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Jen's Diary Entries Diary Navigation: Choose A Diary Entry -------------------- Latest Entry: 11/19/00 -------------------- 11/14/00 10/30/00 10/24/00 10/18/00 10/11/00 10/10/00 10/3/00 9/20/00 9/13/00 9/5/00 8/22/00 8/15/00 8/1/00 7/24/00 7/17/00 7/11/00 7/5/00 6/26/00 6/19/00 6/12/00 6/5/00 5/15/00 5/10/00 5/1/00 4/25/00 4/19/00 4/10/00 4/4/00 3/29/00 3/20/00 3/14/00 3/6/00 2/29/00 2/22/00 2/15/00 2/8/00 2/2/00 2/1/00 1/26/00 1/12/00 1/4/00 12/29/99 12/20/99 11/29/99 11/17/99 11/8/99 10/27/99 10/26/99 10/18/99 10/13/99 10/7/99 9/29/99 9/22/99 9/13/99 9/7/99 9/1/99 8/31/99 8/17/99 8/10/99 -------------------- Jen's Introduction

November 17, 1999

I had another great day with the boy-child last Sunday. I can't get over how much his personality is developing, and how interested he is in the world around him. We did a bunch of errands, and he was good the whole time, and he even went without his pacifier for about 4 hours. I'm happy about that -- he was one of those babies who wanted to suck on something all the time, so I didn't mind him using it (my poor boobies were glad of the rest too!), but I was concerned that weaning him from it might be an issue. Lately he's been needing it less and less, so I'll try and let him leave it on his own.

The one thing that I really have to be careful of is just giving him the pacifier all the time. I'm so used to it being a constant necessity that I tend to just hand it to him, even when he's not fussy. But in any case, I think he'll manage to do without it more as he grows older, and that's fine with me.

I still don't know what's going on with his nursing. He went through a little growth spurt and wanted to nurse a lot, but now it's dropping down again. Some friends of mine have mentioned that it's not unusual for toddlers to drop to one or two feedings a day for as long as the mom's milk supply holds up, and for some that can be quite some time. I've planned on letting him end the nursing relationship, but I have to admit that it would be nice to not have to be quite the watchdog about everything I take in.

On another note, as the weather has gotten colder, we've been family bedding a lot more, and he's been sleeping better. I'm really trying to figure out what he needs, but it changes so often that sometimes I wonder if I'll ever keep up. We had originally started putting him in the crib because he seemed to sleep better that way, but now that's changed and he's back with us. My husband and I love snuggling with him, so I don't mind -- it would just be nice if I knew what to expect day to day!

Jen

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