The goal is for me to up by 6 am so I can start to get ready. Benjy has decided 5 am is a better time. I have not had an issue with us both being ready to go out the door at 8.
Somethings that makes our morning go smoother are that I just need to get Benjy dressed. All his diapers, food, and extra clothing are already at the sitters in a plastic storage shelf. I have also started to freeze my breast milk so I can bring several frozen bags over and she can thaw them out as he needs it. I also bring over the clean wetbags and diapers every few days after I have done laundry.
When I drop him off, he cries, but each day it has gotten less and less each day. He is comfortable with the sitter so I am glad that we slowly introduced him over a course of a few weeks. I would go to her house and play with him for an hour or two. Then after a few days of that, I started to slowly leave for a little while. Then we did two morning of 8-12. He has not always had great days, but overall things are going well.
He refuses to drink BM while at the sitters. She mixes the milk with his cereal and he will take it that way. He will drink a bit of water during the day. He does nurse well before he goes, and then nurses when I pick him up. He does eat solids well. He will have cereal, fruit, and a mixed veggie with meat at lunch.
I was most worried about naptime as with me he nurses to sleep. Thankfully, she has an old stroller and will rock him back and forth and he will fall asleep for a while in it. I did bring a playpen over as well, but he is not quite ready to sleep in that.
When I pick him up at the end of the day, I grab his wetbag with dirty diapers. I dump the diapers into the pail when I get home. I also get lots of kisses and hugs. He is very happy to see him mommy.
No comments:
Post a Comment