Bath Time

Little Man grew out of little bathtub so we bought him a new bath seat. I usually just borrowed one but figured that Little Man might have to use it for awhile so we invested in one. They are really nice because I do not worry about him falling over. He is so excited to take baths and usually does not mind water in his eyes which is good because Princess loves to dump water over his head.

Where is my Happy Baby?

Little Man came down with a cold on Monday and it has progressively just gotten worse. Last night his fever was up to 102.2 so we headed to Dr. Durham's office this morning and sure enough he has an ear infection. It is just in the beginning stages so I was grateful I took him in before it got too bad. I hate sick babies!!! I feel so bad because they are miserable and there is nothing I can do but hold them. Usually whenever we turn the camera on Little Man is all smiles not this morning. He just looked at me as if to say, "forget it I do not feel well." I am grateful that we had Little Man's surgery earlier this month otherwise his eye would have been glued shut every morning. I am also surprised and happy to say that this is his 1st ear infection. I am hoping it is his last but that does not seem very realistic but I still can hope right?

Feeding Himself

We have been working with Little Man to try and feed himself instead of waiting for us to put something in his mouth. Usually he just opens his mouth and we are suppose to put in Cheerios or Puffs in for him. I talked to my Early Intervention lady and she made a couple of suggestions. We tried the bitter biscuits which he did O.K. with but would not really hold on to them very well and just did not seem interested in.

Then we tried Cheestos Puffs and he was more than happy to feed himself and had so much fun getting all messy. We just needed to find the right motivation for him to feed himself. I would like to try sipper cups next to see how he would do with those.

Hair Bow Holder

One of my new years resolutions, along with the rest of the world, was to lose weight. This last year for me was a little bit stressful and I found myself eating when I got stress out. Let me just tell you not a good idea. The problem being that I already need to lose weight before I had Little Man, and before a had Princess. I also love to do crafts and make things even though I am not professional I love to do them. I decided to combine those two and for every 2 1/2 pounds I lose and keep it off for a week I get to do a craft. My first projects was a hair bow holder for Princess's bows. It is not as cute as this one but I think it turned out cute.

Music

Little Man has always loved music. Whenever he would get upset all you had to do was sing to him and he would stop crying. At times he would even fall asleep while you sang. For Christmas he got a musical toy that he loves to play with. I noticed the other day that whenever he heard music he will automatically start moving his hands. We have noticed it more and more. I just think it is so cute to watch him. At the end of the video also notice his bobble head that I talked about in the last post.

13 Month Check Up

At Little Man's 12 month check up he was due to get 10 shots so we decided to split them in half and then come back a month later. Little Man now weighs 18 pounds which is the 40% for DS Boys. He is doing really well except that he has one eye that keeps on twitching which I think Dr. Durham is concerned about. He said it is normal for them both eyes to twitch at the same time but really unusual for just one to twitch. I am going to try and record it so he can see what is going on. Has anyone else little kiddos had this problem?

Little Man has also developed a new head bob. We have started to call him bobble head. I will have to post a video of what I mean. Dr. Durham seems to think it is due to his low muscle tone. He wants us to come back to just check on things at 15 months. These cute kiddos are like all kids is so many way and yet they have their own unique quirks. I love Little Man though and am so grateful for opportunity I have to raise him. He truly has been such a joy.

Pinewood Derby

This was our first pinewood derby experience with 1st Son. I was so grateful that Chris knew how to help him because I was totally lost. I was also surprised by how much work it took to make his car. 1st Son was so proud of his car and even took a couple of 1st places. He won the "most compact" car award. I was grateful that there was not an offical winner but that everyone got awards. I loved watching how excited each of the boys got then it was their turn for a race.

1st Son also received his wolf award that night at pack meeting. He did a lot of hard work and I am very proud of him.

Eye Surgery

Yesterday we took Little Man to Primary Childrens' Medical Center to have his tear ducts opened. It was really kind of strange to be back one year almost to the day of when he were able to take him home for the first time. Little Man did really well through out the whole thing. I was really worried because he could not have anything to eat from midnight on but he was so patient about waiting. I have to admit that it was kind of hard to hand him over to the anesthesiaologist when it came time for the surgery.

After the surgery he did so good. He woke up smiling and ate all his apple juice so we could go home. All of the other kiddos around us were crying and our cute Little Man was all smiles.

We are hoping this will help with all of his eye infections. Whenever he goes a cold his eye goop up and stay that way until we get him on drops. I was grateful that Chris was able to go with me so I did not have be by myself. Also a big thank you to Aunt Julie and Aunt Alisha for taking our kids so early in the morning (5am).