Two Toddlers, a Mommy on the Verge & a Daddy Somewhere in NYC: September 2006

Thomas Rocks

I just love this boy. He is so sweet and so happy almost all of the time. And, I think we might be breaking through this growth spurt (knock on wood). He slept last night from 7:30 p.m. - 5 a.m. After I fed him, he slept again from 5:30 a.m. until 8:30 a.m., when I woke him up so I could take Malena to "church class."

He had his first stay with Mama Shirin this morning. I was pleased that he even drank some of his bottle and slept a little bit in the bouncy seat. He was smiling the biggest smiles when I picked him up. He is the best.

3 Months Old

Posing for my 3-month blue chair photo.

Just my face.

I like to put my hands out in front of me and play with them.

I also like to lurch forward to try and sit up on my own.

Will she always love me this much?

Labor Day at Paradise Cove

I don't really like the beach yet.

At my big sister's birthday party...

Dressed up for the pool (but I didn't get to go in).

My eyes are still blue!

Enjoying the view.

12 Weeks Old

I'm really not as serious as this. ;-)

Let me do some catching up on Thomas. He is a sweet little kid. He smiles so big and happy when he sees me or T.J. or Malena. He hardly makes much noise...people have even commented that he has a "quiet cry." He is very content to hang out in the swing, in the bouncy seat, under the play gym, and even in his crib. Thomas, in other words, is an easy going little fella.

For about 2 or 3 weeks, nighttime sleep was going GREAT. He was waking up only once a night -- usually between 3:30 and 4:30 a.m. He would then wake up in the morning between 6:30 and 7:30 a.m. Well, all good things must come to an end, as they say, and he hit his 3-month growth spurt last Wednesday. It has been going on ever since. We are now back to waking up 3 times at night, and he is HUNGRY. I don't remember the growth spurts lasting for this long with Malena, but then again, I am headed to the time when she started her "nursing strike," so we had different problems to deal with.

I made a HUGE mistake. I didn't take my breast pump with me to NY, so he didn't have a bottle for about 3 weeks. Well, now he refuses to take a bottle. He would rather starve than drink from a bottle. I can't believe it. How stupid of me. I am trying everything, but he just flat out doesn't want it. He'd rather scream so much that he gets tired and falls asleep. This truly sucks. So, last night I ordered the Adiri bottle. We'll see how that goes.

11 Weeks Old

Happy Boy

I took this photo on the day (Aug. 26) Thomas moved into the crib. He has gone from the bassinet to the Pack 'N Play bassinet and now, finally, to his crib. Malena decided to take a nose dive out of her crib, so she is now in a big girl bed and Thomas has the crib. See how happy this made him?

10 Weeks Old

Tummy Time

Shakin' things up with my wrist and feet rattles.

My daddy is 38 today...happy birthday!

The week after we returned home from Lake George, I decided to stop swaddling Thomas. He knew how to suck his thumb at that point, so I decided to nip the Miracle Blanket in the bud. Swaddling is such a blessing and a curse. We swaddled Mimi for nearly 6 months, and the last three of them were torture. So, I put up with no sleep for about 5 nights, and now Thomas sleeps just fine in his sleep sack.