5 Months!

Brenton is 5 months old and doing great! He loves to eat, and is learning how to sit up pretty well. He can sit up by himself for a few minutes at a time, then gets excited and falls back.. it is so cute :) He stopped sleeping through the night at 4 months, but we've decided to let him CIO, and now he sleeps 11-11.5 hours a night. He didn't barely even cry the first night, and then after that night, he was completely fine. I was so scared to leave him alone to cry (I thought it would be a lot worse than it was) because I didn't want him to feel abandoned and feel like Mama and Dada didn't love him anymore! :( But we do!.. with everything we have! He's our world.. and we wouldn't change him for anything! I cried along with him though the first night. After 5 minutes I wanted to go up, and I looked at Devin and said 'PLEASE!' and he reassured me that he was fine and this is what he needed to be a better sleeper and not be so cranky anymore. I do have to admit that he was right. Brenton sleeps all night, and is so cheerful in the morning and just is so excited to see us. He rarely cries during the day anymore, and when he does, it's usually a fuss for the 'I'm hungry' deal. He's getting such a personality.. it's fun to play with him now. Even though he sleeps all night long, he still takes 2-3 hour naps 2-3 times a day! I couldn't be more lucky.. seriously..

He truly is a different baby everyday, and is getting better as he gets older. He's not that colicky, reflux baby we brought home when he was a newborn. A baby that cried all the time because he was in such pain with his gas. A baby who never slept, never ate without 'flipping out' at his bottle.. and everything else he used to be. He has come a long way, and so have we. We will continue to grow with each other, even with the ups and downs!

Check up..

Brenton had a 2 week check up since starting the new medication. He is now 18lbs 9oz, and 28 1/4in long. That's crazy from his usual 3lbs a month he used to gain. Oh well, he's starting to even out more. :)

Brenton has been doing so much better with the medication. He's currently taking Reglan 4 times a day and Zantac 2 times a day. Since he is doing so well, the Pedi didn't see a need in raising his dosage.

Just wanted to update..

Another update..

We went back to the Pedi today to discuss a couple of things I've been wondering about. Brenton refuses his bottle still at 4 months. The Pedi said that 'maybe he's ready to be weened from the bottle', but that just doesn't seem right at all. So I asked another Pedi and looked it up online and came up with the idea that he may suffer from 'silent reflux'.

I took in the list of symptoms (which he has every single one of) to his Pedi today and he's decided that we could either thicken his formula with cereal or try medication. I went for the medication since we've already did the rice cereal which I don't want to do anymore.

Hopefully this will solve his problems with his darn bottle!

4 Month D/A

Brenton had his 4 month appointment today and he is growing so fast! He is now 18lbs 1oz (90%), 28in long (way above the charts), and head circumference is 43cm (around 50%). He handled his shots like a pro and barely cried - if you could really call what he did crying.

Anyway, he's a healthy, perfect baby boy! :)

A little update..

Brenton has started rolling over now, mostly because I've decided he needs to start doing tummy time. He was on his back today and decided to roll back to front, which he's never had an interest in, yay! He also giggles all the time now. I put his toes up to his mouth and he just laughs his head off.. I'll have to get it on video soon. :)

We've had so much rain the past two days because of hurricane Ike. The lake is equal with the dock now.. which is like 5-6in above it's normal level. It's not letting up any either.

We have his 4 month appt tomorrow though so I'll update more later.

It's been long..

Just thought I'd give a little update!

Brenton is 3 1/2 months old, and it's going by so fast. I weighed him the other day on our home scale and it says he is up to 19lbs already, 4lbs up from his appointment on the 8th of last month. He seriously doesn't stop growing. He is so tall too.. I love it :) He is now wearing 6-9 month clothing and some 12 month clothing. All of his cute little outfits that we had bought he barely got to wear, if he did at all. :(

He has learned to do the little 'raspberries' more and he does it all the time now and laughs at himself. He just loves his Bumbo. We have fed him (so far) sweet peas and prunes. He loves them both! I'm going to start sweet potatoes tomorrow, so hopefully he'll like those also! We have decided to go organic with him. Soy milk, and only organic baby food. I've decided it is for the best for him. :) We have also changed our parenting style to 'attachment parenting.' Brenton is classified as a 'high need baby,' and I cannot just let him cry, so I've decided he needs comfort and now that I have accepted it, I have became a LOT more patient with him.

Devin is working up the wazoo lately. Chaching! ;) I miss him a lot though.. I hate when he has to work like this.. floods take so long to clean up!

I have started working out more and running! It felt great to go running/walking today. I don't need to lose weight, just a couple inches here and there. :)

Anyway, it's almost time to put the wee one to sleep!

3 Month D/A

Brenton had his 3 month appointment today, and everything checks out great. He's growing fast and beautiful. :P

He is now 15lbs 9oz (90%), 25 3/4in long (90%) and his head circumference is 41cm (50%). He is eating 7oz every 2-3 hours so the Pedi said to start giving him some rice in his bottles to hold this growing weed over a bit. :P

He got his Hep B shot today and cried for only a second. He was such a good boy! :)