Happy 3 Month Birthday Lukey Pookie!

Visit with the Ruggieros

Kyle and Luke had a fun visit with Nonnie, Great Grampy and Uncle Mike today. Kyle was a little "off" when we first got there, but he snapped out of it once he started playing his favorite game...shredding his Car and Driver magazine and bringing each piece to the trash. Who wouldn't perk up from such a fun activity?! Once that got old, he showed off his alphabet knowledge (he knows all his letters!) and then wrapped things up by playing dump truck with Nonnie. And Luke held up pretty well, in between some fussy fits. It was a fun visit...Kyle and Luke are lucky to have such wonderful relatives!

Ups and Downs

Life with Lukey Pookie is definitely one big roller coaster right now. The last couple days have been HORRIBLE (way more time spent trying to get him to sleep than he actually slept, very short sleep stretches at night, lousy nursing, etc). But then last night, he slept a 5 hr stretch followed by a 4 hr stretch. And he's been napping well this morning. So there are lots of ups and downs right now, but I guess that's par for the course with a 2.5 month old. The bad days feel absolutely unbearable, but then they just make me appreciate the good days that much more.

It seems the key is to not let him get overtired. But that's much easier said than done with a two year old in the picture, because I can't always take the time to nurse/rock him to sleep with Kyle around. And once I miss my "getting him to sleep window", it gets very tough. He'll still (usually) fall asleep but will wake up after just 10 or 15 minutes...and then this is followed by endless/frustrating attempts to get him back to sleep. When he's overtired, he just has a lot of trouble getting into that deep sleep mode. This just completely supports the saying "the more they sleep, the more they sleep"...SO TRUE!!

Here are some pictures from the last week...