Time is flying by!
Mr. Graydon is getting so big, right before our eyes. Every day I am in awe over how fast this child is developing, and we are loving every stage of it.
We think that Graydon weighs around 13 lbs. but we will find out next week at his 4 month appointment. I am guessing that he is still in a really low percentile for his weight, but I am not concerned because I know that he is growing and healthy. I am also guessing that his length has also grown. He is so tall! I can tell when I am holding him and trying to nurse him that he is longer.
*We have now had his 4 month appt. since I originally started to write this.*
Graydon weighs 13 lbs. 11.5 oz. He is in the 25th percentile for he weight, but we are not concerned because you can tell he is a healthy boy! The doctor also said that they are less concerned about "skinny babies" these days, because over time they have shown to become healthier adults. Also because Chris and I are both tall and slender, that is how Graydon will most likely be.
He is 26.5 inches long, which is the 80th percentile, and his head is 16 1/4 inches, which is also in the 25th percentile, but they said that was fine.
He is still nursing and eating from a bottle at daycare, and sometimes a bottle at home too. Sometimes he just prefers it, which makes me sad, but doesn't surprise me. I guess it just depends on his mood!
We definitely have a mover on our hands! He is never in the same place that we left him. Lately we will walk out of the room for a second and when we come back in he is almost off his play mat and onto our hardwood floors. Also when we go to get him out of his pack n' play his head is all the way up to the top of one side.
One new thing is that over the past couple of weeks he has discovered his feet. They are like permanent toys attached to his legs, it is hilarious! If he is on his back, his feet are instantly in the air and he is playing with them, trying to pull his socks off and then it causes him to roll over. This has been interesting at bedtime and we think causes him to stay awake longer. He thinks it is playtime at first.
Lately when we try to put him to bed he has been struggling. I have been trying to move his bedtime up to 8 pm, and so far he doesn't like it. He is a stubborn little guy! He likes to be held and rocked to sleep and it is so hard not to make a habit of it. He definitely likes to be awake and where the action is.
We are still cloth diapering most of the time and using disposables once in a while. He is still wearing size 1-2 in the Costco diapers, which I love! Size 2 pampers are still too big on his skinny little butt. :)
Graydon is still wearing 3-6 month clothing, but a lot of the onesies that are 3 month size are too small on him now, especially if he is wearing the bulky cloth diapers. 6 month sizes fit him perfectly most of the time. 3 month pants are getting too short but are still too big in the waste...they need to make pants for smaller wastes with longer legs. He is also still wearing size 1 shoes.
Graydon is drooling a lot more so we tend to put a bib on him a lot now. The doctor also said that he should get his bottom two teeth within the next couple of months.
He still is rolling from his stomach to his back, but hasn't the other way yet.
We started putting him in his jumpy this month which has been awesome and he LOVES it! His feet doesn't touch the ground yet but I think that they will soon. He loves to roll the beads around and push the sun around, it's so cute.
He also loves his swing, especially for nap time, or his car seat, which I guess he naps a lot in while at daycare.
Graydon is such a smiley boy and if he is in a good mood, will never hesitate to flash a big smile and show off his cute little dimple.
He also loves to stand up, and lately we have been leaning him against stuff and he will stand there for a while before he loses balance and starts to topple over. Of course we are right there to catch him.
We are absolutely loving the stage that he is in right now...he is such a happy boy. We love him SO much!
Pictures to come!
Monday, January 31, 2011
Tuesday, January 18, 2011
3 Month Photos
Here are some of my favorite pictures from Graydon's 3 month photo shoot with Bryan and Mae! We had them taken on January 2nd, right on his 3 month birthday. I always just want to post a couple of my favorites, but can never choose. Here are bunch that we love!
I love his sweet little faces that he makes.
Smiley man!
Love!
I absolutely LOVE his eyes in this one!
Some urban family shots-
It was SO cold outside and he was such a trooper!
I love his sweet little faces that he makes.
Smiley man!
Love!
I absolutely LOVE his eyes in this one!
Some urban family shots-
It was SO cold outside and he was such a trooper!
Wednesday, January 5, 2011
Three Months Old
Once again, I am a little behind on my blogging.
Ok, who am I kidding, I am WAY behind!
I still have pictures to post from Halloween for Pete's sake! But that is OK. :)
I am a full-time working Mom, and I need to embrace the fact that we are insanely busy. I already feel like I do not see Graydon enough in the evening as it is, let alone try to fit some blogging in. :) I miss it though, and I also miss keeping up on what is going on with other people and comment on their blogs. So if I haven't stopped by in a while, I am truly sorry!
Graydon is over 3 months now. I cannot believe how much he is changing so quickly! I know I keep saying that but it is true.
At his "2 month appointment" which he was actually 10 weeks at the time, Graydon weighed 11 lbs. He had only gained 2 lbs. in 8 weeks and was only in the 25th percentile for his weight. BUT he was in the 85th percentile for his height. I am pretty sure that he has definitely gained some more weight and gotten bigger in the past couple of weeks.
We are mostly cloth diapering now 100% of the time. Once in a while we will use a disposable if we are going somewhere or are in a hurry. They fit him very well now on the smallest setting. I am thinking that soon though we will have to move him up a size. He is still in size 1's for disposables. He can fit into size 2's but they are still a little big.
Graydon is mostly wearing 3-6 month clothing. Once again, he is soooo long that his pants get short. Today I put him in a 6 month outfit and it fit him perfectly! Then again, it was this Jumping Beans brand from Kohls, and I have never used their outfits on him before. Add in his cloth diaper fluffy butt and he REALLY needs bigger pants, haha!
He is sleeping SO well for the most part. We feel insanely lucky! Once he hit 12 weeks it was like he flipped a switch. He is sleeping every night by 10 pm, and usually wakes up right around 5 am. Thank you Graydon for 7 hours of sleep! He has been doing this for almost two weeks now and since we both work early it has been terrific. He also naps throughout the day pretty well most of the time.
He is slowly but surely starting to be more of a snuggler and I love love LOVE it. When he is tired and puts his head on my shoulder, it is one of the best feelings.
He is of course, getting stronger and stronger. He has been able to hold his head up for a while now but he does sooo great during tummy time and is starting to push himself up on his arms. After a couple minutes of it he still gets frustrated though! Usually he will just roll over onto his back.
Graydon had his first bath in the sink this past week! He did pretty well since he holds his head up, but obviously he cannot sit on his own yet so he kept slipping down. It worked out OK though. His little mohawk cracks me up...
I love that cute little baby butt! :)
He has also found his hands and is reallllllly intrigued by them. He stares at them all the time and is constantly playing with them. He also loves to put them into his mouth, especially his middle three fingers on his right hand. He tends to suck on those if he is crying and trying to soothe himself, if he doesn't have his pacifier.
Graydon is still using the MAM pacifiers, he loves those. He is also drooling a lot more. Especially if he shirt is anywhere near is mouth, he likes to suck on it and bite on it, and then it gets completely wet. I am trying to remember to use bibs more but sometimes we forget still since he doesn't do it all the time.
The past couple of days when I am holding him he loves to gnaw away on my hand. I am guessing this is a normal part of the process leading into when they start to suck and chew on everything and start teething.
Chris is in the process of putting together his Baby Einstein bouncy entertainer thing. When we hold him he doesn't like to sit long...he likes to "stand up" so we figured it was time to get him in there! *edit* Chris tried to put him in it today and it is still WAY too big for him...his feet are still like 6 inches off the ground, I am so bummed! I know he will love it eventually though!
Graydon drinks around 5 oz. per feeding, at least from his bottles that he gets during Daycare anyways. He has been on "strike" lately though, periodically. Sometimes he will not take his first bottle of the day, according to Heidi, who watches him for us. Then when I try to nurse him during the evening, he gets super frustrated. I thought maybe it was my milk supply at first, but when I am persistent then eventually he eats. I think at first he doesn't want the bottle, he wants me, but then being spoiled all day and not having to work so hard to get his food, he comes home at night and gets lazy trying to eat from me. It was a pretty "trying" week last week, but we hung in there and the past couple days have been OK again thank goodness!
Another thing he has been doing lately is getting easily distracted while eating. He will keep popping off and looking up at me, and then he will start smiling. It is so cute...he is a little stinker! :)
Graydon will watch TV with us sometimes. He just sits there really contently and stares at the TV, I think it is pretty funny! I want to invest in some Baby Einstein type DVDs or something since he seems to sort of like it. I think that he probably likes the brightness of it and watching things move etc. Here is a picture of him watching TV at my in-laws house over Christmas....it was early one morning right after I fed him and Chris was still sleeping. He is just chilling out, haha!
He has also been "talking" sooo much lately! He will have a little conversation with you.
He started laughing a little last week. Chris kept telling me that he had heard it a couple of times and then finally a couple days later I got to hear it, it is so cute. It is very low and not really very loud and noticeable unless you are paying attention but he is definitely doing it. Chris has also been spending a lot of time playing with him and blowing his lips at him, and Graydon has been mimicking him the past couple of days. He is a little smartie pants!
Well I guess that is about all for now. I am just so amazed at how he continues to grow and learn new things every day!
Ok, who am I kidding, I am WAY behind!
I still have pictures to post from Halloween for Pete's sake! But that is OK. :)
I am a full-time working Mom, and I need to embrace the fact that we are insanely busy. I already feel like I do not see Graydon enough in the evening as it is, let alone try to fit some blogging in. :) I miss it though, and I also miss keeping up on what is going on with other people and comment on their blogs. So if I haven't stopped by in a while, I am truly sorry!
Graydon is over 3 months now. I cannot believe how much he is changing so quickly! I know I keep saying that but it is true.
At his "2 month appointment" which he was actually 10 weeks at the time, Graydon weighed 11 lbs. He had only gained 2 lbs. in 8 weeks and was only in the 25th percentile for his weight. BUT he was in the 85th percentile for his height. I am pretty sure that he has definitely gained some more weight and gotten bigger in the past couple of weeks.
We are mostly cloth diapering now 100% of the time. Once in a while we will use a disposable if we are going somewhere or are in a hurry. They fit him very well now on the smallest setting. I am thinking that soon though we will have to move him up a size. He is still in size 1's for disposables. He can fit into size 2's but they are still a little big.
Graydon is mostly wearing 3-6 month clothing. Once again, he is soooo long that his pants get short. Today I put him in a 6 month outfit and it fit him perfectly! Then again, it was this Jumping Beans brand from Kohls, and I have never used their outfits on him before. Add in his cloth diaper fluffy butt and he REALLY needs bigger pants, haha!
He is sleeping SO well for the most part. We feel insanely lucky! Once he hit 12 weeks it was like he flipped a switch. He is sleeping every night by 10 pm, and usually wakes up right around 5 am. Thank you Graydon for 7 hours of sleep! He has been doing this for almost two weeks now and since we both work early it has been terrific. He also naps throughout the day pretty well most of the time.
He is slowly but surely starting to be more of a snuggler and I love love LOVE it. When he is tired and puts his head on my shoulder, it is one of the best feelings.
He is of course, getting stronger and stronger. He has been able to hold his head up for a while now but he does sooo great during tummy time and is starting to push himself up on his arms. After a couple minutes of it he still gets frustrated though! Usually he will just roll over onto his back.
Graydon had his first bath in the sink this past week! He did pretty well since he holds his head up, but obviously he cannot sit on his own yet so he kept slipping down. It worked out OK though. His little mohawk cracks me up...
I love that cute little baby butt! :)
He has also found his hands and is reallllllly intrigued by them. He stares at them all the time and is constantly playing with them. He also loves to put them into his mouth, especially his middle three fingers on his right hand. He tends to suck on those if he is crying and trying to soothe himself, if he doesn't have his pacifier.
Graydon is still using the MAM pacifiers, he loves those. He is also drooling a lot more. Especially if he shirt is anywhere near is mouth, he likes to suck on it and bite on it, and then it gets completely wet. I am trying to remember to use bibs more but sometimes we forget still since he doesn't do it all the time.
The past couple of days when I am holding him he loves to gnaw away on my hand. I am guessing this is a normal part of the process leading into when they start to suck and chew on everything and start teething.
Chris is in the process of putting together his Baby Einstein bouncy entertainer thing. When we hold him he doesn't like to sit long...he likes to "stand up" so we figured it was time to get him in there! *edit* Chris tried to put him in it today and it is still WAY too big for him...his feet are still like 6 inches off the ground, I am so bummed! I know he will love it eventually though!
Graydon drinks around 5 oz. per feeding, at least from his bottles that he gets during Daycare anyways. He has been on "strike" lately though, periodically. Sometimes he will not take his first bottle of the day, according to Heidi, who watches him for us. Then when I try to nurse him during the evening, he gets super frustrated. I thought maybe it was my milk supply at first, but when I am persistent then eventually he eats. I think at first he doesn't want the bottle, he wants me, but then being spoiled all day and not having to work so hard to get his food, he comes home at night and gets lazy trying to eat from me. It was a pretty "trying" week last week, but we hung in there and the past couple days have been OK again thank goodness!
Another thing he has been doing lately is getting easily distracted while eating. He will keep popping off and looking up at me, and then he will start smiling. It is so cute...he is a little stinker! :)
Graydon will watch TV with us sometimes. He just sits there really contently and stares at the TV, I think it is pretty funny! I want to invest in some Baby Einstein type DVDs or something since he seems to sort of like it. I think that he probably likes the brightness of it and watching things move etc. Here is a picture of him watching TV at my in-laws house over Christmas....it was early one morning right after I fed him and Chris was still sleeping. He is just chilling out, haha!
He has also been "talking" sooo much lately! He will have a little conversation with you.
He started laughing a little last week. Chris kept telling me that he had heard it a couple of times and then finally a couple days later I got to hear it, it is so cute. It is very low and not really very loud and noticeable unless you are paying attention but he is definitely doing it. Chris has also been spending a lot of time playing with him and blowing his lips at him, and Graydon has been mimicking him the past couple of days. He is a little smartie pants!
Well I guess that is about all for now. I am just so amazed at how he continues to grow and learn new things every day!
Michigan State
We are big State fans around my house. Well, I am anyways. Chris is a fan because he has to be... ;) But anyways, I figured that I might as well groom Graydon right from the start! State was well into their football season when I had him, so every Saturday that there was a game and we were home and available, I would try to put some State gear on him and take a picture! It is crazy to look back and see how much he has changed in the past 3 months.
My favorite so far is absolutely this first picture that I took of him, when he was only one week old. He was such a little peanut! And you will notice that in the most current picture, he still has this same, serious face, haha!
3 weeks old
4 weeks old
13 weeks old
My favorite so far is absolutely this first picture that I took of him, when he was only one week old. He was such a little peanut! And you will notice that in the most current picture, he still has this same, serious face, haha!
3 weeks old
4 weeks old
13 weeks old
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