Since I was in the hospital after having Gabe, I have kept records. It started because the hospital had me do it, to keep track and make sure he was peeing enough, eating enough, etc. I got home and continued to do it. I have to admit that I kind of love it. I the sort of person who actually enjoys filling out forms, so for me this was...sort of fun. And at first, very reassuring. I have a little notebook where I have recorded how many ounces he eats in a feeding and at what time, and tally how many wet and poopy diapers he has a day. I know for most moms this seems quite silly. But I enjoyed it. Of course, it probably caused more stress than anything else during the period of time when he was refusing to eat much. I now know that he was just slowing down a bit before a big growth spurt and there was nothing wrong. And now that Gabe is 7 months old, I had to admit to myself that it was a bit pointless. I know he gets enough to eat during the day and has plenty of wet diapers. He is healthy and growing. It was time to let go. It was surprised at how hard it was for me to do and even though I had been considering it for over a month, it took me until the day Gabe turned 7 months old to actually do it.
It's now been 5 days and I am actually glad I stopped. It wasn't time consuming or anything, but now that I'm not keeping those records I was able to pull out his baby book and start working more on that. I hadn't filled anything out since he was a month old. It's been really fun to update it, though I admit I guessed on more than half of the milestones because I just couldn't remember exactly when they happened. I ordered some pictures off snapfish to put in the book and I am so excited for them to arrive.
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