Busy Momma

We have been keeping ourselves pretty busy this holiday weekend. I hope to get on at some point with a few more updates. Until then...I thought you might enjoy a baby's first Christmas sneak peek.

From Week 13

If only we could all be filled with such wonder and excitement!

Three Month Post

Harrison is three months old today!

In honor of Harrison’s monthly “birthdays” I thought it might be fun to document monthly baby milestones, important activities, like/dislikes, etc. To see the two month post click here.

From Week 11

Favorite Things: Talking (our house is constantly filled with baby talk), riding around in the moby wrap, putting things in his mouth, making spit bubbles, sneaking glimpses at the football game on TV, being sung to sleep by his mommy or daddy

Favorite Songs: Mr. Sandman, Blue Heaven, Sweet Baby James, Godspeed, Beautiful Boy, We Are the Boys (University of Florida Third Quarter Stretch Song), Boom Boom Ain’t it Great to be Crazy **Favorite song selection changing nightly!**

From Week 10

Least Favorite Thing: Having a cold, getting tired, being put down to sleep before he is completely passed out, Lilly kisses in the face or ears (this will probably be a favorite thing one day)



Tricks: Holding his head up, kicking really hard, getting close to rolling over, lots of “conversational” talking, falling asleep while playing with his toys (really big deal to parents of a baby that normally fights falling asleep)

From Week 10

Big Events: We have been very social this month. Harrison has gone to a few parties and even hosted a few small parties of his own. He is very social right now and loves being around different people. Unfortunately with all the extra exposure to people we also experienced our first cold this month.

From Week 12

Sleeping schedule: Harrison is a night owl just like his mommy. He is an excellent sleeper and usually sleeps between 8 and 10 hours a night. Unfortunately his bedtime is still a little unpredictable. On a good night he may fall asleep at 10:30 but most nights it is closer to midnight with a few 1 am nights here and there. He will sleep for at least 8 hours and then get in bed with mommy for a morning feeding and a nap for another hour or two. He usually takes a 30 minute nap several times a day and about once a week he will throw in a two or three hour nap.

From Drop Box

Evil nemesis: Nasal Aspirator

Getting Peed On...

Maybe it is the cold making our reflexes slower (yes, we all have the cold now) or maybe Harrison is getting faster but we have been peed on a lot this week. Actually I blame the new diapers. I thought I would save a little money and buy bargain diapers (Luvs) this week rather than our normal Pampers. The new diapers are a little smaller in size (even though the weight range and size is the same) and they are a little more complicated to open and put on quickly. This has resulted in a lot of little accidents this week. The other night I actually got peed on twice! You would think I would learn my lesson the first time?!?!

Pampers have been working great so why mess up a good thing? Normally I buy diapers in bulk but Harrison is on the verge of going up a size in diapers and Target didn't have a small container of size 2 Pampers. I thought this would be the perfect time to try the bargain brand. My first impression of Luvs is mixed.

Positives:
Really cheap
Cute illustration of dogs and cats (not really a quality factor but it makes me smile)
Blue tinting that turns bright when wet
Don't smell like pee when the diaper is really wet (after the morning nap)
No leaks so far even with super stinky diapers

Negatives:
Not as soft as Pampers
Feel plastic on the outside (makes me worry about diaper rash - we haven't had any with Pampers)
Doesn't seems to wick away wet as well (see diaper rash)
Smell more perfume-y than pampers
Not as roomy as Pampers (hard to get on a squirming little boy)
More complicated to open (results in baby boy sprinkler)


I think we will be sticking with Pampers for now. We have tried the Kirklands brand (sold at Cosco). Based on our very limited testing I think it is the best of the bargain brands. Once we get a Cosco membership we might switch over.

Wordless Wednesdays: Beating the Cold and the Cold Weather

From Week 12

Harrison's First Cold

Poor baby boy is sick today. I guess we over did it this weekend. Last night I noticed that Harrison's nose was a little congested and his eyes looked a little watery. I was pretty worried when I put him down to sleep that we were going to have a long night but other than a short crying spell at 2am he slept really well. He sounds really pitiful but has been in pretty good spirits considering he probably doesn't understand what is happening to him. He hasn't had a fever so I think it is just a cold.

I have been trying to keep him as happy as possible. I gave him a nice warm bath earlier (I always enjoy that when I am sick) and have been keeping him wrapped up in soft cuddily blankets. We also went out tonight and got a humidifier for his room. We have been using saline spray and the aspirator. The latter does not help with the happiness factor but is a necessary evil.

Hopefully the little guy will start feeling better. I really hate seeing him like this!

Wordless Wednesdays: View from a Walk

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Let there be sleep...

I am almost scared to post this since it is probably one of those things that is easily jinxed but I am going to go ahead and say it anyway. Harrison has been a REALLY good sleeper for the last few days. He has been taking nice long naps and then sleeping at night for up to eight hours at a time. I think Sam and I are better people as a result! It is amazing how much better we all feel with a full night sleep.

On Saturday night (after a really busy day) he fell right to sleep at 10:00 and then slept until 6:30. At night he sleeps in his crib but we usually bring him into our room when he wakes up in the morning. I fed him in bed and then put him in between us for a couple of hours. We slept on and off until about 9:00. It was heaven! I thought it might just be a one time thing since he was normally only sleeping about 6 hours straight but he has been following the same schedule all week. Maybe he is just going through a growth spurt but we are going to enjoy it while it last!

From Week 10

Good night and sweet dreams to all!

Wordless Wednesdays: Couch Potato

From Week 10