I was asking myself the wrong question

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8:35pm

 I guess what that title means is the question about what project I should be working on.  I’m always asking myself what have I accomplished today, when I should just realize that I’m doing PROJECT BABY now and THAT is the big project of the day.  IF I can get any other little stuff done, then I really did well on that particular day!!  Now I can see why my fave is always talking about "what she did well today" when she also has a newborn at home. 

Yesterday Dylan bottle fed the baby for the first time.  It was cool.  He was actually text messaging with his new 6th grade girlfriend while feeding the baby.  *sigh*  multitasking already!  The baby took 3.5 ounces for Dylan and then he split when his friend came to pick him up to skate.  So I fed him the remaining ounce and a half.   I KNOW I’m not supposed to bottle feed the baby my own expressed breastmilk, but it needed to get done!  and little Robert seems smart enough to still take the breast when offered it!  So he took 5 ounces and probably never had that much at once!!  He stayed awake and active for quite a while after eating.  But when he went down to sleep, he ended up totalling about 7 hours in between his bottle feeding and his next breastfeeding!!  SHEESH!  He never went that long before!  THAT might be a good idea to do the night before I work so I can sleep before work!!  Or maybe not, because when would the baby feed again?  I may be gone and it would then be a bottle?!  Again?!  Hmmm…  This is going to be weird – going back to work. 

Today Dylan changed the baby’s outfit.  Dylan really does love his brother and tries to interact with him as much as possible.  He does real well with him and holds him when he’s fussy.  I think he’s going to be a bigger help than I expected.  I still need to teach him some stuff about infant rescue.

Today I made Robert a beaded toy.  It’s actually a bracelet, with an array of colors.  I included crystals of different colors and clear AB crystals to glimmer and shine.  His name is in the middle surrounded by colored crystals.  When he got up from his long nap and became aware of what was going on around him, I showed him the bracelet.  I let it dangle and bounce in front of him.  It’s on a slinky-type of wire.  (memory wire)  He REALLY watched it with fascination.  At one point I THOUGHT he tried to reach for it with his right hand.  But he didn’t get all that close before giving up.  I put it around his wrist and let him hold onto the beads.  It came out really well!  I’m really stoked with it and hope it offers him hours of distraction in the future!!  (Similar and WAY less colorful versions of my memory wire bracelet had previously entertained many a patient in the Peds unit I work in!)     I’m really happy he likes it and can focus on it.  I used all sorts of groovy glass beads with swarovski crystals and sterling silver beads.    OK.  I’ll stop bragging about it.  I’m just so pleased!!  *wink*  I’ll include pics when I get them into my snapfish acct!!