Wraps, Naps, and a Wonderful Walk

So Grant has been struggling lately to take his naps. He sleep GREAT most of the time at night... say 7 hours, then I feed him and then about 3 hours. Later in the day around 9:30 or 10 I can tell he is tired because he is crabby so I feed him to get him relaxed and put him down. The dilemma is he wakes up like 5 minutes later awake as can be. Sometimes I wait to see if he will fuss himself to sleep but he really just starts to coo and fuss which is cute and I can't resist playing with him. I feel like if he is awake enough to coo.. he must not be that tired, yet he will get crabby once again. At the moment he has been sleeping about a half hour. He used to go down at 11:15 am like clock work and sleep 3-4 hours straight and that would be his name. Sometimes he would sleep another 2 hours around 4pm. Not sure where that routine went. However I can't complain about my lack of sleep deprivation. THAT part is wonderful.

I recently also bought a wrap from a local blogger http://bhacmw.blogspot.com/. We decided that if Grant can sleep while holding him he will probably sleep in this while we do what we need to do while he should be in his bassinet. Lately we carry him around while he is awake. I'm not sure how much he likes it, but hopefully we will find more ways to use it. There are several holds we have yet to try. Grant is so cute and funny looking in it, with his head poking out!

On Sunday I made a resolution to get back to exercising no matter what. I was doing really well postpartum for a while until I started my internship, and that threw my groove off. I would also put Grant down for a nap, exercise, clean, and whatever else needed to be done and now I don't have time by the time I get him down. So I went on an hour walk with him in the stroller. It was amazing! I know it sounds like an exaggeration but being couped up in an apartment that is tiny, with a baby who is bored of being in the apartment can really UNrelax you. I first thought I would go for 30 minutes since that is the recommend daily amount for adults, but by that time I was just so energized and rejuvenated from the experience I needed to go longer. It was sunny, low wind, about 50 degrees, green grass and trees, birds chirping....aka Wonderful! Plus I have healed so much that I could walk for ever. I will eventually start to run but I have to work up to it. So basically I have made the no excuse policy. I can go with Grant, especially if it is nap time and has been fed, he will fall asleep. Grant enjoyed the walk, fell asleep for half of it and probably enjoyed the fresh air. I know he can see things better now too so I'm sure he found some good things to look at.

Happy Mother's Day!

My first mother's day. It was nice. Perry and Grant got me a bouquet of pinkish-white roses and Sweet pea scented oils that I can have out if I want. It was nice. I enjoyed the talks given at church that were about all the great qualities of women. It was cool that the talks finally directly related to me. I know they do to other women with out children, but it is a little different when you have actually born a child. I was nursing Grant during it so I felt like I was bonding with him and got somewhat teary-eyed. The ward handed out these cool picture frames with our last name on it... well I have a picture. I basically didn't get to sit in during any of the lessons today since Grant woke up from his nap because he was too hot and he finally settled down right before church was done and then he didn't really stay napping at home. Now he is fussy and tired but we don't want to go to bed just yet because it is only 8. I guess the next hour might go by fast. Anyway, we grilled on our little grill for lunch and I made some banana bread this evening. It has been a good day overall. Some updates with Grant are that he had discovered his hands and feet. Very cute! He likes to also watch dad play in his basketball games.

Grasping :) !

Grant has begun to grasp objects in his hand. Basically he is interested in toys now and I have never seen that before so it's exciting. So if you shake a toy in front of his face he will try to grab it. It takes him several tries sometimes but he gets it eventually. It is fun! Before when you shook a toy at him he would look right through it and stare at you. Which is fine because I enjoy playing with him and talking to him. But anyway he grabs things and he grabs my hair and my clothes and his own clothes. I just love watching him grow!

Grant is 10 weeks, or 2 and 1/2 months

Grant is getting chunky! He feels like one thick baby with some mass. He is blowing bubbles, eats his hand and tries to sit up. He coos and smiles a lot too. We had some trouble getting him to take a bottle but the NUK brand seems to be working well, thank goodness. I don't want our babysitter to dread babysitting a fussy, hungry baby who refuses to take his bottle. Plus I'm more willing to have a babysitter now that I for sure pump enough milk each day interning. I have plenty to spare it seems. Yay!

This is an outfit Aunt Meg bought Grant from REI.

I particularly like the tassles!

Scrabble

So Perry and I played Scrabble on the day we were sick. We are feeling much better by the way. We both just have a minor cough that gets us in the middle of the night. Anyway, we took some pictures because of our obscure words. We used a cheat online to help us think of letters since our brains were hurting from being sick.

Streptococcus.. funny name but not so funny illness

So I went to the doctor yesterday and I have strep throat. I had a fever. I think it broke while I was sleeping... thank goodness. It was making me feel even worse and my back was aching a ton, but luckily or I hope that's gone for good. I am now on antibiotics so I can go back to my internship on Monday if I don't feel too bad. On the internet it said that antibiotics don't make symptoms go away quicker, it just makes you not contagious after 24 hours on the meds and if I hadn't taken the meds I would be contagious for up to 3 weeks. I can't have that and be absent from my internship, so I'm glad I got some. I will probably go on Monday and just let my supervisor know that I have strep and I won't be the same as normal. I may also ask her if she will teach the lesson that I'm supposed to teach. Maybe I can. It is only about 10 minutes long, I just won't have much energy and much of a voice to make sure everyone listens to me.

Sick and Praxis

So this weekend Perry and I have come down with something. Stuffy nose... really really sore throat, fatigue, weakness, sometimes nausea. Sound fun eh? It's really tough being weak and taking care of a baby, especially if that baby is only taking 1 hour naps throughout the day. If anyone has spoken to me since Grant was born I can't fall asleep easily during the day time no matter how tired I am. So today I have been resting, attempting sleep. I have maybe gotten 10 min in. I hope this isn't mono because it takes a weeks worth of caring for yourself to get better and I doubt I can get that kind of rest. And if I don't it could take six weeks to clear, which is exactly how many weeks I have left of my internship.

On top of all of this, poor Perry is taking the praxis test for french. If he passes, which he will, he will be certified to teach french from k-12 grade. He will take the spanish one in July.