Zachary claps his hands!

Crawling

So far, Zachary has been crawling around on his belly. He will rock back and forth and up on all 4's, just hasn't crawled on all 4's yet. Today, he took a couple of "steps" up on all 4's and then straightened out his legs (as if he was going to stand up and walk). Very fun to watch him accomplish new tasks:-)

Z's 3rd night of CIO

Zachary's 3rd night of CIO.

Gave him his bath but I switched to nursing him his last feeding of the night to see if that would help with my engorgement. It did, so that is what I will do from now on. I swapped the 6:30pm nursing/9:30pm bottle...to 6:30 bottle/9:30pm nursing.

I nursed but kept him awake. Brought him upstairs, laid him down, covered him with his blanket, put his NUK in, kissed and rubbed his head once...then said, "ni-night".

No crying.

He woke up at 8am. The end. hehe. :-) We'll see about tonight.

I'm no longer a ZOMBIE!!!!!!

Zachary's first night of CIO

Zachary's first night of CIO. (crying it out)

We did the usual bedtime routine...bath/bottle and then I laid him down at 9:30pm. I covered him perfectly...rubbed his head, kissed him and said, "g'night"...then walked out.

He didn't fuss right away...took a min. or two. When he started to cry...I started the timer for 5mins. When the buzzer went off, I went upstairs to his room...repeated what I did when I laid him down initially. I rubbed his head (once)...skipped the kissing...then said "g'night" and walked out.

This time I was suppose to wait 10mins...so I set the timer for 10mins. He was asleep in 2mins (there was 8mins left on the timer).

He woke up at 2am, but barely fussed...only 20-30seconds.

Again, he woke up at 6am...but didn't really fuss...so he went back to sleep. There was no crying at night...just a little bit of a fuss at 2 and at 6.

At 7am, he started to fuss again...so I asked Justin to go get him as my boobs were rock-hard engorged.

Let me just say...Z did fine...I didn't. haha. Justin laughed that I need to CIO, haha. I stirred most of the night...worrying about him upstairs in his crib. Even though I didn't sleep well...I feel better than usual.

Something New!

Mr. Zachary David...had his first solid poo today and boy did it stinky! It was from eating his avocado.

Also, on Sunday, I held my arms out to pick him up and he raised his in anticipation. This was the first time he did that!

He had his first cold this week. It was a tough week for him as he must have had such a sore throat because he couldn't sleep or eat much. Poor baby but now it's gotten better:-)

Scooting on the floor!

Here's Z scooting on the floor...he moved from the middle of his blanket to the edge!

Crying...

Zachary's cries are really starting to change. Now...if he's not too upset...the sound he makes when he cries is, "nah, nah, nahhhhhh". It brings smiles and happy tears to our eyes. He truly has his mommy and daddy wrapped!

Rolling over!

Zachary rolled over from belly to back (on purpose, not accident) for the first time today. He was even in a great mood when Daddy got home and showed him his new skill. So cute!
5wks. 3 days old