Bubeaner Birthday Bash: Aftermath

The decorations are put up.  Grandma, aunt Pau and uncle Ivan have gone back home.  And Dad returned to work today.  And just like that Bubeaner was back to his normal routine sleeping through the night and waking up at 6am.  Bubita's routine was still suffering from the weekend; she woke up twice during the night at midnight and 3am wanting to eat.  We are hopeful for tonight.

Thankfully, both were able to have good naps after a nice relaxing morning.  Bubita spent most of hers dosing in and out.  Bubeaner, on the other hand, was still playing with his new birthday gifts.  Of course, he did take time to help Momma clean using his new sweeper/vacuum cleaner.  He loves that thing.  And the best part is that it actually works; it's a win-win situation for all.

Bubita is still having some problems with her BMs.  Liquid fluorescent green poop is not a good thing in our opinion.  The lactation consultant believes Bubita may be getting too much fore milk and not enough of the hind milk causing this problem.  She suggested pumping for 5 minutes before nursing Bubita.  We are going to give this option a try before attempting the pediatrician's suggestion again.

Yes, it may be true that most babies will eventually eat once they get hungry enough.  But if Bubita is half as stubborn as her mother, well, we may well end up taking her to the hospital due to dehydration.  The girl just does not like formula.  OK, she HATES her formula.  And out of all formulas, it's one of the most disgusting.  The doctors even agree with this.  Bubita has absolutely no problem taking a bottle so long as it's breast milk.

The other option (a modified version of the pediatrician's suggestion) we might try is to have Momma just eat an extremely limited diet (yes, even more limited) for a week while still nursing Bubita and see if there is any change.

Thankfully, in other areas, Bubita is thriving.  She loves her walker.  We were surprised when she started moving (backwards) on the third day of using it.  However, we assumed Bubita was not aware she was actually moving it.  Today she proved us wrong.  She was happy so long as she could move backwards.  Bubita would start crying the moment she got stuck between furniture or hit the wall.  She knew she could move.  WOW!  She continues to amaze us.

Bubeaner is also doing great.  His vocabulary is increasing exponentially every day.  He can talk in English, Spanish, an interesting Spanglish version, and still a little bit of gibberish we call Bubeaner language.  Most people can even understand most of what he says.  However, there are many times when only Momma or Dad can understand what he says.  Some of his words have just a little tiny difference in pronunciation. But we are so happy he can now communicate so much better his needs and wants.

He's learning some etiquette and is now saying "mas" followed by something that might be "por favor" when he wants something.  And he also uses complex sentences!  He's definitely entered the questioning stage.  Most of his longer sentences involve asking how something works or what it is.  Bubeaner also appears to be interested in why someone wants something.  He's pretty nosy. 

And, we cannot fail to mention his big move.  Bubeaner is now sleeping in his big boy bed.... alone!  We did a trial run with uncle Ivan sleeping there.  No problems.  So we decided to try it again tonight.  He was actually really excited when he saw us pull out the trundle and got in without a problem.  Momma checked on him several times and he was awake for a while.  But not once made a move to get out of the bed and wander around.  The baby gate is up just in case.  If this continues to work, we may be moving Bubita to the nursery in a couple of weeks.  Maybe.