Aiden has been off the reflux medicine for a couple of weeks now and I think it was the right call. He is the same amount of fussy that he was when he was on the medicine :) He is starting to smile more, but he is still a very serious baby. He has a hard time going to sleep and sometimes I have to jump through hoops and the last 2 days I have been putting him on his stomach and he has been doing so much better. I feel very guilty about this because they always tell you to put them on their back, but I guess he wasn't doing that either as he has always slept in the incline position based on the recommendation of our pediatrician. At least now I have a movement monitor where an alarm will sound if he stops breathing. So I tell myself that he is actually better off now than he was before, but I still check on him relentlessly :)
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Aiden is starting to engage with us more and more each day and he loves when his brothers talk to him. He is not very good at tracking toys yet, but the pediatrician says that is normal. There is probably so much going on around him that is much more interesting than whatever toy we could put in front of him :)
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Here are his 2 month statistics:
Height: 24 inches (90th percentile)
Weight: 11lbs 5oz (30th percentile)
Head: 40.4cm (85th percentile)
I think he is taking after the Louis side....long & lean :)
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Aiden all bundled up to go outside
Sleeping on his Daddy
While I was putting Aiden to sleep and Walt was MIA...the boys dumped out all the clean laundry and put it in a pile and were running and jumping on it. It was almost bath time which is why they were in their bare essentials :)
I know he is only in the 30th percentile in weight, but he has put on little bit of "chub" since he was born :)
Jackson and Dillan LOVE Aiden. They are so sweet to him.
Aiden had spit up and Dillan was using Aiden's pajamas to clean it off :)
I got this idea from a friend on facebook....such a great idea! Jackson played with it a little bit on the first day, but lost interest after that. Such a cute idea...I am surprised that he didn't get more of a kick out of it.
The pond in the corner with fish, etc
The railroad tracks and road leading to the barn
The Landfill (aka the airport per Jackson)
Another train track & fishing pond
Jackson trying to "teach" Aiden how to hold his toys
Dillan eating a late lunch after picking up Jackson from church. Note the crazy hair as usual...I comb it every day, but as soon as he takes a nap..it goes right back to being out of control :) On this particular day, I had to wake him up after a 3 hour nap to pick up Jackson on time...no, he does not usually nap that long. I knew something was up because he also took a nap that afternoon. He started running fever the next day.
Jackson cleaning the tables while Dillan ate (please note, he asked for the sponge...he loves to clean)
Aiden just hanging out while Dillan ate and Jackson cleaned
My dad got Jackson a stretchy lizard when he was a baby and he has always liked it and now Dillan is a fan, too. The only problem is that there is only one :) The boys would go crazy over it and constantly were asking for their turn with the lizard...I don't get why they like it so much :) Thankfully Nonni came to the rescue and ordered more lizards. The boys were so excited and played with them for the rest of the afternoon.
Since Aiden's arrival, we have not been able to go outside much. Between the cold weather, his short naps, and the other demands of a newborn...it was hard to find a pocket of time to go outside. Now that he is on his tummy, he is taking longer naps so the boys and I were able to go outside yesterday and enjoy the beautiful weather. The boys played with worms and dirt. Good times :) There are a bunch of pictures because I am having a hard time getting pictures of the boys these days. When I tell Jackson to smile, he gives me the cheesiest grin with his eyes closed. Dillan is hard to get a picture of because he is always on the move and won't stand still for a picture and if he does...his hair is usually out of control :) But I feel these pictures captured the moment :)
Here is the serious face I was referring to :)
A hint of a smile
Not quite sure what this expression says :)
Look at those cheeks :) I love kissing on them!
Another faint hint of a smile
Since Aiden's arrival, I have decided that once a month I am going to have special one on one time with one of the boys. This month was Jackson's turn and I took him to the circus. I wish I would have gotten better pictures, but as you can tell from the below picture....he was a little apprehensive at first and was glued to my lap. We got there right as everything was starting and it was dark and loud and there were a lot of people...so I am sure it was all very overwhelming. But he loved it. He was clapping after each performance and talking about what a good job they did. I could feel his body relax as the performance went on. We had a lot of fun. His favorite part were the motorcycles. As you can also tell from the picture, my one handed photography skills are lacking and I cut off the top part of his head :) I hate that I did not get a good picture of him due to my one arm limitations, but I must admit...I enjoyed having that sweet boy in my lap :) I loved getting to spend some time with just him.
Jackson's version of a smile these days :)
The only semi-decent picture that I got of the actual circus.
One last random picture...riding the zebra around can make you thirsty :)
* I believe Dillan's first official sentence was "I want this" :)
* Jackson is about to move to a bed boy bed...he is super excited...especially since he got to pick out his truck bedding. He is also going to start sharing a room with Dillan. He is also excited about that and wants Aiden to share a room with them, too :) We got him a bunk bed with the intention of the boys using them one day, but right now Jackson will just use the top part of the bed since it has railings on the side. Today he saw a picture of the bunk beds on the side of the box they came in and he said that he would sleep on the top part, Aiden would sleep on the bottom part, and Dillan would sleep in his old bed :)
* The boys love to dance....especially Dillan. He has been on a kick lately and asks me multiple times a day for "Up Up Up"....the name of one of the songs they dance to with Daddy. He also asks multiple times a day for Elmo. It is funny how quickly he went from not wanting to watch tv shows other than the praise dvd to asking for Elmo all the time.
* The boys also LOVE being outside!
* There is so much more, but as I always say...I need to do a better job of jotting things down so I won't forget. Basically, I LOVE my boys...they are so much fun and we are so blessed to have 3 amazing boys!
