Sleaping Booty :)

I just can't get over the title of this post :) HAHAHA. Calling all cloth mamas and papas - you'll get a kick out of this photo as you can completely relate!!




As you can see, we can't snap all the snaps on his sleeper!

Lately, Micah has been sleeping longer stretches at night - 6 to 8 hours at a time, rather than 4-5 hour stretches. We are now able to give him 8 ounces formula before bed AND he's eating better as far as solids go at dinner time. So more solids + more formula = sleeping baby and happy parents!

Our dilemma however is that Micah has peed through his sleeper for the past two nights in a row. We have been using disposables at night recently as I catch up with laundering Micah's new Medium swaddlebee diapers (yes we switched from Bum Genius One size so we could get a trimmer fit). Anyway, I don't know how any of you mothers out there who use disposables do it - it's probably more that I just don't know what diaper to use since I'm out of the disposable diaper loop :) But we can only go 3-4 hours in our disposables before we start leaking. I haven't seen any nightime disposable diapers for a size 2.

So our solution to this dilemma (holding in the pee) is to double stuff the few Pocket One-size diapers we did keep just for nighttime. That means two soaker inserts in one diaper - major BOOTY!!! One insert gives quite the bum shelf. I just could not get over these photos. Oh and you can see why we switched from the one-sized to the sized all-in-ones (swaddlebees and Sposoeasy are our favorites currently - SOOO trim - his jeans actually fit!!)

This is a test run for uploading video to the blog.

9 month check up

We went for our nine month check up today. Here are the stats..... Drumroll please..... (I know all you adoptive mommy blog stalkers out there love reading up on other ET cutie stats - you know who you are!)

Weight: 18 lbs 14 oz (that's 2 oz shy of 19 lb!!!!!!)
(up from 13.1 pounds on April 22, 2009 - two months ago)
Weight Percentile: 25th!!!! (we were way below the charts in April)

Height: 27.5 inches
(up from 25 inches on April 22, 2009)
Height Percentile: 25th!!!! (just off the charts in April - very close to "0th" though in April!)

Head Circumference: 17 3/4 inches
(up from 16 1/4 inches on April 22, 2009)
Head Circumference Percentile: 50th!!!!!! WAHOOOOOO!!!!! Go DHA and ARA :)

New things our baby boy is doing:

Clapping is the newest :) Just started this on Tuesday - Grammy Linda claps with him every morning - to suzuki rythms like "pepp-er-on-ni-piz-za"

Army crawling - not yet fully crawling but moving quite fast on our belly.

Laughing - this is becoming more pronounced - haven't quite heard the "belly laugh" yet but I think it's close!

Sippy cup - we're trying to get this down so we can stay hydrated with all the new solids in our diet

Foods - new ones include green beans, plain yogurt, prunes (a little early but he needed them!!), peaches - bananas and yogurt remain the favorites

Thunder thighs

I would say one of my favorite things about babies is thunder thighs and the little rolls on their wrists and ankles. Here are Micah's thunder thighs! He continues to grow (just not so much up anymore!)

Day at the Park

So we spent the day at the park today - lots of fun! Micah is becoming more and more active so we're doing a bit more wiht him outside - he loves the outdoors! He continues to progress in army crawling - but still can't quite figure out how to get from a sitting position to the army crawl position - just sort of face plants when he gets close enough to the ground. The cats are learning that Micah is now dangerous. Early this morning, Colby came up to Micah and rubbed up against him (Colby is really lovable in the morning after being fed) and to his dismay, Micah grabbed a tuft of hair! Colby jumped and was looking to se who did it - (apparantly Micah couldn't have done it in Colby's eyes) - but then, Micah got all excited, and started panting and army crawling toward Colby, who just stood his ground. (I'm sitting on the couch yelling at Roscoe to intervene, as he was sitting right there - but he didn't - said "let them learn to stay away from each other"). Micah grabbed Colby's tail. At this point colby is annoyed and goes after Micah - and now Roscoe intervenes. Oh my - we are going to have to do some "gentle with pets" teaching as soon as Micah can comprehend!

So anyway, Micah is into everything - cords, fireplace accessories, mail, anything but his toys :) fortunately his army crawl is slow enough to ease us into this next stage of life!

Onto pics of the park!

Almost Crawling!! and saying Mama!

Oh my goodness! Our little man is scooting forward across the room - a new thing TODAY! His bigger cousin, Isaiah is visiting and can crawl. I think Micah is jealous :) He scoots with his little butt in the air and face planted in the carpet - then her just propels forward by pumping his legs in and out - so cute!! I wish I knew how to upload video - I'll try to get photos.

And yes, tonight he said "mamamama" - he fits it in to his vowels - i LOVE IT! He obviously doesn't associate it with me, but hey, who cares?

Slacker of a blogger

Okay so if I write about all the excuses why I didn't write, I'll just waste time. So let me catch you up!

Micah is sitting up unassisted!! yes that's right - he has been doing this for about two weeks. I still stay near and don't go too far since he somtimes will fall back and hit his head. He hasn't yet figured out how to go from sitting ot laying down yet, so when he gets too far to the floor he just continues to fall - the momentum carries him to either face plant or fall back on his head. It's so sad but still cute :) Everything he does is cute!

We are working with an early intervention specialist through the HELP ME GROW program in Delaware. Our specialist (she) comes once a month to play with Micah and evaluate his progress in gross motor and fine motor skills. She also helps to identify any areas where he may need more services (PT, OT, etc). So far we have just been monitoring his progress. He has developed from 3 months gross motor upon coming home to 6 month and some 7month gross motor skills - in 1.5 months time!! His fine motor skills were 4 months upon coming home and now they are also 6-7 months. She has helped us to work with him to promote crawling - apparantly this is very important for him to get as we don't want him to walk too soon and skip crawling - who knew!?

He babbles more and more and louder and louder! Still only vowel sounds, but I'm trying to encourage the "mama" out of him - although I hear "dada" is easier - ha! He is close to the "nana" but not the "mama" - he usually stops dead in his tracks and just stares at us when we talk consonants to him - it's funny! Soon though!

He is eating more and so much better. I'd say we hit a breakthrough around mid-month. We were struggling as he just didn't seem interested - and actually didn't quite know what to do with the food and spoon when fed. Now he actually gets excited around food and eating 2-4 oz of veggies or fruit with 1-2 oz of grains at a time. I make him his food at home. He started with sweet potatoes, bananas, and apples. Then we tried pears and squash. All went well. He has recently had peas and carrots and the latest new food - yogurt! mmm. Next up is avacodo, peaches, and green beans. For formula, he typically eats 36-42 oz/day (depending on how much solid food he had) - but we're trying to reduce it to 32 oz with more solids. We're getting there!

He sleeps well for the most part. He wakes up every 4 hours now at night and naps 2-3 times a day - usually 2 - 1-2 hour naps. So we're not complaining here :)

The boy has to be 16 pounds by now - he is sooo heavy! I am guessing 16 pounds but I don't know for sure. He is now in 6-9 month sleepers and onesies but 3-6 pants - his little legs are short - so cute! Maybe he'll be a swimmer like Michael Phelps with a long torso :)

OH and we recently had a first haircut! His hair was just out of control!
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