5 Weeks Later

March 20th, 2006 / posted by Jake

We are slowly starting to regain control of our nights; all of us are sleeping for a few more hours at night than before. Don’t let this confuse you into thinking we get a full 8 hours of sleep. No. We no longer are waking up every 2 hours to feed or rock him, but are now finally waking up after 3 MAYBE 4. Tyler has also recently discovered use of his tongue and hands. At times when we give him his pacifier and he isn’t in the mood he pulls it out almost instantly with his hand. It’s amusing at first because we think it is a mistake and hes just doing it uncontrollably. It isn’t until we repeatedly try to put it back in only to have him take it out do we realize he means business. He is now ‘coo-ing’ and engaging in other baby noises while looking around the room with his tongue out. He does this for almost an entire hour on end with no fussing at all. Sometimes we sneak him into his swing and take a nap during this rare occasion.

We recently purchased a bigscreen TV for our bedroom to keep us entertained while attempting to put him to sleep at night. On some nights we sit in our room and watch random shows in all their vibrant colors with Tyler on our laps or in the boppy staring at the screen and its colors as well. What is interesting is that he never would do this in our family room where the other TV is. He prefers Oprah with mom, MTV with dad and on Sundays Greys Anatomy. Gossip, Music and Drama in just 3 shows. We’re getting him ready for highschool early I suppose.

As Lindsey continues to lose weight I too have had this same desire and am trying to gain her motivation. I have been attending the gym for 3 weeks now and it feels so refreshing even being so sleep deprived. We look forward to bringing Tyler and playing with him in the pool and kids section in the future. Who would have thought the gym could be a fun place?