Sickness

This little guy had an ear ache two nights this week and I finally brought him into the Drs. I know they say that 70% of ear infections go away on their own, but the pain was just getting worse for him. And I'm glad I brought him in on Wednesday. Because by Wednesday evening, he was in tears and you could just see the pain on his face. He was able to get two doses in that day, and Thursday morning he was already back to his good self! I was so thankful to those two doses of antibiotics for kicking right in and getting rid of the ear infection.

Lukas also was running a fever for two nights, but didn't find anything wrong with him while at the doctor. Just a virus that has to go away on its own.

It made for a hard couple a days, caring for two sick kids and a newborn.

Grey matter

We do monthly educational in-services at work and decided to work on neonatal baby heads this month, since we were able to use Aaron as a scan model. We typically scan premature babies in the NICU to check for hemorrhage. Also check mature babies with large heads for hydrocephalus. Aaron doesn't exhibit either one of these issues, so normal brain anatomy is what we saw. :)


He did so well sleeping there on my lap. When I was pregnant with him, we also had an in service on fetal echo's. It always worries me when I volunteer to do these things, because what if something does show up abnormal. In fact when I was a student in 2004, we used Tony as a scan model at the college, and found he had gallstones! Never had symptoms and still hasn't had issues, thankfully.
So I guess it's also good to know that Aaron has a healthy heart and head. :)

Email from teacher

Despite some of the craziness at home that he exhibits, he is actually a really good kid in school. ;)
We got an email last week from his teacher, Mrs. Sauceda. We thought this was really special and made sure to point out these special moments to him.
In order to get on pink level, he 'needs' to do three things helpful in the classroom. I asked him what he did and he said: cleaned up, helped figure out a math problem with his classmates, and read independently.

Brady B

He loves to check on Aaron often.
He wants to sit near him.
He wants to hold him.
He loves talking to him.





He loves his green beans.
He loves peanut butter on a spoon.





He has eyelashes that I absolutely adore.
He has big, beautiful, dark brown eyes.

Denard signing

While Aaron and I were at Duck lake this weekend, Tony took the boys to The M Den on campus, to see Michigan football player Denard Robinson. Lukas has done several drawings of Denard over the years, and brought his favorite to have signed.














Tony now has is framed and in the Man Cave. :)

Aaron at 1 month

Aaron had his one month old appt today. Here are his stats for memory:
Weight: 9lbs 10.5oz (10-25th percentile)
Length: 23" (75th percentile)

So he's gained two pounds and two inches since he left the hospital. (7lbs 9oz, 21")








He's had baby acne for about a week now. Seems to have gotten it worse than the first two boys. But it also varies during the day on how red it actually is. Today Dr. Rao said we could put some steroid cream (hydrocortisone) on it if we wanted, but nothing is really needed to help it. Just has to take its course and its not painful to him.





Everything else checked out good and healthy. :)

He seems to be even more attentive to me than the other boys were. Instead of looking around or off in the distance, he's always got his eyes on me. He's even started to respond to me but scrunching his eyes, and forming his mouth into a smile. You can really tell he is responding to me, and it's not just coincidence.
Sleeping really well at night (for a 4 week old). Wakes up to nurse every 3-4 hours, sometimes even 5 hours. And is good about going back to sleep. He's awake for about an hour at a time, and usually 2 or 3 times during the day.

End of month tidbits

• We went to Noah's 10th bday party this weekend. And lucky for the boys, it was at the high school pool! I put Aaron in my moby wrap and chatted with Jennifer, her parents, and Amy. The boys swam for about 1.5 hours and then we had cake in the cafeteria. I've got to try to remember this for birthday parties, especially for my fall and winter babies!






• A student of Tony's made this cute 'diaper-motorcycle' for us:








I've seen people make diaper cakes, but don't think I've seen this motorcycle done before. Too cute! Nana and Papa in Texas would LOVE this!

• Aaron had some awake time this weekend and was very alert in watching me talk to him. He just is so cute! I know, just a little biased, but I sure do have some cute bebes. ;)












• Such a sweet cuddling boy. It's hard for me to want to put him down to do things around the house.



• Lilo and Stitch love sitting near me or checking on Aaron when he's sitting in my lap.









This is from a different night...









• Here is a very awake and alert Aaron from the other night too.. And poor guy, this baby acne he's getting is taking away the spotlight on his handsomeness.












• Monday was a snow day, so I met up with Sara and Ella and took the boys to The Bounce Castle. We were there for a good 3.5 hours too!














It was completely empty when we first got there. And really didn't seem busy until the last half hour we were there. Definitely was nice to have them burn some energy.

• I picked up this heather grey knit fabric at Walmart for $1/yd and made two more Moby wraps from it. One is for Katie, due next month with her fourth boy. :)






Well that's it for now. Just wanted to play catch up from the last few days. :)