Brayden is a little over 5 weeks old now! Time goes by so fast. We're still on the same schedule of having shifts at night with Alvin taking the evening to early morning shift and then switching with Sherry. Supplementing with formula is doing a number on his system. His poops are more spread apart (since formula takes longer to digest) and when it comes, it's a big load. The time between poops, Brayden spends his time groaning, grunting, pulling his legs up to his stomach. We try to add the anti-gas drops in his formula and it helps sometimes but not always. He seems to like the Enfamil Gentlease the best, but we've switched to Similac Sensitive for this week since we're basically going through the free samples we got over time. Once the samples are gone we'll probably switch back to Enfamil. We were using the Gerber Gentle Start formula last week and a half but it seemed to be hurting his stomach.
Brayden is a little more interactive now. Well sort of. He likes to make baby noises here and there when you talk to him so at least it seems like he responds. When he's awake he likes to play and move his arms and legs around. He has pretty strong legs. His kicks are really strong and if you hold him the wrong way on your lap, he can propel himself off.
The Valera grandparents came over during Memorial Day Weekend and they were very helpful. Grandma planted some plants in the front yard and Grandpa fixed some of the screens on the windows. Anthony came by and helped Alvin mount the TV to the wall in the living room. Brayden seems behaved whenever the grandparents are in town. Sherry and Alvin were able to go out on Saturday night to watch the Hangover 2. It was a nice break, but Sherry was worried and always thinking about Brayden during the movie which was completely natural.
Phong and Tuong-Vi had a barbecue on Sunday, but Sherry and Brayden were too tired to go out that night, so Alvin went for a couple of hours to represent. We visited the Kwongs new house on Monday afternoon and met up with Toshi as well.
The week has gone by so fast. We haven't been able to update the blog since we've been so busy. Alvin's work hours keep increasing and he doesn't sleep until around 3:30-4 in the morning and goes back to work again at 830. Thankfully Brayden is able to sleep during the times Alvin watches him at night. Sherry's been exhausted lately, but she's hanging in there. She loves watching Brayden, and is so entertained by him. He's definitely growing as some of his clothes that used to be so big are now pretty tight on him. His diapers are seemingly "shrinking" too. We switched to Size 1 yesterday, which seem pretty big on him and there have been some leakage, but probably will fit much better in a few days.
Tomorrow is graduation day at Sherry's school and the class Sherry first taught three years ago is graduating. She will be attending both the morning mass and award ceremony and then the graduation ceremony in the evening. This will be good for her since it'll give her something different to do for that day. Alvin will stay at home in the morning to watch Brayden.
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