caden (2yr) and adisyn (4mo) well visit

We survived our trip to the doctors for both Caden and Adisyn's well visits (2 year, 4 month). I took the day off work because Lord knows we needed two parents to handle both kids. Both of them are doing well with the exception of a double ear infection for Caden. He is battling a cold that started last Friday.

Caden weighs 26lbs and he is 33 inches. Adisyn is 11lbs/13 oz and 22 1/4 inches long. Adisyn is not even on the charts yet and both are in the lower percentile for their height.

Our pediatrician was very impressed with Adisyn's alertness. She smiled and did well during tummy time. She gave us the okay to hold off on solids until 6 months. We discussed our main battle with Adisyn - her refusal to take the bottle. She said that typically the hunger will be stronger than her will to refuse the bottle. She was surprised to hear that Adi will go almost 12 hours without eating anything. On my days off I have to be sure to feed her from a bottle 1-2 times a day in hopes that will help. She also said the sitters could start trying to spoon feed her the milk. I can only imagine how much would actually stay in her mouth. None. I guess it's worth a try. Adisyn received the Prevnar shot and didn't even cry. My brave little peanut.

Caden was a bear for the doctor. He cried the entire time. Well, as soon as the doctor took his binkie from his mouth. She wanted to hear him talk, but instead she got a nice earful of loud screaming. She couldn't even listen to his lungs or heart. He does have a double ear infection and because of this we could not do any vaccines. We'll be going back in two weeks for a recheck and if his ears are better he'll receive the Hep A and HIB vaccines. We'll go back at 2 1/2 for the MMR.

As for Caden's sleep issues - he is still having them, but since my last post he has slept in his room three times since. Last night I tucked him in bed and told him I would leave his door and gate open. I explained Mommy wasn't tired yet and I would be watching TV with Daddy and then I left his room. Within 30 minutes he was fast asleep. He did wake up at 3:45am whining a little and I found him sleeping on the floor in front of the gate at 5am. Our pediatrician said his behavior is normal and just go with whatever makes Caden comfortable. He may feel lonely because our room is upstairs (with Adisyn in our room) and he is downstairs. In our new house we will have all three bedrooms in the same hallway, so hopefully he'll feel more secure. We'll most likely keep his and our door open, so he can wander in there if he feels the need.

Overall we are very blessed. Despite ear infections and colds we have very healthy children and are very grateful.

happy 4 months

4 months old for Adisyn hit me a little differently than it did with Caden. It made me a little sad, but still excited at the same time. With Caden I was always looking forward to the next month and new milestones. Now I’m trying to savor every last day of Adisyn being a baby. I was thinking just two months from now Adisyn will be 6 months old and on her way to sitting up unassisted. Six months led me to thinking around the fall and Halloween where she’ll be 10 months and before we know it she’ll be a year old. How fast did I just make time go by? Time does go by way to fast. (Except when your stuck in a rut of children not sleeping through the night ~ this goes for both, but we won’t get into that now.)

Adisyn is for the most part still laid back, happy little sweetheart. This last week she has seem to cut back on her sleep time during the day. Yesterday was significant. She only took three 30 minute naps. She has taken a few better naps today though.

While she isn’t rolling over from back to front yet I don’t think it will be long. Today she was laying on her back and reached over onto her side to grab a toy.

Happy 4 months Adisyn Emily. Your parents love you SO much! XOXO

Regression

These last few weeks have been really trying on both Ryan and I, which explains my lack of updates. Not only has our sweet baby boy hit the TERRIBLE twos he is also starting to regress with eating and sleeping. I deeply feel this has a lot to do with a bit (or a LOT) of jealously with his little sister.

You can see how fond he is of her, can't you? *insert sarcasm here*

Two Sundays ago a flipped switched in Caden's head and he started to refuse going to bed. We attempted CIO again as it was successful for us when he was 16 months old. This time around - not so much. I honestly cannot remember that first week, but we tried everything. Last weekend it took a turn for the worst. I heard some pounding in his room and assumed it was his hands beating on the crib rail. I ended up bringing him to bed that night because he was so hysterical and for the sake of sleep it was my only choice. You can see from the picture above that he was not pounding his hands on the crib rail. It just broke my heart.

We decided to move Caden to his toddler bed in hopes that would help. He was really excited about his new "car" bed, but didn't want the mattress in there. Eventually I did get it in there. The first day he did lay in his bed for 2 1/2 hours for his nap, but he did not sleep. We paid for that later at our nephew's Holy Communion party. By the end of the party he was throwing a fit so badly that he threw up in the car. Thankfully we had not driven away and I was able to change his clothes and clean up the car seat.

That night he did sleep a whole 13 hours in his own room. He has not made it a whole night in his room since then. We are able to get him to fall asleep in his bed if we sit on the floor and inch our way out. He will only sleep until 12-1am before he wakes up crying. For the sake of sleep and not waking up Adi I've been bringing him to bed. Not to mention I'm scared he'll bang his head on SOMETHING in his room, which I will be addressing with the peditrician at our next visit in two weeks. Last night he kicked and slapped me in my face several times and almost fell off the bed, so this isn't working either. I've tried to get him to sleep in the play yard next to the bed, but he will just cry. Having Adisyn in our room isn't making it easier in that department either.

We do keep a night light in his room, door open, extra cuddles and stories before bed, extra attention throughout the day, shortening nap time, ect. I feel like we have tried everything and now we just have to wait until this passes.

This phase will pass. This phase will pass. This phase will pass. Right?! It better.

On a positive note of reaching miletones for Caden ~ he can now count to 10 in English and I've heard him count up to 9 in Spanish. I could not believe what my ears were hearing when I heard him count in Spanish. He is so stinkin' smart! Too smart for his own good!

As for my almost 4 month old? She is just absolutely wonderful. She is the sweetest, happiest, delightful baby I've ever met. I am so thankful she has been such an easy baby considering what we are going through with Caden.


She is still only rolling from belly to back, but has started to show an interest in her toys by trying to reach and grab them. I will be going through all Caden's baby toys and cleaning them for her this weekend!


I am just absolutely, head over heels, in love with this little girl of mine.