This is going to be one cute party! I have ordered everything for our little Monkey and he will be decked out from decorations to his custom little outfit! Of course Monkey themed and everything is sooo cute! I can't wait!!!
Gotta love Etsy, there are seriously some talented women on this site. I can't wait to share pics from his party.
Still in shock that our little guy will be one. And the biggest question we get is when we will have number 2! We always wanted our children close in age but right now we are loving every minute with our little guy. We are both so in love with Owen and so wrapped up in watching him grow, that we don't want to miss a thing :)
Monday, May 24, 2010
Packing up the Medela
This is a bittersweet moment for me but I have officially stopped breastfeeding this week. After 10 1/2 months we decided it was time to stop. I would have gone longer but with Owen's attachment to nursing, we decided it was best. I have over #100, 6 ounce bags frozen so this should take us through his first year with no problem. Right now we mix 3ozs of bmilk with 3ozs of Earth's Best Organic formula and he hasn't been able to tell the difference. After all the trial and error with formula, I am so happy that we found one that works for O!
I stopped bfeeding several weeks ago and it was such a sad day. I never thought I would miss those moments with just me and Owen as much as I did. I learned to appreciate the bond we shared and still share through nursing, it's such a sweet time for just the two of us. But I have to face the facts that Owen will soon be a toddler and he's growing up :(
The first morning I didn't nurse him, I broke down. We went from cuddling and nursing morning and night to Owen laying on his boppy holding his bottle on his own watching Nick Jr. Yes, TV because he gets so distracted with what's going on around him that he needs something to focus on. And at night he would have his bottle, hold it himself and just look at me. It was hard on both of us and he wanted to nurse badly for a few nights after I started weaning him. But we made the decision so we had to stick with it.
O's problem is that he associated nursing with sleep. As I mentioned in an earlier post, part of his sleeping issues is that he was so used to being nursed to sleep and that was the only way he knew how to get back to sleep. His doctor said sometimes it affects babies and then other babies can be nursed to sleep forever and have no affect. But since we alreay have sleep issues with Owen, we needed to break his "sleep crutch" which was nursing.
So for the past 3 weeks I have been weaning O and me and this week I am officially done. Owen is doing great with his bottle and still cuddles with me with feedings, which is so sweet.
And for me, after the first few days of being heartbroken, I was happy. Happy that I could actually go somewhere more than 5 hours and not have to take my friend, Medela with me.
So goodbye old friend, I am no longer a plus one for every trip I go on. I will see you again in a few years.
I stopped bfeeding several weeks ago and it was such a sad day. I never thought I would miss those moments with just me and Owen as much as I did. I learned to appreciate the bond we shared and still share through nursing, it's such a sweet time for just the two of us. But I have to face the facts that Owen will soon be a toddler and he's growing up :(
The first morning I didn't nurse him, I broke down. We went from cuddling and nursing morning and night to Owen laying on his boppy holding his bottle on his own watching Nick Jr. Yes, TV because he gets so distracted with what's going on around him that he needs something to focus on. And at night he would have his bottle, hold it himself and just look at me. It was hard on both of us and he wanted to nurse badly for a few nights after I started weaning him. But we made the decision so we had to stick with it.
O's problem is that he associated nursing with sleep. As I mentioned in an earlier post, part of his sleeping issues is that he was so used to being nursed to sleep and that was the only way he knew how to get back to sleep. His doctor said sometimes it affects babies and then other babies can be nursed to sleep forever and have no affect. But since we alreay have sleep issues with Owen, we needed to break his "sleep crutch" which was nursing.
So for the past 3 weeks I have been weaning O and me and this week I am officially done. Owen is doing great with his bottle and still cuddles with me with feedings, which is so sweet.
And for me, after the first few days of being heartbroken, I was happy. Happy that I could actually go somewhere more than 5 hours and not have to take my friend, Medela with me.
So goodbye old friend, I am no longer a plus one for every trip I go on. I will see you again in a few years.
Eating Machine!
Our little man is a eating machine! We have been off babyfood for over a month now and O is eating all adult food. Well, I do cook him specail foods so they are softer and not as spiced. But for the most part he eats what we eat and more! He loves everything, there isn't one thing that we haven't given him that he hasn't liked. He loves fish, chicken, pasta, veggies, sweet potato pancakes, waffles, potato, meatballs, fruit, yogurt, cheese and more! These are just a few of his favorites but he will pretty much eat anything.
We take a trip to Whole Foods every Sunday to get O some yummy foods for the week and man is he expensive! Well partly because we buy all natural and organic food for him but still, if he's eating this much now, how much is he going to cost us when he's bigger...ha! We love that he's eating so much and a healthy boy. This his new favorite food...A+ Cinnamon All Natural Whole Grain Sweet Potato Pancakes. He practically cheers and claps when he sees them...ha!
We have cut out one bottle so he's down to 4 bottles a day and are decreasing the amount of milk in each bottle now because he is eating a lot more solid foods. He's still getting 24+ ounces a day which Dr. Chris says is perfect for his age. Also by next month he will probably drop one more bottle and be down to 16-18ozs a day.
Owen is doing great with a sippy cup and has water with each meal. He has his favorite brand now, thank goodness! It took a while to find "the one" but he seems to love the sport Nuby's. We are going to work to switch his lunchtime bottle to a sippy cup in the next few weeks. But one change at a time and as soon as we see that he's taking in enough from the sippy, then we'll switch it. This weekend I filed his sippy with 5ozs of water at snack time and he drank 3ozs and wasn't too wet so hopefully he's taking some of that in :) He totes his sippy every where...such a big boy!
I still can't believe our boy will be one in less than 2 months and off bottles all together! Time sure does fly and we love every minute with our little guy!
Sleep
Well, since I am on a roll I thought I would do a short post about O's sleeping. O has been sleeping through the night random nights and then will have a few where he is up every few hours. We finally decided to let him cry a bit alone because we knew he could put himself back to sleep. Some nights he doesn't cry at all and then others, he cries for a bit. But he does eventually fall asleep and most of the time within a few minutes. We're still working on getting through the night and lately we have had good nights (knock on wood) so we're hopeful that in the next few weeks we'll be on a schedule and all sleeping.
Our little man however has decided not to nap. On the weekends he usually takes a 2 hour nap in the morning and then a 1 1/2 hour nap in the afternoon and at school he takes a longer nap around 11:30am then a short afternoon nap. Well the past 2 weekends he has decided to fight naps and the only way we can get him to sleep is to stroll him around. Something about the fresh air and the movement of the stoller put him to sleep immediately. Oh well, guess we'll take screwed up naps over not sleeping at night anytime!
We're hopeful that his sleep will improve and we'll have naps and night time figured out!
Our little man however has decided not to nap. On the weekends he usually takes a 2 hour nap in the morning and then a 1 1/2 hour nap in the afternoon and at school he takes a longer nap around 11:30am then a short afternoon nap. Well the past 2 weekends he has decided to fight naps and the only way we can get him to sleep is to stroll him around. Something about the fresh air and the movement of the stoller put him to sleep immediately. Oh well, guess we'll take screwed up naps over not sleeping at night anytime!
We're hopeful that his sleep will improve and we'll have naps and night time figured out!
Hide and Seek
This has to be the cutest thing ever and as soon as I figure how to load video's I will post one :)
Chris has taught Owen to play hide and seek. When he told me that they played it with O while I was running errands, I thought, Ok Chris is exaggerating but it's sweet that they are playing new games. Well, I was wrong :)
I came home to find not only Owen finding Chris when he hides but Owen will go hide by himself and wait for Chris to find him. It's the cutest thing ever! Owen crawls beside the couch, bed or whatever he is hiding behind and sits up really straight with his back against the furniture and is super quite. When Chris finds him he makes a little noise almost if he's trying to say "boo" :-)
This made my day watching my boys play hide and seek. Can't wait to see what other games our little guy figures out!
Chris has taught Owen to play hide and seek. When he told me that they played it with O while I was running errands, I thought, Ok Chris is exaggerating but it's sweet that they are playing new games. Well, I was wrong :)
I came home to find not only Owen finding Chris when he hides but Owen will go hide by himself and wait for Chris to find him. It's the cutest thing ever! Owen crawls beside the couch, bed or whatever he is hiding behind and sits up really straight with his back against the furniture and is super quite. When Chris finds him he makes a little noise almost if he's trying to say "boo" :-)
This made my day watching my boys play hide and seek. Can't wait to see what other games our little guy figures out!
Climbing, Walking and More Climbing!
Well, it's safe to say that Owen is on the move! He has been crawling and cruising the furniture for several months but now he is really moving. This weekend he climbed upstairs, yes up the whole flight of stairs from our main level to our bedroom, including 2 landings by himself. Of course as soon as we saw him climbing we quickly ran behind him to make sure he didn't fall. But Mr. Independent wanted to do it himself. We are in trouble! I worked with him this weekend and taught him how to go back down on his butt and he was able to do a few steps on his own but he's still a little wobbly so we will continue to chase him and hold our breath that he doesn't fall...and that we get to him quick enough :)
Crusing...O has been walking back and forth on furniture for a while but just the past week he has learned to walk to things. Meaning that if he wants something near the windback chair at the end of the couch, he will walk the length of the couch, take a step or two to his next object that he will cruise around until he gets to what he wants. He made it from the family room almost to the dining room by holding on to pieces of furniture...OH BOY!
This little man is smart! He copies us and figures out how to do almost everything. Chris and I decided that we are going to crawl every where we go from now on...ha :)
Crusing...O has been walking back and forth on furniture for a while but just the past week he has learned to walk to things. Meaning that if he wants something near the windback chair at the end of the couch, he will walk the length of the couch, take a step or two to his next object that he will cruise around until he gets to what he wants. He made it from the family room almost to the dining room by holding on to pieces of furniture...OH BOY!
This little man is smart! He copies us and figures out how to do almost everything. Chris and I decided that we are going to crawl every where we go from now on...ha :)
30th Birthday...WHOA...Reality Check, I am OLD!
My 30th Birthday was perfect, small and simple just as I wished :) Although I did have to intervine as Chris was planning a surprise party. He tried his best to keep it a secret but I knew all along. He's not the best at keeping secrets, his face tells it all.
My very bestest Lil and Neal came into town to celebrate and all my close friends went out to dinner to celebrate. Chris knows my love for fish and took us all to GrillFish in DC. He had bought several bottles of champagne and wine for everyone which was a nice treat. I think at one point I was sitting with 5 drinks in front of me...maybe not such a great idea :)
Mel brought my favorite, Georgetown Cupcakes for dessert...Yumm!
And we finished off the night at Fly Lounge, yes this momma who hasn't been out in almost 2 years due to being pregnant and breastfeeding went clubbing...ha! We had a great time! I felt like my young pre-mom self again. We decided we definitely need to have more nights like that to keep us young...ha!
Owen made me another sweet card with the help of his teacher Miss Katie...she is the sweetest! And Chris and Owen got me the Nook...I was soooooo excited! I am obsessed with it and it's so easy to use! Also, Chris got me a hanging basket and and took me to dinner at Rio Grande, gotta have a litle Mexican in the b-day weekend :)
And my big gift, which I was completely surprised and still in shock...Chris is taking me to pick out a diamond and sapphire band to wear with my wedding rings. I have wanted one to remind me of sweet little O and I can't believe Chris is getting it for me. I am so excited to go and pick it out :)
I had a great birthday and looking forward to many more with my sweet hubby and little man!
My very bestest Lil and Neal came into town to celebrate and all my close friends went out to dinner to celebrate. Chris knows my love for fish and took us all to GrillFish in DC. He had bought several bottles of champagne and wine for everyone which was a nice treat. I think at one point I was sitting with 5 drinks in front of me...maybe not such a great idea :)
Mel brought my favorite, Georgetown Cupcakes for dessert...Yumm!
And we finished off the night at Fly Lounge, yes this momma who hasn't been out in almost 2 years due to being pregnant and breastfeeding went clubbing...ha! We had a great time! I felt like my young pre-mom self again. We decided we definitely need to have more nights like that to keep us young...ha!
Owen made me another sweet card with the help of his teacher Miss Katie...she is the sweetest! And Chris and Owen got me the Nook...I was soooooo excited! I am obsessed with it and it's so easy to use! Also, Chris got me a hanging basket and and took me to dinner at Rio Grande, gotta have a litle Mexican in the b-day weekend :)
And my big gift, which I was completely surprised and still in shock...Chris is taking me to pick out a diamond and sapphire band to wear with my wedding rings. I have wanted one to remind me of sweet little O and I can't believe Chris is getting it for me. I am so excited to go and pick it out :)
I had a great birthday and looking forward to many more with my sweet hubby and little man!
Wednesday, May 12, 2010
Mother's Day
This Mother's Day was very special as it's my first to celebrate with my little man! We had a great day, doing really nothing but spending some family time together. We enjoyed a lunch out and did a little shopping. It was such a beautiful day to walk around the town center.
Owen made me the sweetest Mother's Day card with finger paint and he also got me a spa certificate to Red Door. Much needed! Chris gave me money (I know that sounds weird) but he wanted me to buy a fun new dress for my birthday dinner and didn't know what I wanted. Cash Money!!! Although I wasn't able to get out and get a dress in time for my birthday, it was a sweet thought.
Owen made me the sweetest Mother's Day card with finger paint and he also got me a spa certificate to Red Door. Much needed! Chris gave me money (I know that sounds weird) but he wanted me to buy a fun new dress for my birthday dinner and didn't know what I wanted. Cash Money!!! Although I wasn't able to get out and get a dress in time for my birthday, it was a sweet thought.
Lunch was at The Counter for custom built burgers...my choice :) They have the best burgers and sweet potato fries...yumm! Here's a pic of my HUGE custom burger (note sweet baby boy napped the whole lunch...so not like him).
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