I totally jinxed myself....

Yup, I totally jinxed myself. In my last post I wrote how the mylicon drops and formula were making a difference and he was less gassy. Well that night I ended up staying awake with him ALL night because his stomach was hurting him. He was grunting and moving and it was painful to watch him. Finally around 5am he fell asleep on my belly. So we called the doctor who instructed us to stop using formula and to exclusively breastfeed (which for the most part I was doing with the occasional formula feed). Because I'm worried about my supply she told me to buy fenugreek tea and to come in a week to weigh him so we can make sure he is gaining (we are going on Monday).
Ever since the night he didn't sleep his schedule has been totally thrown off. He wakes up every morning at 4am and sleeps most of the day. He has started to cluster feed again every two hours and has been very fussy these past two days because he is so tired. Today he was awake all afternoon despite our best efforts of trying to put him to sleep. Finally after bath time and letting him cry it out he passed out around 7pm. It's sooo sad seeing him cry these days because he now has real tears. I noticed them for the first time today and they were all over his face :( Luckily we have discovered that putting him in a car seat and driving him around will quiet him down and put him to sleep. We don't want to have to resort to doing that every night, but we will do it if we have what we like to call a code red on our hands (a child who does not calm down because he is overstimulated). Sadly that is what we had to do yesterday but it worked so that's all that matters! By the time he got to Grandpa's office he was on his best behavior and fast asleep. I guess he knows when to cry his head off and when to behave in public haha
He makes quite a few sounds now which is so cute. We are trying to get him used to the bjorn...to no avail yet though.


He is growing so fast and has already outgrown a few of his outfits. That will teach you not to buy anything too expensive for a newborn because they barely have time to wear it! Steve and I bought a Flipshare camera, it's awesome! I'm going to try to post two videos after I'm done. Tomorrow his grandparents are going to watch him for a bit while daddy and I go to a 30th birthday party. We are also hosting friends all day tomorrow so I'm going to try to get some rest before the next cluster feed or else I won't survive tomorrow...xoxo

Max in his chair...




Hmm...did they spell my name correctly?



Daddy trying to get some rest since waking up at 4am these days is killing him!