19 weeks old

Between working all the time and dying of this insane heat this week just flew by.

He's turned into quite the little drool machine! But he really dislikes the bibs so we just walk around with burp cloths on our shoulders and wiping cloths in our hands.

He really really really does not like drinking. Maybe it's this insane heat, cause at night he just drinks almost 200ml at a time as if to make up for the day time! But during the day its SUCH a fight to get him to take the bottle, and I really really don't want to go back to breastfeeding him. But I will if it's the only thing he will take.

I haven't mentioned this, because I wanted it to go with the pictures, but at the rate I am posting, I wont get around to it for awhile because of my crazy work schedule ...

He's been eating (well, sucking on) fruits since he was 3 months. We give him grape, melon, watermelon, peach, apple ... we get a cutting and he just sucks until the juice is gone from a particular spot. He's gonna like his food I think! Which is a good sign because when he refuses to drink his milk it gets me a little worried!

Just yesterday he grabbed his feet for the first time! I had been doing it in his exercises ... 'grab your feet like this!' and after his bath he was lying on the bed and I noticed him doing THIS!

I hadn't even been playing with him or anything ... he just DID it! I was oh so happy ... and it was OH so cute! He now grabs his feet whenever he can ... and soon he'll be eating his feet too! I think it's the cutest thing when they eat their feet!

Still oh so hot and still oh so fussy. The past 3 nights they had weddings in the neighborhood and they BLASTED the music partying until 1 or 2 in the morning. Poor Papoosie's sleep suffered greatly and one of the nights I was sick with cramps so I couldn't get up to help Ardit and MIL take care of him. I could only hear him cry and it was oh so hard for me!

Last night we were so fed up with it that we went to visit our friend's house
He slept oh so well and it was so much cooler at their house than down smack dab in the city.

Tonight they were partying it up again and pooor baby was crying as he was trying to sleep that MIL got fired up and went down there to tell them to shut it. They must've been getting complaints from the other parents in the neighborhood cause now it's ALL QUIET ... and my Papoosie is SLEEPING!!!!

YaY! Now I will go sleep too! See you next week ... unless I find a crack between my work schedule to post pictures that are STACKING UP!

18 weeks old

Gotta make this short cause there's a mountain of work waiting for me ...

So in point form ...

*Teether's ... he's starting really trying to bite down on his fingers ... trying to stuff his whole hand into his mouth ... like so...

I have this teeth brusher/massager and I have been rubbing his gums every day and he loves it. I think he's gonna break out his teeth early! We also opened his teether for him today ... he just shoved it straight into his mouth and bit down right away!

*Feeding-

I mentioned in my last week's post how he had only gained 300 grams in one whole month. Needless to say we were worried and took to our books and forums to see what could be done about it. Well, it turned out we weren't feeding him enough, and in 2 days he LITERALLY started drinking twice as much as he had been previously! This week he has averaged 600-700 ml's everyday and yesterday he even drank 800! We felt so bad that we had been 'starving' him and we are sure that this month he will gain enough weight to make up for last month!

*So hot!

Summer is back with a vengeance and my poor Papoosie is suffering for it. We have quite a few no-sleeve rompers, but some days (like today) it is just TOO hot and he goes without clothes. Last night he woke up every hour because he was too hot and couldn't get comfy. And today he spent most of the day like this ...

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he was just too tired and hot to move ... he literally stayed like this on my shoulder without moving. Poor baby. Even bath time doesn't do enough in the long run because he gets angry almost as soon as we take him out.

That's the gist of this week. I have a bunch of photos I took today of him but that will have to wait till next time when I have more time to go through them.

This month I going to be real busy for me cause I got a big project (work) so most of my spare time (spare time meaning time spent away from baby) will be spent working.

But I WILL (WILL WILL WILL) take some time to continue posting.

July 16th

More pictures taken JUST to show his outfit!

Daddy doesn't like this outfit so much so I am afraid he will outgrow it before we have a chance to really wear it. The pictures aren't too nice... but after all it's just for the romper so I forgive daddy :D

Links

So I added some links. Enjoy them! 

July 14th

On July 14th my Auntie Sonila came to visit me!

July 11th

Gosh Mommy's getting so behind in her posting! She has a good reason, but having a good reason is NOT GOOD ENOUGH! The posting must go on! OR I will CRY!

Anyway, here I am on July 11th. Looking like a little angel sleeping ...

4 months old, 17 weeks

Happy 4 month birthday to my sweet Papoosie!

We took him to the doctor to get him measured and he hadn't grown too much ... he was 5.7 kg. So he only gained about 300 grams from one month ago. But in this heat he hadn't been drinking much so we sort of knew that would happen ... I was just hoping that he had reached 6 kg. Oh well ... next time.

This past week Grandma and Grandpa went for vacations to the beach, so I had a lot of time to spend as SERIOUS one-on-one time with him. I was able to regulate his schedule better, set better sleeping times, have school times, etc etc. I definitely appreciate all Grandma's help in taking Papoosie when I have to work ... but this was a great week too! We took daily walks to the Lake just the two of us, and when Daddy didn't have work we had real 'family days' with the 3 of us.

He is generally such a happy boy! He thrives when we give him attention, but gets angry fast when left alone. ... Solution ... give him TONS of attention! I found a trick that works tho ... he wakes up SO SO early in the morning, and I only took him out from around 7 to the Lake (in the morning ... we went TWICE every day this week!) ... and I want to sleep until then ... so around 5 (after I filled all the buckets with water, washed the dishes, and did a load of laundry), I would turn on the Baby Einstein video and set the computer down next to him on the bed so he could watch it ... and he would stay entertained for up to 30 minutes! He really seems to enjoy especially the animal one!

He's been talking oh so much these days, not just the 'ma' that he used to do ... but he added 'koi koi koi' and oooh and gaa and ... just general sounds. The 'koi koi koi' thing is funny cause in Japanese its 'come' and its like he's calling us to come keep him company :d.

He loves doing school ... (right now its just flashcards and signing videos and Little Reader ... but I'm getting more flashcards soon) and generally loves his bath (not so much washing his hair tho) ... and I've started trying to put him down for the night around 10 (working pretty good so far!)

He moves positions a lot when sleeping, and when awake he tries to flip onto his back (get lazy and decides to stay on his tummy most of the time).

There was something I wanted to write about at the beginning of the week but I've forgotten now. Oh well ... I'm uber tired so I'ma go to bed ... hopefully I will be able to start posting with regularity again. This week has just been so tiring and full with baby, water situation, cleaning, etc ... cause grandparents have been gone. And for some reason now I've got TONS of work so idk how much posting I actually am gonna get in ... but I have so so so many pictures that I gotta post or they'll just stack up.

Happy sweet sweet 4 months to Papoosie ... 3 more of these and he'll be a whole year old! Kyaaaa ... I hope he stays smaller for just a little while :d

Mama loves you muah muah muah!!!!

17 weeks

I'm a whole 17 weeks old today!
I'm BIG! I'm CUTE! I'm PAPOOSIE!!

First I wanna say congrats to Auntie Sara and Uncle Cesko ... my long awaited baby girl has arrived!!! Future girlfriend potential? Perhaps perhaps! I am gonna go meet her real soon! Welcome to my world Olivia! I would post pictures but mommy hasn't shown me any because she wants it to be a surprise when I meet her for the first time! (I think she's just saying that because she actually doesn't have any)

Mama's gonna post about my progress in a few days. But I don't care to keep track so much ... I'm just living every day to the fullest by doing my best in every moment ... whether it be crying, or pooping, or drinking, or sleeping, or playing, ... I'm a DEDICATED baby!
And I love to outgrow my clothes ... so I can wear NEW ones!
(Or go nekkid of course!)

Postpartum weight

Baby-related post on my other blog.

Go have a read if you like ...

16 week

16 weeks old today!

Just when I think I'm getting a handle on his daytime schedule, the weather changes and screws it all up! It's frustrating me to no end!

We had a week or so of relatively cool weather so baby has been uber happy ... but then this week the heat came back in force and baby was oh so miserable. I have been able to keep the heat rash away ... he only got a little bit under all those fat layers he has under his chin :D. Those daily baths are something we can't live without!

Drinking well, pooping well, sleeping well at night ... I have nothing to complain about! I wish he would stay still a tiny tiny bit more ... but I just chalk it up to him being an extremely active baby.

I am such a happy and proud momma!