Week 6 - Very Different!

Week 6 - Very Different!
(9/20/09 - 9/26/09)

If I have been told once I have been told a million times that every child is different! The past few weeks have been pretty similar to what I remember from Jacob. Andrew doesn't sleep quite as well as Jacob but isn't a horrible sleeper so I can't complain. Overall Andrew is a very easy child, he does cry (what baby doesn't) but most of the time you can pinpoint what is making him cry and it is the usual culprits of hungry, dirty, gassy, etc....

This week though I started trying to figure out how I can get Andrew to sleep better. I do feel that Andrew doesn't nurse as well as I would like him to. Even though he is gaining weight like a champ he doesn't latch well and gets a lot of air in his tummy during feeding. Which ends up with a 20+ minute burp session where most of the time we still don't get all of the bubbles out. So this tends to make Andrew a light sleeper because 40 minutes later he could have another burp that will wake him up.

I do the proper thing of putting him on his back to sleep and that is fine but this week after 40 minutes of hearing him grunt and squirm at 3 am trying to get a bubble up, I said heck with it and put him on his side to sleep. I noticed that he could burp more easily and he seemed to quiet down. I also noticed that I could have him on his tummy on my chest and he could sleep for hours but once I move him to his back he would wake up within a few minutes of a good sleep. So during the day I have been putting him occasionally on his tummy to sleep. All of these things seem to help him sleep more soundly. I don't think he has reflux as he isn't showing the signs of that, I just think we need to get him to eat without getting so much air.

Jacob wouldn't have laid on his stomach for a million dollars! And this baby LOVES his stomach that alone is crazy for Paul and I! We fought and fought with Jacob for tummy time and ended up just giving up after a few months, luckily Andrew will be a lot easier but now I wonder if he will crawl before Jacob and do other "tummy strength" items sooner as well!