My Baby Can Roll!

well i forgot to take his pic today, and he's sleep, so there's no way i'm about to mess with a sleeping baby. but J decided that today would be the day that he mastered rolling from his back to his tummy! and in typical proud momma fashion, i got it on video. so i thought that posting the video would be much better than the daily pic. here you go...

Monday's PotD & Bonus pic

yesterday Ms. C took her little one and J out for a playdate with a few other moms and their little ones. one of the moms was kind enough to send me this pic she took of J sleeping. it's so nice to have momma friends that will keep me in the loop with what J is doing during the day. it makes me feel like i'm with him.

btw, yesterday was the 1st day that i didn't go to C's house (or she didn't bring him to my job) to feed him. she was able to get him to take a bit over 2oz by bottle. he had a bit of a rough patch around the time that i would usually go to her house, but we all made it through. hopefully he continues taking a little bit out of the bottle, and gets used to me not being there...we'll see!

we also made a stop yesterday at a local maternity store on the way home to weigh J. i had been worried this whole time that he was losing weight and withering away (yes, i'm a neurotic worrier), but he weighed in at 16lbs 11oz!!!!!!!! yes, he did have his diaper on, but i was pleased to see that he was up about 2lbs since he was weighed earlier this month at the doc's office. so that really helped to calm my fears about him not eating much during the day. and it also made me realize that soon i need to start looking into getting him a new carseat, since he is quickly reaching the weight limit on his infant carseat - yikes!

Julius: Months 1-3

here are J's monthly pics for all three months. holy cow! last month i thought that i had seen such a drastic difference in him from the month before, but this month, OMG, he looks like such a little boy! he doesn't even look like the little baby boy i brought home!!! wow, time just flies!

PotD: 3 months old...(almost)

well tomorrow my baby boy turns 3 months old. i just can't believe it's already been 3 months. since we have to work tomorrow, i decided to go ahead and take his monthly numbered onesie pics today. so here it is...

PotD: Angry Baby

D took today's pic. I tend to keep snapping pics until one comes out perfect. But not D - this was 1 of the 3 pics he took, and the other 2 weren't any better. But I do think his facial expression is hilarious in this one. Usually this is the face he makes right before he gets fussy.

The Hunger Strike of 2010

i posted a couple of times about the fact that J will not take a bottle (here is the latest of such posts). well, i just wanted to give an update on that. and here's the update: he's STILL not taking a bottle - lol!

i've bought every kind of bottle/nipple/sippy cup on the market; in addition to this lovely/expensive bottle, which i have dubbed "the boobie bottle;" just to get this boy to eat something during the day.


i even picked up some feeding syringes from the pharmacy as an alternate method of feeding, and nothing. my baby wants NOTHING to do with any of those things. he just wants to wait for his momma! not that i blame him - i am pretty cool!! ;)

i was really stressed out about this last week. but i've just decided to surrender myself to my baby's needs (that is after all what parenting is all about at times, right?). i've been going to him during lunch time to feed him, and i think right now, that's the best plan that we've got. it seems like that is becoming his new norm, and it's almost like he is expecting me around 1200 (when he starts to get REALLY fussy/hungry). once i feed him, he returns to his happy-go-lucky self. and as inconvenient as it is for me, i really don't mind. i'm lucky to have a job that allows me to take a little bit longer of a lunch (provided that i make up the time, of course), and it gives me a chance to see and play with my baby for a bit. so i also get a bit of a pick-me-up. C continues to try and feed him via bottle/sippy cup hoping that one day he'll just take it. but for now, this is what we're doing. i know that this phase of him needing me won't last forever, so i'm cherishing it. :)

PotD: I love when he smiles

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