SLEEPING WITH FROGGY

Froggy

 So little man has a froggy blanket similar to the one below that he loves to sleep with. Thumb in his mouth the other cuddling his froggy that is when its not covering his face! He loves to put the blanket right over his head and lie there kicking his feet like froggy is suffocating him.  The first night he kept doing it I would send Steven upstairs to take it off his head and before he could even leave the room he would throw it back over his head and start dancing again. I guess, like his mom, who loves to sleep with a pillow over her head and his dad who always slept with his thumb in his mouth as a kid he too is developing a strange sleep habit. Hey, what ever gets you to sleep little man is good with me. Don't worry, the blanket doesn't stay there long. He tends to sleep on his side with said blanket off to the side as well. I think he likes to do it just to worry us or just to make us laugh.

T minus 24 hours

It's 3:40 PM on Tuesday. I am boarding a flight to Seattle in less than 18 hours and I haven't even packed yet. Procrastination, unfortunately, was always my strong point.
I am both excited and anxious. Excited to see everyone and anxious about the flight and time change for the little man.  We all know how I love my sleep and he sleeps a solid 11-12 hours a night and I am hoping it stays that way on our journey.  At least he had too good poops today so I am hoping he won't be a crank tomorrow on the flight. The flight is full. I keep checking on United's website. I was able to upgrade to their economy class or whatever they call it for the trip back but for the trip there I am stuck in the way back in coach.  Oh well, we'll just have to deal and hope it goes well.
Funny thing about this whole trip is that friends of mine from Brooklyn are going to be in Seattle the same time I will so I might see them. I haven't seen them in years and they live an hour away but we might hook up 3000 miles away instead. Very funny how things like that work  out.
Anyhoo... I better start packing and doing wash.
See ya soon Mt Rainier!

The FITS!!

Holy crapolly! Enough already! I don't know what it is. I am trying to be more observant in what I eat in correlation to his fits but I just can't figure it out.  I am freaking out though that he is going to have one while we are on the plane and it will be a disaster! Snot and sweat everywhere! Oh please Luca be a good boy for mommy and United flight 409!
He isn't big on naps during the day. He fights them which is weird because he is pretty good at going to sleep at night and he does sleep 11-12 hours so I really shouldn't be complaining about anything.  Even when we go out he doesn't nap that much anymore. That use to be the go to when he was really bad. Put him in the car seat and he would be out before you left the drive but not anymore. I guess this is only the beginning of all the changes that are going to come while lil man grows up.
What a set of pipes on this kid and he gets so mad! I guess that is the Italian/ Sicilian blood in him. When he gets upset or scared he makes the cutest sad face and all we can do is laugh at it! His mouth goes down and he starts to frown and furrow his brow. It is so cute and funny!
Well he finally fell asleep. He had been crying and yelling on and off for over an hour now. The mamaroo didn't work so I put him in the K'tan baby sling thingy and he is passed out. Guess I'll go watch tv cause there isn't much else I can do with him in there.

THREE MONTHS!

My little man is getting so big. I finally decided it was time to stop squeezing him into his three month size onesies and pj's and to move him up into the six month sizes.  The first of many I know.
I can't believe it's been three months already. Time flies when you can't get anything done! I am not organized at all and don't know how people with more than one kid do it. I can't even remember to feed the dog let alone another human being.
I do wish we could have another though. Not because I can handle it but I would so love to give Luca a brother or sister. All his cousins are so much older then him as well as all of my friends kids but unless we win the lottery in the next six months I don't see that happening.
Let's see what is Luca up too these days...he pretty much has control over that perfectly round head of his and is sitting up in his Bumbo seat. He loves to watch TV which is probably not a good thing but when you have a 46" television I guess it's pretty hard not to watch it.  He wants to talk and will babble for hours while running in place of course. He is sleeping at least 12 hours a night but still not good on the naps when we are home. He is also starting to fight us on his car seat sometimes. We got him a Frogg Togg cooling mat cause he is such a sweaty hot little boy. We cut it to fit in the car seat and so far I think it helps on those super hot summer days.  He is currently stuck in the size 2 diaper is getting a little to snug to the size 3 are a little too big still phase. He loves to smile and is trying to laugh so hard but just can't get it yet. His lip will go up on one side like Elvis when daddy kisses him with his scruffy beard. His feet sweat like crazy! You can see the sweat on them sometime they're so bad. He still has his little baby acne on his nose from birth along with all his stork bites and angel kisses. He loves to take a bath especially when the bubble machine is on. He looks at everything! Loves to watch his mobile, the TV and especially mommy and daddy. He had a staring contest with his zebra the other day. The zebra won.
For three months he is moving right along and can't wait for the next three months and beyond with my little man.

Two Months!

My little man is all grown up! He pretty much grew out of his cradle a couple weeks ago so we set up the crib.  He loves lying in it watching his mobile go round and round! Things are getting better. He still can be fussy at home and not nap which forces me to leave the house. Now that isn't a bad thing but it doesn't always work.  Like the other day I put him in his car seat and went for a drive but since I hadn't eaten all day I went to the drive threw and got a sandwich and drove to the Shop Rite parking lot. He slept long enough for me to eat half of my wrap so we took off down the road to the Petsmart parking lot where I ate the other half. I was feeling lucky so I loaded him into his stroller and went into the Petsmart for supplies. We lasted about 10 minutes until someone woke up crying. They quickly checked me out, thanks you Petsmart, and out to the car we went for a bottle. Then he was asleep again so off to WIC to pick up my checks. By the time we got home he had an okay nap for the afternoon so mission complete!
Today was a good day so hopefully he is getting over this and will be the perfect boy I know he is...haahahahhhahhhaa well close enough to perfect.
He is sacked out in his Mamaroo right now listening to his ipod.  U2's with or without you is playing and he seems very content.
He also has started to smile and its not just gas. he is so stinkin cute! You know he is mine cause he likes to laugh when daddy makes fart noise at him. That's my boy!

What a Difference a Day Makes!

Couldn't ask for a better baby last night and this morning. I even slept in our bed the whole night and only had to get up once to feed him and then he went back to sleep in his cradle no problem.  Lets hope there are more nights like that to come. Now we have to just work on a schedule. Thats a joke cause me on a schedule? I'll be late for everything but we'll try anyway and see what happens. I hope there is an app for that cause with out my phone I'm lost.

Speaking of lost...poor Dough Boy is so lost! He doesn't know what to do with himself now that Luca is here and he isn't top dog anymore. All I do is yell at him cause he is constantly in my way. I feel so bad for the little guy but I'm sure that once Luca learns how to throw a ball though they will be best friends!

So what do you get when you mate a Yohann with a Runfolo? A 6 week old who fits into 6 month old baby clothes already. When he was last measured he was 22 3/4" and that is in the 90% for a baby his age and he was at 75% for weight.  My little man is growing up already. I just bought him a sock monkey outfit and I doubt it will fit again. Now I will have to go back and buy a 6 month size for him instead.

Its a good thing I have piles of clothes all over the house for him.  We have to go get my old dresser from MJ's house so I can organize all his stuff so I know what I need to get the poor kid so he's not naked baby for the summer.