Conor Christopher: Thirteen Months

Conor by month 1 // 2 // 3 // 4  // 5  // 6 // 7 // 8 // 9 // 10 // 11 // 12

Growing // At your pulmonology appointment at Childrens (just three days after you turned 13 months) you weighed 17 lbs 3 oz (2nd percentile) and measured 26.5 inches in length (0 percentile).

Eating + Sleeping // You are eating about 8 oz 4 times a day and you are eating just formula these days! I am no longer pumping, which feels so incredibly bittersweet but it's extremely freeing. You've started slamming your legs down on the ground and fussing alot when you're hungry. So it's truly made feeding you easy as we're finally seeing you use all sorts of cues to communicate with us. And you've started to play with my hair when I feed you. It's so cute. You really love feeding yourself food these days. At first it was us feeding you little bits, but now you just purse your lips until we put it out in front of you for you to pick up yourself. Mr. Independent. You still aren't a huge fan of fruit, not even bananas. But you really love bread, potatoes, carrots, avocado, string cheese, cereal, meat, broccoli. You're really happy just eating anything you can feed yourself! 

The end of this month we tossed your wedge away. We kept finding you in the cracks of your pack n play as you kept falling off your wedge. You'd kick against the pack in play and the wedge just fell apart with the momentum of your body I think. So one night, I just decided to toss out the wedge and throw your crib mattress into the pack n play, and you slept flat on your back the rest of the night. There were a few times where it took you a short while to go to bed, I'm considering that an adjustment period. But you're sleeping like a champ on it now! You're still in our room, and we really need to move you out, but it's no bother to have you in with us since you sleep straight through the night - 6:30-6:30 or so. You're always the first one up! And then you're doing two naps still, morning and afternoon. But I'm always having to wake you up from your afternoon nap to go get Jack from school. Bless you baby!

Wearing // The last week or so I've had you in alot of 12 month rompers. And all of your pajamas are 12 months, but most of your onesies are still 9 months and your pants are 9-12 months. It's wild to think you're wearing some 12 month things as technically according to your due date you're just 10 months. 

Loving // You really love sitting in your highchair and feeding yourself. And you love playing on the floor and rolling around. You really love when I sing to you - you always get a giant smile on your face. And you love reading books! And you really love your brothers. And you love waking up in the mornings and are all smiles  and squeals when I get you out of your bed. You love slamming your legs on the ground, so you lay on your back and lift your legs up and bang them on the ground.

Loathing // You really loathe when anyone takes your toys away.

Nicknames // Connie bearsy

Doing // You cut two more teeth this month - two top ones. You are sitting on your own!! You've gotten so good at this, I don't even worry one bit about you. And you finally rolled from back to front. You really just love playing on the floor and rolling around! And I got rid of your baby bath, so you're bathing in the bath like a big boy now. 

Doctors Appointments // 3 occupational therapy appointments, 1 visit to North Seattle Pediatrics for 12 month checkup. And that's it! Crazy to think how much your appointments have dwindled, you'll have a few next month, and a bunch in July for your 15 month appointments, but we've really made it through the masses. 

Milestones // First Easter, first time in a shopping cart, first birthday party at Richmond Beach, first mothers day with you home!! 

Jack by month 1 // 2 // 3 // 4 // 5 // 6 // 7 // 8 // 9 // 10 // 11 // 12
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Ryan Alexander: Thirteen Months

Ryan by month 1 // 2 // 3 // 4 // 5 // 6 // 7 // 8 // 9 // 10 // 11 // 12

Another month has flown by! I can't even believe it and what a big month this was for you. So many firsts and some big milestones. And one thing I learned about you this month is that you are so very adaptable! Love you sweet boy.

Growing // I'm sure you're just a bit bigger than you were last month! Weighing in at 22 lbs, maybe 23 lbs?

Eating + Sleeping // You are an incredible eater. You eat EVERY single thing we put in front of you...squash, Brussel sprouts, broccoli, apples, cheese, carrots, corn, eggs, oatmeal, chicken, beef, and the list goes on and on. You eat three meals a day and some snacks - you eat a ton for breakfast and an insane amount for dinner. And we've started giving you whole milk! I'm breastfeeding you morning and night and maybe once during the day and maybe once in the night considering you're waking up in the night again. You're still going to bed around 6 and waking up around 6 and napping two times a day, but your sleep pattern was all over the board this month and that was hard on all of us! You were a champ adjusting to the time difference in Ireland even though it took you quite a few middle of the night wake ups, early mornings, and nearly 2 weeks. And you're sleeping in the pack n play in our room. I was thinking last night that you've probably spent half your life in that thing! It's literally been like 3 months since you've slept in your crib. 

Wearing // I moved all of your 12 month gear out of the closet and all of your clothes are 12-18 months now, except for a few pairs of trousers. And you are still in size 4 diapers and we've adjusted the buttons on the cloth diapers. 

Loving // You are still loving your pacifier. You LOVE getting into the Tupperware drawer and opening up cabinets and you are obsessed with crawling into the bathroom. You're like a little bathroom magnet and we have to close the door, or else you just crawl right in there and pull yourself up on the toilet and try to open the lid or put your hand in the toilet bowl! It drives me wild! So we've taken to always closing the door now. You love taking baths and you kick your little feet in the water and splash and splash and laugh and it's amazing to witness. You love to follow Jack around and play with him. You love to eat!! And you love standing these days - you're all about standing and pulling up to stand. We try to put you down on the ground and you just lock your legs out. It's pretty funny! And you LOVE apples.

Loathing // You're still not a huge fan of your brother being mean to you, but who would be right? And you get really sad when Jack closes a door on you and either shuts you in a room or shuts you out of one. What else? You don't really like staying up past your bedtime! Every night I try to read books to you before bed, but we barely get through one book before you start fussing and begging me to feed you and put you in your bed. 

Words // You definitely say uh oh. You drop things on the ground and say..Uh Oh. It's pretty funny! And I think you said nana yesterday for a banana. You were sitting in your highchair and you said nana ...nana and I gave you a banana and you were so happy!

Doing // You are sucking and chewing on everything...I'm surprised you don't have a new tooth coming through yet. You're holding fast at 8 teeth. And you are pulling to stand!! And you love going from one place to the next and pulling to stand and reaching for EVERYTHING you can get your hands on. You are into EVERYTHING. You love crawling into the dishwasher and taking things out of it when I'm loading it or unloading it. You love opening doors and drawers and pulling everything out of them. You are so busy! It's crazy. I thought Jack was into everything at your age, but then you came along. 

Milestones // Your first international flight!! Your first visit to Ireland and your first time meeting your Auntie Ruth and your Uncle Stuart. Your first train ride. Your first time on a farm. Your first visit to a castle. Your first visit with Santa. And you're finally pulling to stand! You still have just 8 teeth, but I swear there's more on the horizon soon as you're drooling a ton!