Hope Still Flies

• When I took him to the doctor for bronchitis last week he was 18 pounds, and 28.25 inches. So gaining in percentiles!
• Size 4 diapers during the day, size 5 at night so the stomach sleeper doesn't pee out.
• Mostly 9-12 month clothes. All of his 12 month pants are too big, but I still refuse to buy 9 month pants.
• 5 bottles a day... 6-7 oz for the daytime 4 bottles, and then a 4 oz bottle around midnight.
• 3 meals per day. Still eating more and more of what we eat. And LOVES it. If he sees me eating something he doesn't have he gets upset. Yesterday I took the roll he was eating and tore it into pieces and he SCREAMED. Everyone thought it was entertaining. 
• Team Toothless. He'll get them someday. 
• Still not a great sleeper. Can tell we hit the 9 month sleep regression because when I try to get him to sleep (even naps) he screams and thrashes and is just generally displeased. Once he's asleep he wakes up between 11 and midnight, and then between 2 and 4. Up for the day at 5 or 6 most days.
• His spitup situation is definitely better. He still spits up some. We're moving towards a toddler formula in hopes of easing his transition to whole milk at a year.
• He pulls up on everything, cruises like a pro, will stand solo for up to ten seconds if he reeeally concentrates. Loves walking with his walker. Speed crawler.
• Is generally just interested in whatever Thad is playing with and Thad is super duper thrilled about that. 
• In typical bad parent form, he sleeps with a blanket just like Thad did at this age. Plus his Doggy lovey.
• Starting to give high fives. Kinda sorta.
• Smiley. So smiley. And just generally really happy unless he's mad about something and then he's... super upset. 
• His hemangioma is definitely shrinking. Doesn't seem like we'll have to have any kind of medicine intervention for it to go away. Yay! 

I love this time of year. And I love this age for babies. It's a glorious time right now.

I'd forgotten that all of the milestones start coming fast and hard here for a bit. He's now crawling on all fours, pulls up on anything that will let him (led to a few good falls) will cruise a tiny bit on furniture, is starting to walk more with his walker, is eating some "real" food, and chats up a storm.

He is, however, still toothless.

And he's back in constant congestion land. But no fever, and in high spirits means we just ride it out. His next mental leap (Wonder Weeks) is coming up in the next week, and I keep wondering how he'll handle it this time. He's been so happy lately - entertains himself with toys and trying to get into everything. I enjoy the cuddles, but not the whining every time I set him down, but we'll see how it goes.

And Halloween is in a week!! Thad is going to be a *gasp* garbage man, and Atti will be a sad excuse for a minion. Last year was the only year we just bought a costume because Thad wanted to be Marshall from PP. No use trying to find a preschooler garbage man costume. And Atti's was just something cute. However, Thad is definitely scared of most Halloween decorations, so we'll have to see how that night goes. Hoping the candy will be incentive enough for him.

He's definitely not as afraid of other people like Thad was at this age. I'm not sure if that'll start up soon, or if he'll just be a less anxious kid.

Otherwise, life is flying by. A very stressful month for Michael (I keep thinking the stress is behind us and then it just comes back worse), but he's still been amazing and taken us out places. Pumpkin patch, waffle outings, Target trips... I say he's taken us out because at the end of last month, it seems I had a seizure while I was sleeping at my parent's house. Had my dad not noticed, I'm not sure we would have ever known. After a couple days in the hospital, and some fun brain tests, I got to come home with new medicine and the "no driving for six months" rule. The neurologist here basically agreed and said, "eh you may or may not have another seizure ever." okay, cool! But not really. Work has been amazing, and I'll be at home working for most of the next six months. So thankful for that. It's hard, because I enjoy driving, and not being able to just up and go somewhere is hard (though we'll probably be spending less money at Target...) So that was probably the most "exciting" thing that's happened. And I've told and not told so many people, plus starting the new medicine has made my memory super hazy, so I apologize if I've told some of you many times what's going on, and others of you not told at all. Just yell at me. It's fine.

Oh, but even after that happened, I got to fly to Vegas a couple weeks ago for the Tableau conference. AND GUESS WHO SLEPT 8 HOURS ONE NIGHT. Little bugger. He hasn't done it since. But I still had a great time at the conference. Learned a lot. Got a bit better sleep than I'm getting at home. It was odd being in Vegas just a week after the mass shooting, but Tableau shifted accordingly, bringing the night out back to MB, and doing all kind of stuff to help out and raise money. It was awesome to see and be a part of.

• He's.... some weight and length. Honestly, I haven't the slightest idea. 
• Just about done with size 3 diapers I think. Finishing up the rest of those and then we'll switch to 4s during the day and eventually 5s at night.
• 9 an 12 month onesies and tops, mostly 9 month bottoms. Except Thad basically shot through that size so we're putting Atti in 12 month pants and rolling them up. Sorry, kiddo.
• He gets four bottles during the day between 6 and 8 oz, and then one 3-4 oz bottle at night. He's still such a crap sleeper, I haven't tried to take that one away yet. Soon.
• I've given up trying to pinpoint why he hates sleeping. One night he'll wake up once or twice and go back down easy, and the next be up every hour to hour and a half, with almost no differences in the day. He's pretty much down to 3 naps a day (9, 12, 4) but then last week at daycare he decided he only needed one nap per day, and then another when he got home. That didn't fly.
• Spitup situation is still improving, I think? It's mostly mucus when he's sick, and he can burp now without throwing up, but especially after his morning bottle I have to make sure to have a burp rag handy. (Just what you wanted to know).
• Especially with getting to 12M clothes, he's starting to look more like a toddler some days. I say it almost every post - the days are long, but the months and years are so short. I can't believe he's already so close to being a year old.
• Thad started walking around 9.5 months... I'm wondering if Atti will be around there too, or closer to 10-11. He certainly does love standing. He just has such tiny, chubby feet.
• He gets 2 puree meals at daycare, and then some for dinner, or some of whatever we're having. He's got his pincher grip down, he just has a hard time getting to his mouth and dropping off the food. He definitely prefers I feed it to him. *eye roll* But he's getting better, and he definitely LOVES big people food. Pasta, especially. He's definitely my son.
• He's also learned how to correctly fall on his butt from standing.
• So, so smiley. And such a joy. Unless it's the middle of the night and he's crying.
   
  
  
  
  
   
  
  
  
   
  
  
  
   
  
  
  

I was running around doing errands yesterday and realized that I hadn't even thought about this blog post or the fact that Atti was going to be 7 months today. Definitely snuck up on me this month.


I feel like a lot happened this month too. Brought up last month's post where he was only kind of able to sit up. Well, now he sits great, goes from sitting to hands and knees, scoots around (as long as there's something he wants waiting for him), has gone from tummy to sitting a few times, and goes from sitting to one knee and one foot pretty easily. Standing is by far his favorite thing, and I'm glad we invested in his walker toy early. He likes standing and chewing on it, and sometimes taking a few steps. It's crazy.

Still no teeth. I keep thinking one might pop through one of these days, but there really isn't much sign of them on his gumline. He's been fighting a mild cold for about a month, but a few days ago got a bit more congested and then started running a fever. So I took him into the walk-in clinic yesterday and the doctor said both of his ears were pretty red and we got started on an antibiotic. Unfortunately, the one dose before bedtime didn't help much. I was alternating fever reducers all night to keep his fever down and he can't really breathe through his nose at all, despite my snot-reducing efforts. As a result he was pretty restless all night. I got a few hours of broken sleep, but spent most of the night walking him around. A little zombie-like today.

Otherwise though, he's been doing great. Learning, growing, all the things. He still thinks Thad is hilarious. Some of us are turning out to be pretty funny, too. His stranger danger is slowly starting up. He's not a fan of lots of people around (me neither). But does pretty good at giving out smiles if he feels comfortable.

Thad's doing well. Getting smarter and sassier by the day. I'm doing pretty well. Michael's... a grad student. So stressed. But he'll get through it.



(I got these pictures taken this morning right when we got up so he wouldn't be grouchy.)

• At 6 months he was 15 pounds 6 ounces, and he weighed in at 16 pounds 9 ounces yesterday, just shy of 4 weeks later. He hasn't gained much length - maybe 27 to 27.5in.
• Size 3 diapers during the day, 4s at night. 9 or 12M onesies, 6-9M pants, a couple 6  month shirts
• He drinks four 6-7 oz bottles during the day, and one 4 oz one at night. Solids 3x/day. Still doesn't like most green veggies. Sweet potato or avocado might be his favorite. 
• Oh, sleep. He still doesn't sleep great at night, and that's basically all there is to that. Goes down very easy, but the second half of the night he's usually pretty restless.
• Spitting up more since he's been sick, but overall gotten a little better. Stopped his reflux meds (yay!)
• He's started leaning into me/my shoulder when shy. If he's just the right state of tired he'll fall asleep that way too. I love it.
• Scooted to me when I picked him up from daycare the other day. <3 li="">
• Such a happy camper most of the time. He completes our little family so well.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
   

• Our well visit isn't until next Tuesday, so I don't know specifics, but if I had to guess... over 15 pounds and maybe 27 inches? He's switched to the convertible car seat in the car I usually drive.
• Mostly size 3 diapers. 3-6 month clothes are about done. 6-9 and 9 month fit best. His short little legs are still mostly in 3-6 month pants.
• His formula intake has decreased since we started solids. He drinks somewhere between 24 and 30 ounces a day now in the form of 5 6oz bottles (ish)
• Eating 3 "meals" a day. He gets oatmeal with a couple/few oz for breakfast and lunch at daycare, and then whatever veggies I try to force into him for dinner. He likes sweet potatoes, carrots, banana, apples, blueberry, avocado, pear, peach. He does NOT like squash, green beans, and peas. I tried to feed him sweet corn with green beans last night and his face... it was very much "there is something not right about this situation. I do not approve."
• Sleep is just... not right now at night. He usually sleeps from 7 to sometime after 11. And then after that until sometime after 1 and it's kind of a crapshoot. For the past week he's wanted to be awake for 1.5-2 hours sometimes between 1 and 3. I'm ready for that to be over.
• Getting into a nap schedule (thank you, our amazing daycare teachers) during the week with naps at 9, 12, and 4. The weekend, we're not nearly as exciting so he usually naps more like 8, 11, 2, 5. Bedtime is a hard 7.
• He's kind of everywhere now and I love it. He rolls onto his stomach and will play for awhile and then get bored and we'll switch around to his piano mat or exersaucer. And now we're adding in sitting and playing with toys.
• Soooo close to scooting around. He gets really upset and does that horrible Superman exercise. Then puts his hands down again and kicks his legs. Poor guy.
• Still spitting up a lot... something I'll ask his doctor about next week. He keeps food down pretty well, but any amount of formula just... it comes back. 
• Laughs the most at Thad and Michael. Go figure.
• Loves watching Thad play with anything.