house - Brennan is sleeping in the crib during the day finally - though he is more of a cat napper than anything else - takes lots of 30 min naps throughout the day. Still gets up quite often at night to nurse and sleeps in both the co-sleeper and with us. It works!

Can you believe I start work next week? Just on a part time basis until Jan....actually I am looking forward to it - I am ready to be on more of a schedule! I think it will help with sleep as well - though I anticipate I will spend more of my evenings nursing than I already do!

Oh, get this - Brennan rolled over at playgroup the other day - from his back to his belly - it was amazing - he did it twice, though hasn't done it since.....

He is starting to laugh, which is so cute, and LOVES to look in the mirror. I can tell that soon he will be ready to play with toys, though we are not quite there yet.