Auntie Wiesow's Ramblings: Rolling Over & Sleeping through the night

Tuesday, June 1, 2010

Rolling Over & Sleeping through the night

Last week Ethan rolled over for the first time. I didn't believe it when he actually rolled over so I made him do it over and over again. The next day Ken made a video of it. Here it is:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bGDm8FD_-so&feature=autofb

I know I always say this but it's amazing to watch him grow right before my eyes. He's able to sit supported on the couch or in my lap. He needs to gain a pound or two before he'll be able weigh down his jumperoo enough to bounce. For now, I'm doing the bouncing for him.

Last week I set up his jumperoo and highchair. We will most likely be starting rice cereal when he turns 4 months on the 18th. Can't believe that! I had intended to wait until he was 5 or even 6 months to start solids, but the dietician thinks that in order to continue in the right direction with Ethan's weight we should probably start early. About 2 weeks ago we were told by the dietician to start concentrating the formula. We use less water and more powder. For a 6oz bottle we mix 5.5oz water and 3.25 scoops of formula. This makes it so it's 24 calories per ounce instead of the normal 20. It's amazing how an ounce of formula is the same amount of calories that is usually in a piece of gum. Crazy that babies can survive on that. Ethan is at about 32oz a day now of concentrated formula so he's at 768 calories a day, compared to what would have been 640. Cystic Fibrosis kids needs between 1% and 1.5% more calories than a normal kid because they burn so many calories breathing.

Ethan was weighed on May 5th when we were admitted to the hospital for the 2nd time. He was 11 1/2 lbs then. We went back 3 weeks later and he was 12lbs 15oz. Tomorrow we go in to see the pulmonologist and the rest of the team (social worker, dietician, nurse, respiratory therapist) for clinic. Even though it's only been a week since he was weighed I have a feeling he will be almost 14 lbs. We'll see.

We've been working with Ethan on sleeping through the night or at least only getting up once to eat. For the last few weeks he has been getting up closer to 3/330am for his first feeding, but not every night. Before that he was getting up twice to eat @ 1/130am and 430/5am. We are happy to say that it looks like by giving him an earlier bed time (645pm) he now sleeps from 645pm to 345am before his first feeding and then goes back to sleep until 545/6am. It's been nice to get more sleep and I'm actually surprised that he sleeps longer because he goes to bed earlier. The earlier bedtime is nice for us so Ken & I can spend some time together and Ethan loves to go to bed early.

That's what's happening in our world!