After getting off to a rough start this morning/last night, Jonathan and I decided to be productive and go for a walk. It felt absolutely wonderful outside and he slept like a pro. Since the poor little guy doesn't get out much, a healthy dose of Vitamin D was in order.
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| "Geoffrey" the Giraffe tagged along! |
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| Special thanks to Self-timer and the Mailbox for capturing this memory. |
Yesterday was a Good News kind of day: we found out that my rockstar husband is now a licensed pharmacist! Way to go, babe! Those board exams are a doozy - not looking forward to taking them myself next year... We also got fantastic news from Jon's mom, my "mother-in-love," that the breast cancer has not metastasized! She has been such a trooper through this journey and I'm so glad she's my baby's grandma!
Last night Jon and I accidentally fell asleep at 9:30 and I woke up a little while later and went in to feed the baby and change his diaper. ... We finally got in bed after cleaning up poop from the changing table, linens on the changing table shelves, the floor, ourselves, and the poor baby. I was in a foul mood to say the least (how early do babies start picking up on the words you say?). He woke himself up again last night after rolling over onto his back... I'm thinking I'm going to have to start swaddling him to see if that helps. Anyone else had this problem? I'm taking suggestions.
As most of you know, Jon is doing a Post-graduate Year 1 (PGY1) Pharmacy Residency at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital this year. For a little bit less pay, he's getting additional training while working as a hospital pharmacist and will be certified to teach and able to sit for additional certification exams after this year is over. So far he is loving it. Getting a job as a "clinical" pharmacist in most places these days requires residency training, and after spending several years working in retail pharmacy, he decided he wanted to have other options. This particular program has been such a Godsend because his boss is a strong believer (and actually goes to our church), and has nine children, so he has been very understanding of our situation. It's going to be a busy year full of hard work for both of us as I go back to "work" in September to complete my 4th year rotations, but we are excited to see how the Lord continues to provide!
I have been inspired by my friend Laura's blog to record baby Jonathan's birth story. Birth stories, I've realized, somewhat take the place of love stories after you become a mom. (Most) moms love to hear others' stories and share their own experiences. Plus, it's good to write something down before you manage to (successfully) forget it all, which I think is necessary if you want to have subsequent children. :) So stay tuned for a blood and guts kind of post coming soon! ;)
Glad to hear that y'all are doing well. May the Lord continue to bless you and your budding family.
ReplyDeleteWe swaddled Owen using Aden and Anais swaddle blankets from Target. Owen used to wake himself up sleeping on the flat surface of his mattress in his cradle so we had him sleep in his bouncer seat for several months (until he started to slip down out of it because he weighed too much). But that seemed to help him not move in his sleep and wake himself up because it cradled him closely with the little newborn insert. You could try that. Also, good news! The blow-out stage just seems to last forever, but it won't! Once Owen had a blow out in my lap while I was Skyping my mom. I thought she would hyperventilate from laughing so hard. :)
ReplyDeleteThanks Jessica! I love the Aden + anais blankets too. I swaddled him during nap time yesterday and it seemed to help a little. Yay! And I'm so glad to hear I won't be washing sheets and clothes as often eventually. I've never seen such projectile poop! :) hope y'all are doing well in Kentucky!
DeleteYou are so funny and precious! ! Looks like you're doing an amazing job!! Love, Joy Fulmer
ReplyDeleteAaaaaaand I love that you have a blog! I am kind of a professional blog stalker, so I am adding yours to my every growing list of blogs to keep up with. :)
ReplyDeleteAnd I cant wait for your birth story! I blogged mine from when I had Micaiah and I LOVE that I did. I love to go back and read it and I know I would have forgotten some of those moments!!
Seriously adore the self-timer on the mailbox shot, you're the best and I miss you!! Love being able to read allll about the Alligood adventures :)
ReplyDeletewhy did anybody ever tell you that you are not funny????? You are fabulously hilarious as well as beautifully brillliant. And your love of words (oh you lexical empress, you!) is manifesting itself quite nicely -- you are a good blogger!! Tell Jon a public congrats on passing the Boards and tell Jonathan that Suzie is coming soon!!!!!
ReplyDeleteDon't know how to help you will the rolling over, but he might just want to sleep on his stomach. You hear that it is terrible to do it, but my MIL was surprised that I didn't put Emily on her stomach to sleep because she put both my husband and my SIL on their backs - back in the day.
ReplyDeleteWhat kind of diapers are you using? We only had a few true "blowouts". We used Pampers swaddlers in newborn, but not long after her umbilical cord came off I moved up to size one for the extra coverage. - Jessica McDonald
Jessica, My mom did the same thing with tummy sleeping, so that's what we've been doing! He loves it. I can hardly get him to lie on his back for more than a few minutes! He was rolling from his stomach to his back, but hasn't done it lately, thankfully!
ReplyDeleteWe were using Pampers swaddlers too. We've since started using BumGenius and Fuzzibunz cloth diapers and I haven't had any more problems. I think his little legs were just skinny and the diapers couldn't keep it all in! He still likes to try and "get" us in the middle of changing his diapers though - having a boy can be tricky! :) Hope your sweet Emily is doing great!