6 months old and doin fine :)

Carlos turned 6 months old today!!  I can't believe it's been half of a year already!  He'll be one before we know it!  We took him to his well-baby appointment today.  He weighs 16 lbs, 13 oz and is 25 in tall!  I thought he weighed more than that, but he's still around the 50th percentile so he's doing great :)  He had to get 4 shots today though, but he was a trooper.  Luke made me hold him down this time :( (the turd). We get to go back in 4 weeks to get the second part of the flu shot for him.  Luke and I are getting our flu vaccines tomorrow, joy...better to be safe than sorry!

Other Carlos updates include that he is crawling really, really well now; has started to pull himself up on the furniture and cruise around the living room (that we have to box him into ha ha); he sits up all by himself, and has his first teeth coming in on the bottom!  Teething is not the funnest thing to experience so I'm hoping that his pain lessens sooner rather than later so that he can get back to a more pleasant sleep schedule (and so I can get more sleep again).  Let's just say that teething tablets and Tylenol are our best friends at the moment :) Oh, and he has started to really like rice cereal now and likes to "help" us feed him still ha ha.  Now I just need to be better about giving it to him everyday along with trying out new foods like carrots and sweet potatoes.  The doc said that when we introduce a new food to be sure to give it to him every day for a week before trying something else.  That way he gets used to the food faster and tries more new things.  I am also going to try to teach him how to drink from a cup and/or a sippy cup too.  He still won't take a bottle or a pacifier so I won't have to worry about trying to get him to break those habits and get him to take the cup instead.  Anyway, that's all the news I have for now.  Hope everyone is ready for Halloween!!  Carlos is going to be a monkey :)  Can't wait to put him in his costume and take LOTS of pics!!  Have a fantastic rest of the week everyone!

Love to you all!

~Nicole 

It's that time again

We took Carlos in for his 4 month check-up today.  He's doing really well!  He weighs 15.15 lbs (went down from when I weighed him here at home, but that's ok) and is 24.7 inches long!  That puts him at 63% for weight and 56 % for height.  He's also at 40 % for his head circumference.  We got the green light to start him on rice cereal just so he can get a taste for it (and not to use it to supplement feedings).  So I'll be going to the store to get him some and we'll try it out this weekend (and get it on film of course ha ha).  The doc also confirmed that his 2 bottom teeth are coming in (slowly, but surely).  Here's hoping he gets them with little discomfort (although I doubt it).

He also had to get more shots today :(  I'm hoping that he sleeps ok tonight and that I don't get to enjoy being projectile-vomited on again like last time.  Not an event that I wish to repeat.

Anyway, just wanted to give everyone an update oh how our little guy is doing.  Have a good one!

~Nicole

shots are not so fun when you're little :(

We had to take Carlos in for his 2 month doctor appointment this morning and he had to get 3 shots. I had Luke hold him down for me because I knew I would lose it ( I couldn't even watch). My poor baby screamed his little head off and then now all he has wanted is to be cuddled all day. Hopefully the (generic) baby Tylenol will help him not get a severe fever. I have to remind myself that these shots are good for him, even if they hurt him for just a minute. It's ten thousand times better than him getting the diseases they are preventing. He's doing good though as far as his growth and development is concerned :) He is 12 lbs and 7 oz and is 22 in tall :) He's been sleeping much MUCH better at night the last couple of weeks ( like 6 or 7 hrs straight and then up every 1 1/2-2 hrs). The doctor was really impressed with how well he holds his head up and how alert he is. He is doing things a 3 month old normally does and is doing them well! I love my big boy :)

Well, I need to go comfort him since he won't take a nap without being held. Good thing we got this done a couple days before going on vacation! Later!

~Nicole