We can't believe its already been 11 months!
Size
According to our home
scale, Riley is about 16 lbs 12 oz. He is still in 3-6 month onesies, but is just about ready to move
on to 6-9. He is wearing a mix of 3-6 and 6-9 month clothes, but definitely
needs 3-6 month pants. Logan wears 6-9 onesies and outfits, including 6-9 month
pants. He still wears 6-9 month sleep’n’plays, but there is a brand or two that
is either snug or too small. According to
our home scale, he is about 17 lbs 5 oz.
Their shoe sizes still
haven’t changed – Riley wears a 2 and Logan wears a 3.
Eat-Sleep-Play
Riley and Logan are now
on regular formula, and are doing well. Riley finally hold his bottle himself
(Logan has for months now) so feeding them is super easy. They still take 3-6
oz at a time, 4 bottles a day. They still get solid food at least three times a
day; still a yogurt in the morning (although now Riley also wants a fruit,
oatmeal, or rice cereal to go with it), rice or oatmeal mixed with fruit in the
afternoon, and a “dinner”, a veggie, and a fruit or dessert in the evening. They
love crunchies and puffs and eat them for snacks. Lately with dinner we give
them a food they can pick up – cooked carrots, apple pieces, black beans,
mashed potatoes, etc. but we had to stop giving it to Logan. He has a really
sensitive gag reflex and frequently vomits. The doctor has recommended a speech
therapist to work on swallowing with him, but that has not started yet. In the
meantime, he is restricted to baby food, crunchies (no puffs) and foods with
easy textures we know he can handle. Riley is the polar opposite. He LOVES to
eat new foods, and basically wants to eat anything we do. It’s really funny –
he is just like Penguin – he is right by my side whenever I have a snack. So of
course I give him some, and he taps me when he wants more. I try to let Logan
taste things when I can, so we have figured out they both love guacamole,
hummus, peanut butter, provolone cheese, and cheddar cheese. Riley, well he’ll
eat just about anything I eat.
They have been getting
cold after cold, which leads to coughing, stuffy noses, and waking up in the
middle of the night crying, but overall sleeping has been pretty okay. They
tend to be in bed now between 7:30 and 8:10 and wake up around 8am. When at home, the boys take a
longer nap in the AM – anywhere from an hour to 2 ½ hours around 10:30, and a shorter nap in the
PM – 30 minutes to an hour around 3:00. The
morning nap they take in their cribs, and sometimes the afternoon naps as well.
At daycare, Logan consistently takes his AM and PM nap, and often takes an
extra. Riley is getting better and takes 2 naps a lot more often than he did
when first starting. It’s a good thing – they are SO CRANKY when they don’t sleep
enough at day care. It makes for a miserable evening.
Riley is still crawling,
but he is always pulling himself up to standing. He cruises around constantly
and has even started walking while only holding on with one hand. He started
pushing his table and his chair forward and walking with it so we bought him a
walker. Believe it or not, Logan does a better job than Riley. Riley pushes too
hard and the walker moves too fast and he can’t keep up. Logan is more careful
and goes slower. In other news, Logan has started crawling on his hands and knees!
His PT finally got him to do it on 2/12. He started doing it once in a while at
home, and since 2/21 has converted to all hands and knees. He started pulling
himself to standing on 1/19, but then he stopped for a while. Now you can’t
keep him from standing. He is starting to furniture cruise, but does not take
more than a step or two.
Both boys still love,
love, LOVE toys, although sometimes it seems like they’d rather play with
anything else – furniture, dog toys, mommy’s scrapbooks, etc. They still love
the rings, their activity table, and their remote control. They still like to
hold balls and small things they can bang together, and LOVE to dance. It’s so
cute.
Personality
Riley and Logan seem
to get cuter, funnier, and sweeter with each passing day. Riley is still very
giggly and playful. He loves to play with mommy and daddy and loves to be
thrown in the air, flipped upside down and swung around. He understands “no”
and usually listens, although sometimes he throws himself on the floor and
cries afterward. He continues to be so loving and smiling and so very happy! He is much better with strangers and people he
doesn’t see so often. He takes a few minutes to warm up, but then he loves
making new friends. Sometime when we are out, he will stare at a stranger and
when they smile or wave he buries his face in mommy’s shoulder. So stinkin’
cute. Logan is now more wary of strangers and people he sees less often and wants
mommy and daddy. He does eventually warm up though. He still likes to hug, snuggle, smile, and
play. Logan loves to be flipped upside down as well. While Logan is definitely
the easy going one, he does not listen to “no.” He looks at us, smiles, and
does it anyway! He doesn’t get into things too often so its not a bog deal. He
more than makes up for it with his funny expressions. He makes this puzzled
face that we absolutely love. I’ve never seen a more expressive baby in my
life!
They are still wonderfully
behaved both at home and when we are out and about or visiting family or
friends. We have taken them to restaurants a few times in the past month and
sat them in the high chairs. They were so amazingly well behaved every time. No
crying or whining. All smiles without even a toy to play with – they are such
good children. I want to be able to remind myself of that in case it’s not
still like that a year from now!
Likes:
Riley: Logan, toys, standing/cruising, playing,
computers/phones, rings, banging toys together, stealing Logan’s pacifier,
fruit, other kids, and EATING.
Logan: Riley, Penguin!!! (she is so incredibly
patient with him), his bottle/ feeding himself, his pacifier (he is addicted.
We are in trouble), stealing Riley’s pacifier, being held, playing, other kids,
toys, banging things, the jumparoo, computers/phones, fruit, and eating crunchies.
Dislikes:
Riley: Waiting for food, not having his pacifier
when he’s tired, teething, being woken up early for daycare, and being left
alone (when can’t see mommy or daddy, like if we go change Logan’s diaper).
Logan: Waiting for his bottle, not having his
pacifier, teething, being woken up early for daycare, and being left alone.
New this month: Logan standing up in his crib, Riley
“cruising” with one hand, Logan crawling on all fours, Logan and Riley doing “So
Big!”, Riley holding his own bottle, both boys coloring (Logan is a scribbler!)
and Logan starting to cruise.
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| So BIG!!!!!! |
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| Mmmmmm crunchies! |
Logan and the walker:
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