This week was my first week back at work/school. Where did the summer go? I know we say that every year, but seriously? It was a rough week though. My sweet little baby who has been sleeping 12+ hours at night, woke up at 3:30 am on Monday night/morning. So needless to say I was a little tired my first day. After I got Cole I noticed that before I put him down he sounded a little congested. I put him to bed as his usual time (7:30 pm) He was up 5x that night. Yes, 5x!!! I could not believe it. Each time he woke up he sounded a little more congested :( I could not figure out what was going on? He did not go to daycare this week, they were on vacation. He was with his Aunt Pam everyday but Tuesday. On Tuesday he went to school with my mom. I really thought that my mom and Pam watching him would be a good transition, but I think it was a little more stressful. Don't get me wrong, we were so lucky and blessed that they could watch him, but it was a lot of moving around. Not to mention my job had me everywhere and things were changing daily from what I had originally been told. The rest of the week only seemed to get worse. Cole was not sleeping at all. It was like having a newborn again or worse, because he was waking every hour. My mom said that she had about three people tell her that Cole was teething. Teething?!?! but now that I have said that to a few other people, they all agree that is what it seems like. He is congested, drooling everywhere, and chewing on his hands and/or burp cloths like crazy. We have his 4 month "well" visit on Monday so I guess we will see. He is so snotty and congested so I have been using saline and the bulb suction thing, Cole is NOT a fan. You would think I was sucking the life right out of him. He gets his feeling so hurt when I do that to him. He makes me feel terrible. I keep telling him he will feel so much better and will be able to breathe better, but I do not think he is listening :)
Hopefully he is starting to feel a little better. He slept better last night, only waking up once to eat. I think he is getting hungry because he is so congested during the day he is not eating as much as he had been so I think at night it is catching up with him. Just like everyone said, "once you get his routine down, he will go and change it on you". Well, I REALLY hope he comes back to the 12 hours at night sleeping.
Being away from him all week for the first time...I think I did OK. I did get frustrated and overwhelmed, but I think it was more of the constant moving around with other watching him and the fact that I was sleep deprived. I know he was in good hands. I guess we will see how next week goes when I drop him off at daycare! Oh yeah, we went to his daycare open house on Thursday night. We met his teachers and a few kids that will be in his class. He has three teachers (Ms. Darlene, Mrs. Kristin and Ms. Tiffany) and 4 classmates (2 boys (Harold & Micah) and 2 girls (Macy & Annabelle). He will start daycare Tuesday. That will be a new adventure.
Today he is 4 months! I will have to post pictures as soon as I get them loaded (hopefully tomorrow). Right now I am just to tired. This week was very overwhelming and exhausting to me. I know it is just another bump in the road and it will get smoother :)
On another note, A year ago today was the day Casey and I found out we were going to be parents!!! Look at the wonderful things that have happened to us in the last year, Thank you Lord!
