When I dropped him off...
When I picked him up...
By the way...for anyone keeping up...Fen is now 5 mo old, 18 lbs, 27 inches long, with two bottom front teeth coming in. He is sitting by himself some, but still falls backward if he gets back too far. He eats some solids, mostly for fun, but still gets most nourishment from breastmilk. In fact, I think we may cut back some solids because it only seems to serve for added fat rolls and adds little nourishment and it certainly hasn't changed anything with his sleeping habits. I think maybe he'll get solids more as a dessert instead of up front before a feeding. That should work out better. Besides, the doc said the idea isn't for nourishment right now, but to give him time to be introduced to a variety of foods and learn to eat well from a spoon. He's certainly accomplished that. We just need more variety.
With or without solids, he goes to bed about 8PM (so early because he never sleeps during the day) and sleeps until 2AM, feeds, then sleeps until 7AM if I'm lucky, but occasionally feeds again at 5AM. I like the 2AM and 7AM schedule...and I'd like it more if it were more of a 10PM, 4AM, 9AM schedule.
I'm down to pre-pregnancy weight now and wearing all my old clothes again. I have been for about a month, but neglected to mention it here. So there it is. I think I've decided to keep nursing him for a year, if possible. So far, every indication is that we should be able to accomplish that, especially since he will eat more and more solids as the year progresses, and need less and less milk. Wish us luck with that one. He has also taken sips of water from my cup so maybe we'll get him started on drinking from big cups soon too. Not sure when that should technically occur, but my guess is that if he can do it, he should probably learn to perfect it. So maybe when he gets a wee bit more control of his hands in a few weeks, we'll give that a try too.
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