Its been too long

I have done a horrible job of maintaining this blog. Sorry to all of our family and friends who have been wanting to keep up with the growth of my little man. I seriously felt like the first 13 months he was glued to my side every waking hour of the day (and every sleeping hour due to co-sleeping). Therefore, it was near impossible to get enough free time to sit down and write.

I must say that sleep training in the crib has changed our lives! He is sleeping through the night almost every night now, and takes two naps that range from 45 mins-3 hours. The worst part is not knowing how long those naps will be each time. I have so much free time now, and its amazing! I cant believe I was so worried about sleep training. I put it off for months because I thought it would be such a horrible process. I never imagined that 4 nights was all it would take for him to go to sleep with no tears. 

I am really hoping to post at least once a week now. So much has changed since I last wrote. Tyler is walking more than crawling now. Just waiting on those first words now. 

Uh oh, nap time is over, so I must run. 

8 Month

    Tyler turned 8 months today. This little guy sure has had me on my toes. He always wants to go for the things in the room I don't want him near: the blind, air vents, electrical outlets (yes they are covered), trash cans, wires, remote controls, the floor fan, Neeko's face; the list goes on. I spend most of my day picking him up and moving him away from things. 

    Sleeping has gotten a touch better. We tried cry-it-out for a few days, and it was starting to work, but due to the heatwave we had we felt it wasnt good to add that stress and over-heat him even more. We are still co-sleeping and he has only been waking 1-2 times a night. He moves around so much though and I am constantly being woken up by him. 

    We still have no teeth. Everyday I say "Tyler, where are those teeth?" Eating is still going well. I have starting giving him cut up bananas instead of mashing them. He enjoys being able to pick up the pieces and put them in his mouth. 

    Hopefully my computer problems are over so I can update this blog more often now. 

Rolly Polly

    Tyler is now consistently rolling from back to front. He basically refuses to be on his back anymore. I have been encouraging this behavior, but now that its happening I wish in a way that it wasn't. Changing his diaper and putting on clothes is almost impossible. We also have one more thing to add to the list of sleep problems. Last night I rocked him to sleep and he was passed out cold. That is until I put him down in the crib. I'm afraid to swaddle him now, so his arms kept jerking and waking him up. Once he's awake, he just rolls right over and starts crawling around. Therefore we are now co-sleeping the entire night. He is learning to sleep on his tummy, but he does so smashed up against Joe. Tyler almost pushed him off the bed last night because whenever Joe moves over he just nuzzles up again. I guess I dont have to worry about where he'll sleep now when we are in NJ. I'll just have to put him in bed with me. 


    Hopefully my laptop will be fixed this week so I can get some new pics/videos on here!

Checking In

    Sorry I have not been posting. My laptop is broken so I have to use Joe's computer. I have a ton of new pics and videos I want to share, so hopefully I will be able to soon. So much has been happening! It's amazing how fast Tyler is developing. 


    Every day he is closer and closer to crawling! He has a new trick where he pushes up on all fours, then flops his chest forward. And today he started scooting army crawl style. He also finally rolled from back to front, but can you believe I missed it?! I put him down on his play mat on his back and turned around for a minute. When I turned back he was on his belly! Of course he hasn't done it again. The only bad thing about this is once he starts doing it more frequently we will have to stop swaddling him. I can just imagine he will wake up every 20 minutes the first few nights. 


    We have also been trying lots of new foods. So far he has had bananas, pears, carrots, and avocado. Naturally he likes the fruits best, but I just mix the veggies with some cereal and breast milk and he woofs it down. Next up is sweet potatoes.

Happy 5 Months!

    My little guy is 5 months old today! It's really starting to fly by. And it's so much fun watching him develop more and more each day.  

Learning to Crawl

    Over the past two weeks or so, Tyler has really been trying to crawl. So far he is really good at making left hand turns and pushing himself backwards. But he is learning to push up on all fours, rock himself, and plunge forward. He gets a little frustrated after a while because he knows what he wants to do but isn't quite able to attain it yet. We practice everyday, and I think taking him to baby activities with other babies who are already crawling is really helping and motivating him. It wont be long until he'll be on the go.

Starting Solids

Tonight we gave Tyler his first taste of solid food. Just a little bit of rice cereal mixed with breast milk. We were pretty certain he would take to it pretty well, and we were right. Granted it was probably more milk than cereal, but he was literally grabbing the spoon and shoving it in his mouth. He seemed upset that I had to keep putting more on the spoon and that it wasn't just pouring into his mouth like he's use to. I think we'll stick with the cereal for about two to three weeks before moving onto veggies considering he is only 4.5 months. But that really all depends how things go day by day.