31/8

31/8

Feeds: 9, average interval 2h04

Sleep: 14h35, total 9 (4 daytime naps)

Diapers: 17

Slept well last night. Pooped at almost 3. Mom changed diapers, fed (didn't eat much), changed diaper again (pooped a little more while eating) and went back to sleep. He was actually awake when put down into the crib but mom still turned off the light and eventually he fell asleep.

Wakes up early last 6. Played with daddy in the living room until 7 when he felt sleepy so daddy put him into the crib. Jowever he slept lightly because he was hungry so  mommy feeds him and he naps a little more. 

Ms Lan took him for a walk but he did not enjoy the elevator ride with many strangers. Took a nap after the walk. Ms Lan bottle feed him while he was sleeping but only managed 3ml.

Woke up, played, ate. Took mommy 2-3 hours to get him to nap again. Had a good 1h30 nap and ate and nap on the nursing pillow again. Mommy not dare move him so had to endure sitting still sweating the whole time he was napping so he can sleep on his sides for a change instead of on his back the whole time.

Woke up from more than 2 hours nap, had a bathe and ate. Daddy came home to take Boom and mommy to TQT. Boom took a nap in the car. When we got there he woke up. Everyone wanted to hold hom and it was too bright and noisy so he got irritated. Brought him upstairs to comfort and nurse but he wouldt eat and could not sleep. Mom and dad had to take turns eating. Grandma Huyen and Phuc also helped hold him but he would not sleep. They brought him downstairs, he was still for awhile but start too feel tired again. Finally daddy brought him upstairs again to comfort and he fell asleep. After awhile mom came up to dreamfeed while daddy came downstairs to socialize. He ate a long time. Mom was able to talk a bit to cousins. 

He woke up when we were leaving but fell asleep again in the car. Had no problem transitioning to the crib. Mom was so tired and sleepy and woke up to feed him around midnight, falling asleep several times. 

Conclusion:

Mostly wakes up in the middle of the night because of pooping, not hunger. But mommy fed a little so he will not be hungry and can fall back asleep. Maybe when his disgestive system is better he won't need to poop at night. In the morning when he wakes up he's also not hungry, showing that he doesn't need to eat or just needs to eat little at night.

30/8

30/8

Feeds: 9, average interval 2h44

Sleep: 13h20, total 9 (6 daytime naps)

Diapers: 13

Terrible night. Woke up at 2 because of poop. Mommy fed but Boom would not fall asleep. Daddy tried but Boom was still awake. Mommy fed again and still awake. Mommy had to comfort some more until he fell asleep at 4. 2 hours awake in the middle of the night.

Woke up again early morning so daddy brought him into bed to sleep. Mom fed him at 7:30. Mom and dad took him for a walk downstairs in the square. The weather is cool and nice. But Boom didn't seem to enjoy.

Uneventful day. Boom took only very short naps and every time daddy had to rock to sleep. Sleep a long nap almost 2 hours in the late afternoon. Mr Cao Nhan, Ms Hai Anh and Kitty came to visit and gave a Bee chair. Was able to see Boom a bit when he woke up.

Daddy gave Boom a bath. Mommy fed Boom. He still did not fall asleep. Played in the crib and infant chair a bit while mom and dad had dinner but made some noises and cried a bit. Did not fall asleep after daddy comforted. Mom had to feed again. He nursed for 35' and fell asleep but woke up again when finished. Daddy had to comfort again. Fell asleep for real this time. Mommy overslept so gave him a dreamfeed almost 12 which is 3.5 hours since last feed. 

Total sleep time lowest in 1 month!

29/8

29/8

Feeds: 9, average interval 2h28

Sleep: 15h15, total 12 (7 daytime naps)

Diapers: 17

Was a good night.

Mommy heard Boom making noises and pooping around 2 but Boom fell asleep so mommy didn't wake him up to feed until he made noises at 3. But mom felt bad when seeing that he had a big pooped. Next time maybe will have to change him and comfort back to sleep.

Boom woke up at 6 smiling. Mommy fed Boom at 6:30 after changing another poop diapers. After that daddy played with Boom and he pooped twice. When Ms Lan cleaned his face and hands, he pooped again. 

Went for a walk downstairs with Ms Lan and got irritated towards the end. Went home and was sleepy so refused the bottle and fell asleep. Only when he was sleeping that Ms Lan managed to bottle feed him 100ml. Took a few small naps in the morning, once took mommy 30' to get him to sleep. Always licking his hands and getting mom's shirt wet with saliva.

Daddy played with Boom for awhile when he woke up from the afternoon nap. Talking with Boom is very tiring. Two different languages. Played in the baby gym, mom fed Boom and then daddy comforted him to sleep. 

Slept very well, almost missing bath time. Ms Lan had to pick Boom up the moment he slightly opened his eyes. Enjoyed his bath and feed. Today is Saturday so its weigh time for Boom, gained another 200g in just 2 days, making it 6.8kg. Finished his meal just as daddy came home from the gym. Daddy comfort Boom to sleep, fought back a little. Just as daddy and mommy were having dinner, Boom woke up again so daddy had to comfort back to sleep. Had a dreamfeed at 8 and 11:30.

28/8

28/8

Feeds: 9, average interval 2h26

Sleep: 14h48, total 9 (5 daytime naps)

Diapers: 13

Mom fed Boom at 3AM while lying in bed, only 3h30 from last feed. Took off the fever path and put Boom to crib because daddy almost rolled over Boom. Co-sleeping is too dangerous. Boom slept well till morning but woke up early. Daddy had to take him to bed to continue sleeping and mom fed him at $.

The weather is better so Ms Lan took him on a walk and afterwards managed to bottle feed him 50ml while he is sleeping. Had move to Boom's room again due to construction noise but turns out that apartments on both sides and on top of us are renovating so there's nowhere to escape the noise. He took little naps in the morning. But in the afternoon slept the whole time, only eating and slept again on the nursing pillow. Mom thought he was going to doze off only a short while and was afraid the contruction noise will wake him up so let him lie there but he slept for almost 2 jojrs without wanting to get up! Mom was so hot and sweating and had to gently wake him up for a bath.

Had a hard time falling asleep again. Especially because daddy let him play the activity gym when he was already tir d. Mom and dad were able to squeeze in a supper quick dinner and mom had to feed him again at 7:30 before he would fall asleep at 8:30 (3.5 hours awake!). Had only one dreamfeed at 10:30.

Conclusion: 

Sleeping too much during the day affects night sleep.

Awake too long = vicious cycle of sleepiness, overtired and hungry

No need to have 2 dreamfeeds unless he eats little or have an early dinner.

Always sleeps a lot during rainy days.

Bottle feeding still a challenge. 

Maybe should not expect Boom to sleep through the night so soon as his digestive  system is not developed and he still needs to poop in the middle of the night. He's also a hungry baby who needs to eat a lot.

27/8

27/8

Feeds: 9, average interval 2h29

Sleep: 15h22, total 9 (4 daytime naps)

Diapers: 16

Slept well lad night but woke up 3:30 hours after last feed and made noises. Mommy couldn't stand it and felt bad for Boom so after 30' woke up to change diaper and feed Boom.

Boom woke up too early every morning nowadays at 5:30 and made many noises. Daddy had to change diaper and play with Boom. By the time mommy nurse Boom at 6, he was sleepy again and fell asleep until 8. Mommy also slept a bit more. 

Today Boom had to go to the hospital again for Rotavirus and Synflorix vaccine. Before going to the hospital, Ms Lan tried bottle feeding but he refused so had to throw the milk out. Mommy had to nurse before leaving so we were almost an hour late. Boom took a short nap there because he was too tired but when doctor inspected him, it woke him up. Rotarivus was given by drinking so it was fine. Synflorix was injected into the thigh like Pentaxim so he screamed but when daddy picked him up he was fine again. Mommy nursed Boom and then daddy comforted him to sleep. Slept on the way home. Woke up a bit when got home but Ms Lan comfort d back to sleep. Eneded up sleeping until 3 (mommy had to feed while sleeping at 2 for fear that he would be hungry or wake up due to loud construction noise next door. 

Woke up, had a bath, played a bit and then ate. After eating, he lied on the nursing pillow quite drowsy for awhile before falling asleep. He yelled a bit after 30' but mommy comforted him, changed diapers and put him into the crib to continue sleeping. Mom fed him again at 7 while he's still sleeping.

Took some time to fall asleep again (8:30). Daddy after coming home from tennis had to comfort him. He lied in the crib for 15' without crying but still would not sleep. So mom and dad had a very late dinner.  Did not eat much at 9:30 dreamfeed. At 11:30 ate well but a bit hot (37 degrees) so mom and dad was afraid he might get a fever from the vaccination. Put on fever patch just in case and let him sleep together on the bed. He struggled a bit in bed but mom and dad kept a hand on him and after 14-30' fell asleep. 

Conclusion:

Sleep training still no progress because Boom always poops in the middle of the night and wake himself up uncomfortable. 

Now that he only wakes up once in the middle of the night, he gets up very early in the morning and wants socializing as well as to eat. He can play a bit by himself but gets bored and irritated and when he hears mom and dad he'll cry for attention, wanting to be held. Then he ended up taking an early morning nap.

Everytime we go to the hospital he doesn't get to nap in the morning so slept a lot in the afternoon. He seems fine  after vaccine injection. 

26/8

26/8

Feeds: 10, average interval 2h10

Sleep: 14h17, total 10 (5 daytime naps)

Diapers: 16

After almost midnight dreamfeed, he made small noises around 3:30. Although he didn't cry or hungry, mom decided to rescue him. Found out he had a big poop. So every day he wakes up in the middle of the night and struggled a bit to poop. So it's hard to train him to sleep through the night. 

Woke up again at 6, so early. Daddy had to take care of him and mommy fed him in bed at 6:30. Fell asleep for a nap until almost 8. Went down hill from there. 

After playing for awhile, Ms Lan was able to bottle feed him 90ml and put him to sleep. But he woke up right away because of a poop. Then he was hungry. Then it took mommy another hour to get him to sleep after feeding with 3-4 times pick up. Overall, he was awake for 3h45' before sleeping again. 

The afternoon was much better. He took a long nap, ate and then nap again. Woke up, played a bit and then took a bath. Ate (but not much) and spit up on mom's shirt. Mom tried to feed him more but he cried. So mom comforted him for awhile and he fell asleep. 

Slept well in the evening while Mr Kim and Ha visited. Gave Boom a baby carrier. Woke up for a long feed at 8 so mom decided to give only another dreamfeed at 11:30.

25/8

25/8

Feeds: 8, average interval 3h11

Sleep: 13h35, total 8 (4 daytime naps)

Diapers: 16

Even though mom was really tired but tried to get up at 1 to give Boom a dreamfeed with the hope that he'll sleep until morning but it backfired. At 3:30 he started making noises that wake daddy up and after 30' had a big poop. Both mom and dad had to clean him and he was wide awake so mom nursed him to sleep.

Just after 1.5 hours he woke up at 5:30, dad had to let him sleep on his chest until morning. Mom gave him a feed at 7:30, after a few poops, playing, nail cliping he was still not sleeping. Dad was able to get him to sleep a few minutes but he woke up when put down into the crib. So another feeding which means 2 feedings without any nap! Then another poop and some struggle comforting him to sleep. Finally fell asleep after 3.5 hours of being awake!

When he woke up after an hour Ms Lan tried to bottle feed but failed. Wasted the whole bottle. Mom tried nursing but he cried because overtired. Dad struggled to get him to sleep but Only naped for 30' before getting hungry again. Mom nursed in bed and dad comforted him again before he finally fell asleep for more than an hour before bath time.

After bath and dinner feed, took awhile to get him to bed. Woke up after a very short nap and mommy had to nurse him again. Then a lot of comfort for an hour before finally falling asleep at 9. 

Mom was going to give dream feed at 10:20 but overslept so gave dreamfeed at 11:45 which is 3.5 hours from last feed.

Mom's breast was leaking a lot the whole day.

Overall: terrible day in terms of sleep. Always woke up when put down into the crib (even though he was not crying, just wide awake and smiling) and only wanted to sleep on daddy's chest. Maybe daddy spoiled him. The only quality sleep was 0.5 hour late morning and 1 hour late afternoon.

In terms of feeding, nowadays he can last 2.5-3 hours between feeds. Bottle feeding still a failure.

 

24/8

24/8

Feeds: 9, average interval 2h48

Sleep: 15h, total 10 (6 daytime naps)

Diapers: 19

Overall a good day. Interval between feeds are good. Boom had a few big poops that requires washing. Last night did not sleep long, still woke up after 3.5 hours. This morning woke up and played with daddy before accepting a bottle! Finished the bottle. What a big improvement.

Had to move to nursery due to contrusction again. Boom had a few short naps but one very long late morning nap 2.5 hours (but woke up 2 times and need comforting back to sleep) that mom even had to dreamfeed towards the end for fear he'll be hungry. 

Was a bit fussy for 2 hours at bed time after 5pm dinner. Mommy had to feed again at 7:30 after he only napped on and off on daddy's chest. Finally fell asleep soundly. Would not sleep without beinf swaddled or with the sleep positioner (gối đỗ). Mom gave dream feed at 10:30 and 1AM instead of 10 and 12:30 because mom was too tired to wake up. 

Nowadays sleep almost continuously from 7, 8pm to 6:30am but still eats 3 times in between. Mom's plan to eliminate nught feeding by stretching interval between last dream feed and middle of the night feed still not much progress. 

Mommy write email to Kim Van to orser baby stuff from amazon when Hai Anh comes home in October. So excited since stuff there are cheaper and in VN sime things cannot find.

23/8

23/8

Feeds: 8, average interval 2h31

Sleep: 15h, total 15 (6 daytime naps)

Diapers: 14

Slept well but many small naps. Each time he slept and woke up after 45', daddy had to take him into bed with daddy. Because the night before he had an early dream feed at 10:30 so he woke up again around 3 (4h20 interval) and then too early at 6:20! Sleep training to drop night feed still not successful. 

Daddy took care of him most of the day so mommy got some rest. Had a late bath and went to bed for the night later because he was still sleepy when daddy plan to bath him so had to let him sleep. Even then he slept through and had to wake him for bath or else it's too late and he'll be hungry, not wanting to bath. By the end of the bath he was hungry and unhappy. Ate and slept well with a bit of comfort. Mom and dad had late dinner because of Boom's late bath. Woke up soon to eat again. Then mommy and Boom both overslept and had last dreamfeed at past 12.

Note: when he is feeding and crying, it means he's tired. Mommy did not know this before.

22/8

22/8

Feeds: 8, average interval 2h39

Sleep: 16h20, total 9 (5 daytime naps)

Diapers: 13

Slept well last night but night intervals were 4h20 & 3h30. At middle of the night feeding pooped and fell asleep right away after sucking on 2nd breast for a few minutes. Turns out mom's plan for extending night sleep was also written in Babywise.

This morning made noises at 6h and pooped but fell back asleep, woke up late at 7:30 smiling. Mommy changed diapers and fed and pooped another big one. Daddy played with him for 1 hour and comforted to sleep.

Daddy took care of Boom today. Overall it was a good day. Had 2 short naps in the morning but 2 longer naps in the afternoon. In the evening also slept well. Mommy even had to force Boom to eat because the breast was engorged. Was planning to wake him up for awhile not to sleep too long early evening so he can sleep longer stretch at night but he wouldn't open his eyes. What an irony. There are times when it's a struggle to get him to sleep and times when nothing can wake him up.

Was going to dream feed 3 times at 7:30, 10, 12:20 but overslept and was too tired so only fed at 7:30 and 10:30 and let him sleep whenever. 

21/8

21/8

Feeds: 8, average interval 2h55

Sleep: 14h30, total 7 (4 daytime naps)

Diapers: 15

Did not sleep long stretch last night but 2 medium stretches. So unpredictable! If long stretch= usually mommy had to comfort back to sleep after feeding and will sleep only 1-2 hours and get up very early in the morning. If 2 medium stretches = right back to sleep and get up later in the morning.

Refused daddy's and Ms Lan's attempt at bottle feeding this morning. Would go 5 hours without food. Was too tired and had a short nap. Made up by eating a lot when mommy nursed. Had 1 long nap in the morning and one short nap in the afternoon before bath time. 

Today was able to sustain long 2.5-3 hr intervals and ate a lot each time, played, pooped and napped after each meal. Starting to develop a routine of similar times each day.

In the evening daddy's friends' came over. Said hi then mommy comforted back to sleep. Slept well, had 2 dream feeds.

20/8

20/8

Feeds: 8, average interval 2h45

Sleep: 14h, total 10 (6 daytime naps)

Diapers: 18

Had a 4h45 min stretch at night and ate well but did not fall asleep comfortably, mommy had to comfort back to sleep. In the morning, with daddy's persistency, drank 60ml from a bottle. Daddy said the milk warmer feels so fast when he is smiling and not hungry as opposed to when he is crying. Daddy now take over the early morning shift to play with Boom. Boom is too big now, does not fit the pillow usually used for bottle feeding.

Had a short nap before going to the hospital for 6-in-1 vaccine. Pooped everytime he is put into the scroller. Doctor made him wait for checkup and he was really hungry. Fed him and he fell asleep before taking the shot. Cried in pain when they put 2 shots in 2 thighs. Daddy comfort back to sleep. Luckily he's strong and healthy, has very big thighs and the Pantaxim vaccine is good.

Went home and slept and ate well the whole day. Cried a bit when daddy removed the urgo. Took sometime before falling asleep in the evening. Had 2 dreamfeeds as usual. His feeding and bedtimes are somewhat starting to develop and a bit similar each day. 

Conclusion: 3.35kg after 2 months (95%) but only 57cm (33%) so a bit short 

Some improvement in bottle feeding

A very brave and strong boy

19/8

19/8

Feeds: 9, average interval 2h29

Sleep: 15h, total 10 (6 daytime naps)

Diapers: 15

Last night did not sleep as long as mommy hoped for, only 4 hours and 3 hours stretch. Ate little when woke up for night feed (maybe not really hungry, just wants comfort?) and split up. Took up 1 hour of feeding, changing diapers, changing clothes and comforting him back to sleep. Maybe should not let him sleep too early in the evening? Too many dreamfeed before midnight do not help since he ate very little. 

Did not have a bottle today.

Let Boom stay in bed with mommy most of the day becaus Ms Lan was absent and the construction next door was loud so mommy wanted to comfort him. Slept a lot but short naps. Also ate a lot but short feedings.

Had a good bath, ate and then played with daddy and ate again before going to bed. Had two dream feeds before midnight, barely awake.

Conclusion: 

If not hungry, should give 1 quality dreamfeed instead of 2. 

Sometimes would wake up and play by himself but if he hears mom and dad, he'll start making noises. Likes talking. Not always need to eat right away after waking up.

Smiles all the time: when waking up, during feeding, while sleeping

Likes holding mommy's hand and pause to look at mommy in the eyes and smile while feeding

18/8

18/8

Feeds: 11, average interval 2h20

Sleep: 16h, total 9 (4 daytime naps)

Diapers: 16

Last night mommy extend the first stretch to 4h45 successfully. Actually Boom started making noises after only 3 hours on and off but drifted back to sleep. When mommy finally fed and changed diapers, he started crying and did not eat much and fell back asleep. Maybe he was not hungry yet. According to Babywise, at 8 weeks he could sleep 8 hours straight.

However a long stretch always gets compromised by a super short interval afterwards. So there is a trade off between a long stretch and a short nap or two medium stretches.

He woke up 45' later, daddy had to comfort back to sleep but after 1.5hr mommy had to nurse again.

After nursing he pooped twice, very loudly when put in the infant chair.

Today had to move to Boom's room because of the construction again. 

Ms Lan gave a bottle this morning but he refused, only drinking 50ml. Slept most of the morning and noon but ate every 2 hours. Mommy napped a bit while he slept. He woke up at 45' but after some struggle was able to fall back asleep on his own. Ms Lan looked after him so mommy got a short nap. 

Struggled a bit to fall asleep in the evening butnslept most of the evening, only waking up to feed even though daddy tried to play with him. Was quite hungry during bath time so cried a lot towards the end. Mommy gave 2 dream feeds hoping he'll sleep longer at night. 

Conclusion: good day. Good sleep. 

17/8

17/8

Feeds: 8, average interval 2h35

Sleep: 15h44, total 9 (4 daytime naps)

Diapers: 19

Slept a long 4.5 hour stretch last night. But second half only lasted 2.5 hours so mommy was so tired, have to wake up to feed at 5:30. Boom woke up again at 7. Daddy took care of Boom while mommy slept. Ms Lan gave him a 120ml bottle and he fell asleep.

Today was amazingly good during the day. Boom slept most of the time, only waking to play a bit and eat and fell asleep again. During afternoon nap, woke up after 45' but mommy too sleepy to comfort so after about 10' he fell asleep on his own. Woke up and lied there for 10-15 minutes before mommy woke up to fetch him.

After bath and dinner, had a hard time sleeping because mom and dad did not comfort him properly and put him down too soon so ended up taking more than an hour. This needs to be avoided in the future because it leads to a frustrating cycle of tiredness, hungry, cranky...

Did not sleep so well at first so daddy had to hug him in bed. Mommy gave him dream feed at 9 and put him into crib. Gave another dream feed at midnight.

Overall, still a very good day.

Conclusion: 

Never let him stay awake more than 2 hours.

Try to force him to eat more if he spends little time feeding or else he'll get up early or hungry again soon.

He can sometimes fall back asleep after 45'.

When he wakes him, he sometimes can play by himself in the crib without crying right away.

16/8

16/8

Feeds: 8, average interval 2h35

Sleep: 14h, total 8 (5 daytime naps)

Diapers: 15

Last night Boom was able to 4.5 hours after 11:30 feed so it was one of the few record long night stretch. However, after 4AM feed he was wide awake. Mommy tried to rock and sush but still did not fall asleep. Finally mommy was too tired so put him down into the crib next to the bed. Use one hand to comfort him and turn on wide noise. Mommy fell asleep. Boom lied there looking around quitely for 30' before falling asleep on his own. Seems like at night Boom is better at falling asleep on his own.

Tosay daddy is home so was able to help with caring for Boom (sleeping, changing diaper, bath). Daddy gave Boom a bottle. Took a few rounds but was able to finish 120ml. Was able to fall asleep on his own  once and easily in daddy's arms once. The secret was to capture when he start to feel sleepy and act right away. 

Overall eating and napping not so bad but mostly short naps. Only one 1.5 hour nap but with a few interventions from daddy. 

After bayh, daddy had to go out. Ms Lynn Dung visited while mommy nurse Boom. Boom nowadays very lazy to eat and spends less time on each breast. Sometimes would stop to poop or just look at mommy and smile. Gets distracted easily. 

Took a long time for mommy to get Boom to sleep after his dinner feed after bath. Just as mommy put him down he woke up and asked for food again. Ate just a little and finally fell asleep at 8. Maybe last time he was not so full. Ms Lynn had to leave, daddy still not home, leaving mommy so hungry anf tired alone with Boom. Daddy finally came home at 9 so mom and dad had very late dinner with food Ms Lan prepared the day before in the fridge.

Boom slept very soundly from 8 onewards. Mommy debated whether to give him 1 or 2 dreamfeeds to tank up before midnight but was too tired and after he ate for more than 30' at 10:30 dreamfeed, decided to call it a night and put him back to crib to sleep until whenever. 

Conclusion: short total sleep time but many short naps. Slept well in the evening. Less feeds especially in the evening and more time spent on breast for each feed. 

15/8

15/8

Feeds: 10, average interval 2h14

Sleep: 15h32, total 9 (4 daytime naps)

Diapers: 14

Night weaning did not succeed last night. Woke up many times and made noises so mommy could not bear to leave Boom there although he was still smiling, not crying. Had to feed at 3:15 and then 6. Daddy took Boom into family bed and Boom continued sleeping but woke up occasionally and ended up snacking at 7:25 and 8:40. But he smiled and was happy when up. Ms Lan washed his face, wash ass, changed diapers and mommy let him play on the baby gym.

Slept well during the day. Also slept well in the evening but woke up every 2 hours to eat before finally sleeping longer after 11:30 final feed. 

Overall it was a good day.

14/8

14/8

Feeds: 9, average interval 2h40

Sleep: 13h16, total 8 (4 daytime naps)

Diapers: 18

Last night slept well for the first half (8 hours from 6PM) but woke up early 3 hours from dreamfeed. Ate a little then spit up a bit. Had to change shirt. Should not have fed him so much at night. This has happened twice. Daddy had to rock back to sleep. Then wake up again after an hour. Daddy had to comfort again. Slept for 2 hours. Finally at almost 6 mommy had to feed him because he was making so much noise. So the plan for 4 hours interval was ruined. Fell asleep again for another 2 hours.

Conclusion: each night he can handle one long stretch so had to time this stretch. Should not let it start too eaely like 6. If he is asleep, wake him up to play and only settle for the night at 9-10PM. Or else he'll get up middle of the night and cannot sleep anymore. He doesn't ear much at night so should try to eliminate the feeding or make sure he eats enough or he'll wake up frequently.

Ms Lan gave a bottle at 8, didn't protest and finished 90ml. Fell asleep again. Made lots of noises and movements at the 45' mark but after a few minutes was able to settle again. Phew!

Struggled to sleep at noon only for 45'. After waking up and not sleeping again, mommy had to feed twice and let him sleep on the bed next to mom, wake up at 45' but mommy comforted back to sleep. Ended up sleeping a long time, mom had to wake him up after 2h15' to feed and rest to make it for bath time at 5. After bath still not hungry so played awhile and ate a big meal. Daddy put up new clocks in every room so the apartment is now pretty complete. Daddy played with him past 2 hours wake time so he became very hard to comfort to sleep. Took another 2 hours to get him

To sleep so time awake was 4.5 hours! Terrible. Kind of break the bad record. He got into the cycle of being too tired, frustrated but also hungry so he could neither eat or sleep properly. When he should be put down and calm, daddy kept playing and talking with him. First time daddy almost got him to sleep but put down too early. Second time mommy nursed him almost to sleep but daddy made her stop. He finally fell asleep nursing for a long time. Mommy had to let him sleep in the bed and hold him for awhile before falling into deep sleep. Let him stay there until dreamfeed (did not eat much) before transfering him to the crib. 

Conclusion: never let baby stay up more than 2 hours!

13/8

13/8

Feeds: 10, average interval 2h16

Sleep: 16h43, total 9 (6 daytime naps)

Diapers: 16

Broke the record for total sleep as well as 1 long stretch of 8 hours!

Good sleep last night. Made noises a few times but went back to sleep. Mom fed at exactly 4 hours interval.

Went for a walk with Ms Lan this morning and had a bottle of 80ml, fell asleep. In terms of nap, took frequent naps between every meal but short ones. Had to be helped to sleep but not too bad. Today still had to move to Boom's room during the day. Mom was able to take a noon nap while Ms Lan took care of Boom.

Feeding: no schedule, eat too frequently. Sometimes had a short feed and get distracted or frustrated easily.

After bath and afternoon feed, mom struggled a bit to get Boom to sleep. Cried a lot but the last time when mom held him straight, suddenly closed his eyes and slept! Maybe he was too tired!

Woke up 30' later rooting for food and cried. Mom let him nurse but after 5' he pulled out and fell back to sleep. Put him down into the crib, he was awake a nit opening and closing his eyes but fell asleep by himself. Slept for 8 hours straight only eating twice while sleeping reluctantly. 

Establishing a routine of massage, bath, music, feed, read book, sush and par to sleep. 

12/8

12/8

Feeds: 9, average interval 2h30

Sleep: 14h07, total 9 (6 daytime naps)

Diapers: 21

Big improvement! Mom is so happy. Last night Boom slept for 7 hours from 9, only having dreamfeed in between. So last night average time between feed was 4-4.5 hours. Both had to get up to feed before Boom even make noise because Mommy was afraid Boom would be hungry after so long. So maybe Mom acted too quickly other times when Boom made noises while he would have gone back to sleep right away, not necessarily wanting to get up to feed. Because sometimes he would not eat much. Mommy had longer sleep last night and felt much better. 

This morning Boom went for a walk with Ms Lan. After that moved to Boom's room and tried bottle feeding with the new Pigeon (expensive) bottle that daddy bought. Boom drank 50ml which is not too bad. Will do this every morning.

Took short naps here and there when mommy finally decided to just put him into the crib. He played for awhile and fell asleep by himself! So this is 2 times this has happened. Maybe Boom can sleep by himself after all, just that mommy assumed he couldn't and always tried to rock him or leave him to be too tired.

During the day Boom only took very short naps and one long nap at noon (2 hours). Ms Hanh Viet Home visit but could not see Boom because he was napping. Skipped 1 nap between meal, bath and rhen another meal because of Mrs Huyen, Ms Phuc and Ms Thanh Ha's visit. They signed Boom's guestbook.

So in the evening he was really fussy and took a long time to fall asleep. Once he fell asleep but when put down cried for 10' until daddy picked up.

After finally falling asleep, he was really good and slept the whole time. Didn't ask for food at all. Mom gave him a dream feed at 11.

Conclusion:

- bad daytime naps

- good evening sleep

- start to accept the bottle Pigeon

- was able to fall asleep by himself for the 2nd time

11/8

11/8

Feeds: 9 (1 semi successful bottle), average interval 3h

Sleep: 14h, total 8 (4 daytime naps)

Diapers: 18

Slept well but backtracked in terms of interval between night feeds. Last night had to feed Boom 2 times at 2:30 and 5:30, only 3 hours in between. If only he would feed at 3:30 and 7! Boom also ate little. At 2:30 feed he pooped twice, 2 very big mess that mom had to wake daddy up to help rinse his ass since one person cannot do this task. The good thing was that after 2:30 feed he was still awake, mom put him in the crib to play and turn off the light, he protested but mom sushed and held his hand from where she was lying and he fell asleep right away in his own!

Nowadays he rarely spents more than 10, 15 minutes on each breast. Mommy had to start forcing the 2nd breast but he would only eat a little.

This morning woke up very early and played by himself and with daddy for awhile, did not even want to eat. Ms Lan was able to bottle feed him 35ml but he fell asleep! He rarely falls asleep by himself so early in the morning like this but probably because he was tired from the early wake up. Took a 1 hour nap. Today we had to move to his room during the day because of the loud contruction of the neighbor's apartment. Will have to buy new bottle and nipple to train him to bottle feed again.

But that was the only good time. After that was a terrible day in terms of nap. Took only very short naps after a long time sush and pat and other methods from mom. Sometimes had to walk around. Mommy super tired. Only got 30' midday nap and 20' for shower in the afternoon while Ms Lan looked after Boom. However he was good at bath time. Ate after bath (moved back to bedroom) while listening to mom read Toto chan, doze off while eating but woke up again. Took sometime sush and pat before finally falling asleep almost 6. Had to pick up and pat again at the 45' mảk. Nowadays during daytime naps Boom almost never sleep through the 45' without help to continue. 

Dad went to buy a new bottle for Boom today. Mom and dad managed to have dinner before Boom woke up. Mom fed Boom in bed and he fell asleep again but daddy disturbed him. Had to rock him a bit but luckily when put down into the crib drowsy, he made a few noises and moved around a bit before falling asleep at 8:15. Mom was going to give him another feed plus dream feed to tank up but both he and mom slept through. Mom woke up 11:15 and gave him a dreamfeed. He was still sleeping but ate well and continue without waking up.

Cnclusion: bad day but good evening. Big improvement on falling asleep by himself once!

10/8

Feeds: 8, average interval 3h

Sleep: 14h35, total 8 (4 daytime naps)

Diapers: 14

Slept well last night except that went to bed late at 11, did not have dream feed so woke up early at 2:00 and 5:30. If give him a dreamfeed at 11:30 then might be able to extend his feed to 3:00 and 6:30 so will only have to feed once in the middle of the night. Did not have problem falling back to sleep but did not eat much.

Yesterday Mommy was able to ask BD some experience and also asked some friends. Made mommy more reassured and determined to spend time at home caring for Boom so he will develop better instead of leaving to nanny and let hom drink formula.

Today was a good day, Boom ate and slept according to schedule every 3 hours and need only some sush and pat before falling asleep if caught right when tired. However always woke up after 45' and need to be picked up to comfort before going back to sleep. Boom now has good eye contact and look at mommy in the eyes while nursing. Also curious looking round. Did some activities  such as baby gym, listen to music, read book, walk around the house.

Was a bit fussy for evening nap but eventually fell asleep for 30' nap. When Boom woke up for dinner feed, daddy tried to give a bottle but it was a struggling. He refused and cried loudly no matter how many times. When offered breastfeed, he ate a bit and cried again. Now it is so difficult, he forgot the bottle in just a few days. 

Fussy again after dinner feed due to all the problem trying to bottle feed. Fell asleep at the breast but woke again and both dad and mom had to comfort fir almost an hour before he became too sleepy to fight putting down the crib (before that he keeps protesting when put down but fell asleep right when picked up).

Slept soundly. Mommy also slepted and almost forgot to get up for dreamfeed if not for some small sound from Boom (rooting while sleeping sound) which is 4 hours from last feed but he wouldn't eat much.

Nowadays he doesn't scream for food, spend less time at the breast and has longer intervals between feeds, sometimes has to be forced to eat.

Mommy is concerned. Is he;

- getting more eficient?

- eating less because no longer growth spurt?

- just lazy and less interested in food?

9/8

9/8

Feeds: 10, average interval 2h10

Sleep: 13h20, total 11 (6 daytime naps)

Diapers: 18

Sunday. No giup viec today.

Would have been a good night as Boom woke up at 3 as usual. Ate on both sides, however, maybe due to some movement or too much food, spit up everything into shirt, nursing pillow and mommy's body. Daddy woke up to change for Boom and comfort him, mommy cleaned up the mess and gave Boom another feed in bed. Maybe he was awake too long so fussy towards the end and would not sleep. Mommy tried sush pat unsucessfully but when handed over to daddy Boom slept so daddy was able to put to crib.

Boom woke up an hour later and would not go back to sleep, probably still hungry so mom had to feed again in bed. 

2 hours later woke up again, daddy had to switch side with mommy to comfort and bring Boom to bed with parents. Slept for another hour before mommy fed again. Showed signs of spit up again so mommy put Boom to infant chair for awhile before changing diapers and put into crib. Luckily Boom fell asleep drowsy. Mommy had to do laundry because of the spit up. We'll go to TQT for the first time at noon today so will not take a morning walk. Daddy still sleeping at 9. Mommy barely slept last night due to the frequent waking and feedings.

Dady hang laundry and took out trash. Mom and dad reheat gà ác tần for breakfast. Feed Boom again before going to TQT for lunch at Mrs Huyen but took 30' to leave the house because Boom keep peeing and pooping so had to return to the room few times to change diaper, change clothes.

Boom is so big now so had to take out the insert of Combi carseat to make more confortable and also use searbelt over the shoulder for safety. Boom fell asleep in the car and slept a bit at TQT but woke up due to distractions. Played happily and was held by Ms Toan, Ms Phuc, grandma Huyen. Today was lunch with only Grandma Huyen, grandpa Binh and Ban Mai and Tan. Had salad, foie gras, baked scallops and spagetti. Grandma Huyen gave many food to bring  home. Breasfed Boom before leaving. Had to change diapers 3 times in just 2 hours there. Boom start becoming fussy during feed and on the way home. Was fussy all afternoon eating small meals and napping 30'. Probably overstimulated today. Mommy managed a quick shower while daddy held Boom. Only started to have a proper nap at 4:45 after eating again. Today daddy will give Boom a bath after waking up. 

Ms Bach Duong, cousin Bin and Mrs Huonf will visit this evening. Too many activities and visitors make Boom tired. Ms Lynn wanted to visit but could not schedule when we're home.

Boom had a long 2 hours nap, had to wake him up for bath. Enjoys his bath with daddy. After that tried to nurse but surprisingly he was not hungry and keep crying. Daddy had to comfort him to sleep in the bed together for an hour. Maybe he was tired after the trip today. Too overstimulating and messed up his routine. 

Mommy got an hour to socialize with BD's family and ate dinner. BD gave money and some used toys for Boom.

After Boom woke up he was calmer and started nursing. BD, Bin, Ben and Mrs Huong came in to say goodbye.

However, maybe he napped too frequently and would not fall asleep nursing this time. Daddy tried singing and cuddling him in the bed for an hour unsuccessfully. Mommy nursed again and daddy rocked a couple of minutes before falling asleep 11pm. So tonight was a fussy night in terms of sleeping. But nowadays Boom doesn't cry much even when fussy. Slept well after that.

Did not have any chance to try the bottle today.