4 month checkup

Milo is now officially two feet tall! His weight is up to 12 lbs 12 oz and he's 24" exactly. His weight, height and head circumference are all in about the 25th percentile and have consistently been there throughout his life. So he's little, but he's growing at a normal rate and his size right now has nothing to do with what his size might end up at when he grows up.

I've finally gotten my slideshow software update figured out and have the slideshows back up on his website. I've added the Feb pictures and hope to get the March ones up today as well - nothing like running ahead of schedule!

We also did his 2nd round of shots at this visit. He did not like that much at all but Elaine is SO fast it was over before he knew it. He had the same reaction this time as last time - sleep! When we got back to daycare he slept for the rest of the afternoon. I think the girls thought I had drugged him.

His ear infection is all cleared up and he sounds a lot better - not nearly as sniffly and snotty. We still are having him sleep sitting up for the most part as it seems to help him sleep a bit better. I'm on a mission for some crib bumpers tomorrow (after checking with the pediatrician) for when he starts sleeping in the crib again. He's so wiggly he'll often end up with his feet stuck between the bars and I'm afraid he's going to break an ankle.

He's been very smiley and happy and talkative, which is sooo fun and hilarious. The girls at daycare all seem to really like him in spite of the frequent blowouts and are often telling me what a chill baby he is, so that is awesome.

I have some video of him in the Jumperoo but am out of room on Roger to load it, so you all will just have to wait until Harold gets here and I'll get that posted. Hopefully sometime next week!

jumperooooooo

a few months ago i went in on the purchase of a jumperoo exersaucer with my friend ingrid - her little boy is about 5 months older than milo so the timing is great - riley grew out of it just as milo is getting old enough to start using it.

i brought it home last night and he looooooves it. sat in it for about a half hour and just goggled at everything. the seat is suspended on springs so it moves whenever he does, causing a chain reaction of rattles and squeaks and as soon as we get batteries, flashing lights. he can *almost* touch the ground to bounce and spin, I don't think it'll be much longer.

The coolest part though is that it seemed like he was actually trying to grab for stuff! I'm sure when he starts pulling things off the table and spilling drinks we'll long for the 'non-grabbing' days, but right now it's very cool to watch him become more aware of his surroundings.

Daycare is going well. I've started to bring bottles for his morning and afternoon feedings and go over there around lunchtime to nurse him. It's been working out perfectly, except for the mornings when he sleeps until 10 AM and then isn't hungry again until 2 or 3. it doesn't happen too often, but it definitely throws my schedule out of whack when it happens.

Pics of him rocking the Jumperoo -

jumping baby

this one is from early january when my parents were here - as milo bounces he executes these awesome leg kicks in mid air. hilarity ensued.

hopefully now that we're shooting more video I'll get better at it. This one is a little jerky.


in other news, his first (short) week at daycare went really well. we're settling into a good routine - he's usually asleep when I drop him off, they give him a bottle when he wakes up and then I go over there around lunch time and again mid-afternoon to nurse him. He seems to be adjusting really quickly, which is great. He even likes the swing they have! It's situated in a corner so he has a good view of everything while he's in it. He's the youngest in there by 3 mos or so - most of the other babies are crawling and pulling themselves up on things already.

His first day of daycare:



and yesterday, looking all grown up in his sweater and jeans:







hopefully i'll get a chance to update his website this weekend as well!

video is fun

my boys....



(might take a while to load - i added music to this one. 'sea of love' by cat power, for those of you that are interested.)

let there be video!

hee hee it seems like i've got this video camera thing sort of figured out. as long as there is no editing involved, that is. here's a video of milo and my dad back in the beginning of january. we have some things that are more current but I have to figure out the editing as they are a bit on the long side!




not much else new to report i suppose. although he's rolling over now! oooo i have video of that, too!



oh what fun this is. although now i'll bet you all get spoiled by video! :)

Dustin, Jessica, Miluse & Isis are here for a couple of weeks, which is awesome. It's so nice to have visitors! Miluse was so funny when she first saw Milo (she's 10 mos old) - huuuge smile and she started clapping like crazy.

Milo is getting better and better at sleeping - last night he went down around 9 or so and slept all the way until 4:30 - it was great! And then went back to sleep until about 7:30, when he decided he required bouncing.

We're somehow having some issues with our web conferencing - mostly skype-related. I was trying to talk to our friends in NZ the other day and she could see but not hear us, and today Nate's parents could see and hear us but we couldn't see them. Very odd. Hopefully we'll get it worked out soon!

I'm back to work on Tuesday so you'll probably see an increase in posting as I take breaks from the excitement of accounting. Although now that I think about it, I'm going to be all kinds of busy - most of the department is going to be gone anywhere from 2-4 weeks for the offseason to use up all of their vacation time before the end of the fiscal year. I, of course, have already used mine over these last twelve weeks. Thankfully Ingrid had her maternity leave this summer so she'll be there the whole time as well!