Yep, Tyler is already 6 months. Sniff, sniff. I'm so blessed that I can be with him at home and see him grow everyday. He's so amazing and is eager to see and learn new things. At his 6 month appointment he weighed 18 pounds and was 28 inches tall. I'm like, seriously! Just for the record, I'm not over feeding him or anything and this kid is super active, so I really have no idea how he is so big. He's in the 75th percentile for weight and height and is in the 85th for his head circumference. He wears 12 month clothes and I've already pulled out Hunter's 18 month box of old clothes. It's actually kinda hard finding clothes that will fit him from Hunter's old stuff because he's so much bigger in the waist and legs. Hunter was (and still is) so skinny so I'm really just trying to find onesies to fit him because they fit him best. He is just about crawling. He army crawls everywhere and pushes to get up and rocks some but just hasn't quite figured it out yet. Hunter makes a big gasp every time he gets up to try and crawl because he knows that's what he's trying to do so Hunter will get on all fours and show him how to do it. It's so cute. Then I think to myself that Tyler is going to explore all of Hunter's toys and then I'll have another challenge to get through because Hunter really isn't into sharing these days. Sigh.
Let's talk about Tyler's sleeping....or how he doesn't sleep! He sleeps but he wakes several times during the night. It has to be teething. When I put him down to sleep around 6:30 for his bedtime, he will wake around mid night wanting to eat. Then another 3 hours the same thing and then another 3 hours later. Yeah, I'm pretty pooped these days. Especially, now that I'm working I can't even think about taking a nap. Also, I weened Tyler. It wasn't so much me, it was him. During the day he would only BF in his room because of all the distractions so on the weekends when I would need to take care of both the boys or at night when Sean works, I would have to take him there every time to eat and it got frustrating for all of us. So it got to the point that I would pump and feed him a bottle and he would drink that bottle anywhere! I did that for awhile then it was like double-dutying feeding him to have to pump and then feed. He BF at night with no problems and we did that for awhile until I was pretty much dried up so we have been on formula. He had no problems which I knew he wouldn't and we are all happier now. My big relief is the whole bedtime routine is much easier with both the boys. I didn't have to take Tyler in his room to BF him while Hunter would be alone watching Mickey Mouse Club in the living room for a little while or coming in Tyler's room distracting him and then not eat and me convincing Hunter to be quiet and bring books or something in there to do until we were done. Now Tyler and Hunter drink both their milks at the same time after bath time and I get to have them both right next to me! What a relief! Seriously. It got pretty hard. I part of me does feel a little guilty for not sticking it out longer with the whole BF thing because I BF Hunter until he was 10 months but at least I made it to 6 months with Tyler and he is definitely a healthy boy. No problems in that area. LOL. So back to Tyler's sleeping.....after talking to his pediatrician about how much he should be sleeping at night with him eating 3 meals a day and milk throughout the day, it was time to do the old "cry it out method". Now I'm not one of those parent's who lets their baby CIO for 2 hours or anything like that so a few days ago, I tried it to see how he would do for one of his nap times (btw, I would just put him in his swing for naps) and he CIO for about 20 minutes so that was nothing. Then, before, for his whole bedtime routine, I would just put him in the swing and then move him to his crib before I went to bed and that always worked fine. Now, he is in his crib after the whole routine and he CIO about the same time the other night and slept til about 1 am and then I fed him a big bottle and he didn't wake until 5 am. So we are making progress already and that's how it's pretty much been for the past few nights. I'm not complaining that bad because Hunter didn't sleep through the night until he was 8 months old so I'm thinking in a couple more months he won't be making a peep. Wishful thinking. =) Here's some photos that I took of him one day. Not the best because he didn't take that great of a nap that day. We'll take more when I have his brother around to make him laugh.
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| "Can I help you?" |
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| "Hey mommy!" |
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| I love his little mannerisms.. |
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| "Oh geez, mom..another one!" |
Also, remember how I told you that I was doing the whole weight loss thing and gave myself 2 months? Well, I've only lost 6 pounds and some pre-preggo clothes are starting to fit more but I still have a long way to go. Plus, now, that I'm not BF anymore, I'm on a strict diet. In fact, Sean is dieting too. He cut out soda (which is a huge deal for him) and I have literally cut out everything...hahaa...no, my big thing is carbs so I cut that out. Sean and I eat grilled chicken, salads and vegetables for dinner every night and we have cut out all sugar. I'm going to extend this weight loss thing for another 2 months because I feel like I can officially try now that I'm not BF anymore so I'll show you the before and after photo 2 months from now.
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