Landen-11 Months

Weight and Eating
I really cannot believe how fast his first year has gone by! :( I got behind on doing the monthly post but wanted to catch up some. It's hard to tell how much he weighs with the body cast but he was just over 10lbs before he got it and now he is just over 12lbs with it on. He started teething around 6months and he just cut his 4th tooth! So, now he has two on the bottom and two on the top! He is so ready to put them to use too! He is doing much better eating! For about the last month he has been so interested in our food and not much in his baby food! He is doing really well with "chewing" so we're starting the slow process of transitioning to table food. It will still be awhile but it's a start! Rewind to when he started baby food (so I will remember)....June 24th was his first taste of food and his first food was butternut squash. First we gave him all of the veggies and then the fruit. He's not too picky but doesn't care for the green veggies but still gets them mixed in with something he likes! ;) At first he was allergic to bananas but he has outgrown that. At 9 months he started eating meats. He is drinking 5 oz. of formula in every bottle.

Clothes
He continued to wear newborn clothes until around 10 months when he started needing 0-3months for the length. 0-3mo. are a little big especially pants in the waist but perfect in length. But that was right before his surgery and body cast. With the cast he just wears onesies and 0-3mo still fit but he can also wear 3-6mo.

Health
Update on the virus he got right after his surgery...it was not rotavirus. It was a 10 day virus along with a UTI. We were not able to get to Delaware for a cast change so we decided to wait for the scheduled date of January 5th. However the week before Christmas he got a cold and after 10 days of congestion and coughing he began wheezing. I took him to the doctor's office and was told it sounded like RSV so he was given amoxicillin and prednisone. Since it was so close to his procedure and he would still be on medicine, he could not have anesthesia for the cast to be changed. It is rescheduled for Tuesday, January 11th. Please pray this will work out and for a safe trip as the weather is a concern. There is a possibility of snow here and in Delaware.

Life in the Body Cast
Obviously the cast can not get wet so he gets sponge baths...we consider this a blessing because he thinks he can swim and was extremely difficult to bathe! Getting out and about...the hospital kindly provided us with a car seat. It is like a convertible car seat but with out the sides. He does really well in the car and seems comfortable. He can not sit in an umbrella stroller but will "fit" in our double stroller. Recently I've been using the Kozy carrier for shopping since he can't ride in the cart. However the cart can work if it's the only option! ;) A friend so graciously let me borrow the carrier and I love it! It works really well and is comfortable for me and him. Diapering is the most challenging. We have to tuck a smaller diaper under the cast and put a larger diaper over the cast. The positive is that he can't roll over which he loved to do but it's hard to find the right diaper/size that will prevent leaks. He has become a GREAT sleeper since being in the cast and this was one of our concerns. He sleeps in a pack-n-play propped up in a boppy pillow. He sleeps all night and has been for several months. He goes to sleep on his own and lets us know when he's ready to go to bed and then he gets so excited when we're putting him in his bed. It's funny! He loves a blanket and loves to snuggle! ;) He's actually sleeping better than he was before the cast! He takes a morning nap and an afternoon nap and goes to bed around 8 or 8:30pm.

Some of the things Landen can say and do....
he has been wrinkling his nose for a while now but it is so cute! So, September 22nd marks the day he began "crawling." He never did the typical "crawl" I think because of his hip. He did more of an army crawl and would pull himself around. As you know he didn't let the cast stop him so he still does that. Before the cast he had just started pulling up as well and believe it or not he has started doing it again in the cast! Now this surprises me...I don't know why because he has amazing determination. I expected him to "crawl" around but not to "stand up!" He can say da-da, ma-ma, bye, why (yes that's what it sounds like and he hears it all the time from his brother!) and alot of other babbling I can't understand! ;) He can wave, clap and smack his lips for a kiss! He is so happy and brings us so much joy!

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His first mess!
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(Sorry for the extremely long post....I'm hoping to keep up better!)