Saturday, February 28, 2009
Thursday, February 26, 2009
Where did the last month go?
I mean really where did it go? Possibly my last baby and Justin is already one month old! (Well, technically it's Saturday he turns one month.) I really want him to stay little forever. I keep telling Jonathan that since Katelynn is at a fun talking and learning age and Justin is my snuggly newborn, we should just freeze life right here and enjoy our kids at this age forever. If only we really could do that!
At one month old, Justin is changing so much already! He has become much more alert, follows objects with his eyes, and is holding up his head so well. We also noticed in the past few days that he really wants to push with his legs. Katelynn also loved to stand at an earlier age, but Justin is a wild child. He just loves to move! During tummy time the other day, he literally moved himself over about 4 inches from where he started just from squirming around! No smiles yet, but I think they're close and I can't wait for that first grin!
We took Justin today (Thursday) for a post-hospital/one month check-up. He is doing great. He is following in his sister's footsteps of being a tall little guy. When he was born he was 7 lbs, 9 oz and 20 inches long. Today at his appointment, he measured 9 lbs, 9 oz (which funny thing is Katelynn was 9,9 at her one month too!) and 22.5 inches long (Katelynn was only 21 3/4). His weight was 50% and his height was 75-90% just like Katelynn. They said he has a small head though since it's only 25%, but I think he has the perfect little head- he,he. He had a mild episode Wednesday night that was very similar to the exact reason he was hospitalized. It was his first one in nine days. It seemed more mild to me since he wasn't pale and probably because I was much more calm about it knowing we had him checked out and everything was normal. I put my hand on his arm and he only twitched two more times before it stopped. The pediatrician said this was a good sign and suggested we just keep an eye on it. He mentioned there was a possibility it could be reflux causing it, but it didn't seem as likely since he only does it asleep and doesn't really have any other symptoms. Chances are it really is just a more drastic case of "infant startle syndrome" (I forget the medical term for it.) In any case, we're just going to monitor him some more and hope that nothing comes of it. Justin will return in one month to the pediatrician and start immunizations then. I hope the next month goes really, really slow. I don't want my baby to get any bigger!
At one month old, Justin is changing so much already! He has become much more alert, follows objects with his eyes, and is holding up his head so well. We also noticed in the past few days that he really wants to push with his legs. Katelynn also loved to stand at an earlier age, but Justin is a wild child. He just loves to move! During tummy time the other day, he literally moved himself over about 4 inches from where he started just from squirming around! No smiles yet, but I think they're close and I can't wait for that first grin!
We took Justin today (Thursday) for a post-hospital/one month check-up. He is doing great. He is following in his sister's footsteps of being a tall little guy. When he was born he was 7 lbs, 9 oz and 20 inches long. Today at his appointment, he measured 9 lbs, 9 oz (which funny thing is Katelynn was 9,9 at her one month too!) and 22.5 inches long (Katelynn was only 21 3/4). His weight was 50% and his height was 75-90% just like Katelynn. They said he has a small head though since it's only 25%, but I think he has the perfect little head- he,he. He had a mild episode Wednesday night that was very similar to the exact reason he was hospitalized. It was his first one in nine days. It seemed more mild to me since he wasn't pale and probably because I was much more calm about it knowing we had him checked out and everything was normal. I put my hand on his arm and he only twitched two more times before it stopped. The pediatrician said this was a good sign and suggested we just keep an eye on it. He mentioned there was a possibility it could be reflux causing it, but it didn't seem as likely since he only does it asleep and doesn't really have any other symptoms. Chances are it really is just a more drastic case of "infant startle syndrome" (I forget the medical term for it.) In any case, we're just going to monitor him some more and hope that nothing comes of it. Justin will return in one month to the pediatrician and start immunizations then. I hope the next month goes really, really slow. I don't want my baby to get any bigger!
Justin at one week old:
And now Justin at one month old!
Wednesday, February 25, 2009
Dress-up Princess
Katelynn has become quite the "dress-up princess." She LOVES to put on lots of different clothes and shoes and parade around the house. I wish I always had my camera on my hip because in the past few days I have seen her in quite a bit of silly outfits. Yesterday as I was getting ready for the day, she walked into the bathroom with what appeared to be excercise shorts. I sat there puzzled for a minute trying to figure out when we had ever bought her her own excercise pants and then I realized what she was wearing- her brother's newborn-sized pants. No wonder they looked like the spandex shorts on her! Her imagination with dress-up has become quite the entertainment in the house. Unfortanetly, it also causes quite a bit of messes for me to pickup. I can't seem to get ready for the day without her having pulled a ton of my clothes or her dad's clothes out of the closet and begun fashioning them around for us. She especially loves to wear my shoes and parade around. In her eyes, nothing is too big or too small for her to wear!
This past week I got all of Katelynn's old clothes that she has outgrown out of storage. We were saving them in case we had another girl, but now that Justin is here and very much a boy, it's time for me to part with all my baby girl clothes. Will we have another? Only time will tell, but I just can't find the room to keep storing all of both Katelynn and Justin's clothes. It's sad having to part with her clothes, but what can you do? Anyway, Katelynn was very sad about her clothes leaving when I explained it to her yesterday. She says she's not too big for them. "I'm small, Mommy!" Well, she had to model some of them as I was getting them ready. Below in the picture, she is wearing her PJ shirt, then a T-shirt and then a tank top that is a little on the small side. On her bottoms, she had her pull-up on, then a pair of bloomers that go with a dress that was too small and then a skirt bathing suit bottom... oh and who could forget the 6-9 month sun hat she is styling!
Last week, which is totally old news this week, her favorite items in the closet were all my swimsuits. And don't think she's only going to wear one of them at a time- oh no! She can fit them all on her at once!! "SEE! Look at meee!"
And although we are hoping that Justin will go for the dirty boy toys rather than play dress-up, we couldn't help but let Katelynn have a little fun dressing him up. I mean pink shades are cool for boys now a days anyway, right? :-)
This past week I got all of Katelynn's old clothes that she has outgrown out of storage. We were saving them in case we had another girl, but now that Justin is here and very much a boy, it's time for me to part with all my baby girl clothes. Will we have another? Only time will tell, but I just can't find the room to keep storing all of both Katelynn and Justin's clothes. It's sad having to part with her clothes, but what can you do? Anyway, Katelynn was very sad about her clothes leaving when I explained it to her yesterday. She says she's not too big for them. "I'm small, Mommy!" Well, she had to model some of them as I was getting them ready. Below in the picture, she is wearing her PJ shirt, then a T-shirt and then a tank top that is a little on the small side. On her bottoms, she had her pull-up on, then a pair of bloomers that go with a dress that was too small and then a skirt bathing suit bottom... oh and who could forget the 6-9 month sun hat she is styling!
Last week, which is totally old news this week, her favorite items in the closet were all my swimsuits. And don't think she's only going to wear one of them at a time- oh no! She can fit them all on her at once!! "SEE! Look at meee!"
And although we are hoping that Justin will go for the dirty boy toys rather than play dress-up, we couldn't help but let Katelynn have a little fun dressing him up. I mean pink shades are cool for boys now a days anyway, right? :-)Monday, February 23, 2009
Sibling Love
One of the greatest things about being a mommy of two is watching my children interact with one another. It's pretty one sided right now- Katelynn interacting with Justin and Justin either staring or, more times than not, crying. I know it will only get better as he gets older and is able to communicate back to Katelynn though. Katelynn will approach Justin several times a day and say, "Hey Buddy. Hey. What are you doing?" Today as I was trying to run out the door to run errands, Justin started crying to eat. Although he is breastfed, I do pump and we feed him a bottle now and then. I already had him in his carrier and was trying to load up the car so I asked Katelynn if she wanted to feed him a bottle. As I was making him a bottle, I overheard her saying, "Hang on, Buddy. Mommy is making a bottle." And then as she was feeding it to him, she was saying, "Did mommy make you a bottle? Did she?" I think the cutest part about all of it is hearing the way she changing her tone of voice to a softer tone as she communicates with him. And if he starts crying, she's the first one to run to him and try to offer him his pacifer and "shhh" him or tell him it's okay. She does such a great job at being a big sister!
First Haircut!
Yes, that's right- Katelynn is 2 years old and we have never gotten her hair cut. We have wanted it to grow long and to get her bangs grown out so we have never done it. Now I'm wondering why in the world we waited so long. All we did was get her hair trimmed but wow- the back of her hair looks soo much better with no uneven ends. I will say that it looked much better the day it was cut with the stylist blowing it dry and flipping her ends under, but it's still a world of difference. I was shocked at how well Katelynn sat still and let the stylist cut her hair.
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