Andy's been eating oatmeal cereal for a week or two now, and he's getting better at it. He was starting to get better, then last week got an ear infection and it seemingly hurt him to swallow, so he didn't eat very well (and not very much at all) for a few days - not that he was eating that much anyway, but would only take a couple bites before he started screaming in pain. Anyway, since he started his medicine a week ago, he's feeling better and eating better again. He currently has his 4 bottles and now one "meal" (about a tablespoon of oatmeal cereal with a little bit of his formula mixed in) around noon. He's gotten very enthusiastic about eating the past few days!
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Thursday, August 11, 2011
Friday, August 5, 2011
Yay, Mama!
I know, I know - you're not supposed to compare your kids because they're all different...okay. Having said that, so far Kaylee and Andy are not that much different, milestone-wise (not that there have been too many to compare yet, with Andy being not quite 6 months old at this point). They both started rolling stomach to back at/just before 3 months (Kaylee started rolling back to front right around 6 months, so we'll see if Andy makes it - he gets very close, but doesn't like being on his stomach...). 10 days shy of being 6 months old, Kaylee started "talking" more by saying dada, and 2 days later followed that up with mama. And last night, 11 days shy of being 6 months old, Andy started "talking" more, but he got it right by saying mama. ;) Maybe in another couple days, he'll add dada to the mix. Even Kaylee kept saying, "he just said, 'mama!'" At one point after some weird babble, she said, "now he said, 'Kaylee!' That's just how he says it, funny like that." I guess she didn't want to be left out, either.
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Firsts & ear update
Andy's firsts for the week: first (and hopefully, but doubtfully?, last!) ear infection, first time spitting and first time making new talking sounds...
Ear update: Andy seems to be doing better already this morning after just 2 doses of antibiotics - one yesterday afternoon and one this morning. He's been pretty happy so far this morning; gave him some Tylenol 1/2 hour before nap and he's still up there after an hour, yay! He was also his usual happy self last night before bed, after a dose of Tylenol. He was talking, spitting and laughing (he seems to be figuring out how to blow raspberries, which he finds hilarious). Also, he said, "mama!" More like mamamamama, but I'll take it for now. I'm (not so) secretly happy that he said mamamama before dadadada, since Kaylee said dada first, by a few days!
Andy also seems to finally be *this close* (holding fingers about 1/8" apart) to rolling back to front. He can with just the slightest extra nudge when he's got his head turned around, I think he just really doesn't want to yet - as soon as you help him flip all the way onto his stomach, he rolls right back over. But I'd guess he'll be doing it within the next couple weeks.
Ear update: Andy seems to be doing better already this morning after just 2 doses of antibiotics - one yesterday afternoon and one this morning. He's been pretty happy so far this morning; gave him some Tylenol 1/2 hour before nap and he's still up there after an hour, yay! He was also his usual happy self last night before bed, after a dose of Tylenol. He was talking, spitting and laughing (he seems to be figuring out how to blow raspberries, which he finds hilarious). Also, he said, "mama!" More like mamamamama, but I'll take it for now. I'm (not so) secretly happy that he said mamamama before dadadada, since Kaylee said dada first, by a few days!
Andy also seems to finally be *this close* (holding fingers about 1/8" apart) to rolling back to front. He can with just the slightest extra nudge when he's got his head turned around, I think he just really doesn't want to yet - as soon as you help him flip all the way onto his stomach, he rolls right back over. But I'd guess he'll be doing it within the next couple weeks.
Thursday, August 4, 2011
Meal Time & Earaches
Andy is slowly working his way into eating! We tried rice cereal a week or so ago, but he just cried and cried and begrudgingly "ate" about three bites before completely melting down. Of course we also tried this at a normal bottle time, so he was probably just hungry and not in the mood to try something new right then. The little bit that he did have, however, seemed to constipate him, so we waited a while and switched to oatmeal cereal for the next attempt (supposedly easier on the stomach - seems to be thus far). He's been doing pretty well the past week. Here are some photos from one of his first successful meals earlier this week. :) He prefers to take the spoon from you and "feed" himself...
He hasn't had any "real" food yet (veggies or fruit) - we'll probably wait until after his 6 month appointment on 8/26. He'll be 6 months on the 15th - just 11 days from now! He'll also just be 1 day past his last dose of amoxicillin. :( The past few weeks he's been tugging at his ears (first the left, then just this week the right one, too), but he never "complained" about it, so we sort of shrugged it off as just him having figured out he has ears. However, the past few days he's been taking shorter naps and has been fussier than usual (he's normally pretty happy unless he's really hungry or tired), and yesterday and today had a couple super loud, couldn't calm him down, screaming fits. Today about 30 minutes before his morning nap I gave him some Tylenol because he'd been pretty fussy all morning, and chewing on his hand, not taking his bottle easily - I thought maybe he was teething - ?? We never knew Kaylee had teeth coming in until one had popped through, but every kid is different. He woke up after just 30 minutes asleep and fussed for a bit in bed before I got him. Once I did bring him down, he started another screaming fit, after which we called his pediatrician and took him in. He has an ear infection in his right ear (surprisingly not the left, since he'd been pulling on that one longer). So now he's got a 10 day supply of Amoxicillin. Poor little guy. I gave him some Tylenol before bed and will probably do so a couple times tomorrow - the nurse practitioner we saw (who was great - love our pediatric office!) suggested we do that for a couple days until the Amoxicillin has a chance to work, to help ease the pain. Here's the little guy before bath tonight. I love his big baby blues!!
He hasn't had any "real" food yet (veggies or fruit) - we'll probably wait until after his 6 month appointment on 8/26. He'll be 6 months on the 15th - just 11 days from now! He'll also just be 1 day past his last dose of amoxicillin. :( The past few weeks he's been tugging at his ears (first the left, then just this week the right one, too), but he never "complained" about it, so we sort of shrugged it off as just him having figured out he has ears. However, the past few days he's been taking shorter naps and has been fussier than usual (he's normally pretty happy unless he's really hungry or tired), and yesterday and today had a couple super loud, couldn't calm him down, screaming fits. Today about 30 minutes before his morning nap I gave him some Tylenol because he'd been pretty fussy all morning, and chewing on his hand, not taking his bottle easily - I thought maybe he was teething - ?? We never knew Kaylee had teeth coming in until one had popped through, but every kid is different. He woke up after just 30 minutes asleep and fussed for a bit in bed before I got him. Once I did bring him down, he started another screaming fit, after which we called his pediatrician and took him in. He has an ear infection in his right ear (surprisingly not the left, since he'd been pulling on that one longer). So now he's got a 10 day supply of Amoxicillin. Poor little guy. I gave him some Tylenol before bed and will probably do so a couple times tomorrow - the nurse practitioner we saw (who was great - love our pediatric office!) suggested we do that for a couple days until the Amoxicillin has a chance to work, to help ease the pain. Here's the little guy before bath tonight. I love his big baby blues!!
More Things to Remember...
Of course I thought of a few more things since my last post...and I'm sure there are more, but these are the 3 I have for now!
Instead of saying "fine," Kaylee says "find." e.g. on Sunday Jamie asked me to help him with something, but I had to put Andy down for his nap and put some laundry in the dryer first, which only took maybe 10 minutes. By the time I got back downstairs, he was almost done and Kaylee had helped him. She held up her hands (as if to stop me) and said, "don't worry, Mommy, we're find. I'm helping Daddy."
She makes food for us in her play kitchen. One of her favorite things to make is stoup (stewp?) - apparently it's a cross between stew and soup. And usually pretty tasty!
She calls Lightning McQueen (from Disney's "Cars") "Lightning BeeQueen." She's done that for a while (at least 2-3 months).
We were playing CandyLand last night and when Jamie picked a card that took him near the end of the trail he said, "sweet!" Kaylee pulled her card next and it was two blue squares. She said, "sweet!" and we all cracked up. Then she said, "why did Daddy say that?" We explained to her that was just a funny way of saying you really liked something, and reminded her that a character on one of her current favorite TV shows (Fresh Beat Band) says that on the show. So for the rest of the game, every card she pulled earned a "sweet!"
Instead of saying "fine," Kaylee says "find." e.g. on Sunday Jamie asked me to help him with something, but I had to put Andy down for his nap and put some laundry in the dryer first, which only took maybe 10 minutes. By the time I got back downstairs, he was almost done and Kaylee had helped him. She held up her hands (as if to stop me) and said, "don't worry, Mommy, we're find. I'm helping Daddy."
She makes food for us in her play kitchen. One of her favorite things to make is stoup (stewp?) - apparently it's a cross between stew and soup. And usually pretty tasty!
She calls Lightning McQueen (from Disney's "Cars") "Lightning BeeQueen." She's done that for a while (at least 2-3 months).
We were playing CandyLand last night and when Jamie picked a card that took him near the end of the trail he said, "sweet!" Kaylee pulled her card next and it was two blue squares. She said, "sweet!" and we all cracked up. Then she said, "why did Daddy say that?" We explained to her that was just a funny way of saying you really liked something, and reminded her that a character on one of her current favorite TV shows (Fresh Beat Band) says that on the show. So for the rest of the game, every card she pulled earned a "sweet!"
Last Art Class
Kaylee's last art class was yesterday afternoon. As you can see, she made a toucan with a flower. Now we need to get crackin' on hanging them in her room! They've sort of been piling up as I waited for her to be done so we could figure out where to put them (her room v. play room). She already has 5-6 in her room, so we're running out of wall space in there...
BIG screen!
Kaylee went to her first movie in a theater! We saw Winnie the Pooh yesterday morning while Daddy was at work and Baba stayed at home with Andy. Kaylee had a great time and enjoyed it all - the popcorn, the movie, the fruit snacks, the chocolate milk, the "big TV!" - and hugged her Pooh Bear the entire time.
On the way home she told me that we need to get a big TV like that for the play room. Then she can use that TV and Jamie and I can still use our other TV. She can also use our other TV, but we can't use hers unless ours is broken. Sure, seems fair.
On the way home she told me that we need to get a big TV like that for the play room. Then she can use that TV and Jamie and I can still use our other TV. She can also use our other TV, but we can't use hers unless ours is broken. Sure, seems fair.
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