timandfee

Yesterday we had our first meeting with our new pediatrician, Dr. Fuast.  He had come recommended from a good few friends.  He confirmed what I had suspected, our son is healthy, putting on weight, and is a sensitive baby!

For the first two weeks (so up to yesterday basically) our little man pretty much  just slept.  He was sleeping 22 maybe every 23 hours per day. However even then you knew he was a sensitive baba, at least in comparison to his big sis.   He woke and cried for a feed, and then feel asleep on the boob.  He cried when been changed, but calmed quickly when he was picked him up.  He has problems burping, and tends to spit up a bit, but not like Alina who tended to vomit quite a but after a feed.

Alina….when you have a really good first baby, you tend to compare.  Alina ate every 3 to 4 hours, every 5 hours at night, pretty much right from the start.  She seldom cried, and went to bed fairly easily with a soother.  She ate quickly, was awake a lot during the day but lay there quite happily, and went to bed at 8pm. waking just twice before 8am the next day from 2 weeks.

Luca is different.  He cries loudly when he is being changed, and does not like the water.  Everything he eats, comes out the other end.  He is very hard to burp, yet you cant put him lying down after a feed as it hurts.  He eats less then Alina, and more often, 8 to 10 times per day, sometimes at night after an hour and a half, but during the day it is minimum 2 hours and can be 3.5 between feeds.  He sleeps more during the day then at night, his witching hour is 9 to 11pm,  which has actually worked out well for Alinas transition.   He likes to be held, especially by me.  At night if he sleeps with me, every0ne gets a good nights rest, but he is not the best for sleeping in his bed!  He can sometimes lie quietly in his bed though, and drift off to sleep without a soother.  And he goes easily from being upset, to being relaxed and calm once he is in the arms.  But basically any change to his environment starts him crying, and not a little cry, a full on “what the hell is happening?” cry!

I am very lucky to have Loida for a lot of the day to take Alina or Luca, and Tim is around also.    I really do not think i could manage the 2 of my own well…..and i admire all my friends who do it!

It is early days and i dont know what our little man will be like next week.   I have to admit though, i love staring s at him.  And at night when he is fast asleep in my arms, i dont mind that he will not sleep on his own - it feels kinda cool to have someone so dependent on you, and to have such a bond that when i hold him and talk to him, he can stop crying and just look happy to be with mama