Logan is 9 months old!

*Okay, I am terrible at posting these. Poor 3rd child. These posts just hang out for months on my phone notes until I have a chance to come upstairs and actually post them on our PC. Logan will be 11 months old at the end of this week, but here is his 9 mo post. Better late than never ;)

Logan 9 months

Logan is over baby food at this point and has tried many new table foods this month 

New foods: goldfish, Ritz crackers, biscuits, mashed potatoes, hummus, refried beans, grapes, ham, pulled pork, cheddar cheese, blueberry muffins, hard boiled egg yolk, tortillas, Spanish rice 

Teeth: #3 on 4/17/16 bottom right one over from middle two
#4 on 4/18/16 upper left one over from middle 
(3 more across the top anytime in the next week! They are so close!)

Logan has finally decided to crawl with his knees instead of the army crawl he had stuck with the past 2 months. He is pulling up on furniture, but not often taking steps around. He is waving, clapping, saying "momma, dadda, bubba, hi, and up." He is a busy little boy and generally very happy. He has been a little more fussy lately due to teething and his recent double ear infection. He has begun crying briefly when I leave him at church or walk away from him at home, so a little separation anxiety I suppose. I remember it with his brothers as well. Hopefully it is short lived because it is always sad to hear him cry even though I know he is fine and having fun after I leave. One of Logan's favorite hobbies right now is crawling to the magazine rack and taking all the magazines out. He also has fun tearing out pages. Seriously, he has tons of toys, but this is the highlight of his day. He loves it! Enjoy the photos!

We love you Logan! 9 months old

happy Logan

smiley baby

cheesy grin! showing off some teeth

Token pic of brother Ethan- look at those curls!

Crawling

Getting into the magazines

Funny questions with the boys- January 2016

Ethan (3) & Ryan (almost 6)
January 2016

Ask your kid (s) these questions with NO prompting.

1.What is something I always say to you?
E- Don't do the door thing that's in the car
R- to get your folder out

2. What makes me happy?
E- Doing the right things
R- when I eat your food and say it's yummy

3. What makes me sad?
E- Doing bad things
R- when somebody dies

4. How do I make you laugh?
E- Tickle
R- because you tickle me

5. What was I like as a child?
E- You went to school
R- you were having fun

6. How old am I?
E- 41 (😝)
R- 32 (ding ding ding)

7. How tall am I?
E- 19
R- I don't know maybe 30lbs?

8. What is my favorite thing to do?
E- Watch shows
R- maybe go to my school

9. What do I do when you're not around?
E- Go to the Dr
R- go to the grocery store

10. What am I really good at?
E- Games
R- walking

11. What am I not very good at?
E- Eating
R- wrestling

12. What do I do for a job?
E- Go to the Dr
R- nothing, only take care of Logan and Ethan

13. What is my favorite food?
E-Vegetables
R- Spaghetti

14. What do you enjoy doing with me?
E- Shows and games
R- going on dates

Logan is 8 months old

Logan 8 months old- March 27, 2016

Size 3 diapers
12 month sleepers, 9mo separates for clothes, but 12 month size for anything one piece
Guessing around 21 pounds maybe?

Nursing- 4 times a day, when he wakes up, around 11:30/12, around 4pm, then at bedtime 7:30ish. He is finally consistently sleeping through the night for 12+ hours WITHOUT waking up!! Hooray!! (Minus a couple nights this week after turning 8 months been up around 3am teething pain?!??)

Logan takes 3 naps a day on school days (2 one hour and 1 two hour nap) and typically 2 longer naps on non school days when he can sleep in past 8am.

New Foods he tried: Strawberries, honeydew melon, whole milk yogurt, brown&white rice, tofu, chicken, turkey

I haven't found a fruit or vegetable baby food that he won't eat yet. Not a huge fan of tofu or avocado.

Logan is signing "all done" and we are working on "more" and "please" for now he just keeps opening his mouth excited for food when he wants more.

Logan is waving "hi" and mimics the sounds with shrill noises that sound like he is saying "hi" too. Last week he also started waving "bye" and even one time when Mike was talking about "it was almost time to go" he started waving. It is so cute to see him starting to understand words.

Understands the word "no" and responds to it by crying or shaking his head no.

Is loving a Sippy cup with water! He has finally figured out how to do it without me tilting it back and is rather pleased with his accomplishment. He has also figured out how to drink out of a straw!

The past few weeks he has begun pushing himself up into a sitting position from laying down and often find him sitting up waiting for me in his crib after nap time.

Crawling everywhere. Occasionally knees up, but his most preferred method is the army crawl because he is quick!

Trying to stand and pull up and loves standing with assistance often!! Starting to see some temper and opinions forming when he doesn't get his way. Oh boy, Here we go...

Learning how things fall to the floor and don't just disappear. He is practicing this new knowledge by knocking Cheerios to the floor on purpose and watching where they fall. 😐

Balloons are the most exciting thing and he gets crazy excited about them! He also loves when his Daddy comes home from work and greets him with squeals and smiles.  And the new "dada" word referring to his Daddy!

Logan is 7 months old

Logan 7 months (belated post saved from my phone a month ago!)

Weight: guessing around 20lb, no clue on length
Clothes: 9 month and also 6-12 month, 9 month sleepers (about to move up to 12mo pjs)
Diapers: size 3
Shoes: size 2

Foods he has tried:
Pears, blueberries, pumpkin, corn, blackberries, avocado, pineapple, raspberries, spinach, peas, sweet potatoes

Blueberry puffs
Sweet potato puffs
Cheerios
Pancakes

He got his second tooth, bottom right on 2/14

Logan is army crawling to get places, loves attention from strangers and family, loves to laugh at his big brothers, is in general very happy and mild tempered. He loves playing peekaboo and playing with a ball with his big brothers. He is totally distracted these days when nursing if anyone else is around and I have no luck keeping him from noticing the TV when the boys watch a show no matter how many toys are around. He gets very excited when Daddy comes home and calls for "momma" when he cries.

Logan slept thru the night for the first time the night before turning 7 months old, but generally is still up once overnight. Mom needs to get brave and let him cry it out overnight because I know he can sleep better than he has been most of the time. I guess since I know he is my last baby I am baby-ing him with a few extra snuggles and cuddles at night which I do love (if once and not 2-3 times overnight), but makes me pretty tired some days.

He is learning to use a Sippy cup with water and gets so proud of himself when he figures it out. It has a suction spout so he has to suck to get anything to come out. He mostly still plays with his cup however.

Saying "momma" when he cries or calls for me. Other babbles of baba, dada, etc.

Logan is 6 months old!

Logan is 6 months old

Weight: 18lb 4oz (64%)
Height: 28.5" (98%)
Size 3 diapers
Size 6-9mo clothes 

-He got his first tooth, bottom left side on 1/27

-He is a grabber! Grabs hair, clothes, jewelry, and anything within reach

-He loves tags! Tags on toys and even found a tag on his crib bumper

-He is our first pacifier baby and loves his monkey wubanub

-The past month was full of ear infections and a case of RSV for Logan that required breathing treatments for Bronchiolitis. We are hopeful for the next year to be full of good health and no more Dr visits. 

-has started to cover and uncover his face and play "peekaboo"

-he is working on sitting up all alone and can do so for brief periods of time, but still has to be carefully watched or have a boppy pillow behind him because he will still fall over backwards. 

-began solids this month. He has tried bananas, oatmeal, squash, apples, carrots, green beans, peaches, and sweet potatoes. In general he didn't seem to excited about anything but oatmeal until this past week. He also doesn't like oatmeal mixed with breastmilk, only warm water and gobbles it up like crazy. Most of the time all I get are 2-3 bites of any other food except Sunday (24th) he ate all his apples (2oz) and squash (2oz) over the course of two different meals. That's the most he has ever eaten. 

p.s. For the record, I think we have the cutest babies on the planet. I can never pick only one photo for these posts. I love them all!! 

Logan is 5 months old!

Logan 5 months old
(Another belated post written Dec 29th)

No length measurement or official weight check this month, but we did visit the Dr a few times....
16lb 9oz (Dec 21st)
17lb (Dec 29th)
Size 3 diapers
Size 3-6 mo clothes
6 mo sleepers

Sleep- To be honest from his first cold/cough to ear infections, it seems non-existent the past few weeks. Logan got his first ear infection sometime around Thanksgiving. It started with his left ear and now is double ear infection. He prefers being held and rocked to sleep during the day and doesn't like to be laid down which I assume is because of pressure on his ears, so snuggling with mommy it is! He generally goes down at night easily (7:30), but is waking every 3-4 hours again like a newborn. It is exhausting for this momma. I feel so bad that he is hurting and he isn't great about taking medicine which makes it that much harder on us both. I did finally get some ear drops for pain that I was able to give him today and it seemed to help him during the day and I am hopeful for tonight (29th) *update it was awful... Up at 11, 1, 4, 6, then 7:30 for the day. oof! This momma is sleep deprived and wants her good little boy sleeper back! Praying that he is healed and better soon! 

Logan is rolling back to tummy and tummy to back now and does it quickly with little effort these days. He is starting to sit up better on his own. Of course he still needs Mom or Dad sitting behind him for when he falls over. If he falls straight forward he is able to push himself back up to a sitting position, but can only maintain it on his own a few seconds before falling backwards or to the side. He is very strong! Logan just enjoyed his first Christmas with lots of new teething toys. He drools and chews on anything and everything he can get in his mouth. I imagine the first teeth are only a few weeks to one month out. When not hurting from his ears, Logan is a very happy baby who loves to smile at others when they look his way and pay attention to him. He is newly loving to hear the sound of his voice and "talks" and squeals with happy noises throughout the day. (Sometimes he is VERY LOUD!) Logan especially loves all the hugs and attention he is getting from his big brothers. They love him too! 

Logan had his first bites of baby oatmeal today (Dec 29th) and wasn't too sure what to think about it. He didn't seem to like it even though it was mixed with breastmilk. He did love chewing on the soft spoon. I had planned to wait until 6 months, but starting a new stronger antibiotic today, I wanted something to hopefully help his tummy as he was having trouble after the amoxicillin. I don't think I will start a consistent feeding schedule with solids just yet, but try once a day to give him some while taking this medicine. At 6 months we will get more serious about trying foods. He is still nursing generally every 3 hrs during the day (except if a feeding falls over nap time he will extend 4-5hrs) and hopefully he will get back to extending his nights soon. I have been feeding him at least once and sometimes twice overnight lately. Go away ear infections, you are not welcome here!! 

Logan is 4 months old!

*Please pardon the fact that this is 3 months late being posted. It has been sitting in the notes on my phone and I am just now getting around to being on an actual PC. So sorry 3rd child, it may be late, but you really are loved! Kisses! 

Logan is 4 months old! 
 
Weight: 16 lbs
Height: 26.5"
Wears 3-6 clothing, 6 mo sleepers
Size 2 diapers 

Grabbing (and eating) toes
Jabbering up a storm
Blowing raspberries/bubbles
New favorite shaking his head "no" back and forth (I think it must make things look funny to him) 
He is so "grabby" he grabs my watch, my hair, clothing, and tries to get my iPhone daily. Everything goes straight to his mouth! 
Trying to roll over from back to tummy, but not achieved just yet
Seems to be teething Gumming/biting on any toy or teethers
Sleep has had some disturbances the past two weeks and not consistent like he used to be. He is sometimes nursing twice a night and waking up just talking and playing at times. Mom is tired and ready for him to return to a good sleep habit. 
Naps are shorter these days as well 3 about 1hr long and then a small 30 min nap around dinner time generally to help him make it to bedtime. Sometimes in the afternoon if I am able to lay down with him he will nap for 2 hours. Goes down easily at bedtime after nursing. During the day he is nursing almost 3 hrs clockwork most of the day.