The Turning Point

Well, I think we're finally at the turning point - you know, that *magical* 3 month mark. Chase is more aware of things, he's content just sitting and looking around, he enjoys watching his big brother, and he smiles - ALOT.

I made a few changes to Chase's nighttime routine a couple days ago in hopes of getting a longer stretch of sleep out of him. These changes include: 1) swaddling him again - this baby is just not content unless he's bundled up; 2) I started giving him a little cereal in the evenings before his final bottle; and 3) I moved up his bedtime one hour to 7:00 pm. Although he didn't give me that much awaited 10-12 hours of sleep, he has slept 7-8 hours the past two nights since I made these changes. And trust me when I tell you that 7-8 hours is a HUGE improvement! ::deep sigh of relief:: So where the potential problem comes in, is that I'm not sure if any one of these things is the main factor to Chase sleeping better, or just that he's begun to outgrow alot of his newborn issues and is just sleeping better in general. But regardless, I can guarantee you this... I won't be changing one. single. thing. Sleep is Sleep, and I'll do anything to get it, even if it means I have to swaddle my child until he's 3 years old!!

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Ben had a Jaguars home game this afternoon, so I was on my own with the boys after 12:00 pm. My greatest accomplishment today (aside from remembering to feed them dinner) was getting both boys in bed and asleep by 7:05 pm. I've never enjoyed the sweet sound of silence as much as I do at this very moment. The downside to all of this... I'm totally jacked up on caffeine right now, and I haven't seen my two cats in about 6 hours. I'm trying to remember if they even came out to get fed at dinner time, but my mind is mush... I can't concentrate long enough to think clearly - especially since I'm trying to type this blog post and eat my dinner at the same time... you know, my dinner that consists entirely of a package of ritz crackers and some coca-cola on the rocks to wash it down with. Mmmm Mmmm Good!!

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Here are a few random pictures to close out my evening. I don't have many photos of Ben and Chase... probably because up until this point, Chase was usually crying and Ben was typically as far away from that scene as possible. haha. So here's a nice picture of Ben and Chase that I took today.

Every night when Chase gets a bath, I wash and scrub his hair (or whatever few strands of hair there are). He totally loves this, and always closes his eyes and makes this "ooohhhh, that feels great" face. It's just too darn cute!

We tried on Braedyn's Halloween outfit to make sure it fits. We had to try it on because it's the same outfit he had last year. I know, I know, bad mommy. But seriously, it was quite big on him last year, and this year it fits perfectly. And I think he looks so adorable in it since he can now walk in it (last year he was still crawling at this time). We plan on taking him to the mall for trick-or-treating this year, so that should be lots of fun. And in case you're wondering, No, his costume is not a friggin' horse, it's a giraffe! A giraffe, people - get it straight!! (That was some leftover frustration from last year when people thought he was everything but a giraffe.)

It is now 8:30 and I am excited to say that I am off to bed at this early hour. Well, I guess I should try to locate my cats first, just in case they're locked in a closet or something. But right after that, I'm off to bed.