I'm Pooped

Tanner tried rice cereal for the first time in late July. He really liked it. After a few days he got bored though so we gave him a break. His tummy has been pretty sensitive to the foods I eat. So far I've cut out all dairy, onions, tomatoes, and some wheat. I probably should cut out chocolate and sugar... but that's too hard!

We actually ended up taking Tanner to the hospital a few weeks ago because he was throwing up a lot and screaming in pain. Mike was feeding him a bottle and then Tanner threw up a bunch of times. He looked really pale and his lips turned blue when he was crying. Scary. The doctor took an xray and it ended up that he just had a lot of gas and poop. I think he can't handle any type of formula.

The funny thing is that Tanner really does live in the moment. He was still happy when he wasn't screaming. I gave him a shower to wash off the throwup and I had a baby sponge that I washed his neck with. He was half asleep because he was exhausted, but he started laughing when I would brush the sponge under his chin. It was so cute.

Crazy August

Lots of stuff going on in August...

We finally sold our condo. Wahooo! It was so weird walking through it for the last time. It was kind of sad since it was our first home. It's been great living with my inlaws though. They are very helpful with Tanner so I don't go too crazy. Plus we live closer to more family which I am really happy for.

Tanner still has major sleep issues which according to a book Mike and I started reading, has caused me to have "baby brain." Which I guess means I don't think so smart....lol. Tanner will typically wake up about every 30 minutes to 2 hours. However, last week he slept about 7.5 hrs straight for the first time! Of course I kept waking up often assuming that he's going to wake up any minute. I was also so excited how much he was sleeping that it was hard to go back to sleep. In my mind I was thinking, wow he's been sleeping for 4 hrs.... 5 hrs... 6 hrs!! We think he's got tummy issues that keep waking him up. Hopefully he grows out of it soon.

Tanner is now rolling over from his back to his tummy quite well. This has added to the bedtime frustration since he will smother his face right into the bed and won't turn it to the side. He just does little pushups with his arms when he's run out of breath. So I've been trying to put him on his side for a comprimise and seems to work most of the time.

Mike and I celebrated our 5th anniversary. Five years goes by fast! Looking back it's interesting to see what's happened and how different our lives turned out to become from what we first imagined. Life really is unpredictable. You think you've got it all figured out, but then things change.