8/1/22
One of the cutest things he does right now is, we’ll be having adult conversations, forgetting him in the background temporarily, and when we all laugh at the end of a joke or telling a story, we’ll hear his little laugh joining in and his eyes looking at all of us too, as if he was in on the conversation the whole time and understood the joke (even though he can’t talk yet), and everyone looks at each other and laughs even more because of this. He really does laugh (and cry/whines) easily.
8/3/22
sounds weird but i think im getting used to his bite. I think he’s still biting just as hard but it doesn’t seem to hurt as much. He still bites me several times a day during day feedings, and not at all when he wakes half conscious to nurse at night.
8/4/22
cried while nursing tonight cause he bit me so hard, twice, and took so long for him to go to sleep.
I was thinking it’s kind of cruel that nature, or God, makes this perfect storm of circumstances where you have this baby in what is probably the cutest phase ever of his life and you’re too tired to fully enjoy it. He falls asleep relatively early (9, 10, sometimes 11) but then wakes a few times to nurse (12, 1) then again around 3, then 6, then wakes up around 8, by which time I’m exhausted from the constant waking, but luckily can sleep when mom takes him in the morning. i sleep uninterrupted maybe 8 to 11 (with one eye always checking the laptop if any work came in), then get up for the day.
8/6/22
read about “earthing” in one of the books I checked out about postnatal health – I just ordered a grounding pad to sleep on and excited to see if it will help me feel better rested. Also this morning, went out to the backyard with baby and we stood with our bare feet on the ground for a few minutes, he seemed interested, but not super exhilarated – we had to go in after some minutes cause I felt some bugs/flies biting me. So many mosquitoes out 😦
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