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I have no clue why that picture is so big! Enjoy the life size photo of Grady!

I jinxed myself

Well I knew I should not have said anything about Grady starting to enjoy his boppy swing and sleeping a little longer. The past couple of days he has been back to fussy, not sleeping, and wanting to eat all the time! We think it is another growth spurt. I really would like to just feed him a cheese burger so he will stop being so hungry. On our Dr. appointment on Friday I am going to ask if we can start giving him rice cereal. Others have said that they started feeding their baby cereal at an early age. It is called bottle bombing or something like that. The cereal is added to their milk for extra substance. Don't worry it is not captian crunch it is in powder form like formula. We tried it one time and he had no problem eating it but we really did not feel it did anything so we have just stuck to milk. I am worried about his digestive system. Clearly the little man is struggling and we just can't figure out what to do. He gets uncomfortable after both breast and formula feedings. He grunts and squirms and sometimes screams. It's awful to see that something is bothering him and not being able to figure out what to do about it. We give him the mylicon drops he eats the gentle ease enfamil formula. Still something is going on. Is it colic? Is it gas? I struggle to even know the difference between the two. All I know is that we have one fussy baby on our hands and he is starting to wear us out. Having him a month early was great for me in terms of the pregnancy but now I think we are experiencing the draw backs of a preterm baby.

Grady Starting To React

Grady is just beginning to notice things and react to them. He can see bright objects and will react to toys that make noise. He still does not really react to seeing either of us, but we are waiting for the day when he realizes that his Mommy or Daddy is in the room and smiles.

Here is a little video of Grady enjoying one of his toys.

Grady finally enjoying the swing !

I don't want to jinx myself but yesterday and today Grady has spent about 20 mins or so in the boppy swing just being happy and looking around. WHAT?? This is huge people! He has never been interested in the swing. It is still not a calming mechanism for him. We can't put him in the swing when he is crying because it will not make him stop. However now when we put him in it when he is calm he actually seems to enjoy it for a little awhile. Before he would not last very long in it. This is great for me because I can actually accomplish a few more things in my day, like keeping up to date on this blog! Ooops except for now my time is up he is crying now in the boppy chair.....got to go!

Grady earned his wings!

We took a weekend trip to KC to visit family and attend Riley's baptism. Riley is the daughter of good friends Dave and Lisa. Chris is Riley's godfather so it was a must to witness the little cutie's baptism. We were a little nervous about the travel since it would be Grady's first plane ride! We are happy to report that it went great! Grady slept for both the arrival and return flight. I took the sling which he just loves. He was very happy to relax in the sling for the duration of both flights. He briefly woke up on both flights but had very little fussing.

We had a wonderful visit. Grady loved spending time with Grandma and Grandpa in KC. The only setback to the trip was Grady's fussiness and lack of sleeping. Prior to the trip we were starting to make progress in terms of Grady sleeping a little more at night. Then we got to KC and he was just awful. We did not get much sleep. Now that we are back home things are improving once again...yea!!