Giggles

Aiden has started laughing over the last couple of weeks. It is the most wonderful sound I have ever heard. He is so ticklish and his laugh is contagious. I start giggling with him. He is so amazing. I think I have said that a million times since I had him. He brings me so much joy that I get all teary eyed just thinking about how wonderful he is – I know, I am still emotional. Not sure if that will ever go away.

We decided to stop swaddling Aiden as of last night. He woke up with the blankets wrapped around his head yesterday morning and Steve and I both said, ok we are done with that. Its not worth it. Now I just have to suffer without sleep for hopefully only a few days. Last night he went to bed at 10, woke up at 1, 3:30, 5 and decided it was time to get up for the day at 6. He is attempting to take a nap now but he is moving around a lot and seems to be in a really light sleep which is unusual for him. Most of the time he can sleep through anything. TV, phone, my loud typing, anything.

Oh no, I think he is awake already. Man I need a nap of my own so I better go.

Photos and more photos!

Over Easter weekend, Carl went a little nuts with the digital camera and took about 500 photos, 200 of which had Aiden in them (I think another 100 were of a pepsi can he liked). I finally got around to organizing them into weekly sets, so you can click here to see them that way.

Ear Infection

Aiden has his first ear infection. Poor little monster. He is feeling much better since being on antibiotics. He is on amoxicilion for 10 days or until it is gone. I felt so bad for him. He was miserable and I could tell something was wrong. I was hoping he was just teething. yes I know it is early but he had all the signs until he started running a fever. Apparently some doctors feel that running a fever is a sign of teething and some don’t. Mine doens’t so when I called on Wednesday mroning they told me to come right in. I love my doctors office. They are so great. They encourage me to call whenever I am concerned about anything. Being that he barely slept on Tuesday night and was crying and just plan cranky for a couple days.

It is so hard to know what a little baby needs. How do you know what is wrong with someone that can’t tell you anything. I saw him grab his ear at one point and thought, “I wonder if he could have an ear infection”. I strongly suggest that if you think anything is wrong with your baby you should take them in right away.

Why do you need to know my sons name?

So lately when I have been out with Aiden people feel the need to ask me what his name is. Why? What does it matter to you? I mean I understand wanting to know the age – do the comparision, is my baby more advanced, cuter, smaller, etc. But the name? It actually makes me very nervous and uncomfortable. I don’t feel the need to tell people his name but I have yet to figure out a nice way to stop people from asking me because it is none of your business. I always feel pressure to tell them. Why? He is my baby and if I don’t want them to know anything about him then I shouldnt’ have to tell them. I know he is the most gorgeous baby ever so everyone is just fixated on him but come on. Stop asking me.

New Video: Rolling over

I’m way behind on the video editing, but this was a pretty exciting video so I rushed one up there. This morning was the first time he rolled over by himself! Pretty cool trick! So of course, I grabbed the camera, got it on tape and uploaded it to YouTube. So you can click here to watch it or click on the thumbnail in the sidebar.

Every day is a new adventure it seems!

Never a dull moment

Just when Steve and I started to figure out the whole morning routine after I went back to work, I was let go along with several other people. It has been a long couple of weeks. I hadn’t even been back to work for 2 weeks. At least it has given me more time to spend with Aiden.

He is getting so big well, not really. He is still a little peanut but he is getting so much personality and his smiles make me melt. He has giggled a couple times but nothing has made him really laugh yet. I cant’ wait for that. He just discovered his feet the other day and is very fascinated by his hands. He stares at them and sucks on them. He is constantly sucking on his arms too. He gave himself a nice big hickey yesterday. We went for a nice long walk yesterday. He is actually not a huge fan of his car seat so that has proven to be a bit of a challenge. Hopefully he will enjoy it more shortly. I hope to take him for as many walks as possible here pretty soon. Today it was a little chilly so we decided to stay in. I have been giving Aiden a massage almost everyday. He loves them and talks almost the whole time. He is chatting away a lot now. Ok I feel like I am totally babbling…..I think the little monster is waking up so I better cut this short…take care everyone, Jess

2 Month Check-up/SHOTS

Aiden had his 2 month check up on Wednesday. That meant that he had to get a few shots and get the height, weight and circumference of his head checked again. Although he has gained a bunch of weight and is now 9lbs 11oz, he is still only in the 5th-10th percentile for his age. The doc isn’t concerned at all though she said as long as he is gaining at a steady pace we are good. Aiden’s head which is now 37″ is also in the 5th-10th percentile but his height is in the 25th-50th percentile. Seems funny since Steve and are are both vertically challenged. He had to get 3 shots and 1 oral vaccine at this appointment. He did great. Cried for less then a minute for each shot and although I was told we would have a horrible night with him, he slept for 7 hours straight. He is such a good boy sometimes

Other then the above everything is pretty normal for us. I started back to work on Tuesday and even though everyone including myself was convinced that I would be a crying mess, I didn’t cry once all week. It was really nice to get out and be with adults and I do enjoy my job so it was nice to get back to it. I missed it while I was on maternity leave.

New Photos and Day Care

Got the new photos uploaded and the albums for Week 6 and Week 7 have been added to the Photo Gallery page. I particularly like the photos of Aiden with Grammy, his great-grandmother. There’s a great photo of him holding her finger!

Well, today was Aiden’s first day at Day Care. Honestly, I think he handled it better than Jess and I! I restrained myself from stopping by the center during lunch time because I didn’t want the other kids to make fun of him. You know, those 12 and 15 month old babies can be brutal with the teasing! But he played well, slept well, ate well and was happy as ever when I picked him up. He’s been smiling up a storm lately, and just lights up the room when he does! There’s no feeling quite like having your baby look up at you and smile.

He’s also starting to ‘talk’ just a little bit. Mostly he just says “Ga” and “Ew”, but that’s alright because I generally talk for both of us.

Everyday a new milestone and a new adventure!

Sleep

OK so I guess I spoke too soon cause last night Aiden was up every hour to hour and a half. It was horrible and Steve was in St. Louis at a conference. I have to tell you after an hour and 15 minutes of trying everything but a bath, I started crying out of pure frustration. Within 15 minutes, he fell asleep. The same thing happened at 6 when he was crying again and after getting maybe 2 hours of sleep there was no way I was getting up yet. I started crying again and again, he fell asleep within 15 minutes. Moral of the story – start crying quicker so he will go back to sleep faster.

He also for the first time giggled yesterday. He did it again today so hopefully he will start doing it all the time.

2 nights in a row

I’m not sure when babies are supposed to start sleeping through the night and I am probably jinxing myself by saying anything but for 2 nights in a row, Aiden has slept for 7 hours without getting up at all. Both nights i woke in a panic at the 4 hour mark and had to do the “are you still breathing test”. Those of you with kids know exactly what i am talking about. You put your finger under their nose to see if they are breathing or you look at their chest and see if it is going up and down or, as a last resort, you put your hand on their chest.

Right now I am typing 1 handed as Aiden is sleeping on my left arm. I love watching him while he is sleeping. He smiles and giggles. It is so cute. I have tried to get him laughing on video but have yet to be successful with that.

I think i am going to try and take a nap with the little monster. I go back to work a week from today so I am trying to rest and relax as much as possible this week.

I forgot to tell everyone that Aiden’s doctor put him on a med like zantac. He was spitting up like crazy and seemed to have tummy aches all the time. He woke up screaming this horrible scream that made me want to cry (ok, I did cry) and I finally called the doc on Friday. She said it sounds like he has acid reflux. He seems to be doing much better. No more of that scream that makes me cry.