4 MONTHS!

my little man is getting SO BIG!! we had our 4 month appt. yesterday - he's 26.5 inches long (90th percentile) - 17 lbs 14 oz (90th percentile) - head circumference 45.5 cm (a little over 95th percentile) WOW!!

ms. kristen said that aiden is meeting all of his milestones and developing wonderfully - she did say because of his size and how much formula he is taking that we can introduce solids if we wish. i plan on doing cereal - he's already getting it in his bottle - and it's mainly for practice any way - until he loses that tongue reflex. we already have aiden sit at the table with us for dinner - so we'll just have him practice eating off a spoon -in addition to his bottles.

he had his second round of shots also - and he was A LOT crankier/fussier after this set. although he wasn't as upset after the shots themselves this time. he's a trooper! still very hard to watch though.

sleep has started going better - not GREAT - but better. we got aiden a new sleep suit - to transition him out of the swaddle that he was fighting so bad and i can now put him in his crib - awake and he'll be asleep within 5 minutes. AND i still get some rocking/cuddle time at night - because we still need to keep him upright after he eats so we rock/cuddle before bedtime - but it's nice to not have to rock him for his naps too. and he's not waking MANY times a night now either so i'm not so tired during the day - which is nice. here is aiden in his magic sleep suit! adam calls him the stay-puff marshmallow man...

so what is aiden doing now...

• consistently rolling from back to front
• when on belly - pulling with his hand and pushing with his feet to get to the edge of the blanket
• spins himself around when on his back
• attempts to hold his bottle when eating
• giggles sometimes
• starting to enjoy peek-a-boo
• put your toes in your mouth

i'm really gonna try to update more often... lets see how well i do by the time his 5th month update comes! ;)

AHH!

what happened to all my blogs that i follow.... they aren't in my reading list any more... it says i don't follow any blogs.... SO not true!

sleep trials

so yesterday i started working on sleep with aiden - i guess sleep training for lack of a better term - i've been reading Healthy Sleep Habits, Happy Child. aiden has been fighting the swaddle for a while now - and i have wanted to try to wean him off the swaddle for a while - i have tried the only wrapping one arm and leaving one arm out - but that didn't take very well. and then about a week ago (or so) aiden started waking up a lot more often at night - he used to only wake up once a night - feed and then go right back to sleep... well he was now waking up 3-5 times a night but still only hungry at one of those times - the other times he would fall back to sleep as soon as i picked him up. every time he was struggling trying to get his arms out of his swaddle and up to his mouth.

so after a lot of reading and research i decided that aiden was letting me know that he was ready to be unswaddled... this was going to be tough. he still hadn't shown me that he had full control over his arms and he still didn't know how to soothe himself. i just decided to bite the bullet and go for it cold turkey - so nap #1 - he cried - i went in to soothe him and then he napped for 30 min... nap #2 - he cried - i went in to soothe him and then he napped for 2 hours and nap #3- he fell asleep in the car and once we got home and got him into his crib he napped for about 30 min... and then at night he again fell asleep in the car and once we got home and got him in his crib - he cried and i went in to soothe him again and then he slept for about 2 hours - woke up and fought going back to sleep so we fed him 2 oz. (at midnight) to help soothe him and he went back to sleep for about 30 min. so i gave in and swaddled him... he slept until 5am - fed him 3 oz. and he went back to sleep almost immediately until 7am.

today he napped from about 8:45 - 10:15 in his swing... and he's back down again.... i put him down at 11:55 and he cried - i went in to soothe him - and he fell asleep and he's still sleeping.

i don't know if i'm doing this right... it's hard to hear him cry - but when i rock him, bounce him, walk him and he fights going to sleep -it's time to do something new... and when he fights the swaddle so much that he kicks out of it and struggles to get his hands out... it's time to stop swaddling.

3 months!

well aiden turned 3 months on sunday! he's getting SO BIG! and that was verified at our WIC appt and Dr. appt on tuesday and wednesday - respectively.

Aiden is 16 lbs 5 oz (95%) - 25" long (90%) - head circumference 17 cm (90%)

WHAT'S NEW IN THE PAST MONTH...

• went to see the chiropractor
• been working really hard to roll over... made it to his left side!
• squeals and talks a lot more
• really batting at toys
• grabbing at toys and hold on to them for a little
• found his feet
• sleep - usually only wakes up 1 time a night - but is also up by 6:30am (how did i get a morning bird?)
  

as for me... i've really tried to get back to the gym - and i have a little - but not as much as i wish. i do get some workout in at home a couple days a week... but really need to get back to the gym more.

some favorite photos!

So here are some recent photos of aiden.... enjoy!

i like to chew on my burp cloth!

check it out... i can sit in the corner of the couch!

me and my jumperoo - not quite tall enough...

doesn't it look like i like tummy time? (i'll share a little secret.... i don't!)

play time on my activity mat... i really like my bee toy!

who you lookin' at?

Don’t cry because it’s over. Smile because it happened

well - yesterday was my last day of work... i was okay until the staff meeting - i knew that i wouldn't be able to make it through without crying... i can't believe i don't have a teaching job next year.

lets talk about aiden... he's doing okay - we went to the doctor today because of his excessive spit up/throw up after each bottle... the FNP we saw last week recommended a barium swallow test - well the FNP we saw today didn't really want to go that route... and that made me happy - so we are trying some other things first. aiden has been constipated since last thursday (he's having BM's - they are just very hard) so we are treating that first... she said that part of him spitting up could be that he is so backed up and it's putting pressure on his stomach which is then causing him to spit up. so i have some medicine to add to his bottle to help. so we are trying that for about 2 weeks and see if that helps. if not we move on to step 2 - and that is to give him zantac - which she said is what they give for reflux. and then if that still isn't helping that we will try him back on a soy formula.

i'm glad she didn't want to do that barium swallow - he's already had one x-ray already and he's still so little!

we've also taken aiden to the chiropractor twice... i think it's been good for him. we can only afford to take him when adam goes though - which is every other week - if he goes with adam he only costs $1

adam is in his 6th week of mandate (the police academy) he's got 4 weeks left. then he'll be an actual badge wearing - gun carrying - sheriffs deputy! he's doing great so far - he's 3rd in the class!

i think thats about all for the turner household - nothing too exciting - but thats life!

2 month update

so there is aiden - sleeping after his doctors appt.

he is getting SO BIG! he weighs 13.14 pounds and is 23.5 inches long! he's in the 90% for weight and 70% for length. everything looked good - and he's right where he should be! i did talk to the doctor about his fussiness in the car... he said it is most likely from riding backwards - he probably doesn't like it. he said his oldest son was the same way. once aiden is 20 lbs. we can turn the car seat around and most likely that'll fix it. i guess we'll see - once he's 20 lbs.

and then came the part i was dreading...he got 3 shots. i was holding him and feeding him - the first shot was actually 2 at one time. he was eating and then all of the sudden he opened his mouth REAL BIG and he let out one of the biggest screams i've heard come out of his mouth and then he turned the deepest shade of red... and then he got his last shot and he cried for about 30 seconds and then took the bottle again and ate - and he seemed fine. we got dressed - ate some more and then i put him in his car seat and by the time we got to the check out counter - he was asleep. he slept for about 2.5 hours.

and now he's swinging and looking out the window.

i love my little man... he is getting so big - and he was so brave today!