Long overdue

 

Ok so now that I’ve got all of the blog stuff moved over I suppose it’s time for me to take a few minutes and give an update on the happenings in our household.

Not really much has been going on lately. Trevor’s birthday party was a lot of fun. He really seemed to enjoy himself. Well except that he got a little cranky and I laid him down for a little nap in the middle of all the happenings. I new there was no way he was going to make it through the whole thing, especially since he didn’t get a nap before the party started. And he got a little cranky when I put his party hat on and snapped him with the elastic. Bad Mommy!!! I felt awful. Well actually he snapped himself with the elastic when he was tugging at it but I was right there and should have seen it coming. It left a pretty nasty red mark under his chin. :o(

We got him his own little cake to tear into. Yeah, I'm one of ~those~ moms who let their baby eat all the cake they wanted. :o) I was worried that it would make him sick or that it would make him only want to eat sugary stuff from now on. So far so good. :o) He didn't get a tummy ache and oh my gosh did he eat alot of cake!!! It made my tummy ache watching him. I just couldn't bear to take it away, he was having so much fun. My best friend demonstrated putting a plate on her head and he followed her lead with the cake platter. Man, icing is not fun to wash out of hair. I think I shampoo'd his hair 3 times and it was still greasy 2 baths later.

He enjoyed teaching his Uncle Jim how to play the game of pickup. :o) I think Trevor won. Though Jim was a good sport and played the game for probably 15 or 20 minutes.

We had about 25 people at our house. I'm glad the weather cooperated so we were able to spend most of the time outdoors.

I’ll just include a few pictures of his birthday as I ~hope~ to get those scrapbook pages done on my next days off. Then I’ll share the scrapbook pages.
 

                
We got his 1 year pictures done at Penneys. They usually do a decent job and their prices can’t be beat. We had his 4month pictures done there and they did a really bad job and our family picture was a lot of Trav and I and just a tiny bit of him (shoulders up) at the bottom of the picture. We decided to give them one more shot and the next time was much better. :o) 
 
Of course he also had his 1 year checkup awhile back and we’re a bit concerned about his weight gain. Or rather, lack of it. My little peanut’s stats were: weight 19 lb 7 oz (5-10%) Height 30” (50%) Head 47 (95%) I’m guessing that’s CM because the last chart was marked 18 ½ inches and I really doubt his head more than doubled in size! The lack of weight gain is troubling. He lost 7 oz between 6 and 9 months, then gained 7 oz between 9 and 12 months. I know he is small but I think they really got his weight wrong at the 9month because he does seem a lot bigger and heavier than he did at 6 months.

It was pretty annoying because the doctor after running tests was a little harsh in saying that we weren’t giving him enough to eat. After they ran tests to make sure he was otherwise healthy. He was eating A LOT. He’s always been a little piglet! Shortly before the doctor appointment I even asked Trav if we were feeding him too much. He would eat a lot in a sitting, I was nursing frequently, and he was snacking. I compared to what the portion recommendations were and it did seem like normal if not more than normal. I told the doctor what he ate on an average day and that I didn’t see how I could get more into him and asked what foods would be the most high calorie and best choices to feed him and she just said, high calorie foods. And that I needed to stop nursing and give only whole milk. I gave up and left pretty upset and pissed off. I was actually worried I’d be getting a knock on my door from DHS!

I was very mad because since Trevor first started eating I made his own baby food from fresh fruits, veggies, and wholesome foods. I’ve spent countless hours on the net surfing to find the best things to feed him. I’ve read books, articles and joined mailing lists. Grrrrr! And she made me feel like a bad mom. Till then I felt like a super-mom. And that I was doing more on that front than many do. Sooooo I’m not going back to that Doctor anymore. Trevor didn’t like her anyway. And I could tell she was anti-breastfeeding because every time we came into an appointment she would ask, how much formula is he taking? And everytime I told her none, and that I nurse. You’d think she’d get the point. I should have switched doctors in the very beginning.

Trevor is just a very very active little guy. He started scooting along around the middle of January (5 months) and hasn’t stopped moving since except when he’s asleep. Little guy won’t sit still, ever! He started crawling around Easter. He started walking about 5 or 6 steps middle of July. And about 2 weeks before his 1st birthday he was walking from one end of the room to the other without falling. Now he can walk from one end of our block to the other! Pretty darn good for 13 months!

After I told the doctor how he would eat pretty much anything and as much as we would give him. That same week he became a picky eater! Now he won’t eat veggies for the most part and what he likes one day will turn his nose up the next. So now it’s really a battle getting his tummy full. Lucky he likes pediasure and whole milk!

Unfortunately, we aren’t nursing anymore. :o( Not that I had planned to follow Dr’s orders on that one. I knew nursing was the BEST thing for him bar none! And that even adding whole milk into his diet didn’t mean I had to stop nursing. About a month and a half ago he was nursing in the early am and sometimes in the evening if he wanted to. Then a month ago he was down to just the early morning nursing (4 or 5 am ish) then co sleeping until I wanted to get up. A few weeks ago he apparently just decided all of a sudden that he would sleep through the night in his own bed and that he didn’t need to nurse anymore. It makes me a little sad, but also my OB told me that I should stop nursing too. Especially since I’ve been feeling as lousy as I have been and having a lot of morning sickness. She thought as many calories as possible should be going towards “feeding” my other baby. :o) Funny that 2 days after that appointment was when he stopped. He was there at that appointment; it makes me wonder if they understand more than we think. Though, it’s surely only just a coincidence.

So for a pregnancy update… Our due date is March 24th. Hopefully an early birthday present for me as my birthday is on April 1st. :o) Not that I’ll wish for even a day overdue by that point but it would be pretty cool to have this babe on my birthday. It would make for some pretty funny phone calls to family and for future April Fools Day pranks!

I’m feeling pretty lousy and have been for about 2 months now. This morning sickness is kicking my butt! And I’m crazy tired. It takes all the energy I have just to take care of Trevor and go to work. Housework… forget about it!!! Lucky for me I have a hubby that is good about helping out. So now that I’m in my second trimester I want the relief that it due to me! :o) I only had a week of respite when pregnant with Trevor between my morning sickness and when the back pain started. And it was five months on morning sickness and the rest of pregnancy in physical therapy. I just pray that it lets up soon.

I’m still having neckpain on a daily basis and it is rather perplexing because I never did anything to my neck. But it seems to affect everything that I do, though it is not as bad as it was shortly before I had my MRI. It definitely affects my sleep. Between the neck pain, numerous potty trips through the night, and middle of the night morning sickness I can honestly say I have not had a decent nights sleep for 2 months. And before that there was the months of Trevor’s middle of the night wakings, and before that of course I was pregnant and had the same problems I have now. LOL, I haven’t had an uninterrupted night of sleep since ohhhh December of 2004. That’s kind of a sad thought. No wonder I’m so sleepy all the time!!

And with that I’m going to sign off and go to bed. It’s well past my bedtime and all this talk about sleep has made me sleepy!