9 months and counting!

It seems like, once again, so long since the last post! So here's a quick recap on some things that (I think...at least), have happened since then.

1. Crawling! This happened in the past week, but you finally got up on your knees and started crawling. Now, you'd been doing the army crawl since before Halloween, and you still do that from time to time. You're sitting up like a champ as well, and you want to stand badly on your own!

2. Teeth. Not sure if I posted about that, but you have two, shiny, white little teeth on the bottom. Still waiting for more!

3. Sickness. On our fourth round of antibiotics (2 amoxicillin, 2 augmentin), the pediatrician suggested you go see the ENT, and tubes it was! You had the tubes put in on December 6th, and this past weekend another ear infection. Ugh! Before that, right after Thanksgiving, it was hand-foot-mouth.

4. Your own bed! We got and put together your crib, and put it in your own room. Not quite ready to room with your big brother, but that will come soon!

5. Moving. We're moving to a new house...and you'll get your own room once again, but as soon as we're sure both you and Daniel can handle it, you'll get to share!

Well, that's about all of the updates for now! Here's to your first Christmas as well!

More Updates

Slowly but surely I'm making updates to all blogs...not all at once, but getting around to each eventually.

So where are we...it's been more than a month, and nowadays it seems like if I turn around for more than a minute, you are doing something new! Last entry, you were just over 6 months old. Your first ear infection came about, delaying your well check. Your ears DID clear up by the time of your well check, and you were over 17 lbs (something which I'll mention more about later).

It was only a few weeks later that yet another ear infection came on. Weight was down to 15lbs, 5.5oz...which seems like a pretty significant weight loss. More antibiotics...and today you went I to get ears re-checked and a flu shot booster...16lbs, 1.5oz...and ear infection in both ears still. So next level of antibiotics it is!

So, all medical things aside, you've learned to do so many things already too! You do the "army crawl" now, and can get pretty far across a room pretty quickly. Sitting up...you're pretty steady sitting up on your own, and you can sit yourself up too.

And with that, you'll be 8 months next month...and as I've said before...slow down, my baby :)

6 Months...and an Ear Infection!

This past Sunday (the 11th) was your half birthday! You are six months old!

You've managed to be fairly free of illness up until this point, but that perfect record came crashing down last Thursday when you got your first fever, and had to be taken out of daycare for the day.

As a bit of a background, you've had a bit of a persistent cough since a little before your four month check-up. There really isn't a whole lot that anyone can do for little guys with a cough, unless there's an underlying cause, other than keep your nose suctioned out, maybe some saline, and running the humidifier. Also a recent development is teething. Gnawing on everything in sight, although there are no teeth sprouted yet!

In the days leading up to your temporary banishment from daycare, you were extra fussy and grabbing a bit at your left ear. When your temperature hit almost 102 on Thursday, that sort of solidified our suspicions about your ear. So on Friday we took a trip to the doctor and it was confirmed! Your first ear infection! We were armed with prescriptions for Amoxicillin and Singulair and off we went. Luckily, the medications seem to be working, and your ear and your cough seem to be improving.

Now if you re-master that whole sleeping through the night thing again...

Anyway, your "well" check-up is postponed for two weeks, and we've got your first airplane trip to Montana coming up on Friday! Very exciting!

The Things You Are Doing

Once again, time to play catch up!

You're almost 5 months old (well, I won't get ahead of myself too much here...still another 10 days!).

At your four month check-up (coinciding with your brother's 3 year check-up!) you weighed about 13lbs, 6oz and were 25 inches. Weight was a little on the low side, so the doctor suggested feeding you some extra formula. You got four shots (ouch!) and slept things off the rest of the day.

Backing up a little bit, the week before, we tried you out with your first solid foods! On the 4th of July, you got your first bowl of cereal (oatmeal!). You did pretty well...you ate most of the bowl and you didn't spit things out too much! The next day...you were doing well and they started trying it with you at daycare. You ate pretty well for them there too!

After mastering just oatmeal alone, we had daddy go out and get you some other foods to try. First thing...peaches! You winced a little bit just eating peaches alone, but we figured out that mixing peaches with the cereal made them super yummy! After that...carrots. Again, tried those with cereal, since they aren't nearly as sweet as peaches. After a day or two with that, you got your third food, which was pears. You LOVED pears, and couldn't get enough. You ate the entire tub (half mixed with cereal, half plain) in one sitting. We alternated pears with carrots. And now we're on food number four...apples. So far, you're doing pretty well with it...and you get one bowl of cereal in the morning, and cereal with something mixed in the evening.

Your other new trick is rolling over! You started to try this before your grandparents came for Daniel's birthday, but it wasn't until after they left that we saw you go all the way! Now you easily go from back to front and then to your back again. It's so much fun to watch!

Lastly, pictures! I posted a few on your brother's blog, but here are a few of you too.

12+ Weeks and Counting!

Once again, I marvel at how fast you are growing! Slow down! :)

Since the last post, you and your brother's pictures came back from daycare! So very cute (as if we thought they'd be anything but!). Here's a couple little thumbnails for good measure:

Your grandparents (Stone) came from Montana, allowing them the chance to meet you on the outside finally! It was a good trip, overall, and they'll be back to visit for Daniel's 3rd birthday.

In other news, you are still as smiley and cheery as ever. Still sleeping well at night (nodding off around the time your brother goes to bed) and sleeping until around 5 or sometimes even 6am! You're starting to eat quite a bit more too at a single sitting...sometimes I've witnessed you eating 6oz within an hour!

Well, that's about all for now! Keep growing...but not too fast! :)

9 Weeks Old...

With all of the things going on, I figured it was time for another post! You are 9 weeks old already! (Actually, 9 weeks and 1 day old). So much has happened, it's hard to remember where I left off last time...but I'll try!

This week you turned 2 months old on the 11th of May. You had your 2 month check-up at the doctor the same day. 11lbs 11.5oz and 23 3/4 inches tall. You're growing so fast and you're even overtaking your brother at that age. The bad part of the doctor's appointment was getting four shots, which you handled pretty well, all things considered.

You're changing so much too. One of the sweetest things to happen is you smiling more often. Right around 6 weeks is when the real smiles started to come out (we'd catch them once in a

while before then, but they were short lived). Now we see you smile at us, or at your brother when he comes to get you at daycare and so on. In fact, today I caught a few pictures of you smiling!

If I hadn't mentioned before, you started daycare right after you turned 6 weeks old. You've taken to it pretty well so far, and your big brother is right down the hall from you. You are the littlest one in there right now, but I'm sure you'll be crawling around with the rest of them soon! Already in daycare you got your first "school" pictures taken. We can't wait to see how things turn out!

Also around 6 weeks old you started sleeping so much better at night! You are going to sleep around 10pm, and sleep until 3 or 4am and go back to sleep again after having a quick bite to eat. So that means you just get up once at night!

And last but not least, you got to meet and spend some time with your uncle Gary when he came to visit at Easter. It was so much fun to see him get to meet you for the first time and get to know you!

Growing fast little dude...growing fast!

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