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.

Crazy Baby!

I don't know what to do with this baby in the evening. He won't go to sleep lately and just cries no matter what. He's been up for almost 4 hours! Thats crazy! He's too young to be up that long. I feed him. I change him. I try swaddling him and rocking him. Nothing works on cranky baby. Try letting him cry it out but that can go on for hours! Then if he should fall asleep as soon as I put him down he wakes up and loses it all over again! Ahhhh!

He's Lucky He's Cute!

Holy cranky babies! Cry, cry cry...don't put me down...don't let me sleep for more then an hour...cry, cry, cry! 3:30 pm and I'm still in my pjs needing a shower! Don't know if he is just a gas man or he's getting colic or what but he sure can scream. Lucky I still have tough skin and it takes a lot of crying to upset me otherwise we would both be losing it! I guess a couple bad nights/days out of 30+ isn't so bad. He can't be perfect all the time. Can he?

 Ladies!

One Month Mom

I can't believe it was four weeks ago that everything changed forever,  Luca Albert came into our lives. My little man is so damn cute it's crazy.  I know, every mom thinks their kid is the cutest but mine really is. I asked my best friend a long time ago that if my child was ugly that she would have to tell me and she hasn't said anything yet so I'm going with he's adorable.
I have to say motherhood is very fun, challenging at times and definitely tiring but is so worth it when you wake up and see that little face.  Now I am a sleeper and was wondering how I was going to pull this off. After all I have been sleeping for as much as I've wanted for 40 years. Old habits are hard to break! I have been doing rather well with the lack of sleep but it still takes me awhile to realize that the noise I hear is not only a baby crying but my baby crying. Oh crap, I have to get up!  Now Steven who for as long as I have know him has claimed to be a light sleeper but he seems to be sleeping through the noise just fine. Funny how that works out but he does work so hard for us I can't complain.
The best part about all of this is that my two nephews finally realize I exist! Duncan who will be 10 in July and Drew who just turned 8 love Luca! I mean the girls love him too but they are girls and were so excited from the beginning but the boys are too cute with him.  They always want to hold him and say things like "when he is my age I can drive him to school" and "Don't let him have a binky cause he'll end up with teeth like mine".  Drew was holding him today when Luca started making his pooh face so it was only a matter of time and when he finally did the grin on Drew's face was priceless.  He was laughing like crazy.  Not only did that get Luca a big hug when it was time to go but me too! I don't think Drew has ever hugged me good bye with out being told before. How cute is that?

I can't wait to see what happens next. They love their little cousin!