Jessica Kelso

Tomorrow will be 6 weeks since the little man joined Team Kelso and in those 6 weeks we’ve learned a lot about babies. The main thing we’ve learned is that just when you think you’ve got a schedule down and everything is moving along perfectly, things change! Naps change, sleeping through the night changes, it’s always something new and unexpected. The first couple of weeks were rough, seeing as how Thrasher was in a totally new environment with complete strangers. He was always looking around. He still likes to look around and he’s very active and alert, but nothing like those first few weeks when he was trying to figure out what was going on and where he was. At night he would wake up every couple of hours and we would come running at the faintest noise. We wanted him to feel safe and secure in his new home. We could really tell he was starting to get comfortable and settle in to things when he started sleeping about 11 hours straight through the night. The first time it happened I woke up in a panic, thinking I had forgotten to turn the baby monitor on and I slept through his crying and he was terrified. I quickly ran to his room to find a happy, peacefully sleeping baby. That lasted almost 2 weeks straight. A couple of nights ago, he started waking up once. We rock him, cuddle, sing to him and he would go back to sleep relatively fast. Last night though, it seemed that any attempts we would make to put him back to sleep did more harm than good. Poor little man has been chewing on everything. When I rock him to sleep, my shirt ends up being soaked from him just going to town on it. He already has two teeth on the bottom and I think  he’s about to get one on top. Who knew these little teeth could cause so much pain?! We’re praying that’s all this is and soon he will be back to a regular schedule. Whatever that is!

It was so fun having his first Thanksgiving and we’re really looking forward to Christmas with him. I’ve always loved the Christmas season, but having a baby to celebrate it with this year is just the best. He has his own little tree in his room, and he loves to just sit and stare at the lights. Tonight we’re going with some of our friends and their kiddos to the Christmas parade, which has sorta got me freaking out. I’m not one for big crowds, especially in Lakeland. Growing up here means running into a minimum of 5 people you’d really rather not run into. . . but our friends are going and I think Thrasher will really enjoy it. So to the parade it is! Wish me luck.