I'm very proud to say that Anderson and I will meet my goal of breastfeeding for the first year! We're at 9.5 months and he's still nursing well and I'm still able to pump enough when I'm at work. I had to take "inventory" or my freezer stash last weekend because I found a few almost too old bags of milk so I needed to organize. I currently have over 300oz of frozen breast milk! Holy cow right? While it seems like a lot, in actuality if it were all he was to drink it would only last about 2 weeks. Shocking huh? Anderson is actually not a huge fan of frozen milk and now that I feel confident we'll make it to the 12 month mark I decided to start the steps to donating the frozen milk and just sending him fresh milk to day care. Milk donation is actually in very high demand because premature babies need human milk and most mother's of premature babies have a really hard time establishing and maintaining a milk supply for their babies because they have to exclusively pump. Talking with our wonderful lactation consultants at our hospital they recommended going through a company called Prolacta. They take human breast milk and turn it into "Human Fortified Milk" specifically for premature babies and send it to NICUs all over the country. I've filled out the initial donor "interview" and now wait for them to send me a kit where I'll send blood and milk samples for them to test. Once that gets done and processed and they deem my milk "worthy" they'll send me pre paid coolers, gel packs and all essentials to ship the milk. The whole process takes about 2-4 weeks. As an added bonus. If my application goes through successfully by September 30 and I donate 300oz of milk then I'll receive a $300 "pump reimbursement" check! Talk about a win-win situation! Help premature babies, get my freezer space back AND get a little extra cash :)
Moo!
Thursday, August 16, 2012
Friday, August 3, 2012
9 Months!
Where does the time go? Seriously?! Has our sweet, busy boy been with us now as long as he was inside of me?? Are we really only 3 months away from his first birthday?
It's fun and exciting but also sad in a way to see the days/months just tick away before my eyes. It truly does feel like just yesterday we were bringing him home from the hospital.
So what's going on with the little man? At his well baby appointment he was a healthy, long and skinny busy boy! Weighing in at just about 19 lbs and measuring just shy of 29". I'm hoping he'll put on a few more pounds now that we finally got him switched from zantac to prilosec to better manage his reflux. He is as busy as ever! From the time he wakes up with the exception of his two naps he's on the GO! Crawling, cruising, climbing and getting into EVERYTHING! Side note on his crawling- for months he did what we called the "lurch"-something between an army crawl and a bear crawl but suddenly this month he decided to crawl "normally". He is starting to stand on his own for a few seconds and getting really brave cruising one handed pushing his truck. Walking is just around the corner!! He's still a smiley, happy boy that waves "bye bye" babbles at everyone and gives them huge grins. He has two solid teeth now and 2 that have still just barely cut. His teeth seem to be in no huge hurry to make a grand appearance. He nurses or takes a cup 4 times a day, eats three solid meals and at least one snack. He's getting really good with table food/finger foods and loves cheese, blueberries and mini raviolies the best. He loves cruising from sofa to sofa antogonizing the dogs and banging anything together to make the loudest noise possible. He is obsessed with climbing on the dishwasher. He still loves his daycare and Ms. Nicole who takes such good care of him while I work. He plays so hard that he usually cat naps on the way home! He's still a great sleeper- takes two naps that are usually 1-2 hrs each and sleeps from 7:00pm-6:30 am on average. He's definitely an early riser. I've tried putting him down later and he's still up bright and early so for now that's just how it is. As usual, I'm sure I'm forgetting stuff but that's all I can think of for now :)
Work is still going good for me. Will likely get busy with the rally coming up this week. I was officially accepted to the University of Utah to start my doctorate this fall! Very excited/nervous!
Possible exciting changes coming with Todd and work, will update as we know more! He succussfully completed his "Package Commander" and "Mission Commander" upgrades at Red Flag.
Sunday Todd and I have a babysitter and are going for a date night rally style to see the Zac Brown Band in Sturgis! Very excited!
Until next time....
It's fun and exciting but also sad in a way to see the days/months just tick away before my eyes. It truly does feel like just yesterday we were bringing him home from the hospital.
So what's going on with the little man? At his well baby appointment he was a healthy, long and skinny busy boy! Weighing in at just about 19 lbs and measuring just shy of 29". I'm hoping he'll put on a few more pounds now that we finally got him switched from zantac to prilosec to better manage his reflux. He is as busy as ever! From the time he wakes up with the exception of his two naps he's on the GO! Crawling, cruising, climbing and getting into EVERYTHING! Side note on his crawling- for months he did what we called the "lurch"-something between an army crawl and a bear crawl but suddenly this month he decided to crawl "normally". He is starting to stand on his own for a few seconds and getting really brave cruising one handed pushing his truck. Walking is just around the corner!! He's still a smiley, happy boy that waves "bye bye" babbles at everyone and gives them huge grins. He has two solid teeth now and 2 that have still just barely cut. His teeth seem to be in no huge hurry to make a grand appearance. He nurses or takes a cup 4 times a day, eats three solid meals and at least one snack. He's getting really good with table food/finger foods and loves cheese, blueberries and mini raviolies the best. He loves cruising from sofa to sofa antogonizing the dogs and banging anything together to make the loudest noise possible. He is obsessed with climbing on the dishwasher. He still loves his daycare and Ms. Nicole who takes such good care of him while I work. He plays so hard that he usually cat naps on the way home! He's still a great sleeper- takes two naps that are usually 1-2 hrs each and sleeps from 7:00pm-6:30 am on average. He's definitely an early riser. I've tried putting him down later and he's still up bright and early so for now that's just how it is. As usual, I'm sure I'm forgetting stuff but that's all I can think of for now :)
Work is still going good for me. Will likely get busy with the rally coming up this week. I was officially accepted to the University of Utah to start my doctorate this fall! Very excited/nervous!
Possible exciting changes coming with Todd and work, will update as we know more! He succussfully completed his "Package Commander" and "Mission Commander" upgrades at Red Flag.
Sunday Todd and I have a babysitter and are going for a date night rally style to see the Zac Brown Band in Sturgis! Very excited!
Until next time....
Wednesday, July 11, 2012
7 & 8 Months
Yes, I'm behind. I'm sorry. Somebody in this house is a VERY busy boy that doesn't give mama much time to sit and blog!
I can't remember exactly when he started doing things now so I'll just give you the list of what he's doing how at just about 8 1/2 months :)
-climbing anything he can
-crawling everywhere
-pulling up and cruising on anything he can
-saying 'mama', 'dada', 'baba', 'lala', 'gaga' and I'm sure a few more combinations I'm forgetting
-starting to sign "more"
-starting to mimic
-waving 'bye bye'
-getting very close to clapping but is more slapping one hand of the back of the other
-still taking 2 solid naps and sleeping 11-12 hours a night. He did recently go through a period of thinking 5:30am was wake up and play time but fortunately h'e back to his usual wake up.
-Still breastfeeding or taking a bottle of breastmilk 4 times a day (but still hates the bottle), eating three meals and one snack. We've recently starting letting him try all sorts of table foods and he's loving that.
-Self feeding himself bread, cheese, pieces of fruit, pasta and beans.
-Has the beginnings of 4 teeth but they still haven't decided to make a great appearance yet.
-plays, plays, plays! The boy does NOT like to sit still!
I think that's all the big things. He's growing like a weed! I can't wait until his 9 month well baby check to see where he is height and weight wise, last we weighed him he was close to 19 lbs but we haven't measured him. He is just so much fun right now I can't stand it. So curious and smart and busy. Exhaustingly busy!
I'm still working 2-3 days a week and Anderson loves his daycare. Big news for me and work is that I've officially decided to start my doctorate at the University of Utah! I may be crazy but when we really talked about it and looked into the program it really is the best time to do it. It's all online and will take about 2 years to finish. I'm excited and nervous all in one! I'll start my first 2 classes in August.
Todd leaves for Red Flag in Vegas on Friday for 2 weeks of training. He recently completed his Multi Ship Mission Lead (MML) where he basically can now be the mission lead for a 2 jet mission. While at Red Flag he's going to get his Mission Commander upgrade where he will be the mission lead for not just B1s but all aircraft in the mission usually including F15s, A10s, AWACs and KC135s. He's very excited about his new roles and abilities in the B1.
My sister was here the entire month of June and it was WONDERFUL spending so much time with her and having the extra set of hands with the little man! We miss her tons!
While she was here we made our big summer vacation to Salt Lake City for a wedding, for me to visit UofU and see some new places. It was a lot of fun but very tiring with an 8 month old!
No big plans for August then hoping to head to Texas in September and catch a football game!
I can't remember exactly when he started doing things now so I'll just give you the list of what he's doing how at just about 8 1/2 months :)
-climbing anything he can
-crawling everywhere
-pulling up and cruising on anything he can
-saying 'mama', 'dada', 'baba', 'lala', 'gaga' and I'm sure a few more combinations I'm forgetting
-starting to sign "more"
-starting to mimic
-waving 'bye bye'
-getting very close to clapping but is more slapping one hand of the back of the other
-still taking 2 solid naps and sleeping 11-12 hours a night. He did recently go through a period of thinking 5:30am was wake up and play time but fortunately h'e back to his usual wake up.
-Still breastfeeding or taking a bottle of breastmilk 4 times a day (but still hates the bottle), eating three meals and one snack. We've recently starting letting him try all sorts of table foods and he's loving that.
-Self feeding himself bread, cheese, pieces of fruit, pasta and beans.
-Has the beginnings of 4 teeth but they still haven't decided to make a great appearance yet.
-plays, plays, plays! The boy does NOT like to sit still!
I think that's all the big things. He's growing like a weed! I can't wait until his 9 month well baby check to see where he is height and weight wise, last we weighed him he was close to 19 lbs but we haven't measured him. He is just so much fun right now I can't stand it. So curious and smart and busy. Exhaustingly busy!
I'm still working 2-3 days a week and Anderson loves his daycare. Big news for me and work is that I've officially decided to start my doctorate at the University of Utah! I may be crazy but when we really talked about it and looked into the program it really is the best time to do it. It's all online and will take about 2 years to finish. I'm excited and nervous all in one! I'll start my first 2 classes in August.
Todd leaves for Red Flag in Vegas on Friday for 2 weeks of training. He recently completed his Multi Ship Mission Lead (MML) where he basically can now be the mission lead for a 2 jet mission. While at Red Flag he's going to get his Mission Commander upgrade where he will be the mission lead for not just B1s but all aircraft in the mission usually including F15s, A10s, AWACs and KC135s. He's very excited about his new roles and abilities in the B1.
My sister was here the entire month of June and it was WONDERFUL spending so much time with her and having the extra set of hands with the little man! We miss her tons!
While she was here we made our big summer vacation to Salt Lake City for a wedding, for me to visit UofU and see some new places. It was a lot of fun but very tiring with an 8 month old!
No big plans for August then hoping to head to Texas in September and catch a football game!
Thursday, May 3, 2012
Half Birthday!
Yesterday Anderson turned 6 months old! I can't believe he's already half way to his first birthday! He's a very busy boy! He's crawling, bear crawling, trying to pull up, playing and putting EVERYTHING in his mouth. He's full of energy and always looking to do the next thing! I fear he is going to be an exhausting toddler!
At his 6 month appointment he weighed in at 16lbs and almost 27" long. His doctor was pleased with his growth and everything he is doing. Next check up won't be until 9months.
He's now taking 2 naps a day both ranging from 1.5-2hrs on a good day and going to bed between 7/7:30 and waking up sometime between 6:30/7 usually. We certainly have our "off" days but overall I'm really happy with our current schedule.
He's still breastfeeding 4 times a day and eating solid foods 3 times a day. It's still a little hit or miss on the solids. Some days he can't get enough and other days he's not too interested. His favorites are definitely apples, avocados,carrots and yogurt. We tried a few "puffs" and a "mum mum" yesterday and he was a big fan of feeding himself.
We switched his car seat from the infant carrier to the convertible this past weekend and he loves it so much better. He loves sitting up more and looking out the window. And its nice to not have to lug around the super heavy carrier when we run errands! Now he sits in the basket when we go to Target or the grocery store and he loves it.
His favorite things to do right now are sit and play with toys, crawl and try to pull up on things and blow LOTS of raspberries. He is just so fun right now:)
As for me...only working 1-2 days a week right now because my day care lady is still on maternity leave but thats ok. Todd is busy busy busy at work. So busy that we decided to delay our trip out to Glacier until later this fall. Bummer.
Gosh, I know I'm leaving things out but someone is waking from his nap....
At his 6 month appointment he weighed in at 16lbs and almost 27" long. His doctor was pleased with his growth and everything he is doing. Next check up won't be until 9months.
He's now taking 2 naps a day both ranging from 1.5-2hrs on a good day and going to bed between 7/7:30 and waking up sometime between 6:30/7 usually. We certainly have our "off" days but overall I'm really happy with our current schedule.
He's still breastfeeding 4 times a day and eating solid foods 3 times a day. It's still a little hit or miss on the solids. Some days he can't get enough and other days he's not too interested. His favorites are definitely apples, avocados,carrots and yogurt. We tried a few "puffs" and a "mum mum" yesterday and he was a big fan of feeding himself.
We switched his car seat from the infant carrier to the convertible this past weekend and he loves it so much better. He loves sitting up more and looking out the window. And its nice to not have to lug around the super heavy carrier when we run errands! Now he sits in the basket when we go to Target or the grocery store and he loves it.
His favorite things to do right now are sit and play with toys, crawl and try to pull up on things and blow LOTS of raspberries. He is just so fun right now:)
As for me...only working 1-2 days a week right now because my day care lady is still on maternity leave but thats ok. Todd is busy busy busy at work. So busy that we decided to delay our trip out to Glacier until later this fall. Bummer.
Gosh, I know I'm leaving things out but someone is waking from his nap....
Monday, April 9, 2012
5 Months!
Last week Anderson turned 5 months and he's doing more and more everyday! We didn't have a well baby visit this month but he did have his first ear infection at the end of March and he weighed in right at 16lbs and was around 27inches long. He is completely in 6-9month clothes now.
We started solids right around 4 months because the boy is also SO HUNGRY! Although he seemed so ready to start he didn't pick up on it and seem as interested as I thought he would but man once he finally decided that food was good and filled up his tummy more he has been LOVING it! So far we've introduced sweet potatoes, Japanese sweet potatoes, peas, pears, apples, carrots, papaya, butternut squash and banana. Carrots are by far his favorite but he eats everything pretty well. He also loves drinking juice (1oz of pear juice with 2oz of water) from his straw cup and he's starting to drink more breast milk from the straw cup instead of the bottle to so we'll see if we decide to get rid of bottles soon. He's breastfeeding 5 times a day and getting 2 meals of solids and 1 "snack" a day. I've found giving him the mid day "snack" helps with his reflux a little more. He likes to hold the spoon and put it in his mouth when he eats-such a Mr. Independent.
We finally made the transition between 4 and 5 months to 2 long naps and 1 evening cat nap a day and he's still consistently sleeping 11-11.5 hrs a night! Every once in a while when he stirs around 5am he decides he's hungry and will nurse and go back to sleep until 7 but I'm hoping adding the solids will eliminate this random waking to eat.
Developmentally he is going crazy! He is officially sitting independently for extended periods of time. He loves to sit and play now! He is also currently obsessed with his feet. If he's on his back or on the changing table chances are his feet are in his hands or in his mouth. He rolls back to tummy and tummy to back both ways, does a little army crawling backwards and is soooo close to crawling that he can't stand it. He does this half roll inch worm that is just hilarious :) I give him another week or two then I fear it will be time to start baby proofing! He is a talking/babbling/screeching/squealing machine lately too! I never knew so much noise could come out of something so little! I love listening to him find all the ranges of his voice and am thankful that at least for now, he's not a screamer. He loves any toy that lights up/makes sound and anything that he can put into his mouth.
I think that's all the exciting Anderson updates. Work is still good for me but I won't be working as much during April and May since my daycare lady is on maternity leave. She had her baby boy on April 7. Todd is taking a few days off here and there so I can work and a friend of mine who used to nanny is going to watch him in May a few days a week. Todd is still super busy at work. We had a lovely Easter just the three of us.
We started solids right around 4 months because the boy is also SO HUNGRY! Although he seemed so ready to start he didn't pick up on it and seem as interested as I thought he would but man once he finally decided that food was good and filled up his tummy more he has been LOVING it! So far we've introduced sweet potatoes, Japanese sweet potatoes, peas, pears, apples, carrots, papaya, butternut squash and banana. Carrots are by far his favorite but he eats everything pretty well. He also loves drinking juice (1oz of pear juice with 2oz of water) from his straw cup and he's starting to drink more breast milk from the straw cup instead of the bottle to so we'll see if we decide to get rid of bottles soon. He's breastfeeding 5 times a day and getting 2 meals of solids and 1 "snack" a day. I've found giving him the mid day "snack" helps with his reflux a little more. He likes to hold the spoon and put it in his mouth when he eats-such a Mr. Independent.
We finally made the transition between 4 and 5 months to 2 long naps and 1 evening cat nap a day and he's still consistently sleeping 11-11.5 hrs a night! Every once in a while when he stirs around 5am he decides he's hungry and will nurse and go back to sleep until 7 but I'm hoping adding the solids will eliminate this random waking to eat.
Developmentally he is going crazy! He is officially sitting independently for extended periods of time. He loves to sit and play now! He is also currently obsessed with his feet. If he's on his back or on the changing table chances are his feet are in his hands or in his mouth. He rolls back to tummy and tummy to back both ways, does a little army crawling backwards and is soooo close to crawling that he can't stand it. He does this half roll inch worm that is just hilarious :) I give him another week or two then I fear it will be time to start baby proofing! He is a talking/babbling/screeching/squealing machine lately too! I never knew so much noise could come out of something so little! I love listening to him find all the ranges of his voice and am thankful that at least for now, he's not a screamer. He loves any toy that lights up/makes sound and anything that he can put into his mouth.
I think that's all the exciting Anderson updates. Work is still good for me but I won't be working as much during April and May since my daycare lady is on maternity leave. She had her baby boy on April 7. Todd is taking a few days off here and there so I can work and a friend of mine who used to nanny is going to watch him in May a few days a week. Todd is still super busy at work. We had a lovely Easter just the three of us.
Thursday, March 8, 2012
4 Months!
I sat around all day today wondering if I ever blogged a 4 month post...apparently I did not! It's been a little busy around here to say the least. We got back from our whirlwind 3 week trip on February 21, I started back to work on February 28, Anderson turned 4 months on March 2,Todd got home on March 4 which also happened to be my 28th birthday.
Of course everyone wants Anderson updates first! At his 4month well baby appointment he was right about 15lbs and 26inches long and perfectly healthy as can be :) Dr. Mueller gave us the go ahead to start introducing solids since he is an ever hungry boy! We tried rice cereal, rice cereal with pear juice and oatmeal and none of which he seemed to be too interested in so I decided to just go straight to purees and he loved sweet potatoes! He's not consistently eating a whole lot yet but we're working on it. Right after he turned 3 months he decided that he wanted to have nothing to do with the bottle which was not good for this wanting to go back to work/have a social like breastfeeding mamma! We've literally tried everything and finally found that the only way he will take on is if you sit him in the Bumbo but even then he'll really only take enough to "take the edge off" and will hold out for the boob. I fear weaning is going to be a challenge! At the lactation consultants recommendation we have been working on drinking from a cup. He's actually quite good with the sippy cup and will finish maybe an once of pear/water juice over the course of the day. Of course the OT in me doesn't want him to use a sippy cup so I still work with him with the straw cup as well :) He started daycare 2 days a week so I could go to work and its been going really well with the exception of the bottle. He is always happy with Nicole and naps and plays really well and apparently really likes studying what 15month old Lincoln is up to. He's still sleeping about 10-11 hours at night with random early morning wake ups to eat and still taking 4 naps-2 long and 2 short. He decided he was done with nap time swaddling and the pacifier on the same day but is still sometimes working on the self soothing. He's rolling tummy to back all the time, pushing up on extended arms, playing with toys on his tummy, standing in his activity center and playing with toys, putting everything in his mouth but mostly still his hands, has rolled back to tummy once in his crib and is trying REALLY hard to sit independently which he is doing for about 20seconds or so at a time and LOVES to stand up holding on to anything. He talks all the time and it cracks me up, especially when I'm changing his diaper. He sure has a lot to say for saying absolutely nothing! So far 4 months is as fun as everyone says it is :) It is so fun to watch him grow and develop and become this little person with a funny personality. I just love this little boy to pieces :)
As for me, I started back to work 2 days a week and while it is so hard to leave Anderson all day it definitely makes me feel like I still have a purpose. I enjoy the adult interaction and using my very expensive education :) Two days is definitely the perfect balance of work and being at home. As he gets older I'm sure I'll want to work more though. I will always love my job.
Todd got back from SOS and got thrown right back into the daily grind here flying a lot. Not much going on for him work wise until July thankfully.
As for us as a family, we're planning to make our first family vacation up to Glacier National Park in May, stay tuned for details!
Of course everyone wants Anderson updates first! At his 4month well baby appointment he was right about 15lbs and 26inches long and perfectly healthy as can be :) Dr. Mueller gave us the go ahead to start introducing solids since he is an ever hungry boy! We tried rice cereal, rice cereal with pear juice and oatmeal and none of which he seemed to be too interested in so I decided to just go straight to purees and he loved sweet potatoes! He's not consistently eating a whole lot yet but we're working on it. Right after he turned 3 months he decided that he wanted to have nothing to do with the bottle which was not good for this wanting to go back to work/have a social like breastfeeding mamma! We've literally tried everything and finally found that the only way he will take on is if you sit him in the Bumbo but even then he'll really only take enough to "take the edge off" and will hold out for the boob. I fear weaning is going to be a challenge! At the lactation consultants recommendation we have been working on drinking from a cup. He's actually quite good with the sippy cup and will finish maybe an once of pear/water juice over the course of the day. Of course the OT in me doesn't want him to use a sippy cup so I still work with him with the straw cup as well :) He started daycare 2 days a week so I could go to work and its been going really well with the exception of the bottle. He is always happy with Nicole and naps and plays really well and apparently really likes studying what 15month old Lincoln is up to. He's still sleeping about 10-11 hours at night with random early morning wake ups to eat and still taking 4 naps-2 long and 2 short. He decided he was done with nap time swaddling and the pacifier on the same day but is still sometimes working on the self soothing. He's rolling tummy to back all the time, pushing up on extended arms, playing with toys on his tummy, standing in his activity center and playing with toys, putting everything in his mouth but mostly still his hands, has rolled back to tummy once in his crib and is trying REALLY hard to sit independently which he is doing for about 20seconds or so at a time and LOVES to stand up holding on to anything. He talks all the time and it cracks me up, especially when I'm changing his diaper. He sure has a lot to say for saying absolutely nothing! So far 4 months is as fun as everyone says it is :) It is so fun to watch him grow and develop and become this little person with a funny personality. I just love this little boy to pieces :)
As for me, I started back to work 2 days a week and while it is so hard to leave Anderson all day it definitely makes me feel like I still have a purpose. I enjoy the adult interaction and using my very expensive education :) Two days is definitely the perfect balance of work and being at home. As he gets older I'm sure I'll want to work more though. I will always love my job.
Todd got back from SOS and got thrown right back into the daily grind here flying a lot. Not much going on for him work wise until July thankfully.
As for us as a family, we're planning to make our first family vacation up to Glacier National Park in May, stay tuned for details!
Wednesday, February 8, 2012
Blogging from Bama
I have done good up to this point blogging at least monthly about our Anderson's happenings but the 3 month mark was just at the begining of the whirl wind trip that we're on right now! On February 1 we traveled from Rapid City to Dallas, Anderson's first airplane trip! He did AMAZING! With the exception of one day of travel he has done so awesome with all the hussle and bustle and sleeping in different pack n plays and in different houses or having to sleep on my lap in a plane. He's also done exceptional at not getting too overwhelmed with meeting all the new people that he has met lately. I never knew you could be so proud of a 3 month old :)
While in Dallas we saw Aunt Karen, of course, Randi Rose and a a few of Karen's other friends. We went to Randi Rose and Joshua's beautiful wedding and then headed to Austin for a few days to hang out with Grandma and Grandpa Anderson and meet great grandmother Mimi and great Aunt Susan and Uncle Mark. We also got to hang out with my dear friend Stephanie that I have not seen in over 3 years while in Austin!! Successful Texas leg of the trip!
Now we're in Montgomery, Alabama with daddy! We're crammed into a one bedroom hotel room with a kitchenette. Definitely not ideal but we're making due and at least we're all together for a few weeks. Todd has class everyday while we're here but we'll be traveling to Pensacola to see old friends this weekend-just Saturday/Sunday and then next weekend we're meeting up with Todd's brother Trevor, sister in law Tracie and 2 of our nephews in Panama City for the long holiday weekend. I'm also hoping to meet up with Elise in Atlanta or somewhere else to meet her sweet baby Vincent. Hopefully we'll work something out!
Between the 2 and 3 month mark Anderson got diagnosed with reflux and started perscription zantac for it. He's always had some reflux issues since he was born and they gradually got worse and worse to the point that he was screaming when he ate and spitting up all.the.time. He's been on the medicine about 3 weeks and some days I feel like its improving and some days I'm not so sure. When we get back to South Dakota he'll have his 4 month well baby check and I'm sure I'll have a lengthy discussion with Dr Mueller about it :)
Last he was weighed he was about 13.5# and about 25in long! He started wearing 3-6 month clothes about 2 weeks before he turned 3 months and fits them a little too well! He has perfect head control now and *loves* sitting up. He hasn't had his bumbo this whole trip and I don't think he's liking being propped up on pillows or being held so much. You can tell he's trying so hard to sit on his own! He stopped rolling as much lately to work on pulling forward on the floor on his belly- I think we're going to have an early crawler! He definitely wants to GO! He's reaching and grabbing EVERYTING now! He's even starting to reach for food on my plate when I hold him while eating-I think he's definitely going to be ready for solids soon! He's so aware of the world around him now and likes to observe everything and everyone. He's very interested in his feet these days but is still trying to figure out if they belong to his body or not. He's sleeping wonderfully now- averageing about 10 hours a night! and still taking 4 solid naps a day. Fortunately since he eats A LOT faster now we have more awake/play time! His newest thing is scratching the surface of objects and hearing the noise-the seat belt, the bathtub, anything. It's pretty funny. He also started screaching and squealing and I think he surprises himself when he makes such loud noises. He smiles and laughs all the time and is quite the flirt with girls :) Its so amazing to watch him grow and learn and figure out how to do new things. Its also so amazing how much more I love him each day.
We get back to Rapid City on February 21 and one week later I'll start back to work 2 days a week. I'm excited to have something for me but so anxious to leave him. Then we'll have his 4 month well baby check and will hopefully start trying to introduce solid foods shortly after. Todd gets home around March 12 and all will be well again :)
While in Dallas we saw Aunt Karen, of course, Randi Rose and a a few of Karen's other friends. We went to Randi Rose and Joshua's beautiful wedding and then headed to Austin for a few days to hang out with Grandma and Grandpa Anderson and meet great grandmother Mimi and great Aunt Susan and Uncle Mark. We also got to hang out with my dear friend Stephanie that I have not seen in over 3 years while in Austin!! Successful Texas leg of the trip!
Now we're in Montgomery, Alabama with daddy! We're crammed into a one bedroom hotel room with a kitchenette. Definitely not ideal but we're making due and at least we're all together for a few weeks. Todd has class everyday while we're here but we'll be traveling to Pensacola to see old friends this weekend-just Saturday/Sunday and then next weekend we're meeting up with Todd's brother Trevor, sister in law Tracie and 2 of our nephews in Panama City for the long holiday weekend. I'm also hoping to meet up with Elise in Atlanta or somewhere else to meet her sweet baby Vincent. Hopefully we'll work something out!
Between the 2 and 3 month mark Anderson got diagnosed with reflux and started perscription zantac for it. He's always had some reflux issues since he was born and they gradually got worse and worse to the point that he was screaming when he ate and spitting up all.the.time. He's been on the medicine about 3 weeks and some days I feel like its improving and some days I'm not so sure. When we get back to South Dakota he'll have his 4 month well baby check and I'm sure I'll have a lengthy discussion with Dr Mueller about it :)
Last he was weighed he was about 13.5# and about 25in long! He started wearing 3-6 month clothes about 2 weeks before he turned 3 months and fits them a little too well! He has perfect head control now and *loves* sitting up. He hasn't had his bumbo this whole trip and I don't think he's liking being propped up on pillows or being held so much. You can tell he's trying so hard to sit on his own! He stopped rolling as much lately to work on pulling forward on the floor on his belly- I think we're going to have an early crawler! He definitely wants to GO! He's reaching and grabbing EVERYTING now! He's even starting to reach for food on my plate when I hold him while eating-I think he's definitely going to be ready for solids soon! He's so aware of the world around him now and likes to observe everything and everyone. He's very interested in his feet these days but is still trying to figure out if they belong to his body or not. He's sleeping wonderfully now- averageing about 10 hours a night! and still taking 4 solid naps a day. Fortunately since he eats A LOT faster now we have more awake/play time! His newest thing is scratching the surface of objects and hearing the noise-the seat belt, the bathtub, anything. It's pretty funny. He also started screaching and squealing and I think he surprises himself when he makes such loud noises. He smiles and laughs all the time and is quite the flirt with girls :) Its so amazing to watch him grow and learn and figure out how to do new things. Its also so amazing how much more I love him each day.
We get back to Rapid City on February 21 and one week later I'll start back to work 2 days a week. I'm excited to have something for me but so anxious to leave him. Then we'll have his 4 month well baby check and will hopefully start trying to introduce solid foods shortly after. Todd gets home around March 12 and all will be well again :)
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