Choose the Right--Look to the Left

Here is an example of trying to convince Ivan to look to the left! He's doing a much better job, but still flops over to look to the right. At first, we had to move his head. Now he'll move his head himself but still prefers to look to the right. He'll get it eventually--and hopefully won't have a flat head! We also have to show off his cute new trick of holding a toy and shaking it. (We feed it to his left hand in hopes of him looking to the left.)



Other news: The whole family got sick from Middle School. Less than 6 weeks! We can all make it!

P.S. This movie took forever to upload. I hope you like it. It took two tries.

P.P.S. By the second try, our family is now mostly better, and everyone is getting some sleep at night!

Doctor's Visit

The baby hero is doing great! He is healthy and his doctor is pleased with how well he is growing. He is 12.68 lbs, (65th percentile) 23.03 inches long (44 percentile) and has a head circumference of 40.6 cm (58 percentile). The doctor was pleased that he didn't have a neck, or at least one that was visable.

There is one minor thing the doctor told us to try to work on. The Baby Hero prefers to look to the right. And only to the right. He said to try to encourage him to look to the left as well. This way his head stays in the beautiful shape that it is. So our new motto is: "Choose the right, but look to the left!"

We are proud of him! He's healthy and happy!

Little Sleeper

The Baby Hero is being extremely heroic and sleeping tons! He is happy and last night he slept for six and a half hours straight! This makes the math hero so happy! I was able to finally kick the trash and start feeling tons better from a cold that has beset me for the whole week. The Baby Hero decided it was time to let me get better so he slept a lot last night!

We go in to the Doctor's today. We have only one concern--he has lost his neck. He has a double chin that shows up mostly, and we only see his neck--or what's left of it when he tries to look behind him when he's laying on the floor. He is our little chunker!

Baby Hero Speaks!!

This is because I know that all you guys watch this blog for the baby hero. So here he is, and he's adorable! He talks and smiles and wants to show off for the world!

Easter and a Hair Cut

Easter Break, I did something that I had wanted to do for a while. I got my hair cut! I was so sick my hair length--mostly because the layers were all different lengths. I love prenatal vitamins, but they make my hair grow in really weird patterns.
Easter we took pictures of our family! It was great to spend time with cousins. We also went to church for the first time as a family. The Baby Hero enjoyed being shown off. Easter also, was the day of his turn around for sleeping. He had a few (about 4) days when he would only sleep in arms. On Easter, he started sleeping in his cradle again--and he's sleeping better than ever! He finally is letting us sooth him to sleep at about an hour and a half to two hours of wakefulness. YES!! I feel like a success!

He also coos and responds as you talk to him. He smiles when I or the Bug Hero smiles at him. We just love this little angel!

Growing

We haven't had any official weigh ins and check ups, so we're not sure what percentile he is in currently. However, we did a weigh in on the old apple scale with a cookie sheet to sit the Baby Hero on. The scale read 13 1/2 lbs. So I think that he's really close to 13 lbs. (We didn't weigh him naked.)

Then I tried measuring him with a tape measure. He's at least 21 inches. We're going to the doctor's in two weeks and we'll get the official measurements with the percentiles. I just am always amazed at how fast this little guy is growing.

We're working on fighting the Cutler genes and teaching him to take lots of naps. Also to fight that, Mom needs to set the example. My goal for spring break is to take 1 nap a day. This is very hard for me. Don't laugh.

Smiles

The Bug Hero asked the Baby Hero if he was enjoying life, and the Baby Hero smiled back! We love this little one!