Well little man is now 4 months old. He is a big, healthy, wild baby. He has discovered his voice and loves to squeal, yell, talk, make razzing spit noises, and he wants be up on the go at all times! If he's being held he wants to walk around or go outside. If he is hanging on the ground he is rolling in circles and trying his damnedest to crawl and when he can only scoot and gets stuck oh man does he get mad and determined!! If he's in his exersaucer he is spinning in circles squeeling at the top of his lungs ! He is one crazy loud silly boy !! I have a feeling when he learns to crawl an walk he will be very busy, curious and I will have my hands even more full than I do now.
Little man is also not a sleeper. He wakes up every three hours sometimes more and usually won't go back to bed without eating. And he eats alot, he wants a full meal every time he wakes up it seems. I've already heard a thousand different suggestion on how to get him to sleep and what I'm doing wrong and bla bla bla. Lemme tell ya nothing's worked. I honestly think Gus is so big that he just is hungry all the time. And I don't mind our long nights as much anymore, but I'll tell ya 4 months without sleeping longer than 2 1/2 hours at a time is wearing on me. Pretty sure my hair is falling out a rapid speed and my social skills have gone right out the window, being that my mind isn't sharp enough to hold conversation half the time.
I just bank on things getting easier someday, hopefully sooner than later . When I hear from moms who tell me there babies didn't sleep through the night until 9 months I cringe.... Lets hope that's not the case with me. I may be bald by then.
But all in all I do make it work and I have even began a workout and training for a 5k, then a half marathon. Exercise seems to give me that little bit of extra energy I need. That and I love this little man so much that any challenge is worth it :) just to see sweet smiles, cuddles at nap time, watching him learn to use his hands, how our dog makes his whole face light up and watching him discover the world has been amazing. I'm looking forward to all of our years together of watching him grow and teaching him things and all the sweet lovins. I'm even looking forward to more babies someday And more sleepless nights.
