Im A Big Kid Now!!

Tonight is night 1 of the toddler bed. I really hope he likes it more than the crib because he isn't so confined. He's already tumbled out of it once, but it wasn't anything big and he wasn't hurt. He climbs in and out of it and seems to like it. I let him pick out his bedding. I was surprised he didn't go with SpongeBob too. He wanted Cars! I would MUCH rather look at Lighting McQueen than a bright yellow sponge, no offence SpongeBob. So far so good. He is even wearing his Cars pj's. I can't wait for him to have his own room so I can decorate it in Cars stuff. Well Im off to bed.

He's Growing Up

Well tonight I put Brian in his crib and was laying in bed online. Something told me to look up and boy am I glad I did! Brian was straddling his crib! One leg over the other leg in. For right now I am going to full time co sleep with him because I don't feel comfortable having him in a toddler bed just yet. He is just growing so quick though! The last few days have been crazy for us too. I had to take Brian in to the Dr on Tuesday because he only slept like 3 hours and was inconsolable. The Dr couldn't figure out what was wrong so she sent us on to the children's hospital. They did an X-ray of his abdomen and said he was extremely constipated. Nothing they tried worked so they sent us home with Miralax. We were back at the hospital by 10pm because he was walking around holding his tummy screaming. He had a poop, but it wasn't a lot. The next day he seemed fine. He went to Travis Wednesday evening and I thought everything was fine. Travis called me Thursday and said that Brian was now having acidic dirreah and he wanted me to call the pediatrician and see what they wanted us to do. They wanted us to go have another X-ray done so we could make sure that there wasn't something else going on and that he was just cleared out. Sure enough he was cleared out. They had him taking 17g everyday, which to me seemed like WAY to much. After talking to the pediatrician that saw us Thursday evening I know it was to much. She said that they should have only had him on a teaspoon of it everyday.

Sir Chats A Lot

Brian has amazed me at how quick he learns things. He learns words pretty quickly and catches on to other things quickly too. He recently learned how to open our bedroom door so it now has a baby proof handle on both sides. It actually looks very funny! He also has learned to climb into chairs. I think it's funny because any place I get up from he runs over and sits down. Here lately Brian has learned some new words and can speak phrases too! It amazes me that someone so little (even though he thinks he's 3) can know what he wants and can ask questions. Here is a list of everything he says:

Sissy

Momma

Mommy

Mom

Daddy

Dadda

Mimi

Iva

Apple

Abbi

Abbigail

Baby

Bubba

Noodle

Nothing

More 

Fish

Duck

Im done

Night night

Me

Mine

Vroom

Bye

Hi

Milk

Nanna

Nanny

Banana

Drink

Yeah

Yes

No

Uh-huh

Uh-oh

Oh no

Open

Thank You

Another

Dog

Please

Move

Now

Papa

Michele

Emma (Not sure who Emma is though)

See

Pretty

Look

Who is that

What is that

See that

and he is working on saying Brian James. 

15 Months

Happy Forth everyone! Brian and I celebrated the forth of July with my best friend Ashley and her daughter Abbi! We had fun and it was a truly amazing feeling having my son show me the fireworks. He would get interested in them then loose interest and regain interest again. We had his 15 month check-up on the 19th and he is growing like a weed. He was up to 23 pounds and 10 ounces and was 34 inches long! He got shots which made him fussy and it didn't help that I forgot the Tylenol at home so I wasn't able to give him any before his shots. I was going to start on potty training as we got the go ahead from his new pedi, who is awesome by the way, but I decided to hold off a little longer. I know that he is ready, but Im not. I don't feel like right now I can emotionally handle potty training him, so I think we will wait another month or so and try then. Brian is once again cutting teeth so right now Hyland's Teething Tablets are our best friend as he has 4 coming in at once. 

14 Months

This month has been uneventful, other than Brian getting Roseola. Basically it is Sixths Disease and it causes kids to run very high fevers and be in pain. It is spread through the saliva and mucous of other children who have it. Most all kids get Sixths Disease, most  just do not show very many symptoms. Brian ran a high fever, 103.7 at one point, and I just could not break it. We ended up switching pedi's because the one Brian was seeing didn't see anything wrong with him running that high of a fever. They didn't want me to do anything until he hit 105 degree fever and I am not comfortable at all with him running that high of a temp. He also had thrush and an ear infection on top of Roseola so my poor baby just didn't feel good. He made a quick recovery though and was back to his old self in no time! 

13 months

This month has been an eventful month. We celebrated my second mothers day and Brian got me an Elmo card and an angel snow globe. I got the best gift after mother's day though. It's a locket that has an angel on one side and it says watch over me on the other. I got it in memory of Lilly and I haven't taken it off since getting it. It helps me grieve her and know she is always right next to mommy. We also went to a jump house this month and Brian had a BLAST! It took him a little bit to get the hang of jumping, but once he did man he didn't want to stop! On May 28th Brian had his surgery. I was nervous and scared. I don't think I slept at all the night before. He came through it amazing. Poor baby was so hungry afterwards though he ate 3 Gerber graduates trays and yogurt. We also learned this month that he is allergic to spinach. Im guessing there is something different in the baby food jarred spinach because he could tolerate that just fine, but regular spinach breaks him out in horrible hives. Hopefully it's something he will out grow.

12 Months *picture heavy*

Brian is One! Where did the time go? I remember it like it was yesterday having him. He was so tiny and just perfect. His little blue eyes gleaming up at me. Now he runs around and talks. He is so much more independent than he was then. He has even lost his baby face. We celebrated his birthday by having a party at the park. The weather wasn't the greatest, but we still had fun. He got lots of cool toys and had a blast smashing his cake. He is now up to 21 pounds and 32 inches tall! He is still sleeping all night as long as I co-sleep with him which I don't mind very much. I like having someone to cuddle with. He also now completely off the cup and infant formula with me. Granted we have to switch over to Goat's milk for a little bit to transfer him up to whole milk, Im still happy that we are making the switch. Brian can now play hide and seek and he likes dancing and watching movies. He has also started picking up his toys and putting them up, but we will see how long this stays up. I took Brian to Build A Bear Workshop for his birthday and he had fun! He made a puppy that he named Puppers. He runs around with Puppers all the time. We are slowly making the transition over to whole food. So far he's liked it a lot more than baby food. Brian also took his first visit to the dentist this month and we discovered that he will have to have surgery to correct a defect with his teeth. Other than that everything is great!