Age: 8 months
Weight and height: 16 pounds, 4 ounces. I'll find out his height at his 9 month checkup next month.
Wearing size: Size 3 diapers and 6-9 month clothes. He must have had a growth spurt because all of a sudden, his 3-6 month clothes were too short for him.
Likes: He's very sociable and LOVES attention. He loves blankets and snuggling. His favorite toys are ones that play music. He LOVES rolling over and has figured out that he can get places by doing so.
Dislikes: Being where he can't see me. He also really hates it when I do his G Tube care every morning-not because it hurts, but because he can't roll over and play when I'm doing it. To get him to lay still and stop fighting me, I play a Youtube video on my tablet for him to watch while I'm taking care of his tube. He's a big fan of Baby Einstein, Peter Hollens (his favorite is Ashland's Song-he smiles whenever I turn it on), and Lindsey Stirling.
Eating habits: He gets five 5.5 ounce bottles a day which means that I don't have to stay up late to do the last feeding of the day while he's asleep anymore. He takes about 50% of his formula by mouth and the rest is tube fed. He usually gets baby food three times a day-2 tablespoons of rice cereal in the morning and 2 tablespoons of baby food each for lunch and supper. His excema flared up when I gave him applesauce so after trialing it again with the same results, apples are on his do-not-eat list. He does seem to have some issues with staying full longer than he should. He was able to eat a 4 ounce jar of baby food in a sitting and so we tried cutting back on his formula since he was eating so much food, but he ended up losing 11 ounces in 6 days when we did that so for now we're focusing on formula. He also stays full a lot longer when he eats baby food and isn't able to handle taking formula for long periods of time after eating (longer than normal) so the most baby food I give him at a time is 2 ounces which is still pushing it a little. He is developing the same eating habits for baby food as he has for formula-sometimes he eats it well and sometimes he doesn't.
Sleeping habits: His sleeping habits have seriously improved. It kind of happened overnight (pun intended) when I moved Star out of the crib and moved him in about a month ago. That night, I laid him down awake and he fell asleep. ON HIS OWN!!!! Ever since then, I've been able to lay him down awake in the crib (he won't do it anywhere else) most of the time for naps and bedtime and he will fall asleep, usually without crying too much. Every once in a while, I still have to rock him to sleep, but I find that I can appreciate that a lot more now that I'm not spending literally half my day rocking him.
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| That smile kills me with cuteness |
Milestones: He has SIX teeth already! They didn't seem to bother him much when they came in so I didn't really notice until they had already popped through. He has two on the bottom and four on the top. He's also rolling over like crazy in both directions (right and left although he still prefers rolling to the left), and I saw him push himself up on his arms the other day. We've been practicing sitting unassisted a LOT (I sit behind him with my hands close enough to catch him without touching him). He's not ready to sit on his own, but at he's getting better at keeping his balance for short periods of time.
Miscellaneous: He's gotten sick twice in the last month and a half which, obviously, is bad, but, he managed to stay out of the hospital both times so that's awesome! His G Tube site looks great right now, thanks to the Granulotion and thankfully his Strep has not come back again so no infections lately. We're watching it closely though and if there's any change in his stoma, we'll be taking action immediately because it worsens so quickly.
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