So for the last couple of weeks my little happy baby has been a very upset and irritable baby. Not all the time but enough for me to be annoyed. There's time when I actual look forward to coming to work just to get away. Am I the only mother that feels that way? I hope not. He's been grouchy, doesn't want to sleep, crying all the time, and I think the amount of drool really bothers his stomach because he can't seem to keep food down or bother to eat. I'll be sooooooo glad when this phase is over. Right when we were in a good spot with him sleeping through the night this starts to happen. Then since he doesn't sleep, guess who else doesn't sleep. That's right! ME! I'm sooo tired. However, I know this is only temporary and I'll get through it. Hopefully he gets his full infant set by the time he's 12 months.
Positively thinking, I've been taking him swimming. At first he didn't seem to happy with it but this last time that we went proved to be successful. I was holding him the whole time the first couple of sessions, but last week I started to let him go a little to see if he could float or hold himself up on his own. They say babies have a naturally ability to swim so I wanted to test out that theory, CAREFULLY! I didn't let him go completely. I kept my hand under his belly. I put a toy in front of him and he tried to kick and move his arms to get to it. I think that's the approach I'm going to keep using to motivate him to learn how to swim. His father and I are determined to keep him active throughout his life. I have to make sure he stays out of trouble.
