Check Up

Today, Crosby is 7 weeks old. He had his 6-8 week check up yesterday. His stats:

Weight - 12 pounds, 6 ounces (90%)

Height - 23 inches (75%)

Head - I can't remember, and I don't have his sheet in front of me, but it's (50%)

Well, yes, he's a big one. But, I'm relieved to know he's proportioned. It makes sense he's heavy, as he's pretty tall, too. 

To the question about his massive amounts of spit up, which I personally think it's has to do with my dairy intake, his doctor said it's because he's over-feeding. He said that this is based on the fact that he's so big. I guess, that's possible. My job now is to make sure he gets just enough to eat. Some babies will apparently keep eating, more than their body needs. 

So, I'm staying off dairy for a week, and going to do my best not to overfeed him (easier said than done, cuz I don't want to starve him), and see how things go. No cream in my coffee, no cream cheese on my bagel. There's dairy in a lot of stuff, though...like those yummy looking potato chips I just bought. Next week, I'll try them out. Cheese has been a big source of my fat and protein intake lately. Guess it's gotta just be peanut butter.

Stay tuned...

Memorial Day 2013

Nothing planned, so we had to think on our feet every morning this long weekend. 

Friday: ignored the older boys after breakfast, and crawled back into bed with David and Crosby. Finally, at 11am or so, got the boys out the house for lunch. Ended up at Bellevue Square. Then, the paint store for color samples. Dinner was delivered to our house.

Saturday: we planned to take boys to Arena Sports for bouncy houses. Slow moving, but made it in time for an hour of mayhem. Lunch at home. Madison Park in the afternoon. Leftovers for dinner.

Sunday: Slow moving, again. Hung around the house too long and ran out of time to do anything before swim lessons. Took the boys to swim, then came home to chill. I went grocery shopping all by myself for the first time since Crosby was born! Dinner (final one) was delivered. Hildebrandt family came over with dessert.

Monday: Gameworks and lunch at Nordstrom. First time we've ever taken the kids to Gameworks. Seriously, I can't believe we've waited this long. They loved it. The best part, I think, was that the prize area was like going shopping. They were given their ticket totals, and they could just go up and start picking out what they wanted. They had shopping baskets and the "price". Tyler made out with a bunch of stuff, and still had points left over. We walked back over to Pacific Place, where we parked and walked across the sky bridge to Nordstrom for lunch. It was perfect, as Crosby woke up then, and was hungry, and Nordies has a "mother's room" in their ladies lounge for nursing and diapering. It was just across from the Nordstrom Cafe, too. Convenient. And, as we were leaving to go home, we ran into friends.

Tyler won big right off the bat.

 

I'd say, all-in-all, for not having made plans this 4-day weekend, having not-so-great weather, and two rambunctious boys and a 6-week old baby, we did okay keeping it together. There were a few times that I think David and I were close to losing it, but we're all still in one piece!

Making sweet memories with our boys on Memorial Day...

Smiles!

Crosby has been working on smiling for about a week or so now. He get tiny little glimpses of what may be a smile (or gas?), but it's not too obvious. This morning, he surprised us with a few real smiles, making eye contact and all. So sweet. His big brothers were thrilled, too.

Zoo

We recently got a zoo membership. David and I have taken Tyler and Crosby twice. Last time, we were there for only an hour, and part of that time was spent having a snack. Today, we stayed longer, but not by much, as I didn't pack enough food, and Tyler complained of hunger half the time. We did see many of the animals. It was a good visit, in fact, since many of the animals were out. The highlight for us was the penguin feeding, with live baby trout for the birds to catch, and seeing the wolves.

Hep B And Crosby Stats

Crosby was supposed to have his second dose of hepatitis b shot this afternoon. In the morning, I got a call from the pediatrician's office saying that his doctor would like to see him for his 4 week check up rather than wait til 6 weeks (younger siblings get their 4 and 8 week checks consolidated into one at 6 weeks). This worried me a little, but I figured it was maybe a scheduling thing, plus it would be good to see his doctor for peace of mind that things are going well.

We got there, and it turns out that it was a mistake. His doctor opted to see him in two weeks, so he just got the shot. Whoah, that was probably the loudest I've heard him cry. Poor baby. This little guy has been poked so much since birth.

Since we thought it was a well baby check, he did get his measurements taken. Here are his stats:

Weight - 11lbs, 2.5oz (yoaza!) 75-90%

Height - 21.75in 50-75%

Head Circ - 38cm 25-50%

Big boy!

 

Mother's Day

Vincent collected a bunch of his stuff into a box to give me. All very thoughtful.

Tyler got me hand soap, which he apparently tested out many by washing his hands. He also got me "My Neighbor Totoro" on DVD.

David got me an iPad Mini! Cool.

We went to brunch at Blue Water Bistro, and Crosby's gift was letting me eat peacefully. He also slept well the night before.

I'm a mom of 3 boys!!

1 Month Old

Crosby is 1 month old today! 

In Chinese culture, you celebrate this day with a red egg and ginger party. I had every intention to do so for Crosby, but I took no steps to make this happen. I guess, I did take step 1, which was talk about it to David and his mom. 

Last night, we had our roughest night with Crosby, feeding him every 1.5 hours or so. What that actually translates to is about 45 minutes of sleep for all, once he's fed, changed (if needed), rocked to sleep, and carefully set down without him waking. But, this morning, he gave Nana and his brother a tiny smile. I missed it. Maybe that's what he's working on, and keeping us up. Who knows.

Anyway, there was no red egg and ginger party. Instead, Vincent went to Chinese school in the morning with PopPop and Daddy. There was a Mother's Day celebration, which David took my place for. Vincent served him and his dad little cups of tea, massaged David's hand, and did a little sign language/singing performance. 

Tyler and Crosby stayed home with Nana and me. Nana took Tyler for a walk to Fuel, and Crosby and I met up with them later. We all walked to the arboretum and around the neighborhood, then came home for lunch.

It ended up being such a busy afternoon, with lots of commotion. There was a sink that got clogged, and a night market to see. But, a good evening, after all.

David and I rounded up the boys and walked to UW for the Taiwanese night market. We met up with a few friends. It sort of made up for the lack of red eggs and ginger. Crosby got passed around for our friends to hold. He did great and was very content. The older boys had a great time. PopPop and Nana fixed our clog, too.

Naked

4 Weeks Old / Oops, Sorry Tyler

Not officially a month old, but 4 weeks. I can't believe I didn't take a picture. When you have more than one kid, our doc doesn't see us for 4 week check-up. Instead, he sees baby at 6 weeks. I'll give the stats then...

I did get these of Tyler...right before I pushed him too hard, and he fell off, then started crying. Oh Mommy.

 And, I got this one of fishy face. 

Tiny Smile & Nana

This morning, during a diaper, I think I got the tiniest of a smile from Crosby. I truly think it was a real smile, as crazy as it sounds. He looked right at me, and he had already pooped, so it wasn't gas.

 

Nana has been here since last Saturday night. So nice to have Nana here. She does know how to hold babies, he just had his head cocked funny.

Okay, one more!

 

Nap

Taking a morning snooze with my tub of love.