On Friday Maddie and I went to the doctor to get flu shots since, with Maddie’s lung issues, it is VERY important that no one in our house contracts the flu. Anyway, after we got our shots the nurse weighed Maddie and – good news – it turns out she has gained seven ounces since her last appointment just a week and a half ago! Clearly, my mad scientist like concoctions – including my soon to be world famous avocado water – are working! This is encouraging, and sets me off dreaming of other types of fattening water such as steak water, butter water, Chicken McNuggets water, perhaps even chocolate cake water! If I suddenly stop blogging it will be because I have become world famous for my alternative waters. By the way…a lot of people asked if I tried the avocado water and I must be honest, I did not. I will totally try the chocolate cake water though. That sounds good. Mmmm, chocolate cake water.
In other news Maddie has suddenly turned into an unofficial member of Kiss who wants to rock and roll all day and party every night. Okay, so maybe she doesn’t want to rock and roll all day, but she definitely wants to party every night and this has her old man seriously on edge.
Instead of waking up only two or three times a night (only…ha!) she is now waking up every forty-five minutes to an hour crying. Making matters worse is the fact that after I feed her, instead of falling asleep as she normally does, she now screams bloody murder when I try to set her down. As a result I have been spending twenty to thirty minutes standing over her bed each time until she finally falls asleep. Awesome, right? THEN…when I lie back down, ready to fall asleep, I see in the baby monitor that she is wide awake and on her belly in a crawling position, looking around and ready to party.
Luckily, Maddie slept through the night better last night, so I am hoping this was just some weird phase she went through because I think I might go crazy if it isn’t.
Check out the little party girl in action:
carrie says:
I am glad she is gaining weight. That is an awesome feeling!!
Throw some omega 3’s and some antioxidants into that water and you might have a hit…………..or not ; )
Sleeping – it always sucks when they decided not to sleep. In my past, sleepless nights like that usually meant ear infections. Good luck taking the “rock and roll all night” out of her!
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Danes says:
I just threw up in my mouth a little bit when I read “butter water” ewwwwwwwww
Kelly says:
Love reading about little Maddie, or Getting-Bigger-Maddie, and I’m glad to hear she’s packing on the ounces. Just had to mention the possibility of teething keeping her up at night. Also, and not to be advice-y and whatnot, but I’ve realized with my second child that I might have screwed up my first one (who is 2 1/2 and still can’t fall asleep without me by his side, arg) by rushing to his side every time he woke up in the night. I know our situations are different, my baby being born right on time and not having any health-issues, so staying out of Maddie’s room may not even be an option for you, but if it is, it can definitely help in the long run. Cute, cute baby you’ve got there.
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Jim says:
That’s most likely a test-to-see-how-often-I-can-get-him-in-here phase. My son did that until we got all hard line on him and let him cry it out. It’s really painful to do and even attempting the hard line approach is usually preceded by a near loss of sanity from lack of sleep. Best of luck with that.
It’s great to hear she is gaining weight though. You should try multiple courses in your water too. Steak and potato with key lime pie dessert water…mmmmm.
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HeatherPride says:
Ugh, I feel for you. Claire just started sleeping through the night and I am a new woman. Sleep issues are rough!!!!
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jenni says:
Oh, I feel for you. Not only for the lack of sleep but because I’m willing to bet she’s gonna be crawling like ANY DAY NOW. Oscar totally went through a sleeping jag both when he started crawling and when he started walking. And stop by my blog today – you’ve been awarded.
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Anna Marie says:
Congrats on the weight gain!
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ali says:
you had been copyright that avocado water before someone else tries to steal you awesome idea.
yay for weight gain.
boo for partying all night.
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Mrs. Kitty says:
Hi, I came over from Oscarelli’s place. And I’m all for avocado’s on practically anything, since I’m a cali girl, but avocado water??!! Yikes. Not sure I could stomach that.
And your party hard daughter is GORGEOUS!
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Amy says:
How ever do you get those expressions from her! What a CUTIE!
I bet when she starts crawling she’ll wear her little self out from all that movement and sleep better during the night!
Yay for the weight gain!!! Go Maddie Go!
Angela says:
I think somehow that chocolate cake water will taste somewhat like Yoo-hoo.
Raging Dad says:
Wow, I cannot be more emphatic when I say that I am glad to not have a baby anymore! That is, mine are a bit older now and I have different excuses for not getting any sleep, like reading other daddy blogs in the wee hours of the night. Glad she is bulking up. I’d buy that cake water easy, and maybe even that steak water. Good luck with the sleepy time, Mike. I bet it’s a phase.
Headless Mom says:
My trick for all night partiers was to not ever, never, never turn on the lights. (That is where night lights come in handy!) I never wanted them to say “Hey! lights are on! Party time!” Also helped get me back to sleep pronto.
Yay for weight gain!
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Maria says:
I’m so happy to hear she gained some weight for you guys. It’s awesome that you’re having an impact with your recipes.
Also I literally almost gagged and died over Steak Water. Ew.
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Joe says:
bacon water…. I’m just sayin’.
I know nothing about sleep patterns of babies, but my initial thought is that her digestive system is really working now with all these new… waters…. maybe that’s what’s waking her up…
Thinking about it for a couple minutes gives me a clearer, and more likely scenario. Little Maddie is a girl (a little woman, if you will). As men, we know that women torture us men. She’s just starting early. Put her in Guantanamo and the Government would have all the answers it’s ever wanted.
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ShellyD says:
Those pics are awesome especially the 2nd one–had me cracking up. However, the idea of your various flavored “water” is slightly disturbing. Especially chicken mcnugget water. Blah!
BTW, can I add you to my blogroll? You are quite funny!
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Bonnie says:
You had better watch out for that party girl. When Alex was a night-party girl from 3-9 weeks old, I just succumbed to the chaos and would take her in and watch shows that I had DVRed. She would usually fall asleep in my arms. She was no such a huge fan of The Shield. Turns out, it put her right to sleep.
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Captain Dumbass says:
7 ounces, hoo hoo! I so don’t miss that waking up all hours business.
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maya says:
First of all- congrats on you fattening your baby up with crazy liquids. It seems to be working- so keep it up. I’m thinking royal icing water. I’m telling you Mike, when she hits 15-16 punds she will be sleeping longer. Keep up the weight gain!
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Andrea's Sweet Life says:
Go Maddie! You must have swelled with pride.
My little one has decided recently that 4:30 am is a good time to wake up FOR THE DAY, so I’m about the grouchiest person on the planet. You and I can grouch at each other, if you’d like.
My bet is, as soon as she gets to moving around in that crawl position, she’ll start sleeping better. It’s very common for them to have sleep trouble right before hitting a huge developmental milestone. Keep the video camera at the ready!
Christy says:
I want whatever she’s having.