24 Weeks

Took Justace to the doctor and while he does have a cold right now and the doctor thinks he might have a slight case of acid reflux, mostly he's, as the doctor said, "an ornery bear." Basically he's what is known as a high needs baby or a demanding baby. One of the more difficult breeds who will demand and scream and cry until he gets what he wants, which in his case is constantly being held by someone. Doctor said I need to simply leave him to scream when he does that and just check on him every 15 minutes or so. And to prepare ourselves because as he gets older it's only going to get worse. So I have an exhausting and frustrating few years ahead of me. But at least I know nothing is wrong with him and it's just his personality.

I still think he's teething even though he still doesn't have them. I'm hoping once the teeth come in and once he begins crawling maybe he will calm down a little bit.

I really need to take up excercising again. I've been so busy with everything I haven't had the time or the energy. I spend almost the whole day walking around with him or bouncing him up and down so I'm constantly moving but I need to be doing more than just walking. Just haven't figured out how to schedule this into my daily routine without sacrificing sleep time. I wish I had a gym nearby with a baby play area for him. That would be so helpful and great.

Not sure what we will do for thanksgiving this year. Josh is trying to get his parents to stay in which case we will all eat together. If not, Christine has invited us over and we will probably join her. Either way I'm thinking for his first thanksgiving I want to make him some baby thanksgiving food like sweet potatoes and pumpkin and stuff and take a picture of him with the turkey. He still loves feeding time more than anything else besides walking. Our friend Shay gave us a walker which he would like if he wasn't always screaming all the time. He will be interested in it for a good 5 or 10 minutes and then start screaming.