Ian's 1 year Stats

Technically now Ian is almost 14 months old! But I took him in for his 1 yr well visit at 12.5 months. Here's the lowdown:

Ian about 13 months old

Head Size: 18.1 inches, 34th percentile
Weight: 22.7 lbs, 44th percentile
Height: 30.4 inches, 64th percentile

So our little guy is roughly average sized for his height & weight! I think Jase was much bigger than Ian at this age (I'll have to look back and double check but I'm pretty sure). Even though he's now almost 14 months, here's some things he's been doing lately...

He is awesome fast at crawling around (used to be army crawling but just recently during our trip to New Orleans started "regular" crawling). He can also pull himself to standing on anything...and he can hold onto stuff and walk around the edges of furniture. He will also balance standing up for a few seconds before falling. He will take steps if you hold both of his hands and walk with him, but he has yet to try walking on his own (without holding onto anything).  He loves to crawl over and through objects, like chairs, boxes, etc--almost like an obstacle course, LOL! I have a really funny picture of him stuck hanging  from the rungs underneath our kitchen chair--I need to look for that! He says "mama, dada, yaya (he says yaya so much that I started calling him Yaya), uh-oh (he says this sooo cute), and just the other day he said "nana" for banana (his most favorite thing to eat).

He's making a funny face here! But you can kind of see his gap between his teeth.

He is in that super dooper picky stage of eating. Oh my goodness he won't eat hardly anything! And he has to put it in his own mouth (doesn't like to be spoon fed much). Sometimes I have to "force feed" him something I know he'll like just so he'll get the taste of it, and THEN he will eat it. Stubborn boy! Besides bananas, he loves Goldfish cheese crackers or those Annie's bunny crackers. His new thing to eat is peeled apple slices. Also yogurt.


His hair is blonde (def gets this from Roob), the top is straight and wispy and the sides are super curly. It is getting long but Reuben will NOT allow me to cut it! His eyes are still blue, but a deeper/greenish gray blue than Jase's ice blue color. I think they might turn officially hazel. His little teeth are still coming in. Right now he has 4 on the top and 4 on the bottom. Some molars are already cutting through as well (probably helps with the eating of apples). We found out that his frenulum (sp?) (skin that connects upper lip to gums) is rather long, so that is probably what is causing the gap in between his front teeth. According to the dentist, most likely he'll fall and tear this skin himself, but if not, by 2 years old they can snip it if they need to (ouch! poor baby). We shall see.

Eat Your Heart Out, Baby!

Since my laptop went "kaput" on me, I haven't had as easy access to the computer as I did before (kept laptop in kitchen, our desktop computer is upstairs in our bedroom and Roob works on it a lot). So needless to say I'm pretty behind with my posts! Ian is growing up way too fast for my liking--I get all emotional thinking about it. The only good part is that soon I am hoping he'll sleep a 7 or 8 hour stretch at night :)

Here's some fun things Ian has been doing these days:

• He can pretty much hold his head up all by himself. He loves to be "propped" up so he can look around. We took out the Boppy Seat and he does fairly well in it!
  
• He has gone as long as 6 hrs from feeding to feeding (start time to start time) at night (yes!). But mostly he goes about 4 to 5 hours.
• He coos and tries to "talk" to us! It's so cute! He also smiles a lot these days (see pic above)!
• He likes to be held a lot and be part of the action.
  
• Not such a big fan of the car seat lately.
  
• Will cry if there's a loud, startling noise (Jase's job these days). Ah-hem!
• During the day he usually goes 2.5 to 3 hrs from feeding to feeding, but sometimes he'll only make it 2 hours. Those are the tough times for mommy!
• He likes to cry the most when Jase needs my attention (help!) or when I need to do some laundry, cook, or do bills. Or shower. Or eat. Which is why I eat my meals WAY too quickly these days.
• He wears a size 1 diaper. Currently we're liking the pampers swaddlers. They are so soft and smell yummy (when clean, anyways, LOL).
• He has now officially outgrown "newborn" sized clothes. He outgrew them somewhere about 6 weeks old, I think. So now he is wearing 0 to 3 month clothing and it fits perfectly. I'm not sure how much he weighs now, but we'll find out next week at his 2 month checkup.
• He spits up like a crazy person. So did Jase. All my clothes are ruined by the end of the day. Oh well!
  

Ian's 2 week Stats

Look how different he looks just after a week or two! Geez! I swear he gets CUTER and CUTER every day...I love him!

Ok let's get down to business. I took him in for his 2 week checkup with the pediatrician last Thursday. Apparently when they measured him after he was born, they overestimated (either that or he's shrinking) bc the nurse measured him 4 times and each time she only got 20.87"! When he was born they said he was 21.5"! Ha ha ha. The nurse was all worried about my reaction but it wasn't a big deal to me--I thought it was kind of funny. Only, now, his birth stats are off on his length, but oh well.

He weighed in at 8 lbs 10 oz, so he was able to regain his birth weight and then some (which is what they want babies to do) . I think he only weighed about 7 lbs 13 oz when we left the hospital. He's now in the 47th percentile for his weight. This "average" weight is so foreign to me since Jase always seemed to be in the 80's or 90's for his stats. Crazy!

Here's my favorite part--his head size. I just assumed I'd have another baby with a big head like the first time around (hence part of my reasoning electing a 2nd c-section). But nope, his head measures only 14.2", which lands him in the 28th percentile! Shocker to us all!

So far everything is going pretty well with Ian. He eats well, poops & pees well, sleeps fairly well...a pretty good baby overall. I could not be more grateful for this healthy, sweet little baby boy nugget face. Sometimes I just need to hold him and breathe him in...it's enough to overwhelm anyone's heart. I'll just sit there and cry and cry, just happy to have him and wonder about what the future holds for him. Sigh. He's such a beautiful tiny gift.