Nicknames:
Billy goat, fuss bucket, drool bucket, chunk-a-monk, little one, roll-e-poll-e
Evan calls him either bug or bud.
Weight:
15 lbs 7 oz
Clothes:
Finally packed away the last of the 3 mo clothes. Totally in 6 mo clothes.
Diaper Size:
2
Eating:
Alex still prefers breast above all else, however he will drink expressed breast milk if I am not around. We have also started solids. Which I think was an awesome choice. His tummy problems seem to be a bit better than they were before. He will pretty much eat anything we throw at him which is awesome. As of right now he has fruit mixed with rice cereal for breakfast and dinner. He gets a vegetable at lunch. Alex is also still taking his prilosec.
Sleep:
What's that?
In the beginning of the month, Alex was doing really well at night time. Going down about 730 and sleeping until 330, nursing, and then waking up for good about 530/6 am. But then we had a really bad week where he was up every hour or so. I finally figured out that he was rolling all over the place and waking himself up. So I hit Target and bought some larger "SwaddleMe" blankets. That has seemed to solve our problem.
Naps are another story. Most days he takes 3 to 4 short naps. Other days he will take some really good long naps.
Milestones:
rolling from back to tummy, rolling from tummy to back, grasping everything within reach, recognizes Mike, Evan, and I.
Firsts:
Valentine's Day (spent at doctor appointments...yay!), cousin Harper sleeping over, playing with Betty (uncle Joe's dog who I forever want to call Molly)
Life with Alex:
Oh boy! Mr. Alex is one loud, demanding, active little thing. When he is happy, he is fabulous. Generous with his smiles, giggles, and coos. When he's not happy, nothing will make him happy. Seriously. I don't know how many days, Mike and I have spent hours upon hours trying to calm a very distraught Alex. I'm holding out hope that one day, he'll make a turn and become an easy baby. (but honestly, I'm not holding my breath)
Alex does love his brother. He watches Evan all the time. If he could crawl already, he would be chasing Evan around. It's so fun to watch the relationship between Evan and Alex develop. We attempted to put them in the same room - but then we started having the sleep issues with Alex so for now he remains in our room. I'll probably attempt to put them in the same room again in a week or two.
He loves music and especially when I sing to him so we spend most of our days listening to music while I sing to him. He prefers to have us hold him so he is standing versus us propping him up so he can sit. I think he just likes the vantage point he gets from being up higher. He's fallen in love with some creepy singing dog he got for Christmas and is constantly chewing on it or his fingers or toes.
Oh how I love him...
Life with Alex:
Oh boy! Mr. Alex is one loud, demanding, active little thing. When he is happy, he is fabulous. Generous with his smiles, giggles, and coos. When he's not happy, nothing will make him happy. Seriously. I don't know how many days, Mike and I have spent hours upon hours trying to calm a very distraught Alex. I'm holding out hope that one day, he'll make a turn and become an easy baby. (but honestly, I'm not holding my breath)
Alex does love his brother. He watches Evan all the time. If he could crawl already, he would be chasing Evan around. It's so fun to watch the relationship between Evan and Alex develop. We attempted to put them in the same room - but then we started having the sleep issues with Alex so for now he remains in our room. I'll probably attempt to put them in the same room again in a week or two.
He loves music and especially when I sing to him so we spend most of our days listening to music while I sing to him. He prefers to have us hold him so he is standing versus us propping him up so he can sit. I think he just likes the vantage point he gets from being up higher. He's fallen in love with some creepy singing dog he got for Christmas and is constantly chewing on it or his fingers or toes.
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