Right after the injury. Pardon the snotty mess, he has a cold too.
Cleaned up but still looking pretty sad. Top lip still fat and bruised.
Tuesday, March 30, 2010
Rough start to the day
Every morning one of the first things Donovan and I do after he wakes up for good is take Petey outside so he can do his doggy stuff. Lately since the weather has been nice Donovan wants you to put him down so that he can crawl on the sidewalk (but not the grass, that is yucky). Today he crawled from our front step all the way to our neighbor's driveway before I redirected him. As he was crawling back to our house, when he was about 4 feet away from the front step he tripped and caught himself with his face on the driveway. I saw the whole thing and he wasn't going as fast as he usually does and it didn't look like it was that hard but I could tell from the way he lifted his head that he was about to start wailing. I could see a little slobber on the driveway so I knew he hit his mouth but only when I went to pick him up and comfort him did I see he was already bleeding! Poor little guy! So I took him inside and washed it up but took some pictures of the injury for posterity sake.
Right after the injury. Pardon the snotty mess, he has a cold too.
Cleaned up but still looking pretty sad. Top lip still fat and bruised.
Right after the injury. Pardon the snotty mess, he has a cold too.
Cleaned up but still looking pretty sad. Top lip still fat and bruised.
Monday, March 29, 2010
Thursday, March 25, 2010
Monday, March 22, 2010
11 months and counting
Oh what a big boy we have on our hands! This month has been one of great change, big boy style. There is lots to talk about so lets discuss!
Eating: Donovan has decided that baby food is for babies and he is a big boy. A.k.a. he will no longer eat it. You come at him with a spoonful of baby food and he either turns his head, rubs his eyes and pretends to be tired or tries to push the food away all while whining in disapproval. Then if you do happen to get a spoon full in he will probably spit it out and then grab it and smear it all over something (the table, his hair, the highchair). Lovely. The lack of baby food eating would be no problem except for this is really the only way that he eats fruit or veggies other than green beans. He has tried other veggie finger foods but green beans are the only one he really goes to town on. As far as fruit goes we have tried many (raspberries, watermelon, banana, pineapple, pear, grapes, apples, peaches and I am sure a few others) but he rarely even picks them up to get them close to his mouth. This is the same kid that I had to dig a dead fly out of his mouth today who then acts as if you are torturing him if you try to put a peach in it. I don't get it. So we will keep trying different fruits and veggies, then retrying them again and again until he decides he wants to eat them. About once a day we still try a jar of baby food and sometimes we get some in and sometimes we don't. The rest is all big people food now. For breakfast he usually eats one tub of yogurt and a grain, like cheerios, toast or a waffle (and there is fruit offered but never touched). Then for lunch American cheese, green beans, apple sauce and some sort of pasta and meat combo and usually another fruit offered. Same thing for dinner. We are still doing three 6 oz bottles of formula a day and then one 8 oz right before bed so maybe he is just not hungry enough to try the fruits and we are giving him too much formula. I don't know, just a theory. Hopefully the pediatrician will give us some guidance next month on what to do with our choosy eater.
Donovan at lunch today.
Big boy things: I am happy to report that Donovan is now holding his own bottle! Well, most of the time. Sometimes he lets it droop so he is not getting the milk and then when I help him increase his angle he takes his hands away real fast so that I can hold his bottle and he can play with whatever his little heart desires. Stinker. Also he is holding and using his own sippy cup like a champ. With the no-spill valves in them might I add so life is looking up.
Walking: No news there. He still prefers to crawl and cruise. He is very fast at it so I think he sees no reason to start something new that he has to struggle with. He took 4 steps in a row last night but that was his best try to date. He has actually gotten a little clingy-er lately and wants you to pick him up and carry him places a lot more. He now gets onto his knees and the bounces up and down while flapping his arms and whining to you until you pick him up. Then if you don't you see this...
Sleeping: That is getting a little better still. He still has nights where he wakes up and screams and needs to be comforted but they are getting less and less. This past weekend we visited my cousins in Chicago and we borrowed their sound machine during his naps on Sat and he slept really great in his pack and play which is not like he usually does so we might be picking one of those up for Grammie's house so we can try to get him to sleep better there. He has also started waking up for his first feeding later and later, even 8 a few times last week which meant he just wanted to stay awake and start his day then. Overall, no complaints in the sleeping department.
Talking: Still no "mom" or "mama" but he is now saying "bob" and "baba". So very close but no cigar. Oh well, maybe he is saving it for his birthday to surprise me or something. He says "hi" a lot too but I don't think he has any clue what he is saying. Even though he doesn't have many official words, man does this kid talk. And more than that, he talks at a very high volume level most of the time. If you have ever seen Will Ferrell's skit from SNL's weekend update when he cannot control the volume of his voice then you will know what I am talking about.
New business: One of Donovan's new favorite things to do is to throw things off of or into places. For example in my bathtub at this exact moment is a binky, several q-tips, a baby car toy, a cup, a lotion tube, a mud bath tube, and empty bottle of shampoo and a can of hairspray. He loves to throw stuff in the tub, then stand on his tippy toes and look into the tub at everything he has thrown there. Same thing off of his highchair. Throws food off and then looks over at it to see where it is/if Petey is getting it. Not too bad if we are here but at a restaurant, it can get annoying. He also throws his toys or his sippy cup whenever he is done with them. Usually it is thrown to his right in the highchair or his car seat so Tom may have to give up the dream of having a left handed pitcher for a son. He also loves, and I mean LOVES his tag blanket that my mom gave him. It has definitely become a security blanket for him and I am fine with that since it helps to calm him lots of times. He is also really into these 4 cars that Tom bought him. They are about the size of an apple and he spends tons of time batting them around, watching them roll, chasing after them then repeating the whole process. And on the other toy spectrum, he is really into stuffed animals again. Just hugs them and rubs his face in them. So cute. And last but not least one thing he is currently into and I am loving, is reading. He will be playing and then he will be quiet and I look down and he is flipping through a book. He loves it when we read to him too. His current favorites are "Are you my mother?", "Moo, baa, la la la" and this huge 100+ animal picture book. And the cutest thing is, is when you imitate animal sounds he smiles but when you meow like a cat he giggles! He things meowing is so funny! Another random thing he thinks is funny is sneezing. Makes him smile when he does it every time.
Well I think that is most of what I wanted to talk about for this month. Here are some more pictures of my little man. I love him so much!
Playing with his (2nd) cousin Claire up in Chicago this weekend. (That's her behind the hair)
Enjoying the beautiful weather outside today. And eating leaves of course. Too bad leaves don't taste like pineapple. He'd never eat them then.
Hope you all enjoyed the update! Watch out 12 months, here we come :)
Wednesday, March 17, 2010
Tuesday, March 9, 2010
First vacation! (belated post)
*Editor's note: I originally wrote 90% of this post last monday and tues after our trip, however due to internet problems I could not finish it until tonight after my lovely husband fixed the internet problem. So without further ado, let the blogging begin again!
This past week (March 3rd -8th)we went to Florida for Donovan's first official vacation! He had lots of new experiences, some of which he liked and some of which he did not. Here is a run down of our trip and some pictures of the events.
Our vacation was to Florida, Ft Lauderdale more specifically so we could go see the Cardinals play some of thier spring training games in Jupiter Florida. It was my parents idea, but of course we thought it sounded like a blast so we made it a big family trip with my sister able to go even. We left on wed the 3rd. Our flight was at 9:30 so we were a little worried how things were going to go seeing as we needed to leave our house at 7am and Donovan does not usually get up until 9 or 9:30. Donovan seemed to sense something was up, he spent a lot of the night awake and screaming (thanks for that, little man) for some reason and then woke up for good at 6:45. He was in a good mood at least and we let him stay in his jammies to help encourage any naps that he wanted to take during the flights. Donovan was great during both flights(we stopped in tampa to get more passengers), he fell asleep after both take offs and slept for 30 minutes both times. We bought a ticket for Donovan so we could have a seat for him and it worked out great. We held him for a little while during the longer of the two flights but for the most part he was in his seat and happy as could be. He liked looking out the window and I had bought him some new toys and books so he was kept busy.
Chewing on the seats in the airplane. Germs. Yum.
"Oh hi mom!"
Looking out the window during our stop in Tampa.
We stayed in West Palm Beach in a little two bedroom house we (read: my parents) rented. Donovan stayed in our room and of course and that was less than fun for several reasons. First, Donovan does not sleep well in his pack and play. Second, when he woke up in the middle of the night we couldn't really let him cry it out since the house was too little and he would keep everyone up and also he would just stand up and stare at us over the edge and scream because he knew we were there. So we ended up letting him sleep with us about half of the nights. And he got fed his bottles a lot earlier too because it would quiet him down much faster than us calming him ourselves. So that part of the vacation was a challenge.
Other than the sleeping issue, overall he did really well the whole vacation. We ate out a lot and he behaved wonderfully in all but one of the restaurants. At home we take him out to eat with us an average of once a month, if that so I was nervous he was going to behave badly but he did really well. He even expanded his own menu and tried lots of new things including cottage cheese, big people applesauce, a lemon (I'll have to get a picture from my parents later), bread, pasta, broccoli, and big people yogurt. And those are just the things he liked! He also used our 5 day vacation to master the sippy cup. He now holds it himself and knows how to suck and not just let the water run into his mouth. This means we get to put all the spill guards back in the cups which means we will be a lot drier from here on out! Donovan also spent some time during the vacation trying out a few solo steps. A week ago Sun he took a few steps on his own when my sister was here but it was just from me to her so I thought it was a fluke. But he kept doing it down in Florida so it definitely is not! You have to get him motivated to come to you and then once he is standing steady he will occasionally let go and walk the few steps to get to you, as long as he is sure he can get there in a few steps. Anything farther and he drops down for the crawl. We also found out how we can get him to walk while holding on to your fingers. Turns out he just needs you in front of him and he does it just fine. Behind him and it is no deal.
And finally to round out more of his firsts, was Donovan's first trip to the beach. He was not impressed. We went two times. The first was pretty chilly and we held him most of the time. The second was warmer and we put his naked feet in the sand. He hated it. Cried for me to hold him. There is always next year.
This picture is from the first day at the beach. The only picture we have of him smiling on the beach.
The second day we were there we went to a place where they help injured sea turtles until they can be released back into the wild. It was pretty cool and Donovan seemed to enjoy it as well.
Donovan also got to attend one of the Spring training games but my parents have the only pictures of that. He lasted 2 innings and was sleeping for most of the game.
This is a pic of us before we left for the game together. Donovan decked out head to toe in Cardinals gear!
This is me and Tom at the previous day's game, sans kid (grandma and grandpa watched him).
The third game day Jenna and I took Dono duty and tried out the beach again with a little better luck.
"Mom, pick me up!!!!! Sand is so gross!"
Touching the sand but not liking it.
Happier being held.
Feet in the sand, take two. Holding on for dear life.
Momma feet and baby feet in the sand, take three.
So that was the main highlights of the trip. Overall it was very fun and Tom and I were glad to have 6 extra hands for the week because it helped it feel like an actual vacation. Hope you enjoyed the pics!
PS I apologize for any misspellings, my spell check is not working at seeing as it is 1:12 am on wed (march 17th) morning, I just want to get this dang thing posted and move on with my life. So sue me.
This past week (March 3rd -8th)we went to Florida for Donovan's first official vacation! He had lots of new experiences, some of which he liked and some of which he did not. Here is a run down of our trip and some pictures of the events.
Our vacation was to Florida, Ft Lauderdale more specifically so we could go see the Cardinals play some of thier spring training games in Jupiter Florida. It was my parents idea, but of course we thought it sounded like a blast so we made it a big family trip with my sister able to go even. We left on wed the 3rd. Our flight was at 9:30 so we were a little worried how things were going to go seeing as we needed to leave our house at 7am and Donovan does not usually get up until 9 or 9:30. Donovan seemed to sense something was up, he spent a lot of the night awake and screaming (thanks for that, little man) for some reason and then woke up for good at 6:45. He was in a good mood at least and we let him stay in his jammies to help encourage any naps that he wanted to take during the flights. Donovan was great during both flights(we stopped in tampa to get more passengers), he fell asleep after both take offs and slept for 30 minutes both times. We bought a ticket for Donovan so we could have a seat for him and it worked out great. We held him for a little while during the longer of the two flights but for the most part he was in his seat and happy as could be. He liked looking out the window and I had bought him some new toys and books so he was kept busy.
Chewing on the seats in the airplane. Germs. Yum.
"Oh hi mom!"
Looking out the window during our stop in Tampa.
We stayed in West Palm Beach in a little two bedroom house we (read: my parents) rented. Donovan stayed in our room and of course and that was less than fun for several reasons. First, Donovan does not sleep well in his pack and play. Second, when he woke up in the middle of the night we couldn't really let him cry it out since the house was too little and he would keep everyone up and also he would just stand up and stare at us over the edge and scream because he knew we were there. So we ended up letting him sleep with us about half of the nights. And he got fed his bottles a lot earlier too because it would quiet him down much faster than us calming him ourselves. So that part of the vacation was a challenge.
Other than the sleeping issue, overall he did really well the whole vacation. We ate out a lot and he behaved wonderfully in all but one of the restaurants. At home we take him out to eat with us an average of once a month, if that so I was nervous he was going to behave badly but he did really well. He even expanded his own menu and tried lots of new things including cottage cheese, big people applesauce, a lemon (I'll have to get a picture from my parents later), bread, pasta, broccoli, and big people yogurt. And those are just the things he liked! He also used our 5 day vacation to master the sippy cup. He now holds it himself and knows how to suck and not just let the water run into his mouth. This means we get to put all the spill guards back in the cups which means we will be a lot drier from here on out! Donovan also spent some time during the vacation trying out a few solo steps. A week ago Sun he took a few steps on his own when my sister was here but it was just from me to her so I thought it was a fluke. But he kept doing it down in Florida so it definitely is not! You have to get him motivated to come to you and then once he is standing steady he will occasionally let go and walk the few steps to get to you, as long as he is sure he can get there in a few steps. Anything farther and he drops down for the crawl. We also found out how we can get him to walk while holding on to your fingers. Turns out he just needs you in front of him and he does it just fine. Behind him and it is no deal.
And finally to round out more of his firsts, was Donovan's first trip to the beach. He was not impressed. We went two times. The first was pretty chilly and we held him most of the time. The second was warmer and we put his naked feet in the sand. He hated it. Cried for me to hold him. There is always next year.
This picture is from the first day at the beach. The only picture we have of him smiling on the beach.
The second day we were there we went to a place where they help injured sea turtles until they can be released back into the wild. It was pretty cool and Donovan seemed to enjoy it as well.
Donovan also got to attend one of the Spring training games but my parents have the only pictures of that. He lasted 2 innings and was sleeping for most of the game.
This is a pic of us before we left for the game together. Donovan decked out head to toe in Cardinals gear!
This is me and Tom at the previous day's game, sans kid (grandma and grandpa watched him).
The third game day Jenna and I took Dono duty and tried out the beach again with a little better luck.
"Mom, pick me up!!!!! Sand is so gross!"
Touching the sand but not liking it.
Happier being held.
Feet in the sand, take two. Holding on for dear life.
Momma feet and baby feet in the sand, take three.
So that was the main highlights of the trip. Overall it was very fun and Tom and I were glad to have 6 extra hands for the week because it helped it feel like an actual vacation. Hope you enjoyed the pics!
PS I apologize for any misspellings, my spell check is not working at seeing as it is 1:12 am on wed (march 17th) morning, I just want to get this dang thing posted and move on with my life. So sue me.
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