Isaiah's Update - Week 31

I’ve been thinking of posting an update on Isaiah’s patterns once a week mostly for my sake, and if it helps someone else in the process, then that would be great.  I wish I had kept a record from the beginning so that when future children come along I can remember what it was like at what age the first time around.  I think it will also help me see what changes may affect his sleep/disposition/eating patterns.

I’ve always enjoyed reading Valerie’s weekly updates at The Chronicles of A Babywise Mom, and I hope to start to do something similar here.

This update is for Week 31 (Week 22 adjusted)

Eating

I continued feeding Isaiah 4 tbsp. rice or oatmeal one time a day.  He always makes a face the first few bites, but then is fine after we get going.  He doesn’t seem to prefer rice or oatmeal over the other.  He also doesn’t seem to hate either one, nor is he eagerly excited about either.  I feed him solids after a full nursing session usually around lunch time.  This seems to work well.  I think this next week I will start to also feed him 4 tbsp. at around dinner time.

I’m concerned about how his little tummy is processing the cereal.  He only has bm about every 5 days or so, and they’re pretty thick and very smelly.  Ew.  Not sure what that means or if I should be doing something about it.  I need to call his pediatrician Monday morning and ask.

Sleeping

His days have a spread out a bit (about every 3.5 hours he eats) which has made his last feeding somewhere between 8:00 and 8:30.  With this, I dropped his dreamfeed.  It went amazingly well.  Originally I had been doing the dreamfeed at around 11.  Then I moved it to 10:30 for a few days, then 10:00, then finally dropped it.  He seemed to wake up anytime between 5 and 7 no matter what time his dreamfeed was.  He did great for about 4 nights.  Then last night he woke up at around 4 am and wasn’t going back to sleep.  I wonder if this has anything to do with him trying to pass a bm and being uncomfortable.  I don’t think it’s truly hunger because I feel confident that he can make it much longer at night.

Independent Play

I’ve been attempting to pump every morning after his breakfast.  During this time is usually when I lay him on the playmat for about 15 minutes for his independent play.  He does well, but tends to fuss if he can see me.  I usually hide on the bed so that I can peek at him every once in awhile to see what he is up to.