Ivor - 7 Months

 

 

 



 

 





Month: 7 - September 26, 2017

Height: I think it was 26inches at his weight check, but they didn't write it down and I honestly don't remember! oops

Weight: 14lbs 9oz on Sept 22.  We went in for a weight check and this little man bumped up 2lbs in less than a month! I also checked his weight at home a few days ago (weigh myself and then weigh again holding him) and it showed 16lbs! what?!

Diaper Size: 3

Clothes Size: 6months for some and moving into 9months for winter, even though it's a bit big still.

Sleep:  He takes his last bottle around 6:15/30pm and is asleep within 15 or so minutes of finishing.  He wakes between 6:30/7am. Most mornings he will take his bottle and go back to sleep for another hour or so, or sometimes he just stays awake until his morning nap.  Naps are 3 a day.. morning (9am) , mid afternoon (12/1p), and a quick late afternoon one (4/4:30p).  The times vary depending on what we are doing and how long the last nap was.  He is on a loose routine with the morning and afternoon naps being around 1.5-2 hours and the late one is maybe 40min.. just enough to hold him over until bedtime! ha  He also puts himself to sleep for ALL sleeping now. Woohoo!! So glad to be on a semi schedule now.  He is definitely a sleeping champ just like his big sister.  I am SO thankful for this!!

Eat:  So good! He has 5 bottles a day where I always offer 6oz.  Most days he takes between 25-30oz total and also has 2 "meals" of baby food.  Breakfast and dinner. 

 

 

Likes:  This baby is the happiest little guy.  He loves so much! He definitely loves his big sister and watching everything she does! He loves rolling all around, chewing on everything, being tickled, eating, sleeping, etc!

 

 

Dislikes:  He does not like getting dressed and having stuff pulled over his head. I think that's the one thing that makes him the most mad!

 

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Extra Updates:  Oh my gosh. I could go on and on about our little man.  He has to be the most laid back, relaxed baby ever.  He is such a go with the flow (unless it's bedtime and he is ready to go to sleep! ha), happy, easy baby.  He had his moments the first few months like all newborns, but he has really blossomed into a calm little soul.  It's quite different from his VERY high strung GO GO GO sister.  He is such a champ with being drug around for Tilly's schedule and is just so content!  He is always so happy and in the best mood.  He's one of those babies that makes you think you could have 100 more. but NO, no more babies for the Rowlands! ha  He did have his first cold I mentioned last month that he was still battling, and it was rough. Thank goodness (for now) the sickness is behind us.  We also took our first LONG car trip.  We drove back to MS which made 4 days in the car total of 6-7 hours each day. (2 there and 2 home).  Yall.  This baby barely cried ANY. He was so good and shocked us all.  I hope this means he will be a super calm and lazy toddler.. a girl can dream! haha!  He was able to spend time with both sets of great-grandparents (first time meeting one set!), my dad, brother, and friends back home.  It was so nice to let so many people who are close to me finally met our sweet boy.

 

Another big update is our little man finally decided to start moving and grooving. He can roll all over the place now and can sit up forever.  He took the longest time to show any interest in doing anything but laying around! ha  By 6months Tilly was already crawling, so I am getting used to his timing and want to do new things.  He is showing signs of starting to want to crawl, but who knows when he'll actually attempt it.  With the rolling finally came the contentment to sleep on his belly.  He used to only be a back and side sleeper, but is now all over the place with sleeping.

 

He is continuously growing and learning new things, and this is such a fun stage to go through.   I know with the holidays coming up, 2018 will be here before we know it and I will be in shock my baby is almost a year!  We are having so much fun with our little guy and he has definitely completed our family.  While having 2 kids and being a stay at home mom is completely exhausting and draining, I also love it so much and all the time we get to spend together.  With Tilly having 2 mornings at Preschool, it is a nice quiet time I get some one on one time with Ivor.

Happy 7 Months Mr. Ivor! :)

 

 

 

 

 

Ivor - 6 Months

 

 

Month: 6 - August 26, 2017

Height: 25in

Weight: 12lbs 11oz  -- He didn't gain much this time since we were having supply issues and transitioning to bottles.  We have a weight check next month to make sure he bumps back up like the doctor thinks he will now that we are switching to formula.

Diaper Size: 2

Clothes Size: still 6mo here

Sleep:  He is normally asleep anywhere between 6:30-7p and then most nights sleeps until the 5am hour, eats, and back down until maybe 8ish?  His naps have gotten A LOT better and he only sleeps in his crib! I do rock him to sleep for naps because that is just what little man wants.  For awhile he would wake at 40min on the DOT every time.  We are slowly getting past that and most mornings he will do a good hour and a half.  Then the other ones vary from 40 min to around an hour and a half.  Sometimes even 2 hours, but that is rare! He still is only awake around an hour or hour an a half at a time if we are home before he is ready to go back down.  It seems he knows we are at home and just wants to go back to sleep.  He'll manage a lot longer if we're out and about, though he does look like a half asleep little zombie.  We haven't gotten on a nap schedule of certain times.. just more when he is sleepy. Total second kid!

Eat:  As I mentioned above we are now transitioned to bottles.  He slowly started refusing nursing at certain times about a week before his 6mo appointment. Once we saw his weight wasn't picking up this time at the doctor, she concluded I must've been slowly losing my supply and it finally dipped enough for him to want to stop nursing. We made it 6 months and 4 days BF.  I am shocked! I honestly didn't think we would do it at all so that was a huge success for me.  Now I am just trying to figure out how much and how often he wants to eat with the bottle.  Right now we are doing 4-5oz every 3 hours or so.  We'll see how it goes!

 

 

Likes:  He is the sweetest and happiest little baby. He loves to grin and smile at everyone, it's the cutest thing! He LOVES chewing on his feet and hands.  He also still loves to watch Tilly all the time. And of course he loves his mommy and daddy!  He also really loves to sleep.. this guy always seems to be sleepy! ha

Dislikes:  Coughing.. His poor cold is pitiful.. more below. Oh, and he HATES if he wakes up on his belly.  My goodness, he goes nuts!

Extra Updates:  Poor little guy picked up Tilly's cold earlier this week and he is so, so pitiful. He is sneezing and coughing like crazy with a nasty runny nose. It's so hard when babies are sick since there isn't much you can do.  He coughs and gets so upset!  In other news he can roll over both ways now, he just still doesn't show much interest in it.  He is still pretty lazy and hasn't done much else ha. We are traveling home to MS next Saturday and I am curious and terrified of how this trip will go with 2 kids.  We are stopping half way on the way there and home.. so that makes 4 days of travel. Yikes! Hopefully it all goes ok and we don't have 2 cranky kids. Not too many updates this month.. just getting our sleeping down and trying to adjust to new feedings. He is still a super mommy's boy and loves to be held and entertained. I can not believe he is already 6 months old.  Time is flying by!! He is still pretty small and is hard to fit in all the baby gadgets, so we have to stick towels around him like we did with Tilly! lol Also, he is his daddy's TWIN! You'll see in some of the pictures below!!

We love you little man, Happy 6 Months!!