How it all began

Ralph and I have been together since the summer of 2008 but it all began in 1992. Ralph's sister, Colleen and I have been best friends since 6th grade and we grew up at each other's houses throughout the years. Ralph was always around but being the younger brother was forbidden to be around us (not that he wanted to make up dances with us). We said hi during high school and when I needed a jersey to wear to school on Fridays, Ralph was nice enough to let me wear his. He visited Kent State while I was there once to look at the football team and campus but decided against attending. He joined the Marine Corps and we spoke through emails every now and then just to see how the other was doing. Life went on and our paths finally crossed again in 2008 when Colleen invited me to their families yearly 4th of July party. Ralph was home on leave from Iraq and I just moved back to Cincinnati. This time when we saw each other things seemed a little different and the rest is history. In December 2011 we were engaged, July 2012 we were married, April 2013 we bought our first house and March 2014 we had our first child, Braxten! Each year has been more blessed than the last and we are so excited to see where our future takes us!

Thursday, June 12, 2014

New Nursing Schedule!!

     Yesterday at 11.5 weeks, Braxten decided that he wanted to eat every 3.5 hours instead of every 3! That half hour seems like nothing but it actually takes one of the nursing times away and feels like so much extra time!!! He is sleeping so much better too (not that he was ever a bad sleeper). Two nights ago, Monday, the time between feedings was 9pm to 5:15am, over 8 hours, then on Tuesday night he went from 8:45pm to 6:15am, 9.5 hours, and last night went from 8pm to 5:30, 9.5 hours again!!!! He has had a few nights of 9 hours in the past but never two in a row!!! Good job little man!
     We are now trying to figure out the 3.5 hour schedule so it looks like this so far...
6am  - nurse and then back to bed
9:30am - nurse and stay awake for about 60 minutes (nursing included)
10:45am - Nap #1, should last until the next feeding but he woke up a little early
12:30pm - Woke up and hung out until 1
1pm - nurse and stay awake for 60-90 minutes (nursing included)
2:15pm - Nap #2
4:30pm - nurse and stay awake until bed time! This is a tough one and a little cat nap was taken :)
7:30pm - Bath time, no longer in the sink but in an infant tub in the actual tub - he grew out of the sink
8pm - final feeding but with formula and then off to dream!

This is only day 2 of the new schedule so we will find out today if yesterday was a fluke or if we will stick to this. I was told that at 12 weeks he sleeps longer and life gets a little on a predictable schedule - he is following Baby Wise wonderfully! Good Job Braxten!

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