Like father, like son.
June 24th, 2008
Who knew sleeping like this was genetic?
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June 24th, 2008
Can you believe he’s already on his way to 2 years old?!
Last Monday we went for his 18 month check up. The stats:
- Weight: 19lbs, 13 oz.
- Height 32 inches
- Head circumference = 45.5cm.
Never going to hit 20lb consistently. Taking a look at the growth chart, you might notice he’s waaay down below the lowest weight line. That line is for the 5th percentile.
Of course, him being preemie didn’t help, but by now he should have made some progress on catching up on weight gain (by 2 years old caught up). Unfortunately (or fortunately, I can’t really tell anymore) he prefers low-calorie foods over high calorie foods. If given the choice between a blueberry and some ice cream, he’ll take the blueberry without question. This isn’t helping at all. That combined with childhood sicknesses (Hand, foot, and mouth 2 weeks ago, and apparently Roseola this weekend) he isn’t exactly packing on the pounds. The pediatrician ran some tests (blood counts, liver enzymes, electrolytes, thyroid, and celiac disease test). All came out totally fine. Going to check for malabsorption (I won’t tell you the fun details of that), but I’m sure it will be fine. The last remote thing to check for would be cystic fibrosis, which would be unlikely since he has no other symptoms really.
So we continue, trying to maximize the calories with our finicky, fruit-eating, ice-cream shunning, toddler who runs around like crazy burning off every last calorie that enters his lightweight body.
After the doctor’s visit, blood draw, and shots.
Avery's first political rally
April 29th, 2008
Last night we went to the Early Vote/Obama Rally. Avery was pretty good. He LOVED the warm up band and danced and entertained the people behind us. Luckily they entertained him too. He loved clapping when everyone clapped. We had to break out the emergency lollipop at some point and he slept about 45 minutes (thanks Lisa!) before waking up for Obama.
tired
October 2nd, 2007
Lately (ie. past month) Avery has gone back to waking up all night. It’s like he became the 3 month old we were expecting who then slept through the night. A good night is when he wakes up only once. Somehow, he has mommy-going-to-sleep-now ESP, because as soon as I get ready to go to sleep, I start hearing the cries. And you can’t just rock him back to sleep these days either. He wants to nurse. But then he wakes up again 15 minutes after you put him down because he wants to be in our bed and half awake/half asleep = grumpy. And so it goes every night these days. Maybe its the teeth. Maybe its the not-drinking. Maybe its the separation anxiety. Either way, sleep is always elusive.
I got into writing this post because this morning, I went to the kitchen to get Avery started with breakfast. On top of the fridge, next to the cereal was the milk. I’ve also found boxes of cereal in the fridge before too.
Update: Corey wanted me to note that he was the one who put the milk on the top of the refridgerator, in case there was any confusion.
Geesh, kids these days.
September 4th, 2007
We co-sleep. So it was no surprise to me that as I opened my eyes this morning that there was a face already awake staring back at me. I smile at him and say, “Good morning.” To which I get a apathetic stare and a single word, ”Meh.” Then his gaze shifted to stare out the window.
Geesh, kids these days. I couldn’t believe he did that.
The first cold and sleep
August 10th, 2007
Avery got his first cold. I had a minor cold (sinus pressure, runny nose,coughing) a few weeks back. Corey then caught it from me and was much more miserable, and this past week Avery got it too. He’s been pretty snotty and coughing a lot and just generally fussy. I tried to suction his nose with the bulb thingy so he could breathe better instead of snort, but hes quite the squirmer. Corey and I had to both hold him down to get anywhere near his nose, and then he cried like the end of the world was coming when we successfully got some snot out. I figure he’ll be fine as long as he can breathe. It’s clearing up now.
He got very clingy the last few weeks. He gets upset if you even look like you might be leaving for a second. He also will just lay on my chest and look around now. The other night, he wasn’t interested in sleeping (everytime I put him down I’d hear the whine) and he just snuggled and laid there on my chest, eyes wide open. I let it slide and let him sleep with us since he’s been sick and coughing himself awake a lot. He usually just comes to bed with us after the first waking at night. He was sleeping through the night for months, and suddenly is back to waking up since our trip to california. Originally, I was planning on trying some sleep training to get him to stay asleep all night again soon, but lately I decided that in the interests of milk supply and stranger anxiety, that will wait until once the breastfeeding stops. Besides, I couldn’t do the “cry it out” method, I think its detrimental to the trust your baby has in you. I tend to subscribe to most (but not all) of the philosophies behind attachment parenting so I think he’ll be better off for it, despite what some certain people have said about our “holding him or playing with him too much”.
Anyways, it’s 1am and I should go to sleep before my time is up!
slumberland
February 12th, 2007
