Landon is now 3 1/2 weeks old and has lately had some new things in his life. One of them terribly bad and the other two should be considered temporary life savers.
I dont know if I was over feeding him or what but I have been trying to be more careful by only feeding him ever 2 hours or more if he can go longer without eating. Little hunky chunky is now at least 11 pounds and is a very big boy. What can I say?....He's healthy! Anyways, he has obtained very bad colic lately. Yesterday it lasted all throughout the day and last night I didnt fall asleep til about 4 am. I can't seem to get all the gases out of him and he gets so upset and fussy. My mom even bought him some homeopathic medicine for it but he still seems upset...so I guess I just need to wait until he is a little bit bigger to try something else for him. For now I must battle...there's not much that I can do and even though I asked God for a break last night He didnt seem to want to give me one.
The two good new things are Landon' bouncer and the Baby Bjorne. Daniel put together Landon's bouncer yesterday so we could see if he liked that. Almost every time he was awake yesterday he was crying (I made the comment that if my stomach hurt constantly I would be upset too), so while he was napping yesterday we went in his room and Daniel put together the bouncer- I mostly watched. I made the comment to Daniel " I hope he likes it." I had tried putting him in the swing yesterday but he hated that. Anyway after he woke up and had colic again I put him in his bouncer and he seemed to really enjoy it for about 10 minutes. 10 minutes of no crying.....I'll take it! He seemed to really like the red teething star that is attached and even hit it with his hand. Last night Daniel and I still hadn't had dinner and it was around 8pm. Landon was super colicy so I was willing to try something else out...and that is when the Baby Bjorne came into play. It was kind of staining on my back and neck but he fell asleep and I was able to walk around with him in it. I was able to get a glimpse of what it would be like to still be pregnant with him. Very uncomfortable! I kept trying to make sure he was getting air because his little face was right up against my shirt. Even though it was uncomfortable I realize that it was a good $20 spent buying it from a lady on craigslist.
The idea of not knowing how long his colic is going to go on and then knowing his teeth are going to come next is hard for me. I dont want my sweet boy in pain and wait...how long is that going to last? It's almost like this poor little guy is going to be miserable for a while and there is not much I can do for him. I may end up calling the pediatrician today and seeing what the office says. In the mean time please pray for me...right now I am going off of little sleep and I am hoping my son isnt going to wake up and get colic really bad again today.
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