Update

I didn't got to support group this morning since Dylan has been out a lot lately and I thought it best that we stay at home and hopefully get some good sleep, especially since he has a little bit of a running nose. So I don't have a weight update this week. Sleep is the biggest challenge these days. Dylan sleeps good during the night but as I mentioned before not so good during the day. And it's worse when we leave the house. We can get him to fall asleep in the car but he wakes up when we get somewhere. At church this week he woke up right after I dropped him off in the nursery. But the ladies in the nursery didn't beep me until the sermon was almost over so I made it through most of church. Now I'm thinking maybe I'll stay with him in the nursery for one Sunday to see if even I can get him to sleep there.

On both Saturday and Sunday nights we visited some friends at their homes. The hope was that Dylan would go to sleep at their houses in a quiet room. Saturday, the strategy was to nurse him and then put him in his carrier until he fell asleep. That resulted in me and Martin taking turns for almost 2 hours trying to get him to sleep. He never did. Then Sunday the strategy was to keep him with us and then hopefully he will fall asleep on one of our shoulders and then he would at least be getting sleep. He never went to sleep until we got into the car. I know that was a lot for him and we can't keep going out two nights a weekend, which we do not plan to do. But I don't think it's unreasonable to try to get to the point where we can take him to another house and have him sleep there for a hour or two. As Martin says, he needs to get used to other people and being out of the house. But maybe we need to wait until a routine is established before trying this.

The routine thing has been the hardest thing for me. But I just read somewhere yesterday that besides easing the transition between activities and comfort for the baby, routine also develops the baby's memory. So that's even more movitation I guess to get a routine going.

Dylan is sleeping very well today by the way. He took an hour an a half nap and then woke up and ate and went right back to sleep and has been sleeping for about another hour. Hopfully he will continue on the sleep train tomorrow when he goes back to day care.

The first day went okay. He didn't eat or sleep as much as I would like but I know that it's an adjustment and it will take time. Bushra (the day care provider) didn't call me so I think that was a good sign. I think he cried a lot though. When I picked him up, he fell right to sleep in his car seat. Communication with Bushra still needs some work but again, it will take time. (I just want to know more information about his day than she provided on the daily activity sheet she filled out - like I want to know how long he napped, not just what time he napped.)

So how did it go for me, since it was probably harder on me....well, I cried when I dropped him off. I called Martin in Denver (it was 6:30am there but thankfully he was up) and told him I missed Dylan. He said he really missed Dylan when he went back to work too. During Dylan's trial day I went to the gym and worked for two hours and went to Let's Dish with my friend Krista. I told Krista I cried a lot and she said, "that's what your supposed to do." Krista's one-liners always make me feel better. Let's Dish was a lot of fun. And now we have like 10 meals ready to go and I was able to give two to Laura H. who just had a baby, James (Jamie).

After seeing Jamie, both Martin and I have realized how much Dylan has grown in 3 months. Seeing him everyday, it's hard to see. I'll post some more pictures soon.

So tomorrow, it's back to the office. It's going to be weird. But I'm looking forward to it. I do like my job, I remembered. On Thursday, when I worked for a few hours I was really getting into the stuff I doing and looking forward to catching up on things. And I like contributing to the office and feel like I have a calling there as well (otherwise, I would not be going back.) I'll let you know how it all goes.

Thanks for reading my blog, by the way. It means a lot to me that you all take the time to read my ramblings. I tend to forget sometime that there are people who read but don't comment but as Lisa and Brad reminded me on Saturday you are out there so I just wanted to give you some props. Thanks!