The last week or so has flown by. Judah has been done his antibiotics since Sunday and is obviously feeling better than before, however he still has this lingering chest congestion and a bit of a cough. This is frustrating for us, as we really dont want to put him back on antibiotics. So we'll wait things out and see what happens!
This week has been a somewhat of a quiet week because our county has fall break. This means all the schools are closed, and all extra curricular activities are also on hold. This means we've been left with a week with nothing to do. But, so far its been really good! My dad has come by twice and taken Eli out tobogganing and they both just love it!! 2 days in a row now (since the weather has been a bit more mild) they've gone out for 1.5 + hours!
My parents have moved into town, which is super nice having them so close. They've lived in the same house (that I grew up in!!) for 33 years!! They built it before they got married, and never lived anywhere else! Obviously this has been a huge adjustment, and even a bit sad for us girls that haven't lived at home for awhile. They have found a tenant to rent out the acreage, and so someone else will be moving in there. The house that they moved into they bought a few years back and rented, and then over the summer they did work in it, painted it, and are now living in it. On Sunday after church Eli asked if he could go over to Grandma and Papa's and so mom said he could come over for an hour and he ended up spending the whole day there! He loves being there by himself without Andy or I, and loves spending time with my parents and sister!
We stopped with the sleep training while Judah was on antibiotics. And Im finding the babywise method a bit difficult to do with him. One of the things that babywise gets you to do is get your baby to have a full feeding as soon as they wake up from their nap. Judah does not like to eat as soon as he wakes up. This is posing a bit of a problem. I sat down with my Dr.Ferber book (yes he talks about the CIO method) and re read some stuff up on it. Im going to start incorporating a few of his methods into our training and see what happens. Our issue is not going to sleep at bedtime, its waking up for night time feedings, and although he is only 4 months old Im not convinced a 16 pound baby needs to be waking up 2 or 3 times in the night to eat! At this point he is going most of the time only 4 hour stretches between feedings... and I dont believe he actually needs them.
Andy and I are back on our cash budget now. You know the show till debt do us part? Yup, we're on that budget! Theres an interactive worksheet online that we have filled out and have our spending money. We dont go as far as divying up into jars but we do have our cash and once its gone its gone! Its so awesome and exciting to see more money in our bank account from being on this budget for 2 weeks now than we have in awhile! Its such a good feeling! One of the things Im trying to do by saving money is meal planning, and also using our cloth diapers again! I knew I wanted to cloth diaper with Judah, but had to wait until his bowels were a bit more developed and he wasn't pooping with every diaper change! So now that he is only pooping every 2 days now (TMI??) we are back into cloths! Honestly, I love cloth diapering! They're so much fun to put on them, and I really dont mind washing and changing him. Because he is breastfed I dont even have to clean out the diapers when he poops I just toss them into the wash! So easy to wash, and I really only have to wash every 2 days or so. I could go longer if I wanted. Im also using cloth wipes as well, which makes sense with the cloth diapers. This is also very easy, and its so nice not to have so much garbage! Iam still putting him in disposable at night and when we go out, its just a bit easier!
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