Well JJ got to experience his first Easter this year. He had to wait almost a whole year for this event to happen. He did NOT have a good time with the Easter bunny…I’d have to say it was an overwhelming fear/sadness/anger that he felt toward him.
Easter day was great. JJ started off the day in Sunday school with a few of his buddies, then came home to relax for a little while before heading over to Aunt Linda’s for lunch. After a filling dinner of ham, meatballs, olives, deviled eggs and pasta salad, it was off to the front yard for an egg hunt. Grandma Taylor filled a few plastic eggs with coins and taped them shut; then, they “hid” them. It was so adorable to see JJ walking around holding his Easter basket. He would find an egg, pick it up, shake it and continue walking. When he found another egg, he would drop the first one and pick up the second one. Stay tuned to my myspace (www.myspace.com/ucirvine2001) for the video of him doing his hunt. He looked so cute in his my first Easter onesie and bib. Nana got him a soft little bunny rabbit for my first Easter as well.
He was so exhausted by the time we got home, he fell asleep. Seeing as how he only napped 20 minutes in the first 8 hours of his day, I’m sure this nap is going to be a long one…..now the only other milestone we’ll have in the next few weeks is his birthday! Go JJ!!
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So today JJ is 50 weeks old…sounds old, doesn’t it? Well I can’t believe that he will be one in 2 weeks. This year has flown by. I’ve learned to cherish every moment that I’ve been able to spend with him. He (and we) have gone through so much this year. Here’s JJ’s year in a nutshell:
4-23-08 12:20 a.m. JJ comes into this world via C-section weighing in at 8 lbs 2 oz and 19 inches.
4-30-08 JJ’s first big road trip…off to Tahoe in a 10 hour drive to see grandma Curiel and nana Fowler.
June 2008 First visit to pediatric opthamologist. JJ has ptosis in his left eye…not severe though.
July 2008 JJ starts rolling over all by himself…and rolls himself off the bed a time or two (or three!)
7-15ish-08 JJ comes down with a really high temperature (almost 103, poor guy!), starts vomiting. Gets admitted to the hospital for a urinary tract infection. Has to undergo blood being drawn and an IV being put in. What a trooper!
September 2008 First visit to pediatric orthopedic surgeon. JJ has congenital kyphosis–his spine curves outward. May require surgical intervention in the future…he’ll probably be shorter than expected due to this.
September 15ish, 2008–JJ’s first big plane ride. Going to Wisconsin to see mommy’s friend get married!
October 23, 2008–My first taste of real food–oatmeal, yumm! I love it with cinammon.
October 31, 2008–JJ’s first Halloween. He’s a lion. ROAR!!! Also, this is the first day he started pulling himself to standing and he’s crawling. Look out!
November 2008–JJ’s second plane ride. It’s off to Chico to see grandpa Jones, great-grandma and grandpa Jones and a few other auntie’s and uncles. My first Thanksgiving–I had turkey and sweet potatoes.
December 24, 25, 2008–It’s my first Christmas and I’m definitely the star of the show. Santa wasn’t too bad, either.
December 31, 2008–I lasted till about 11ish. What a party-er!
March 13th, 2009–I take my first steps. It’s all over, now! Look at me go. It only takes about 2 weeks before I start prefering walking to crawling…now if only I could figure out how to get up from the middle of the floor.
My party’s going to be at nana Foster’s clubhouse and all my wonderful friends and family are invited. It’s going to be so much fun! See you there–Saturday, April 25th at 1 pm!
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As I posted before, JJ has successfully gone from 2 feedings a night to one. That was a while back when that happened. About a month or so ago, when he was ten months old, we stopped night feeding all together and that has worked out wonderfully. So we are 2 for 4 on successful weaning.
One of the other stages, sleeping all night in his crib instead of our bed, has been absolutely successful in the past 3 days. However, I believe it is due to a couple of factors. First and foremost, he has been able to sleep as late as he wants in the morning because it is my spring break. He goes to sleep around 930 or 10 and sleeps until 7 for his morning feed and then back to sleep until 8 or 9 am. He’s rested and not over tired so it’s easy for him to stay in his crib. Secondly, I haven’t been putting him in our bed on his first wake up. I give him the binkie first and if he’s still crying after a long while or wakes up again, only then will I put him in our bed…but it’s been a while.
The last stage, putting himself to sleep, well that has worked for 3 out of the past 4 days. We get him relaxed with us in our bed…not asleep mind you, just relaxed, and then stick him in his crib. He whines for a few minutes–1-5 minutes, then crashes and sleeps all night. I don’t think this stage will be fully met until I stop with the bedtime nursings and I’m not sure when that will happen.
Currently, we are on 3 nursings a day–wake up, get home from work, and bedtime. During the weekends, I add one more in. My supply is decreasing dramatically. The past two weeks at work, I’ve only been able to pump less than an ounce each day. It’s sad. This week I’ve been trying to pump during spring break so that I don’t have to pump when I get back to work and it’s been disappointing–I pump 3 times a day for 15 minutes at a time and I got a grand total of 2 oz….I’m so close to my goal–JJ will be 1 in 14 days. I don’t have enough frozen milk to get him through that time. On his birthday, we’re cutting out all feedings except wake up and bedtime and who knows when those feedings will go. I know I’m going to miss it though. It’s nice having those mommy and baby bonding times.
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So JJ was taking a couple of steps here and there the week of March 8th, but nothing significant. Then on Friday, March 13th he really took off. That made him about a week or so shy of 11 months. We wondered if he was ever going to start walking because he had been crawling since he was 6 months old and he had gotten so comfortable doing that. We just needed to wait for his time. Now it’s April 6th and he is finally walking more than he is crawling. He rarely falls anymore unless he is going downhill or walking over something. He can’t get to a standing pposition on his own from the floor yet, but will pull himself up from any piece of furniture and let go from there. He’s getting fast now. There’s no stopping him! Go JJ!!!
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So this past week has been super exciting! A couple times early in the week, JJ would walk 2 or 3 steps if John held his hand and let go. Then Friday, he was walking 3 steps without having to have his hands held initially. Friday evening, he was really showing off for Bible Study and was walking 6 or 7 steps. Then today, he was really getting a hold of the whole walking thing. He was able to walk for at least 10 seconds which was 12 steps. Once today, I was in the kitchen and he was holding on to the couch. When I turned to look at him, he was walking to his saucer which was a good 8-10 feet away. My little boy is growing up so fast! Who would’ve thought the day he’d reach this milestone would be Friday the 13th!
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