Hello friends!

Holy Cow Liam is already 16 weeks old.

He is really an amazing little person. He matures more and more every single day.  I’ve decided he is going to be a doctor when he grows up..

He can now lift his head and shoulders really well when he is doing tummy time, and is starting to like it a little more everyday. Well at least I hope he is.  He hasn’t rolled over yet, but I think we are getting really close.

At night he likes to roll onto his side and is getting better at staying on his side.  Last week when he would roll to his side it was a disaster, he would roll back onto his back and wake himself up… This week he has more control over that. Baby steps right?

Sleeping at night is still hit or miss and now that I am back at work he seems to be napping better during the day.  Well most of the time.  He usually takes one good 2 hour nap in the morning, and another one hour nap before noonish.  Then any other nap he takes during the day ranges from 20-40 minutes.  He is still getting between 11-13 1/2 hours of sleep a day.

It seems like he is always hungry.  I’m not sure if he is starting to teethe and that is why his hands are always in his mouth, but I think it’s because he is hungry all the time.

Sometimes he is so hungry that if the milk isn’t coming out fast enough he will pull away and start eating his hands… That really makes no sense to me, but hey who am I to judge.  I have starting thinking about solids, and while I don’t plan on giving him any anytime soon I will have the conversation with his pediatrician next time we go in.

My neighbor started her son on solids at 5 1/2 months. She said that she really felt he was ready for solids, he would stare at them while they would eat, and really seemed interested in food.  That and he was eating 40 oz of formula a day, so she thought it was time to move on.  I am selfishly excited for him to start solids because I really hate pumping. Especially now that I don’t have my own office, it is such a pain.. I know it’s worth it so I will keep doing it until he is a year old, but man it sucks.

I’m really not sure how many ounces he eats in a day, but if I had to guess it would be close to 35 ounces. He has been taking more at a time too.  Once night my sister was babysitting and he ate 7 ounces in one feeding!

Liam’s next check up isn’t until June 5, so I had to check these 4 month stats myself.  He grew almost an inch in a week! My little boy is growing up too fast here are his 4 month stats:

4 Month Stats:
- Weight – 15 lbs 14.4 oz
- Height – 26 inches
-Head circumference – 17 1/4 inches
- Likes: Dancing, mommy and daddy singing, getting his diaper changed, bath time, eating his hands, reading with dad
- Dislikes: sitting in his car seat, being hot, being hungry, wearing pants
- Clothing size: He is in 3-6 month clothes and even some of those are too small.  Three month old clothes are hit or miss.
- Diaper Size: He is in size 2 diapers.

I hope everyone has a great day!

Cheers!

Hello friends!

Happy Friday!

****So I started writing this post a few days ago and since I started writing it Liam’s nighttime sleep has gotten better. In fact last night he slept for 7 hours straight! WOOT! Hopefully that isn’t a fluke and I am doing something right… But I wanted to write about this so that if other new moms go through this I want them to know its normal and they are not alone.****

As I mentioned earlier this week I wanted to write a post about sleep.. Well sleep regression.. Liam HAD been sleeping really well at night, I’m talking 5-7 hours straight, but this past week he has only been sleeping for 3 hours at a time.. ugh, as you can imagine I am exhausted, and it’s not going to get any better for me if he doesn’t snap out of this regression soon.  

Wednesday night he did sleep 4.5 hours straight so I think we are making progress!  Our daytime naps are doing really well, knock on wood they keep up and I didn’t just jinx it. It’s the nighttime sleep that needs work.

Liam’s sleep schedule, if you can call it that, has been like this…

Wake up between 7:30- 8 am
Change, play, eat
Nap #1 – 10:30 am – 1pm (ish)
change, play eat
Nap #2 – this one is tricky, sometimes he takes this nap sometimes he doesn’t, but it typically happens at around 3:30 pm and he will sleep for an hour or an hour an a half. then he is typically awake from 4:30 until we start our bedtime routine.

We have been starting the bedtime routine, which includes, a bath, story time, a 2-3 oz bottle, and then nursing until he falls asleep, at 7 or 7:30 pm.  We usually end up putting him down in his crib around 8, and he has been sleeping until around 11 then he wakes up.. oy.. He eats a little more then goes back to sleep until around 2 or 3. Then gets up change, eat.. and its a little harder to put him back down after this. I don’t know why, but the other night I just put him in his bed while he was still kinda awake, and with a few minutes of whining he fell asleep!!! I was amazed. I really hope that wasn’t a fluke and he is learning to self soothe.

****This self soothing phenomenon happened again last night so I am realllly hoping it is here to stay **** Take a look at my baby connect app.. notice the seven hours of sleep he got last night

And his total sleep over the past few days.

I will try and give an update about his sleep habits either at the end of next week or the beginning of the following.

Have a great day and a wonderful weekend

Cheers!

Hello friends!

Oh boy, Liam grew like a weed this week and I love it.. Well I wasn’t loving the constant nursing and no nap deal but it was worth it.  In a week Liam gained 9 oz!! That is totally insane!

According to my scale at home he weighs 15 lbs 14 oz! I love my little piggy

We are still struggling with loving tummy time.. he can stand it for like five minutes at a time.

Then he gets mad that he isn’t going anywhere and starts screaming

He just wants to sit upright or walk!

Silly boy. He also loves watching the Voice and Hockey.. I know we probably shouldn’t let him watch tv, but he gets mad when the tv is on and he can’t see it.Unless we are playing with him.. so I let him watch about five minutes of the hockey game on Sunday then we played

He is also really starting to love story time. We have been putting it into his bedtime routine for a past 2 weeks and at first he didn’t seem interested but this past week he really started paying attention.. either that or he really loves The Very Hungry Caterpillar

Which is really no surprise because it is about food and eating too much… oh man. Good thing Erik and I are very active people, so we know that our children will all be active and will never be overweight!

Liam also got his first pair of sunglasses and we took him out in his new baby bjorn (which I got from the consignment store for $22, heck ya!)

He loves being able to look out while he is in the bjorn.  You cannot wear them facing outward in the ergo, and to top it off the ergo is really too warm to wear in the summertime.  But I am glad we have both options.

It was also finally warm enough to break out Liam’s shorts.. oh man baby shorts are the best. He was showing off his diapy in this picture.. 

He also continues to love his baby Eisenstein and now his feet ALMOST touch the ground!

ah I love him.. Okay I’ll stop now.. I feel like this week has been so busy. oh ya I want to talk about sleeping and napping but this post is already way long so I will save it for Friday’s post .

I hope everyone has a great day!

Cheers!

Hello friends

I had a fabulous weekend!  Birthday and Mother’s day weekend all in one it was spectacular I will space out my posts of this weekend throughout the week, because we took a ton of pictures .

By the way that cake was amazing

I was surrounded with all the people I love (obviously minus a few who couldn’t make it)

We had such a wonderful time, and I want to thank everyone for coming

Also I want to thank my amazing hubby for planning my party. I love you

Check back tomorrow for Liam and Michael’s 3.5 month play date

Cheers!

Hello friends!

Man it’s been a long time since I shared a recipe here on my bloggy. Well since I am currently a stay at home mommy, I have a lot more time to prep and cook meals I’ve been making some bang-o-rang meals this week and last night was ahhhhhhhhmazing.  I made some Thai chicken tacos, and I wanted to share the recipe with you all.

Thai Chicken Tacos via Better homes and gardens

Makes: 4 servingsServing size: 2  tacos per servingYield: 8 tacos

ingredients

• 1 lime, halved
• 1 pound  skinless, boneless chicken breasts or tenders, cut into 1/2- to 3/4-inch pieces
• 1/4 cup  chopped fresh cilantro
• 1 shallot, finely chopped
• 3 cloves garlic, minced
• 1 tablespoon  fish sauce (didn’t use this, just added 2 more tsp of soy sauce)
• 2 teaspoons  reduced-sodium soy sauce
• 1/2 – 1 teaspoon  crushed red pepper
• 1/2 – 1 teaspoon  hot chili sauce (such as Sriracha)
• 2 tablespoons  vegetable oil
• 16 corn tortillas, heated
• 1 recipe Cabbage Slaw (I used prepackaged broccoli slaw, it was amazing)

directions

1. Juice one lime half (about 1 Tbsp.); cut remaining half in wedges. In bowl stir together chicken, cilantro, shallot, garlic, the 1 Tbsp. lime juice, fish sauce, soy sauce, pepper, and chili sauce. Cover; refrigerate 1 hour. In large skillet cook chicken mixture in hot oil over medium-high heat 5 minutes or until chicken is cooked, stirring occasionally.

2. To serve, layer two tortillas. Top with chicken and Cabbage Slaw. Serve with remaining slaw and lime wedges. Makes 4 (2-taco) servings.

 Cabbage Slaw- if you wanna make it

ingredients

• 2 cups  shredded napa cabbage
• 1/2 cup  shredded carrot (1 medium)
• 1/2 cup  sliced green onions (4)
• 1/3 cup  sliced radishes
• 1/4 cup  snipped fresh cilantro
• 1/4 cup  coarsely chopped peanuts (optional)
• 1/4 cup  rice vinegardirections