reprogramming

The past week or so has been a little rough on all of us. First of all, Jalen is growing like crazy. He's bulging out of all his new clothing. We've been trying to regulate his eating habits by spacing out his feedings, while giving him more to eat at each sitting. His two teeth are totally out now and he's chewing anything that he can wrap his little fingers around. We've started to introduce him to cereal, which he seems to enjoy, but more for its novelty. Milk will remain his main source of nutrition until he's one but now is the time to start him on solid food. He's getting bottle-fed more often because, much to his dismay, we've been weaning him off the breast a little. We've also elected to start him on a modified cry-it-out sleep training (more on this later). Next, we will probably get him to roll over and bark at will. All this stress has made him a little more subdued recently and as you can see, we've broken him down good.