Wednesday

Yesterday Brandon and Mom ran a few errands. We enjoyed a busy 'running around' day. Dad even beat us home.

The three of us ate dinner and went to Target. We needed some bottled water. We have decided to use formula at night time before bed. That works much better by keeping Brandon fuller for a longer period as well as for some reason helps him sleep better. He is now in a routine of putting himself to sleep at night. We put him in his bed and he talks and kicks for a little bit and then falls asleep. Sometimes he will cry and I just look over the pack and play and hold his hand and sing to him. He needs to learn to put himself to sleep at night. My Dr. today told me that she knows some 4 and 5 year olds that have to still be rocked to sleep. I don't want him to get into that habit.

We went to bed at 10 last night and his first wake up was again at 2:30am and then again at 4:30am. It seems to me that the formula works well and gives mom a little break.

We have been asked how the cats do with him and they do really well. They are protective of him as well as notifies us if Brandon is crying and we aren't super close to him. Sometimes the crying bugs them and they give us a look like, "Seriously...he is crying again." Allie sometimes wants to remind us that she is still around. Last week she chewed up one of Brandon's diaper (a new one- not a used one thank heavens). Then she knocked over lots of stuff on the coffee table and tried to taste moms lemon bars. She got past the foil and there was a nice paw print in the bars. They took a nice trip to the garbage and Allie got a firm talking to. We have been trying our best to keep her off the counters and coffee tables. However at night or when we aren't home it is hard to monitor that.