Rylan chilled out in his stroller for over an hour. I picked him up for awhile after that, but for the first hour, I was able to run around with Carter and just check on Rylan every few minutes. It wasn't that crowded at first so I was able to leave him in the shade at the end of the picnic tables and no one bothered him.
Carter had a lot of fun today. This was the first time we've been back to the splash pad since Carter has gotten so comfortable in the water at the pool. It took a little while for him get his confidence up, but he eventually was willing to run through everything.
Carter liked turning this guy around to shoot the spray in different directions ...
Carter decided to take a break for awhile and sit at the picnic tables. He kept clapping though for all the other kids running through the water.
I was really surprised that Carter liked this area. He run through these arches for about 10 minutes.
I think I'm going to be brave enough to tackle this outing on my own. We may have to leave sooner than planned if Rylan is really fussy and Carter won't play on his own, but I'm willing to give it a try.
Rylan is still doing well. I'm generally feeding him every 2 hours during the day. He starts getting fussy and tries to latch on to my bicep so I think I'm reading his cues correctly. He's not eating for that long at each feeding but I think he's getting enough quickly because he has thrown up a lot of milk the few times he has thrown up. I've tried pushing him to wait longer between feedings in an effort to eat for longer at each feeding but he doesn't seem to eat more when I do this so we're sticking with lots of short feedings for now. Most nights I can push Rylan to 3 hours between feedings at least once but that requires that he stays in his swaddle. Rylan is super strong and gets out of my best swaddles quite often. When he does that, he tends to only sleep about an hour before starting to fuss. I bought some muslin Aden + Anais swaddling blankets that are nice and lightweight, but I'm having more trouble keeping Rylan's arms in those. Hopefully I'll get better soon!
Rylan is still sleeping a lot during the day. I've been trying to keep him up more during the day in an effort to make sure he sleeps at night. He's slowly staying awake a little more each day.
Rylan has been doing a really good job of putting up with sponge baths and tummy time. He doesn't fuss much during either. He is getting stronger and can hold his head up during tummy time for probably 20 seconds. When you lay down next to him, he tends to turn his head so that he's not looking at you. Carter wanted to lay with Rylan tonight and kept having to switch sides so he could have Rylan look at him. Luckily Carter never stepped on him.
Rylan has a doctor's appointment on Friday and we're curious to see how much he weighs. using our scale and weighing myself alone and with Rylan, we think he's up to around 9.5 lbs. He's still wearing the newborn sized Pampers Swaddlers which are supposed to only fit up to 10 lbs. The size 1 are supposed to start at 8 lbs, but they are huge on Rylan. We tried out Huggies with Rylan like we did with Carter (I still had some left over from Carter), but they leaked almost every time he wore them. And the size 1 Swaddlers leak right now too because they are too big. And there's only been 3 times that Rylan has peed on us when changing his diaper. Carter had already marked his territory many more times at this point. I keep letting my guard down though so when it does happen, there's a bigger mess. Boys are so much fun!
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