Monday, May 24, 2010
I can do it myself now
My first fish stick for lunch, yummy wild salmon and veggie.
Learning to use a spoon at dinner.
I'm getting the hang of it!
Yummy greek mango yogurt
Maybe I'll just lick it off my fingers :)
Friday, May 21, 2010
1st Birthday!
Happy as soon as I woke up on my birthday!
Time for presents, first one is from Aunt Jo
How did she know I LOVE robots?
A new stuffed animal from Great Grandma Frieda
Giving him a hug and kiss.
Time for cake!
Mmmmm carrot cake.
An afternoon at the beach for my birthday!
Giving momma birthday kisses.
Playing with daddy.
Clapping for a great birthday!
What a good lookin family ;)
One Year Old
I can’t believe a year ago I was terrified, snuggling a beautiful tiny little boy in my arms trying to figure out what to do with him. Going on very little sleep and super sore from the c-section I was left alone while Shane had to fly to China for work. The first few months really hits you and teaches you what it means to be a mother. From day one you no longer think about your self. “I’ve gotten 20 hours of sleep all week but my baby is happy and gaining weight.” “The only thing I have managed to eat today is some crackers and a few spoons of peanut butter.” “I haven’t showered in 4 days.” “I didn’t get to brush my teeth until 4pm!”
Breastfeeding offered a whole new world of challenges. Declan had to get tube fed every two hours for the first 3 days of life because his sugar levels kept dropping to dangerous, life threatening lows. So I started pumping trying to get the girls to work. We gave the little guy allumentum formula and very little breast milk for the first 7 or so days of life. After a lot of hard work, many tears, and monthly la leche league meetings, we were successful. We are still going strong today and the Pediatrician thinks its awesome and said that as long as we are both happy with breast feeding than to continue for as long as we like.
Declan was/is such a happy little dude. As a new born he was happy and content as long as he was being held and loved by his parents. Some people think that it is possible to spoil and hold a new baby too much and that a baby will never learn to do things on their own. However, research shows that it is impossible to spoil a new born, a child yes, an infant no. All of the attention creates a loving, strong healthy bond and attachment, which in turn, helps to create a happier and more social toddler. Sorry, I am starting to get off track :) Now as a toddler, thank god, he is content to sit and play with toys alone while I make coffee and breakfast or do the dishes or what ever.
Declan is a child who likes his routines. We have a god bedtime routine that, on a good night, goes like this:
7:30 Naked time
7:45 Bath time
8:00 Story time with daddy
Between 8:15 & 8:30 Brush teeth and go to bed
Between 8:30 & 8:45 He’s asleep.
He started sleeping through the night (STTN) at about 2 months but he then, when most babies start STTN, he started waking up every few hours. Go figure. Now at one, when he isn’t sick he is STTN, the only problem is we are sick way more often then we are well.
Declan is a lot more picky about what goes into his mouth now. His current favorites are scrambled eggs, hummus, crackers, yogurt (no fruit-chunk- kind only) freeze dried and flattened fruit, mangos, tuna fish, peanut butter and jelly sandwiches….
His vocabulary is continually expanding and he loves to sit in daddy’s lap and read books. The other afternoon he said “water” plain as day.
Declan Claps, waves, and gives high fives. He even signs “more” when he is eating.
He cruises the whole living and dining rooms using anything and everything to hold on to and will walk the step or two between a chair and the wall etc. He will balance, stand, take a few steps or even bend over to grab something with out assistance, IF he doesn’t know he is doing it on his own.
At yesterdays appointment he weighed in at 23 pounds and 30.25 inches long.
I'll post pics as soon as I get a chance.
Pam can you please copy the pictures from declans bday party onto a CD and send them to me? Thank you :)
Breastfeeding offered a whole new world of challenges. Declan had to get tube fed every two hours for the first 3 days of life because his sugar levels kept dropping to dangerous, life threatening lows. So I started pumping trying to get the girls to work. We gave the little guy allumentum formula and very little breast milk for the first 7 or so days of life. After a lot of hard work, many tears, and monthly la leche league meetings, we were successful. We are still going strong today and the Pediatrician thinks its awesome and said that as long as we are both happy with breast feeding than to continue for as long as we like.
Declan was/is such a happy little dude. As a new born he was happy and content as long as he was being held and loved by his parents. Some people think that it is possible to spoil and hold a new baby too much and that a baby will never learn to do things on their own. However, research shows that it is impossible to spoil a new born, a child yes, an infant no. All of the attention creates a loving, strong healthy bond and attachment, which in turn, helps to create a happier and more social toddler. Sorry, I am starting to get off track :) Now as a toddler, thank god, he is content to sit and play with toys alone while I make coffee and breakfast or do the dishes or what ever.
Declan is a child who likes his routines. We have a god bedtime routine that, on a good night, goes like this:
7:30 Naked time
7:45 Bath time
8:00 Story time with daddy
Between 8:15 & 8:30 Brush teeth and go to bed
Between 8:30 & 8:45 He’s asleep.
He started sleeping through the night (STTN) at about 2 months but he then, when most babies start STTN, he started waking up every few hours. Go figure. Now at one, when he isn’t sick he is STTN, the only problem is we are sick way more often then we are well.
Declan is a lot more picky about what goes into his mouth now. His current favorites are scrambled eggs, hummus, crackers, yogurt (no fruit-chunk- kind only) freeze dried and flattened fruit, mangos, tuna fish, peanut butter and jelly sandwiches….
His vocabulary is continually expanding and he loves to sit in daddy’s lap and read books. The other afternoon he said “water” plain as day.
Declan Claps, waves, and gives high fives. He even signs “more” when he is eating.
He cruises the whole living and dining rooms using anything and everything to hold on to and will walk the step or two between a chair and the wall etc. He will balance, stand, take a few steps or even bend over to grab something with out assistance, IF he doesn’t know he is doing it on his own.
At yesterdays appointment he weighed in at 23 pounds and 30.25 inches long.
I'll post pics as soon as I get a chance.
Pam can you please copy the pictures from declans bday party onto a CD and send them to me? Thank you :)
Saturday, May 1, 2010
And I thought bulldogs drooled a lot.
Daclan has been sleeping poorly, drooling non stop, pulling his ears and chewing on his figers. This morning I saw why, one of his top right molers is about 1/2 way in. Poor dude is sick and cutting teeth! He cried for 45 minutes, almost nonstop, until momma came armed with a toothbrush and oragel. He slept for 1 hour and 15 minutes and is now a happy boy playing with books.
Friday, April 30, 2010
Walking
For the last 3 days Declan has been taking a couple steps here and there, on his own!
I think he is one of those babies that is going to go straight from sitting to walking and skip that middle step of crawling.
We are so excited!!
I think he is one of those babies that is going to go straight from sitting to walking and skip that middle step of crawling.
We are so excited!!
Wednesday, April 28, 2010
Monday, April 26, 2010
Friday, April 23, 2010
My new toy
I Love craigslist, I got this cool zebra, in red tennies, for only $15.
I bounces, spins and plays music. If it keeps Mr. Man entertained for 10 minutes a day I will be a happy momma!
Tuesday, April 20, 2010
A phase I was hoping to skip
My little piggy pig, Declan, has decided that food belongs on the floor and not in his belly.
He now tastes every thing before taking a bite. He makes a bitter icky face after every taste and pretty much refuses everything after the first couple bites. This started a few weeks ago and has progressivly gotten worse. BUMMER!! I was really crossing my fingers for a good eater.
as a side note, his birthday party is 5-13 at 3pm at blue lake park. we will be having a bbq and lots of fun! invites should be received in the next week.
He now tastes every thing before taking a bite. He makes a bitter icky face after every taste and pretty much refuses everything after the first couple bites. This started a few weeks ago and has progressivly gotten worse. BUMMER!! I was really crossing my fingers for a good eater.
as a side note, his birthday party is 5-13 at 3pm at blue lake park. we will be having a bbq and lots of fun! invites should be received in the next week.
Friday, April 9, 2010
So much has happened!
It’s been a long time since I actually typed up an update on Declan.
He is changing so fast these days, he just amazing me every minute. Today, for example, he grabbed the curtain during snack time and buried his face in it, then, he quickly pulled it to the side and grinned at me. I laughed so hard that we continued to play his peek-a-boo for several minutes.
I sometimes play peek-a-boo with him by turning my head or looking down and I kinda roll my eyes up and from side to side not making eye contact and then I look at him and laugh and smile. I couldn’t believe it when today he, totally unprompted, did this to me! He did it about 6-8 times and then became distracted by a toy.
Declan can say 5 words! He says momma, dada, bubba/bubby (his nickname), hi and num-num-num (when he eats). He understands the meaning of each word and likes to say momma just so I will look at him if I am busy doing something else.
He understands a lot of what is said to him. If I say “Declan look” he will turn his head to me and look at what I am pointing at. If I ask him if he wants a bite he turns his head to me and opens his mouth. The only body part he knows right now is feet. He will grab or clap his feet if I ask him to do one or the other. He understands the word “no” and gets really upset when I say it, we are just starting to get a taste of what tantrums are like.
Declan east just about everything, and he likes food with a lot of flavor.
This is a typical day
Breakfast: Yobaby Yogurt, ¼ of a bagel dipped in hummus, 4oz of juice or water
Snack: peach yogurt melts, veggie crunchies, more hummus, and water
Lunch: 1 ½ potato and onion pierogi, berry yogurt melts, 4oz carrot/banana juice
Snack: more hummus LOL he just adores the stuff, water
Dinner: white beans and potatoes milled together with a little salt and pepper, water
He also eats bites of whatever I eat through out the day.
He had his first haircut on Thursday, April 1st.
Declan took two unassisted steps, well it was more like a lunge. I had a coffee cup in my hand and Declan was super excited about it for some reason so he turned, let go of the couch and practically ran the two steps to me, grabbed my leg, steadied himself, took one more step and fell. It was so awesome!
The plans for Declan’s birthday party are all coming together. I picked out the cake and party theme and made the invitations, but I am still working on the venue, my apt just isn’t big enough to house he 25+ people I’m inviting.
I will update again soon but it’s late and I need some much deserved sleep.
He is changing so fast these days, he just amazing me every minute. Today, for example, he grabbed the curtain during snack time and buried his face in it, then, he quickly pulled it to the side and grinned at me. I laughed so hard that we continued to play his peek-a-boo for several minutes.
I sometimes play peek-a-boo with him by turning my head or looking down and I kinda roll my eyes up and from side to side not making eye contact and then I look at him and laugh and smile. I couldn’t believe it when today he, totally unprompted, did this to me! He did it about 6-8 times and then became distracted by a toy.
Declan can say 5 words! He says momma, dada, bubba/bubby (his nickname), hi and num-num-num (when he eats). He understands the meaning of each word and likes to say momma just so I will look at him if I am busy doing something else.
He understands a lot of what is said to him. If I say “Declan look” he will turn his head to me and look at what I am pointing at. If I ask him if he wants a bite he turns his head to me and opens his mouth. The only body part he knows right now is feet. He will grab or clap his feet if I ask him to do one or the other. He understands the word “no” and gets really upset when I say it, we are just starting to get a taste of what tantrums are like.
Declan east just about everything, and he likes food with a lot of flavor.
This is a typical day
Breakfast: Yobaby Yogurt, ¼ of a bagel dipped in hummus, 4oz of juice or water
Snack: peach yogurt melts, veggie crunchies, more hummus, and water
Lunch: 1 ½ potato and onion pierogi, berry yogurt melts, 4oz carrot/banana juice
Snack: more hummus LOL he just adores the stuff, water
Dinner: white beans and potatoes milled together with a little salt and pepper, water
He also eats bites of whatever I eat through out the day.
He had his first haircut on Thursday, April 1st.
Declan took two unassisted steps, well it was more like a lunge. I had a coffee cup in my hand and Declan was super excited about it for some reason so he turned, let go of the couch and practically ran the two steps to me, grabbed my leg, steadied himself, took one more step and fell. It was so awesome!
The plans for Declan’s birthday party are all coming together. I picked out the cake and party theme and made the invitations, but I am still working on the venue, my apt just isn’t big enough to house he 25+ people I’m inviting.
I will update again soon but it’s late and I need some much deserved sleep.
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