Every day is different

Liftoff Boy doesn't do much in terms of establishing patterns. I guess I expected he would sleep at certain times and eat in predictable ways... But instead he's, you know, like any other kid. Yesterday we went to Meijer Gardens and took him around in his stroller and he was wide awake 90% of the time, looking up into the blue sky and the green tree branches and turning his head toward the sound of water and swamp frogs (they sound like an old guitar if it was missing 3 strings and you randomly plucked at what was left). His eyes were wide, he'd look at us as if to say "This is AMAZING!" and then he'd drift off a bit - only to wake up again later, still very impressed.

We got home and LB would not sleep. He was all wound up. Semi-hungry, demanding food and then falling asleep after a few swallows but then waking up again as soon as we'd put him down - and demanding more food. Instead of his 4 ounces or so every 3 hours, he'd want 2 and then 3 and then 1 and the pattern was just blown all to hell. Just as he'd start to drift off, he'd be wide awake again. It was sort of painful to see. I can't remember being his age (just over 3 weeks) but I can remember being a kid and having hyper battle with tired and not being able to sleep.

So he finally fell into a real, deep sleep about 11:30pm. Then was up to eat at 2 and back to sleep pretty easily. Then up at 6 and had a hard time, but finally back to sleep at 7 or so. Then up at 10 and awake for about an hour and a half. It was time for him to eat again at 1, but Liftoff Guy took him and he ate only about an ounce and a half (expressed breast milk) and then fell asleep again. So now the pattern is off. He's sleeping and didn't eat what he's used to so he's probably going to be hungry at some weird time and want less than what he usually eats... And it's going to be tricky.

I think he's making up today for missed sleep yesterday. He's stirring now, but I don't know if he's going to go back to sleep or demand the rest of his lunch. He doesn't know either.