What a day! I'm sitting here listening to the rain outside and am I ever glad that Shane was a boy which means I do not have to deal with Easter dresses and bonnets. I feel so sorry for those mothers who purchased beautiful Easter dresses and then had to cover them up with jackets today.
Shane is almost 4 months old. On Friday, David and I took him in for his 4 month checkup and our little boy is growing so quickly. Shane is now up to 14 lbs 9 oz and is 25 1/8 inches long. I'm guessing we probably could have squeaked another 1/8 inch out of him but he was ticked off and wouldn't straighten his legs out. He is 50% for weight and 60% for height. Maybe one of these days he'll be as tall as Dad ... or maybe he won't ... but for now he's just our average little guy.
We still have an ear infection. He was diagnosed with the 1st one on March 20. Doc said he thought this was a new one but couldn't be sure. We go back in a month to have his ears checked again. If they are still red then we'll take him to big brother's ENT and talk about having tubes put in. Brendan was 18 months old when he had his first set ... but Shane is showing signs that he will probably be following in Brendan's footsteps just a little earlier. I know he's not been himself the last 3 weeks.
Easter - the most exciting part about Easter was for mom - not Shane. I had a basket made for Brendan when he was 3 months old. I kept saying that I needed to get a basket for Shane but couldn't find the place that made Brendan's. One night I did a search on the internet and found the place that had simply moved locations. I took some pictures of Brendan's basket and went in - only to find out they were no longer painting that type of basket. The gal working said, however, that the person who worked there had worked there 10 years ago and could probably do it for us. So I e-mailed the pictures over and sure enough - they are VERY similar! Only if you studied the two baskets for a little while would you note the differences (Brendan and I couldn't help but do this). This morning seeing those two baskets side by side really made my day. Edit: Someone asked where I bought the baskets - they are from a place called HappiNames up in Overland Park, KS. www.happinameskc.com
We spent the day over at Grandma & Grandpa Alberico's house. Shane is so close to rolling over that I was sure he was going to show off for everyone. But no ... he just wouldn't go that last few inches to completely roll over. He will get from his back to his side and today he finally got one leg almost all the way over but did make it all the way. I'm going to be devastated if he rolls over for the first time at daycare ... but I cannot wait for that moment to come! Last weekend we thought we were close and even had the video camera ready. Instead of getting the big moment we have almost 45 minutes of footage of Shane rolling from back to side. He certainly is taking his sweet time!
Grandma Linda was quite impressed today with Shane's verbal skills. At one point Shane was letting everyone know how unhappy he was. He just jibber jabbers away and sometimes it sounds like he's telling you exactly what he thinks and he's just not happy! Other times he sounds so sad when he's talking. My favorite is when he tries really hard to form his mouth around the words. We have decided that he has certainly taken after big brother and mom in the talking arena.
This weekend has been a little hard on Shane. Between an ear infection and his 3 vaccination shots on Friday, he's spent a great deal of time sleeping. Yesterday he slept for almost 5 hours - with a few 15 minute nursing periods thrown in. Today he slept for a good hour or so in mom and Grandma's arms. He let us know he wasn't to happy about us switching his sleeping position from mom to Grandma but he settled in with a little coaxing. I wish I would have had my camcorder after he woke up. He was talking away for Grandma and Grandpa.
I am going to have to remember that not every post needs pictures! I'm generally pretty good about taking lots of pictures - it's getting them from the camera to the computer that's more difficult. In fact, we found a memory card from my old camera that had pictures from 2002 that were never loaded onto the computer (or maybe they were but were lost in a hard drive crash). They were of Brendan when he was 3 years old. After seeing them it didn't seem possible that he's now 10 years old ... but then again it doesn't seem possible that Shane should be 4 months old either.
Shane is almost 4 months old. On Friday, David and I took him in for his 4 month checkup and our little boy is growing so quickly. Shane is now up to 14 lbs 9 oz and is 25 1/8 inches long. I'm guessing we probably could have squeaked another 1/8 inch out of him but he was ticked off and wouldn't straighten his legs out. He is 50% for weight and 60% for height. Maybe one of these days he'll be as tall as Dad ... or maybe he won't ... but for now he's just our average little guy.
We still have an ear infection. He was diagnosed with the 1st one on March 20. Doc said he thought this was a new one but couldn't be sure. We go back in a month to have his ears checked again. If they are still red then we'll take him to big brother's ENT and talk about having tubes put in. Brendan was 18 months old when he had his first set ... but Shane is showing signs that he will probably be following in Brendan's footsteps just a little earlier. I know he's not been himself the last 3 weeks.
Easter - the most exciting part about Easter was for mom - not Shane. I had a basket made for Brendan when he was 3 months old. I kept saying that I needed to get a basket for Shane but couldn't find the place that made Brendan's. One night I did a search on the internet and found the place that had simply moved locations. I took some pictures of Brendan's basket and went in - only to find out they were no longer painting that type of basket. The gal working said, however, that the person who worked there had worked there 10 years ago and could probably do it for us. So I e-mailed the pictures over and sure enough - they are VERY similar! Only if you studied the two baskets for a little while would you note the differences (Brendan and I couldn't help but do this). This morning seeing those two baskets side by side really made my day. Edit: Someone asked where I bought the baskets - they are from a place called HappiNames up in Overland Park, KS. www.happinameskc.com
We spent the day over at Grandma & Grandpa Alberico's house. Shane is so close to rolling over that I was sure he was going to show off for everyone. But no ... he just wouldn't go that last few inches to completely roll over. He will get from his back to his side and today he finally got one leg almost all the way over but did make it all the way. I'm going to be devastated if he rolls over for the first time at daycare ... but I cannot wait for that moment to come! Last weekend we thought we were close and even had the video camera ready. Instead of getting the big moment we have almost 45 minutes of footage of Shane rolling from back to side. He certainly is taking his sweet time!
Grandma Linda was quite impressed today with Shane's verbal skills. At one point Shane was letting everyone know how unhappy he was. He just jibber jabbers away and sometimes it sounds like he's telling you exactly what he thinks and he's just not happy! Other times he sounds so sad when he's talking. My favorite is when he tries really hard to form his mouth around the words. We have decided that he has certainly taken after big brother and mom in the talking arena.
This weekend has been a little hard on Shane. Between an ear infection and his 3 vaccination shots on Friday, he's spent a great deal of time sleeping. Yesterday he slept for almost 5 hours - with a few 15 minute nursing periods thrown in. Today he slept for a good hour or so in mom and Grandma's arms. He let us know he wasn't to happy about us switching his sleeping position from mom to Grandma but he settled in with a little coaxing. I wish I would have had my camcorder after he woke up. He was talking away for Grandma and Grandpa.
I am going to have to remember that not every post needs pictures! I'm generally pretty good about taking lots of pictures - it's getting them from the camera to the computer that's more difficult. In fact, we found a memory card from my old camera that had pictures from 2002 that were never loaded onto the computer (or maybe they were but were lost in a hard drive crash). They were of Brendan when he was 3 years old. After seeing them it didn't seem possible that he's now 10 years old ... but then again it doesn't seem possible that Shane should be 4 months old either.
EDIT: I bought the cutest darn thing for Shane from a guy I work with - a Radio Flyer Classic Roadster - for $15.00! David was changing Shane for bed when we got hom on Easter and couldn't resist letting him try it out! I also bought the Radio Flyer tricycle for $12.00 ... we won't be trying that out anytime soon that's for sure! As you can see ... Shane is to little for the Roadster but I can only imagine it won't be long before he'll be tearing up and down the hallway on it! 
Poor Shane, I hope that if he needs the tubes they help! Ear infections are no fun!!
ReplyDeleteYay for the big boy! How is it that your 4 month old is smaller than my 3 month old? It just ain't fair. I'm raising a giant!
ReplyDeleteI want to see pictures of the baskets? Where did you get them?
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