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.