3 Months Old

Today marked Logan's 3 month birthday. I feel like every time I write a new post I say "My, how time flies!" but seriously, it does. In some ways it feels even longer than 3 mths -- his birth seems so very far away now. And, I hardly remember what it feels like to be pregnant anymore! Funny how fast your mind, body and memory adapt and change! It must've all been a dream. hehehehe

Logan's unbelievable sleep record has continued throughout this last week. He hasn't slept an uninterrupted 10 hrs again, but he's been sleeping for really long periods each night. When he wakes from a nap, he eats like he's starving, generally downing about 4-6 oz each time *after* nursing, which feels like a lot to us. We joke that maybe he heard Dr Safir's concerns about his weight gain and is all of a sudden now trying to catch up! ;-) I'm sure it's just me but I feel like his cheeks have puffed out and his face looks much fuller just in the last few days. At any rate, it definitely seems like he's going through another growth spurt. We shall see!

The bad news is his rash came back over the weekend. :( But, I think I know the culprit. When I gave Logan his bath Friday night, I used a non-baby shampoo (one that Dr Safir had advised we use to help get rid of his cradle cap). I can only assume it's not as gentle as the baby soaps and his ultra-sensitive skin is having a bad reaction to it. At any rate, we've started with his steroid mousse again and hopefully the rash will subside. Whether because of the rash or something else all together, he's also been more cranky and fussy than usual these last few days... literally had a couple meltdowns where NOTHING worked to settle him down, for a long long time. :( It takes a lot of patience and is very exhausting for us.

Today I set up Logan's activity mat and we played in it for a bit while he was still in a good mood. He seemed a bit overwhelmed with all the dangling toys and colors but also seemed interested, reaching out his hand to grab (more like swat) the little stuffed animals. Very cool. What's more, tonight he actually reached for, and grabbed, my face while nursing, giving me a big wide toothless grin while doing it! It was the highlight of my day. :) Jon often says it's a good thing he's so damn cute otherwise we would have strangled him long ago. I'm sure there's something to be said for that. Nature's way of protecting and nurturing our future generation.

No pics to post today. Daddy stole the camera for the day to take pics of our other house that we just put up on craigslist to rent. I'm happy to say we've already had several interested people contact us in less than a 24 hr period! So, hopefully one of them will work out and we'll get it rented very soon. :)

Spring Forward, Fall Back

Early this morning we rolled our clocks ahead one hour. In the past I've always looked forward to Daylight Savings since it means longer days where we can do more at night. I never really payed much attention to the hour of sleep you lose because of it. This time, however, it killed me giving up that one precious hour, when every minute of sleep counts! ;-) Plus, I've still been feeling a little under the weather. Nothing I'd call sick but just a slight tickle in my throat that's been bothering me.... and seems to be making me more tired than usual. Thank goodness it was Sunday, so Jon could take a shift and hang out with Logan this morning while I slept in for a bit! :)

Yesterday my grandparents arrived into town after a pretty crazy ordeal traveling all the way out here from Carlsbad, New Mexico. My grandfather (Clock) had a stroke a few years ago and unfortunately never regained full control of the left side of his body. His paralysis means a wheelchair and pretty much 24x7 assistance to transfer him from the bed to a chair to a couch, to help him eat, and bathe him, etc. My grandmother (Nana) is getting up there in years herself -- so traveling out here is no small feat even for her, let alone with my grandfather. She'd never be able to come out here with him by herself so my parents went out there to get them, along with my grandfather's nurse (Crystal), to help make the long voyage here to visit their great grandson. :)

It meant a lot to me when my grandparents made the long trek out for Jon and my wedding a couple years ago. But it means even more now that they are here to meet Logan. I'm thrilled that they will be here for the next three weeks to visit and get to know their great grandson. And of course, so Logan can get to know them too! :)

Click on the pic below to see more of their visit today...

A Movie Star is Born

Here's a collection of recent videos of our little movie star. :) The first one is one that I took in Tahoe about a week ago. Not a great video -- he was totally interested in the camera and forgot he was chatting, but he was kicking quite a bit so you can see how active he likes to be when hanging out with mom.



Since my video captures up in Tahoe weren't that successful -- I tried again early this morning . Logan's been in a better mood these days (particularly in the morning when he wakes up -- amazingly, he's not crying or screaming but instead just wide awake and looking around!!) so I thought I might have more luck.

At any rate, here they are. The first one is of him sitting up in his boppy in the co-sleeper just chatting out to no one while I was up doing laundry, feeding the dogs, etc. He finally got a little tired, as you can see, and started to cry and then yawn at the end. hehehe



The second one is a little longer -- I had him lying in the boppy in front of me on the bed and he was fairly chatty, but not as much as usual. The minute I bring the camera out he seems to be more interested in the black box staring in front of him than at me -- I made some feeble attempts, as you can see, to try and get him more interested in talking to me again. ;-)



And finally, here's a quick blip of Lola "breaking in" Logan's new rug! The rug just came in yesterday so I set it up in Logan's room last night. For whatever reason, Lola loves rubbing herself all over it the minute it's laid out (she did the same thing to our new rug in the living room). I suppose the newness smells good or maybe she's marking it somehow. Not sure, but it's entertaining. :) You can hear Logan coo'ing in the background, watching as Lola gets her freak on....

Unbelievable!

Logan slept for a record TEN hours in one stint last night. I'm still not sure if it's real! What's more, after waking up (at about 5am), he hung out with me for about an hour and then went BACK to sleep for another THREE hours! I thought surely after 10 hrs he'd just stay awake the rest of the morning and I'd be doomed. But no, he was nice to me. ;-) I was in so much shock I literally kept checking in on him every few minutes this morning to make sure he was still breathing since it felt like something was wrong! :)

I'm sure this was a one time fluke but I'll take it anyway!

Eczema Bye Bye

Good news! Just got back from our check up on Logan's eczema and his skin looks great! No need to see a dermatologist or to continue applying the steroid mousse at night -- just if his skin flares up again down the road. Dr. Safir commented on how much of a personality Mister Logan is developing, saying Logan has one of the most expressive faces he's seen in a long time. Oh, if only he knew how true that really is! ;-)

Since we were at the dr's office I took the opportunity to have him weighed and measure his length. He's grown leaps and bounds in his length -- in just one month he's grown over 2 inches and is now 24 3/4 inches long! His weight however, did not increase much at all. :( He gained a measly 3.5 oz over the past month, weighing in at 11 lbs, 9oz.

Dr. Safir is concerned about the small weight gain.... he said it's possible the scale was off last time we weighed him (I guess they had some problems with one of the scales) so we're going back in 2 wks for another weigh in to see. *sigh* I really hope we just had a mistake on the last weigh in and that all is good, since I'm not sure what else we can do! I'm still breastfeeding and then offering formula after, which he'll take if he's hungry and needs it (Dr. Safir says if he needs more he should be taking it...). As I write this, Logan just downed 5 oz of formula after nursing which is quite a bit, so who the heck knows.

On a lighter note, Logan and I also had lunch with my friends Amy and Becky today and had a great time! Logan was very well behaved, falling asleep on Amy half way through lunch. He has a thing for soft boobalicious chests I've decided. ;-) Here he is hanging out on our new dining table, just before we took off to meet up with the girls.

Giggles

We just got back from Tahoe last night - had a great time. Jon got a day of snowboarding in with Nathan while Kim and I just hung out at the cabin with the babies and dogs. Jon returns to work tomorrow (he only used one week of leave this time) -- it's amazing how quick you can get used to someone being back at home with you. Logan and I are really going to miss him!

I had mentioned Logan has taken more notice of his hands, inspecting them for brief periods of time. Yesterday morning I had set him in Molly's car seat while I made breakfast and placed her toy on his lap to see if he'd play with it. In the past he's never really been interested, but this time not only was he staring at the little black and white patterns, he actually grabbed for one of the rings to pull it towards him! Here's a shot of him holding onto the toy. :)

This morning I had a sore throat and wasn't feeling too hot so I asked Jon to take care of Logan while I rested. When I woke up a couple hrs later, Jon brought Logan into the bedroom and played with him while I got dressed. While playing, Jon got Logan to giggle for the first time! It was so much fun to watch him giggle every time Jon went for his belly (he was repeatedly giggling in response to Jon's playing). I would have got a video of it except the furniture guys called to deliver our dining table (yay!) so we had to stop playing and clear out the dining room to make way for the new furniture. Next time I guess! :) Instead, I've posted some pics of Logan practicing his sitting with Daddy up in Tahoe (click on the pic).

They say Chicago is the windy city?

Well we trekked it up to Tahoe for a long weekend and though the sunny blue sky has no hint of rain or snow hitting us anytime soon, the crazy gusty cold winds all night long sure do say otherwise! :) Our ride up was pretty uneventful -- Logan's taking to his car seat MUCH better these days. Probably a combination of no more brace, some adjustments we made to the seatbelt for his growing body and removal of the infant insert for his growing head ;-) So, he pretty much slept the entire ride up. And, fun fact for Mommy and Daddy -- no toll at the Benicia-Martinez bridge since Logan makes three for the carpool lane! :-P

It's unbelievable how much Logan is cooing and talking these days! Wonder which parent he gets that from....Could it be both? ;-) I think we're going to be screwed once he starts to actually talk with words. *sigh* Early morning time seems to be his most talkative state at the moment -- probably since he's well rested from the night -- tough on Mom but it's still fun to chat with him. I tried to capture some of that on video this morning but I was using Kim's camera (ran out of battery life on ours and Mommy-brain totally forgot to bring the charger!) and it only takes 30 sec at a time. So, of course, the minute the 30 sec time is up, then Logan starts babbling up a storm! Ah well :) I'll post the pics and videos up later once we get back home.

I've also noticed him taking an avid interest in his fists these last few days. He's still trying to shove them in his mouth, usually missing and punching himself in the process, but now his eyes are actually focused on his fists and he spends a few seconds inspecting them. I've also been practicing sitting up with him, which he seems to like and is pretty strong, already showing signs of trying to pull himself up to a sitting position on his own and *sorta* holding it there for brief seconds! ;-) But, he still hasn't quite gotten the hang of it, and kicks out his legs like crazy -- so then we move to standing, which he also seems to enjoy, until his legs buckle under. :)