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Sunday, March 1, 2015
Micah's 10 month photos
These barely count as 10 month photos since I took them a week before he'll be 11 months...
Friday, February 27, 2015
Micah's on the move
Friday, February 6, 2015
Micah - 9/10 Months
H: 28 1/2 inches (50%)
W: 20lb 9oz (45%)
HC: 45cm/17 3/4 in (50%)
Poor Micah has been dealing with another double ear infection for the last month or so. He's on his second round of antibiotics (trying a different kind) and we'll go back in 2 weeks to see if it's cleared up. I had taken him in for his 9 month check up and was surprised that he had another ear infection. He hadn't seemed sick so I wasn't expecting it. He had a recheck last week (since that was his 2nd one this winter) and it still wasn't cleared up. If this new antibiotic doesn't work we might have to talk about tubes. I'm hoping it doesn't come to that though.
Micah is sleeping better which I'm thankful for. I finally got so tired that I needed to do something or I was going to break. Our family life was rough because I was crabby and impatient. I decided I needed to let him cry instead of nursing him every time he started to fuss. We had one night of 2 hours worth of crying where I would pick him up and calm him down periodically and since then he's dropped the wake up that was happening around 11:00-midnight and now wakes up for the first time between 2:00-4:00 which is great. He still wakes up around 6:00 which is earlier than I'd like but we'll learn to live with it. He did sleep until after 7:00 the other morning but Owen woke up at 6:00 that day so that was a bummer. This all started before finding out about the ear infections so I felt a little guilty for letting him cry when he was sick but since it was only 1 night I'm not going to dwell on it.
Micah has 6 teeth now; 4 on top and 2 on the bottom. Eating is going pretty well. He loves banana pieces and cheerios. He seems to eat the most at dinner time but can get really crabby during meal times. I'm not sure why. We've been practicing with a sippy cup and he's getting better at it. He prefers his brothers cup over the soft spout ones I started Owen on.
Crawling is so close! He goes from sitting to one knee but when he tries to get the other one out he just flattens out on his belly and cries. If I tuck his knees under him he's able to get back to sitting on his own. He can scoot backwards on his belly which makes him more mad because he just gets further away from whatever he's trying to get. He tries to pull up on stuff but only gets his butt off the floor (occasionally to his knees). I'm way more nervous about choking with Micah than I was with Owen. I'm always getting after Owen to make sure he doesn't drop any fruit snacks or cereal on the floor.
W: 20lb 9oz (45%)
HC: 45cm/17 3/4 in (50%)
Poor Micah has been dealing with another double ear infection for the last month or so. He's on his second round of antibiotics (trying a different kind) and we'll go back in 2 weeks to see if it's cleared up. I had taken him in for his 9 month check up and was surprised that he had another ear infection. He hadn't seemed sick so I wasn't expecting it. He had a recheck last week (since that was his 2nd one this winter) and it still wasn't cleared up. If this new antibiotic doesn't work we might have to talk about tubes. I'm hoping it doesn't come to that though.
Micah is sleeping better which I'm thankful for. I finally got so tired that I needed to do something or I was going to break. Our family life was rough because I was crabby and impatient. I decided I needed to let him cry instead of nursing him every time he started to fuss. We had one night of 2 hours worth of crying where I would pick him up and calm him down periodically and since then he's dropped the wake up that was happening around 11:00-midnight and now wakes up for the first time between 2:00-4:00 which is great. He still wakes up around 6:00 which is earlier than I'd like but we'll learn to live with it. He did sleep until after 7:00 the other morning but Owen woke up at 6:00 that day so that was a bummer. This all started before finding out about the ear infections so I felt a little guilty for letting him cry when he was sick but since it was only 1 night I'm not going to dwell on it.
Micah has 6 teeth now; 4 on top and 2 on the bottom. Eating is going pretty well. He loves banana pieces and cheerios. He seems to eat the most at dinner time but can get really crabby during meal times. I'm not sure why. We've been practicing with a sippy cup and he's getting better at it. He prefers his brothers cup over the soft spout ones I started Owen on.
Crawling is so close! He goes from sitting to one knee but when he tries to get the other one out he just flattens out on his belly and cries. If I tuck his knees under him he's able to get back to sitting on his own. He can scoot backwards on his belly which makes him more mad because he just gets further away from whatever he's trying to get. He tries to pull up on stuff but only gets his butt off the floor (occasionally to his knees). I'm way more nervous about choking with Micah than I was with Owen. I'm always getting after Owen to make sure he doesn't drop any fruit snacks or cereal on the floor.
Monday, December 29, 2014
8 Months - Micah
Micah is finally sitting all on his own without the need for pillows! This happened just a couple of weeks ago and I'm thrilled. It seems like it took forever since his pediatrician commented on his torso strength at his 4 month appointment. I think I've been saying for the last 3 months that he's "so close to sitting" so it's great that it's finally here. He'll occasionally fall backwards if he's tired and has face planted a few times reaching for things. He still has no interest in being on his stomach or pushing up on his arms so I don't think we have to worry about crawling for a little while. He can scoot around in a circle a little bit he's pretty stationary at this point. I think he's beginning to get a little frustrated about it so we'll both be ready for mobility when it finally arrives.
Micah is doing much better with solids. Pat got up with him the morning of my birthday so I could get a little extra sleep and fed him breakfast and ever since he's been doing pretty well. He's eating 2-3 meals each day and typically gets pretty fussy beforehand and demanding during. He's handled all of the food well but has been gassier lately so I'm not sure if that's a food he's eating, us increasing amounts too quickly or him just eating too fast.
Micah has 3 teeth now. The funny part is that they aren't the typical first teeth to come through. The first one was the tooth to the right of his top front tooth, then the front tooth next to it came through and now the bottom tooth on the right side is coming through. His mouth is a little lopsided so it's pretty funny. We've had some rough nights but it's hard to tell if it's teeth or just bad nights. (Micah now has 6 teeth since writing this.)
Micah has been a little bit fussier the last day or two so I wouldn't be surprised if there are more teeth coming in. I'm hoping that's it and that they come in before Christmas so he can be his usual happy self when we're with family.
Micah is taking 2 naps a day but I'm working on setting specific times. I usually get one 45 minute nap and one 1 1/2 hour nap. It varies on whether that is in the morning or afternoon though.
Micah is doing much better with solids. Pat got up with him the morning of my birthday so I could get a little extra sleep and fed him breakfast and ever since he's been doing pretty well. He's eating 2-3 meals each day and typically gets pretty fussy beforehand and demanding during. He's handled all of the food well but has been gassier lately so I'm not sure if that's a food he's eating, us increasing amounts too quickly or him just eating too fast.
Micah has 3 teeth now. The funny part is that they aren't the typical first teeth to come through. The first one was the tooth to the right of his top front tooth, then the front tooth next to it came through and now the bottom tooth on the right side is coming through. His mouth is a little lopsided so it's pretty funny. We've had some rough nights but it's hard to tell if it's teeth or just bad nights. (Micah now has 6 teeth since writing this.)
Micah has been a little bit fussier the last day or two so I wouldn't be surprised if there are more teeth coming in. I'm hoping that's it and that they come in before Christmas so he can be his usual happy self when we're with family.
Micah is taking 2 naps a day but I'm working on setting specific times. I usually get one 45 minute nap and one 1 1/2 hour nap. It varies on whether that is in the morning or afternoon though.
Saturday, November 15, 2014
Steroids and shadows
We have a new accessory in our house for hopefully a short time...
Owen has had a terrible cough for about 2 weeks so he saw the doctor on Thursday and we were sent home with a nebulizer and a rx for a steroid. Can I just say that a 2 1/2 year old on steroids is CRAZY! The kid doesn't stop moving or talking. Just a couple more days of it thankfully.
Owen also become afraid of shadows in his room this week so that has made bedtime last a little longer. We did shadow puppets one night and have tried to explain what is causing the shadows. He seems a little better about it now and has moved to just talking about them a lot. I also tell him to look at the light instead of the shadows which is a good reminder to myself!
Owen has had a terrible cough for about 2 weeks so he saw the doctor on Thursday and we were sent home with a nebulizer and a rx for a steroid. Can I just say that a 2 1/2 year old on steroids is CRAZY! The kid doesn't stop moving or talking. Just a couple more days of it thankfully.
Owen also become afraid of shadows in his room this week so that has made bedtime last a little longer. We did shadow puppets one night and have tried to explain what is causing the shadows. He seems a little better about it now and has moved to just talking about them a lot. I also tell him to look at the light instead of the shadows which is a good reminder to myself!
Micah: 7 Months
Micah seems to be working on some teeth that are refusing to come through. We had a couple of nights where I gave him tylenol because he wasn't going to sleep and I was convinced it was teeth. He still has none though and is just a little bit fussier and clingier than usual.
We've had a couple of 5-6 hour stretches of sleep after the tylenol which was great but they were preceded by hours of crying which was not so great. There was one night this week where I took Micah upstairs for bad at 6:00 and it was at least 9:00 before he fell asleep. That was rough. I think it was because he'd had a little bit later nap that day which I thought would help us avoid the typical cranky hour or so that we usually have. Turns out he needs that time I guess.
I'm trying to ease him out of sleeping in the rock 'n' play but it's not going so well. He was out of it around 4 months but then when he got sick last month I put him back in it so he he could be more upright. Not sure it was a good idea or not. He's napped in the pack 'n' play for the last couple of days and I've had mixed results. I go back and forth over forcing him out of it. It's going to be no matter when I do so I'm thinking I might as well wait until I have to do and then deal with it. In the meantime I'll enjoy a little more sleep. Although I'm not sure it makes much difference. Last night he was up 3 times so I don't know that that qualifies as good sleep.
I've stopped feeding Micah before I go to bed and just nurse him when he wakes up. I've had mixed results there as well. There have been nights where he doesn't wake up until 2 and sometimes he wakes up at midnight. He's just really unpredictable.
We've tried a few solids with less than stellar results. I worked on it for a little over a week with about 2 days of him seeming to like it and the other nights just spitting it all out. I decided to just wait a couple more weeks and let him start feeding himself. He seems to be doing fine with just nursing and is clearly growing steadily.
Micah is almost sitting completely unassisted. I still put pillows around him because every time I haven't he's fallen over. It's crazy to me that it's taken this long just because he seems like he was so close 2 months ago. Ah well. He has no interest in crawling or scooting which I'm okay with. I'll happily enjoy his immobility a while longer knowing that once it's gone my life will get much more difficult.
We've had a couple of 5-6 hour stretches of sleep after the tylenol which was great but they were preceded by hours of crying which was not so great. There was one night this week where I took Micah upstairs for bad at 6:00 and it was at least 9:00 before he fell asleep. That was rough. I think it was because he'd had a little bit later nap that day which I thought would help us avoid the typical cranky hour or so that we usually have. Turns out he needs that time I guess.
I'm trying to ease him out of sleeping in the rock 'n' play but it's not going so well. He was out of it around 4 months but then when he got sick last month I put him back in it so he he could be more upright. Not sure it was a good idea or not. He's napped in the pack 'n' play for the last couple of days and I've had mixed results. I go back and forth over forcing him out of it. It's going to be no matter when I do so I'm thinking I might as well wait until I have to do and then deal with it. In the meantime I'll enjoy a little more sleep. Although I'm not sure it makes much difference. Last night he was up 3 times so I don't know that that qualifies as good sleep.
I've stopped feeding Micah before I go to bed and just nurse him when he wakes up. I've had mixed results there as well. There have been nights where he doesn't wake up until 2 and sometimes he wakes up at midnight. He's just really unpredictable.
We've tried a few solids with less than stellar results. I worked on it for a little over a week with about 2 days of him seeming to like it and the other nights just spitting it all out. I decided to just wait a couple more weeks and let him start feeding himself. He seems to be doing fine with just nursing and is clearly growing steadily.
Micah is almost sitting completely unassisted. I still put pillows around him because every time I haven't he's fallen over. It's crazy to me that it's taken this long just because he seems like he was so close 2 months ago. Ah well. He has no interest in crawling or scooting which I'm okay with. I'll happily enjoy his immobility a while longer knowing that once it's gone my life will get much more difficult.
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| First bite of "solids" |
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| He loves his toes! |
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| Kisses for mommy |
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| Halloween |
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| doing a little thigh comparison with his cousin Zeke....Micah wins |
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| This face...oh my |
Wednesday, October 29, 2014
Micah - 6 month stats
H: 28 1/8 inches (90%) - I'm not convinced he's this tall...close maybe
W: 18lb 11oz (75%) - This was actually less than I was expecting
HC: 44cm/17 1/4in (55%)
W: 18lb 11oz (75%) - This was actually less than I was expecting
HC: 44cm/17 1/4in (55%)
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