A Little Finicky

It amazes me that still after 12 weeks I am learning things about my child, that perhaps I really should have already known. I have been mixing breast milk with formula for about 2 weeks now and Camden has really done a great job with it. However, there are times that he wants to spit it out and act like he doesn't want it. Every time he does this, I fret and try to think of what I ate that could have bothered his little tummy. Well today I gave him a bottle, half formula, half breast milk and he kept spitting it out. I went through the whole arsenal of what I could have done to upset him with the milk, knowing that he had a bottle just 3 hours earlier with the same breast milk. So after thinking a bit, it dawned on me that maybe it was a little too cool for him. So I warmed the bottle and tried again and don't you know he ate it like it was the best thing since sliced bread!! So, perhaps he is a little finicky, and perhaps I need to be a little more in tune to these things!!!

12 Weeks

Well as much as I have been looking forward to Camden getting older and enjoying all his little smiles and giggles, I have been dreading this marker also. Twelve weeks has been the time frame that has been lingering over my head since his birth. I have counted the weeks, not so much as his age, but more so of how many weeks until I have to go back to work. Unfortunately, this marks the end of me being a full time mommy. Monday I return to work and leave Camden home with Shane. So today, I picked a few pictures from the past 12 weeks - rather bitter sweet for me. I have loved every minute of my time with him thus far.

Camden's birth

February 2010

March 2010

April 2010

Bumbo

Today I decided to try Camden in his Bumbo to see how he does since he is holding up his head really well and because I feel like he might be getting a flat spot on the back of his head. (We don't want the Flat Head Syndrome!) He enjoyed sitting in it and spent the majority of his time just looking around and enjoying the view of things from a different angle. He looks like such a big boy in it to me!! Amazing how fast he is changing.

Camden in his Bumbo for the first time

I love this picture. It makes me smile!!

Zach and Camden checking each other out.

Catching Up

I am not sure where the time has gone since I last blogged, but apparently it blasted right by me. To catch up, we had a very subdued weekend. On Saturday, it was a stormy day here in Tuscaloosa, so Shane, Camden and I stayed in our pajamas all day long. It was nice to really do nothing but hang around the house and just be a family. Shane worked on an application for a private school he is hoping to have an interview with and Camden and I just played, ate and napped. On Sunday we went to church, out to lunch and then home to watch the Nascar race.

Camden is still doing excellent on his sleeping!! I know that we are so very fortunate and I pray this lasts!! He is still going to bed between 7:00 pm and 8:00 pm and gets up between 6:00 am and 7:00 am. I must say the sleep for me has been such a welcome sight. I honestly didn't think it would be this soon that I would be able to get this much sleep!

My sweet angel sleeping.

As for his feedings, Camden has now increased his intake to 5 ounces at each meal (which is still every 3 hours) and as of today we are up to 3 of the 5 ounces being formula. Which, by the way, I purchased my first can of Nutramigen today - not a pleasant task. They have now started making the big containers of Nutramigen and they cost $32.99 each - but luckily I had a $5.00 refund check for it. I still plan on pumping as much as possible once returning to work to help keep that cost down as well as letting Camden still achieve the benefits of breast milk. I am really concerned how well I am going to do once returning to work due to all the temptations - pizza, cookies, catered food, etc. UGH!!! So many of these things have dairy and I am such a pizza junkie. I used to have a slice of pepperoni pizza two or three times a week before Camden's arrival, but since the beginning of March, I have not had any and I can hardly wait for the day that I can partake in it, as well as ice cream again!!! So, hopefully my will power will stay strong and I can avoid all temptations so that my breast milk will not be 'tainted' for Camden.

Something cute - as of yesterday Camden has seemed to have found his tongue. It is very funny watching him and listening to him. He is 'talking' a lot more now and actually giggles. I think he finds himself humorous - which cracks me up. He is so very precious!!!

Camden sticking out his tongue

11 Weeks

We have had a great week playing, rolling over and just having fun!! On Tuesday night, Shane went and played basketball with some guys from church and we tagged along so that I could walk for exercise along with some of the other mothers and their children. We had a good time, and of course, Camden was just great. I think he really does like getting out of the house - he always behaves himself. We are still working on increasing the amount of formula he gets. He still seems to be accepting of it, although he has seemed a little more gassy.


I decided last night that we were going to do our night time schedule a little bit differently. The past few weeks I have put him down to sleep after his 7:00 pm feeding and then wake him back up around midnight to give him another feeding. As the week has progressed, he has become a little harder to wake up. When I go in his room, he is sound asleep. He looks so peaceful and I hate to wake him. So I decided last night I would just let him wake up on his own for when he was ready to eat. Well, at 6:30 this morning, he finally woke up to eat. Now I had been up since around 4:00 am anxiously awaiting to hear him on the monitor. All I heard was just little peeps here and there, but never the cry for food. I can not believe that he actually slept from 8:00 pm until 6:30 am. Now I am not going to think that this will be the norm, but we will see how things go from here.

Just LOVE him!!

Sweet little feet

Baby Einstein

For Easter, Camden received a Baby Einstein video that is for 3 months and up. I have been waiting to let him watch the video until I felt like he was somewhat interested in the television and further more could actually see it! Since Shane is the avid T.V. watcher, he has been the one since Camden was a few weeks old until now to see if Camden would even show interest in the T.V. Well on Monday, he seemed a bit interested!


Today I decided we would try the video, and let me just say it was a hit! He loved it, giggling at the babies when they were on the screen and smiling the whole way through. The video is 30 minutes long and he stayed tuned in for 27 minutes. So now I guess we have something new to add to our daily routine!!

Sitting in his bouncy seat watching the video

Pleasantly watching his video

He Did It!!

I once again am a proud mom. Camden rolled over today for the first time!!! YEA!!! He actually did it three times in a row when Shane put him on his play mat for tummy time. He was holding his head up really well and over he went, again and again. It is amazing how strong he has become in just a matter of days!!

Starting on his belly . . .

Onto his side . . .

And finally on his back!!

Since Friday I have been adding Nutramigen to his feedings. Since we had such a horrible time last go around, I am giving him 75% breast milk and 25% formula. He is taking it really well and doesn't even act like he knows it is in there. I know better though because it smells nasty! Anyway, over the next few weeks I will work on getting him to full strength so when it is really time to go to formula full time we won't have any issues!