Teething

sorry its so blurry, I was trying to capture all the drool running out of his mouth...

Teething SUCKS. Probably more so for him, but I'm pretty sure it sucks in general. He is cranky, he doesn't want to sleep. He doesn't want to eat. He just chews on his fingers or anything he can get close to his mouth. The amount of drool coming out of his mouth is astonishing. He can soak a bib or burp cloth in a matter of minutes! Take last night for example. After fussing/screaming at us for an hour or two and drooling over everything even close to him, he finally nursed and fell asleep after some tylenol and chewing on a frozen teething ring for a good 5 minutes. This was at 1am. Now at 8am he's awake chewing on his fingers again and crabby and won't go back to sleep! I stayed up after he went to sleep to finish some homework so I've only slept for about 3 hours and I'm feeling pretty crabby myself. Goofy kid.





GO TO SLEEP!!





I can't even feel the little nubs in his mouth, which really depresses me. I know he could be doing this for months before they actually break in. At least if I could feel them there might be a little relief in sight for him.... and me .........





he has to go back to sleep eventually..... right?

4 months WBV

We had Vic's 4 month Well Baby Visit today. He is 26 inches long and a whopping 19 lbs and 4 oz!!! He's such a big healthy boy! Pedi said he's at the top of the charts and is very happy with his growth and milestones. I love this pedi's office too, they are very much in line with my own philosophies. He told me that they don't recomend starting solids till 6 months and I said, "Perfect! I don't want him to have anything until then either." Once he is 6 months and developmentally ready for something other than breastmilk we'll start him on something yummy :0) He did not like getting his shots or the oral vaccine, of course, but he was smiling by the time we left. Matt was holding him while he was getting the shots while I stood by the wall with my hands over my face. I can't stand hearing him cry like that! We got home and fed him and now he's alternating sleeping and eating. Hopefully he'll be ok the rest of the day as well.

A little bit o' January

Hi everybody! I keep thinking to update... and then life gets in the way :0) Between lil booger and school things are pretty hectic. Here are some fun pictures from January.

"Oh! Hi mom! Whatcha doin with that camera?" playing in his bumbo chair. He's discovered the unending joys of the "drop the toy on the floor and watch mommy and daddy pick it up" game.

Seriously, he's going to start rolling over and scooting all over the place any day. He scoots accidentally, but pretty soon he'll figure out he's doing it and start doing it on purpose! and then we're in trouble!

He wants to roll over...really he does! He rolls back and forth from side to side and scoots himself all over that way. He gets right up on his side and totters.... and then falls back to his back. Any day now.... any day...

This was the first time he was pouting and he stuck his bottom lip out and it was soooo cute I had to take a picture even though he was crying.

He couldn't decide if he was crying or laughing. He was kind of going back and forth between smiling and crying. It was actually pretty funny.

Jumperoo! Love it! And so does Victor. This thing is sooo much fun!

Aren't I the cutest baby ever?

I was cooking dinner and needed him to be occupied so I stuck him in his highchair. We still won't really be using it for anything for another 2 months, but this way he gets used to it and it keeps him out of trouble :0)

He fell asleep, mid-play. He was seriously playing and then went quiet and I looked at him and he was sleeping all slumped over. matt and I just laughed at him!

Little Video

Just a little video of Vic playing in his exersaucer. I was behind the camera trying to get him to laugh a bit more, but he doesn't like to smile for the camera. He's still sooo cute!