a year in the life.

a year in the life.

11 months.

little beckett is 11 months. i can not believe that my next entry will be his year entry. i don't even know where the time has gone. i'm officially one of those parents that says, "gosh, i don't know where the time has gone." i'm scared it will be a blink and then he will be going to college but in the meantime, i will cherish every moment we have together, everyday.

we have had to take him to the dr once a month to check his weight. every time we go in they say "he is gaining, just not enough!" i get worried and think "am i doing something wrong?" but then i look at him and you would never think he wasn't "weighing enough." he eats pretty good, sometimes really good, plays like crazy, he has never been sick, never had an ear infection, sleeps like a bear and is always soooo happy. he is just the best baby, he is perfect! he doesn't act starving and he will try pretty much anything we offer. he doesn't seem to picky. he has pretty much made being a mother so easy. he doesn't seem to be nursing as much as last month but is definitely eating more solids. at his last weight check, his dr suggested that we try and introduce some formula, one bottle a day, just so we could know how much fat and calories he was getting. she thinks it could be possible my milk is really lean and possibly not enough fat. so that day i went and bought some formula, disgusted with the smell of it i was reluctant to give it to him, he had never even had one drop, but if it meant he could gain some weight i was willing to try. he drank 4oz and i thought this is good. ha. that was the only one he actually took. as if he knew what we were trying to do and was like "uh-uh!" now he won't take a bottle at all, whether it is breast milk or formula. he has seemed more open to using a sippy cup, but it hasn't been what he wants. no problem nursing though. it's like he is saying "i'm not ready to quit this yet." fine by me for now, i can't believe i actually made it this long. i look back at when i was pregnant and remember thinking "if i can just make it 90 days" and here we are, almost a year! we will actually make it. i can't believe it! it has just been so wonderful for us. i didn't know if i would like it and now i can't imagine it any other way. i could be wrong but i truly accredit that to his health.

he is sort of a grazer. eating snacks here and there. it is safe to say he gets three solid nurses a day and then solids three times a day, with some snacks. he doesn't really like the bottle. he will drink water out of a sippy but that is it.

7:30-wake/nurse

8:30-4tbs. cheerios, oatmeal w/peanut butter mixed with 2oz of formula, scrambled eggs butter with some sort of fruit or veggie

9:30-nap

11:30-wake

12:30-lunch

1:30-nap

3:00-wake/play/snack

5:30-dinner for him

6:00-bath

7-7:30-nurse and out like a light

Foods he is eating:

peanut butter and a little jelly/bread, scrambled eggs with cheese, oatmeal, he loves to squeeze the package fruits and veggies and sucks like a straw, veggie beef pilaf, sharp cheddar cheese, turkey, he loves chips. other than that, everything is still pretty much the same. we try all sorts of new things.

11 month Stats

size- 6-12months

size 3 diapers

weight-15.02 lbs

length- 27.75 inches

head-didn't get the measurement

• by using the pinscher grasp, he put a cheerio in his mouth the 10th of march
• cut tooth #0 on march 11
• how he loves patting water at the pool and to be thrown in the air
• how we snuggled the night of the 14th after trying to go down for an hour
• how he is standing on his tippy toes
• how he is standing on his feet and hands
• how he loves to be thrown in the air
• his jeans came completely down in a restaurant one night and i looked down and wondered oh man, how long has that been like that. little peanut needs a belt
• how he loves crawling through obstacles
• how he sits and spins around on his butt
• how he crawls with one leg out to the side
• how he loves to climb into dishwasher
• how he loves it when you scare him
• how much he loves to read, he just flips through the pages real fast and mumbles...and then grabs another book and another
• looks over the edge of the pack and play and smiles so big
• how he loves to pull clothes out of the washer and dryer
• how he crawls all around in the bath tub, he has gone under a couple times for just a split second. he doesn't like it! i wouldn't either.
• how he sits on his knees and reaches up to me
• how one day i was saying "quack" and i swear he was saying it back
• his favorite bath tub toy is his tug boat. he picks it every time
• how we have to wash him up immediately after getting in the tub because it never fails, he will go #2.
• how he loves to turn the light switches on and off
• how he loves to grab the night light in the hall although he knows he shouldn't
• how he is pushing the barstools and chairs around the entire kitchen and dining room
• how he tries to feed me
• how he places the plastic balls in his toy correctly
• how he loves to get into the refrigerator
• how he loves it when i point to his eyes, nose and mouth

i love you little beckett, to the moon and back!