Kaili is 3 months old today!
He is around 12 lbs now, having more than doubled his weight. He respnds with smiles, coos, and possible giggles when you talk to him! He's been practicing his squeals, sitting up in his Bumbo seat and rolling in bed (on the soft mattress). He has found his hands and thinks they are a snack. He kicks his feet intentionally at his playmat and bouncy seat to initiate the music and of course to splash in the bath! He can see further and follows movement with his gaze! He is sleeping better on his own in the crib or bassinet for naps and parts of the night. Still mostly in our bed though. He's developed a bad case of cradle cap on the whole top of his head, and I've noticed some excema patches...just like Adrian had. All is going well and he continues to grow as a happy baby! He fits into 3-6 month clothes and is outgrowing 0-3 month now, and definetely no longer fits in newborn anything. He's a fidgety baby, always tapping his fingers and moving, even in his sleep. I love his long lashes, his immediete smiles when he wakes up or recognizes me when I get home from work, and how he's starting to smile at his brother and follow him with his gaze!
First week to work went well. Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Half Day Friday! Lunch breaks to see the boys and making time to pump at work keeps them in the front of my mind and most important. Liza watched them on Wednesday and Grandpa Tim on the other days. Next week, Liza can't watch them, but Grandpa Tim and Patti will be watching them.
Now for Christmas!!! Adrian keeps saying 'I'm so 'cited mom!!" Me too!
Friday, December 23, 2011
Saturday, December 17, 2011
Loving Life and Baths
I love re-experiencing all the little things again as Kaili learns new tricks...splashing in the bath, cooing, laughing....He's loving it and so am I. Adrian gets to re-experience it as I tell him the stories of how he learned how to be a big boy too!
We are going ice skating today and I have a massage scheduled for 7pm this evening...enjoying my last weekend of maternity leave to its fullest.
We are going ice skating today and I have a massage scheduled for 7pm this evening...enjoying my last weekend of maternity leave to its fullest.
Friday, December 16, 2011
Wednesday, December 7, 2011
Christmas Shopping
Christmas shopping is almost done...it's not going to be a crazy shopping spree year as I am on maternity leave and we didn't budget cash for Christmas and really who needs more stuff anyway. Adrian wanted to get his cousins and his friends some gifts and is making gifts for his
Grandma's. He picked out and wrapped a toy for his brother and and wrapped a present for his daddy. He even wrapped a present for himself: a glow in the dark sword from the dollar store. So cute! Barry's getting me a remote start for the van so I Can heat it up without leaving the house in the morning :) He got some new Keens and camping gear at the REI Garage sale and a PS3/Blu Ray DVD Player on Black Friday so that is his Christmas..we'll just have to repackage and wrap them up and put them under the tree.
Speaking of the tree, we love our tree and our new ornaments! We found more candy coane ornaments at the dollar store, and thomas the train xmas wrapping paper too! We have a signing chipmunk and snoopy playing the piano that Adrian likes to push on over and over again. The Chipmunk sings "I'm getting nothing for Christmas, Mommy and Daddy are mad, I'm getting nothing for Christmas, cuz Ive been nothing but bad." Adrian asks what the chipmunk did that was bad to his little brother and what the chipmunk's name is.
The baby still has a cough...doctors say no medicine since he's to young..just wait it out. He at least hasn't had any fevers and is breathing just fine. Adrian got over the cold a few days ago. I still have a cough, stuffy and sore throat. I went tot he clinic yesterday since it had been 10 days...got an inhaler since my chest was tight but gonna just wait it out and hope it goes away soon.
Going back to work on Dec 20th so I've started having anxiety dreams about work, clients, and babysitters. I have my childcare situation worked out but still tying up loose ends and finalizing details. My coworker Liza will be watching the boys Mon, Wed, Fri. Grandma Biss and Grandpa Tim will be watching them at the house on Tue/Thurs.
I still don't sleep well as it is and am up every night 2-5 times. Although Kaili might be asleep I'm still awake for who knows why. The last thing I need is a sleeping disorder. At least Adrian still sleep through the night, ever since we got him his big boy bed and memory foam mattress. Kaili still sleeps with us. He sometimes naps in his crib for a 1/2 hour but sleeps best in his swing or bassinet, and best in your arms :) Kaili's new tricks are grabbing at toys and blankies and his binky...chewing on his hands...more vocalizing and active intentional kicking in his bouncy chair.
Grandma's. He picked out and wrapped a toy for his brother and and wrapped a present for his daddy. He even wrapped a present for himself: a glow in the dark sword from the dollar store. So cute! Barry's getting me a remote start for the van so I Can heat it up without leaving the house in the morning :) He got some new Keens and camping gear at the REI Garage sale and a PS3/Blu Ray DVD Player on Black Friday so that is his Christmas..we'll just have to repackage and wrap them up and put them under the tree.
Speaking of the tree, we love our tree and our new ornaments! We found more candy coane ornaments at the dollar store, and thomas the train xmas wrapping paper too! We have a signing chipmunk and snoopy playing the piano that Adrian likes to push on over and over again. The Chipmunk sings "I'm getting nothing for Christmas, Mommy and Daddy are mad, I'm getting nothing for Christmas, cuz Ive been nothing but bad." Adrian asks what the chipmunk did that was bad to his little brother and what the chipmunk's name is.
The baby still has a cough...doctors say no medicine since he's to young..just wait it out. He at least hasn't had any fevers and is breathing just fine. Adrian got over the cold a few days ago. I still have a cough, stuffy and sore throat. I went tot he clinic yesterday since it had been 10 days...got an inhaler since my chest was tight but gonna just wait it out and hope it goes away soon.
Going back to work on Dec 20th so I've started having anxiety dreams about work, clients, and babysitters. I have my childcare situation worked out but still tying up loose ends and finalizing details. My coworker Liza will be watching the boys Mon, Wed, Fri. Grandma Biss and Grandpa Tim will be watching them at the house on Tue/Thurs.
I still don't sleep well as it is and am up every night 2-5 times. Although Kaili might be asleep I'm still awake for who knows why. The last thing I need is a sleeping disorder. At least Adrian still sleep through the night, ever since we got him his big boy bed and memory foam mattress. Kaili still sleeps with us. He sometimes naps in his crib for a 1/2 hour but sleeps best in his swing or bassinet, and best in your arms :) Kaili's new tricks are grabbing at toys and blankies and his binky...chewing on his hands...more vocalizing and active intentional kicking in his bouncy chair.
Friday, December 2, 2011
Did Santa come yet?
"Oh my darling" and "oh my goodness" and "you don't want to miss this" are some new sayings from my 3 year old who never stops talking. He's talking to himself, his imaginary friends or his parents but always talking. "You hurt my feelings" is another one that he has started using, sometimes valid and sometimes to try to get out of timeout.
He's as clumsy as me...always biting his tongue and stubbing his toes. Poor thing. Hopefully he's just growing and getting used to his body.
Imaginary friends have stockings by the fireplace. He received a letter from santa and also wrote a wish list to santa. He wrote "Dear Santa, I want a sled please. Dear Santa, I want a kite. Dear Santa, I want a beautiful batteries and games" (for his Leapster 2). THen he added also a paddle ball toy.
This morning he was making a sled from string. He has been cutting up egg cartons and making 'buckets' "for all my friends." He wants to send Christmas cards to all his friends now that we've started receiving some. He's so excited...he's memorized what everyone's stocking looks like and quizzes me about it.
We have been sick since last weekend. It's a nasty cough, runny nose, and congestion. I also had body aches, headaches, and Barry had nausea also. BBlehh. Glad I'm off to take care of the babies when they're sick and also to get better myself. Adrian had his flu shot this year but we still haven't and the baby's too young. We did go to the doctor for Adrian since he was starting to show some asthma symptoms or reactive airway disorder? signs as he's not diagnosed asthmatic technically, just treated as such. He was fine though and they said that benadryl would dry up the postnasal drainage so that he wouldn't cough as much. It worked and he's been feeling much better for the last couple days except is still coughing off and on. The baby can't take any medicine and so I've been doing saline rinses and using his booger sucker often, as well as the humidifiers and holding him lots....aka all night long so that he sleeps in more of a sit up position. He's eating less often so hopefully he's eating more at these feedings and staying full longer. He's happy otherwise. I weighed him by holding him on the scale and subtracting that from what I weigh and it said 11 lbs....so if that's accurate then he's definitely still gaining weight :)
He's as clumsy as me...always biting his tongue and stubbing his toes. Poor thing. Hopefully he's just growing and getting used to his body.
Imaginary friends have stockings by the fireplace. He received a letter from santa and also wrote a wish list to santa. He wrote "Dear Santa, I want a sled please. Dear Santa, I want a kite. Dear Santa, I want a beautiful batteries and games" (for his Leapster 2). THen he added also a paddle ball toy.
This morning he was making a sled from string. He has been cutting up egg cartons and making 'buckets' "for all my friends." He wants to send Christmas cards to all his friends now that we've started receiving some. He's so excited...he's memorized what everyone's stocking looks like and quizzes me about it.
We have been sick since last weekend. It's a nasty cough, runny nose, and congestion. I also had body aches, headaches, and Barry had nausea also. BBlehh. Glad I'm off to take care of the babies when they're sick and also to get better myself. Adrian had his flu shot this year but we still haven't and the baby's too young. We did go to the doctor for Adrian since he was starting to show some asthma symptoms or reactive airway disorder? signs as he's not diagnosed asthmatic technically, just treated as such. He was fine though and they said that benadryl would dry up the postnasal drainage so that he wouldn't cough as much. It worked and he's been feeling much better for the last couple days except is still coughing off and on. The baby can't take any medicine and so I've been doing saline rinses and using his booger sucker often, as well as the humidifiers and holding him lots....aka all night long so that he sleeps in more of a sit up position. He's eating less often so hopefully he's eating more at these feedings and staying full longer. He's happy otherwise. I weighed him by holding him on the scale and subtracting that from what I weigh and it said 11 lbs....so if that's accurate then he's definitely still gaining weight :)
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