What an exciting month for our little Wy-guy! Being born right before the "busiest time of the year" definitely has it's perks... and its downfalls... like Mommy not having the time to take his "one-month" pictures until this morning (only 3 days late!) Ooops! Next month, I will be better - I promise!
In the past month, Wyatt has...
...celebrated Thanksgiving!
...attended playgroups!
...gone shopping to Target (twice!) and Kohls (once!)
...been to a couple doctors appointments.
...met and suggled with Santa!
...been held and loved by grandparents, aunts and uncles!
...graduated to 4 oz bottles.
...graduated to 0-3 month and 3 month clothing.
...had 2 shtos (one while in the hospital and the other at his one month appointment).
Weight:
At one month, Wyatt weighed 9 pounds 6 ounces. One pound over his birth weight! One ounce over what his big brother was at the same age! He no longer fits into his newborn sized onesies so we knew he was growing!! He measured at 21 3/4 inches so he is getting taller (errr longer?) too!
Food:
At one month, Wyatt is drinking mostly mommy's milk. He also gets one (and sometimes two) bottles of formula a day. He drinks about 3 to 4 oz in his bottles. We just switched to the drop-in bottles as opposed to the newborn Medela bottles that we were using.
Sleep:
At one month, Wyatt is still sleeping lots! He has lots of awake time followed by lots of sleeptime. He is waking up twice a night. I usually try to get him asleep by 10:30 so I can go to bed. Then he will usually sleep for about 5 hours and wakes up again around 3 or 3:30. After that, he is up every 2 to 3 hours. He loves to nap on his belly whether its on a person or in the boppy. At night, he sleeps in the pack-n-play in our room. He wakes up sooner if we lay him flat on his back. Sometimes he will sleep in the swing. He doesnt like it to be turned on though!
Playtime:
At one month, Wyatt is very alert! He loves to be held though and doesnt care much for the swing or bouncy chair. He likes to lay his back and wiggle and kick. He can see things in front of him and will track things and people with his eyes. He has never cried in the bathtub. Loves it! He only cries when you take him out of the tub!
Happy 1 month little guy!
Saturday, December 24, 2011
Thursday, December 22, 2011
Santa!
We took the boys to see Santa on Monday. Caydin has been watching shows about him and we've been reading lots of books to get him ready! Well he did great!!!!!!! We waited in line for about 20 minutes only because Santa was on a break. We were the first ones there so Caydin got to take everything in... Santas chair.. all the pretend presents.. the man taking the pictures..
When Santa arrived, Caydin walked right up to him was a big "hi!" and climbed on his lap. We put Wyatt in Santa's other arm and Caydin started telling Santa what he wanted. Caydin has seriously said he wa going to ask for the SAME three items for the last 2 months! "A black dump truck, a digger, and mud."
When he told Santa the 3 things, Santa looked up at me a little confused.. Caydin said "A dump truck, a digger, and mud." again. I asked Santa if he has ever had a little boy ask for mud and he said "Well its a first but I definitely can see why you need mud... for the dump truck." So Caydin was all excited!
After a few pictures, Caydin hopped off and Santa spent some quality time with Wyatt. :) After a picture of just Wyatt and Santa, Grandma went over to get Wyatt but Santa wanted to hold him longer! Santa told Grandma to go look at the pictures while he cuddled with our "grumpy old man!" So sweet! Santa did a great job of getting Wyatt to sleep so we offered to take Santa home with us!
As we walked away, Santa yelled to Caydin, "I'm not going to forget your mud!" Cool points for Santa - Caydin is now in love with him!
On the drive home, Caydin wanted to turn around so he could go see Santa again. Then he asked questions about when he is coming and if Santa can come to his house or not.
Such a huge difference from our visit last year with Santa(s). The first time we saw Santa - Caydin cried and refused to sit with him... The second time, Santa was sneaky and pulled him onto his lap and we got a not-so-thrilled picture of Caydin!
When Santa arrived, Caydin walked right up to him was a big "hi!" and climbed on his lap. We put Wyatt in Santa's other arm and Caydin started telling Santa what he wanted. Caydin has seriously said he wa going to ask for the SAME three items for the last 2 months! "A black dump truck, a digger, and mud."
When he told Santa the 3 things, Santa looked up at me a little confused.. Caydin said "A dump truck, a digger, and mud." again. I asked Santa if he has ever had a little boy ask for mud and he said "Well its a first but I definitely can see why you need mud... for the dump truck." So Caydin was all excited!
After a few pictures, Caydin hopped off and Santa spent some quality time with Wyatt. :) After a picture of just Wyatt and Santa, Grandma went over to get Wyatt but Santa wanted to hold him longer! Santa told Grandma to go look at the pictures while he cuddled with our "grumpy old man!" So sweet! Santa did a great job of getting Wyatt to sleep so we offered to take Santa home with us!
As we walked away, Santa yelled to Caydin, "I'm not going to forget your mud!" Cool points for Santa - Caydin is now in love with him!
On the drive home, Caydin wanted to turn around so he could go see Santa again. Then he asked questions about when he is coming and if Santa can come to his house or not.
Such a huge difference from our visit last year with Santa(s). The first time we saw Santa - Caydin cried and refused to sit with him... The second time, Santa was sneaky and pulled him onto his lap and we got a not-so-thrilled picture of Caydin!
Monday, December 19, 2011
School update!
Caydin is enjoying his class at school. They have been doing lots of holiday activities lately! One of his teachers made these crayons for all the kids - Caydin really likes coloring with it.... I take that back... He really likes asking me to draw things for him!!!
At school, they made Christmas trees and added popcorn as a decoration. They talked about how people used to decorate trees with popcorn in the past. They have also been working on triangles and numbers at school this week. It's so fun to hear my child count with me... you know.. when I'm doing the whole "If I get to 5, you are going to time out..." method.. It goes something like this... "Caydin, I want the toys in your room before I get to five.. ONE.. (Then you hear Caydin say TWO) Then I say TWO (and you hear Caydin yell THREE)... It's great fun!
He counts to 20 pretty much all the time now and recognizes a few of the numbers under 10.
At home, we've been doing some activities with Christmas related clipart. We've been sorting wreaths by their size (small, medium, and large) and have been putting numbers in order to create a picture. We've been talking about letters again and are starting over with the letter Aa - we talk about the letter, sound, and practice writing it!! We usually do "school" activities during/after dinner. Caydin enjoys the one-on-one time and is learning at the same time. Win-win!
Sunday, December 18, 2011
Saturday, December 17, 2011
Park and Play
Caydin has been asking a lot to go to the park so we loaded Wyatt into the stroller and headed out a few days ago. My hope is that Wyatt will nap (haha!) and Caydin will wear himself out so that he will take a good nap when we get home! Wyatt was really fussy on this day. Our park has a big sidewalk going all the way around the playground set so Caydin uses it like a racetrack. I said "On your mark.. get set.. GO!" a bunch!
(showing off his fast running shoes...)
sleeping baby for ohhhh about 5 minutes! He "raced" around the track too... i.e. keeping the stroller moving so he would close his eyes again!
Lovey was happy to see Caydin when we got home... or was it the opposite way around ;)
Wyatt discovered the ladybug toy and was swinging his little arm at it! It might be hard to tell in the pictures though (don't worry - I have 20 more of him doing the same thing... )
Friday, December 16, 2011
My mom makes me wear silly hats....
...she says I need a picture in them before my head gets too big. She said I don't have to wear them when we are out in public though.... because its like 80 degrees outside all the time.
P.S. I'm starting to like my bouncy chair every once in awhile! I'll sit in for about 10 minutes at a time now.
This warm (but silly) hat must of made me take a nap!
Don't I look handsome?!?!
Love, Wyatt
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