Monday, June 10, 2013

eleven

Eleven months old.  Next month he will be ONE.  The year has FLOWN!

Here's who our little man is this month:

Length / Weight: Just over 29 inches long, and we're going with 22 lbs, 8 oz, which is what he was with clothes on the week before at the doctor.  So that sounds good!

Eating: Still on Similac Sensitive, and most bottles are 6 oz.  He has found a love for mac & cheese, bread, and spaghetti.  I think he's a carbs man! :)  He likes to eat.

Sleeping: We can tell his ears are feeling better, because he has been sleeping through the night a lot again.  I'd say 2 out of 3 nights, he's STTN.  Hooray for that!  Naps can be anywhere from 2 shorter naps through the day (hour-ish each) to one mid-day nap that can last 2.5-3 hours.
 
Teeth: Still two teeth, though I keep expecting a top one to pop through


Wearing:   Size 3 diapers, but we bought 4's to try out when our 3's are gone.  He is wearing a lot of 18 month clothes, too.  In fact, that's all we ordered for summer clothes and they aren't too, too big on him! 


Miscellaneous: He's taking steps!  So far, he's up to 7 at a time.  He laughs and claps for himself. :)  he LOVES to be outside and gets upset when his brother is out there without him.  While outside, he loves the sandbox and the water table.  He can play forever in the water table!  (same with baths!)  He likes to play with balls, and in fact at a garage sale the other day kept squirming to look at the collection of basketballs.   There just happened to be one his size, so guess what we came home with.  :)  He is still quite the talker!  Chatters constantly.  

Love that little boy!





Monday, June 03, 2013

ears, programs, and steps - oh my!

By Tuesday last week, little b's ear was having bright orange drainage.  Our school nurse happened to be working in town that day, so I took him to see her.  She said it was time to call the ENT.  I took him over on Thursday last week, where he ended up having to have his ear suctioned out because the infection had totally packed his tube.  The poor baby didn't cry until they put the drops in his suctioned-out ears but it was short lived, as when I was I was able to pick him up he was OK.  We're now on ear drops 2x/day for 10 days, then 1x/day for 10 more days, as well as an oral antibiotic 2x/day for 10 days.  *sigh*

B-man had his kindergarten program on Wednesday last week.  It was so cute, and I was glad my school was done for the summer so I could attend! I can't believe that Wednesday afternoon, he'll be a 1st grader.  Where did the time go??

And the baby has been very brave in letting go of things while he's standing.  You can tell he wants to walk soooo bad - this weekend he'd stand and get mad because it's like he couldn't make his legs go!  This morning, however, he took three steps from me to Josh!  He'll be figuring it out so soon!