Just Me and Baby

So, Erik has been practically LIVING at school these past two weeks, because he is playing guitar for his high school's musical . . . the name of it escapes me . . . the one with the man eating plant and all those annoying songs. Anyway, I only get to see him for about an hour or two each day, so the rest of the time it is just me and Alex. Lots of quality bonding time, but it can be a LONG day entertaining a baby with such a SHORT attention span!

Alex has made a lot of progress as he is getting ready to turn 7 months old next week! He is now SLEEPING THROUGH THE NIGHT!!! He is also now on a pretty regular morning and afternoon nap schedule. Here's his day in a nutshell: Wake up at about 7:15. Drink a bottle. Play. Eat some cereal. Play more. (Oh, and go to the bathroom about 4 times in that time span. Seriously). 9:15-11:15 nap. Get up, play for a few minutes, have lunch (usually some type of chicken meal and vegetables). Then activity -- a walk in the stroller, trip to the grocery store, whatever. 1:15 have a little pre-nap bottle. 1:30-3:30 nap. 3:45 bottle. Play. Usually a little grumpy at this point. 5:30 dinner (usually the same type of thing as lunch). Then comes the fun part of mom trying to entertain him with any toys he isn't already bored of/any gimmicks that haven't already been used. Possibly a bath. 7:30 bottle and bed. 7:45 mom cleans the kitchen, gets the coffee set up and dad's lunch made for the next day, picks up the toys, checks email . . . then collapses on to the couch in complete exhaustion, ready to wake up again the next day.

The days go SO much better, and Alex is happier, when he has something interesting to do. He likes to be new places and see new things. The same old toys in the same old living room just do not cut it sometimes! Unfortunately we are a little bit landlocked because of his nap schedule. I try to get him out a little bit between naps and in the late afternoon if at all possible. I need SOMETHING interesting at the end of the day -- it is SO hard to get through the 3:30-7:30 part of the day without Erik home! It's a lot for baby to handle! Looking SO forward to Erik being home next week.


So that's what's up on Boomerang Drive this week!

--Holly