Monday, January 28, 2013

11 Months

On Saturday MV turned 11 months!
Only one month left :( until my baby is turning one!

Weight
20 pounds... Still no gain and officially dropped down a curve. Hopefully he gains before his one year check.

Length
74 cm

Hair and Eyes
Apparently the official colour of his hair is "Ash blonde" according to a random lady in the mall ;) It's getting very long but still thin.

Clothing Size
12-18 months.

Diapers
Size 4 during the day and size 5 at night.

Sleep
We are co sleeping half the night, he still is obviously having stomach cramps/pains that are making it harder for him to settle. The doctor gave us a prescription for reflux so we'll see if that's it. He sleeps anywhere from 2-4hours at a time. It still sucks but not as bad as the past months where he woke every 60 minutes

Eating
We have introduced homo milk last week and have officially started weaning! I'm sad but also more excited than expected for this :) We do a combination of solid finger foods and purée types like applesauce for meals.
We are still waiting to retry the bananas.

New Developments
~ his 7th tooth has come in
~ he WALKS! This started days after he turned 10 months, he's practically running now
~ he loves clapping and when people clap for him
~ he is a little less (hoping I'm not jinxing it) mischievous, perhaps learning boundaries
~ he tries to correctly use a spoon
~ still having separation issues
~ loves, loves, LOVES babies and animals, this is not new but his love is growing. It's so sweet.
~ he is very good with sharing but also starting to resist when his cousin tries to take things from him.
~ loves playing with phones pretending to talk on them, and loves pushing trucks and cars while making "pffbbbbbbb" noises
~ personality ~ a little less mischievous, and very loving.





Wednesday, January 2, 2013

Stop Wasting

One of my New Years resolutions is to stop wasting food.

As I hang my head in shame I will admit we are horrible for this.

I am going to try meal planning, only a week at a time. I've tried to do the monthly plan and then stores put other things on sale and it all goes out the window so a week at a time I think is a bit more realistic for us.

Maybe we can avoid fridge and pantry clean outs that look like this....

In all fairness this was Decembers leftovers but come on now people are starving out there and we are wasting way too much!

Oh and the eggs were purchased a day before the expiry. We usually don't waste eggs