trevor :: 20th week

6/24/14

blurry but those legs!

 these pictures are getting tricky with mr wiggles :)

trevor: pooped in the tub for the first time, loves to sit on my lap while i'm playing cards and look at the cards, did great with his cousins especially ruby and lia, pulls his head forward in his carseat or when sitting, held himself up better in his jumper: didn't use his arms to prop him up at all, likes to stand on legs

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we had on and off rain the rest of the week and lots of wind, but got in some outside time, lots of games especially wizard, lots of family time. trevor didn't sleep very good while at the lake most of the time. he woke up multiple times each night. but it was still a good vacation!

ruby loved him and always pointed at him when he came around her. lia and trevor "played" together a couple of times; they're only 5 weeks apart, but lia is tiny! :) it was fun to see hudson too as that'll be around the age trevor will be at the lake next year. plus we'll have 2 more babies: maren's and caddie's! trevor was held by lots of people and they all agreed he's a great, adorable baby!

mom and i were cribbage partners and got 4th place; we made it pretty far. we played a lot of wizard in our cabin and sneaky mary played almost every time with us! love her (and we've all decided she's super woman!). we played water volleyball twice and the second time was freezing and, unknown to us at the time, a wave of chiggers came through. all of our legs were really itchy, and then most of us were covered in bites.

grama was giving trevor a bath one of the nights and he pooped in the tub for her. :) he's changed to pooping about every 3 or 4 days so i was kind of expecting it, but grama was a bit surprised.

saturday we headed home caravan-ing with mom. we spent a total of just about 8 hours on the road, but again trevor did pretty well. we had to stop multiple times for gas, food and to feed trevor. we also had a small picnic outside at dairy queen. :) we made it home around 4 pm to cleaned up gardens, wasps in the house, kitties that were happy to see us, and a nice clean house. we unpacked, started laundry and then auntie althea arrived returning tator to us! she played with trevor a bit, told us stories of tator with her and grandpa peter, and then took off back to wausau.

we were exhausted and trevor finally slept well saturday night. i gave him gripe water twice since he's been so gassy, to see if that would help him sleep. hard to say if it was that, being tired from vacation, being in his own bed, or coincedence that made him sleep better.

thankfully al took sunday off so we could get back into the swing of things a bit; we went grocery shopping and played. monday trevor and i went to mom's for softball and came home tuesday morning. tuesday, when i was practicing our pulling trevor up off his back by his hands so that he'll hold up his head, he pulled himself all the way to his feet. he also sat on the floor inbetween my legs without me holding him up, and sat there for a while! we'll be doing that more often now because it helps trevor strengthen his core and helps me work on my posture!

little lia and trevor 

 he liked talking to her :)

 ruby, angi and great-grama

 ruby wanted to play too :) she loves babies

 lia and trevor reaching for the same rattle :]

 uncle tyler thought he fit well under trevor's playmat with him

 this is the sight we saw often;

storms and rain coming across the lake.

 picnic on the ride home

meanwhile, tator was kayaking with auntie althea.

although he jumped out of the kayak and tried to swim to shore.

althea reports that he's not a very good swimmer.

he also chewed through his leash.

 and hiking.

holding himself up in his jumper

 talking to grama

 holding his link with both hands and got it in his mouth

 

trevor :: 19th week

overdue picture due to being at the lake; 6/21/14
wearing the flip flops grama crocheted for him

trevor: first long car ride to the lake; he did great!, rolled from back to side, his feet go straight up in the air a lot when on his back, often wiggles himself around in bed and ends up facing the other direction, will touch our faces when we talk close enough to him, will pull himself/his head forward when leaning back so that he's not leaning against you, started spitting up occasionally.

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wednesday, the jimmy nessets came over to make our meal for the lake, lasagna. it was a blast and good to see them all! wednesday night i also played softball with my ladies (and manda was there too!!); i ended up pitching and i struck 2 people out! it had been a while since i pitched, so i was unsure on how i'd do. i hit like crap, again; gonna hafta work on that once we're back from vacation (which pretty much just means begging manda and johnny to go out and hit some balls with me :] thank goodness for them!)

uncle jimmy likes beer

 lasagna making selfie

thursday we headed back to bloomer; all of us still exhausted. but thankfully al's last day of work was wednesday night, although he didn't get off until 530 am because he had to tie up all his cases. al then had 11 days off in a row; so wonderful! we did laundry, cleaned, packed, got the oil changed, etc. friday, al took tator to wausau because his dad watches tator for us while we're on vacation; i'm not sure who enjoys that more, tator or peter. :)

saturday, we packed up and drove to mom's house (she had already left for the lake/cabin) and got ready for benny & lexi's wedding at welch village. although it rained all day, it was a great wedding! we hung out with the softball people, eating, drinking, talking, laughing until about 830 and then we drove to mom's because i was TIRED! we had planned to drive up to the cabin that night so trevor would sleep the whole way, but with the storms and rain and darkness, we decided to wait until sunday morning.

sunday morning, the drive up was good, trevor was great! we had to stop twice but got up there in 5 hours. it rained all day sunday. we got some sun monday morning then rained monday evening, but tuesday was beautiful! more lake news in the next post.

sunday was also al's first father's day! 

benny & lexi's wedding

 since it was chilly, he wore his fancy jeans instead of the green shorts,

this was the best picture i got of his outfit.

shoes were uncle tyler's when he was a baby

 dressed warm on monday night at the lake,

complete with mocassins i found for him

 hanging in the chair at grama's house

reaching and touching daddy's face

 he loves to put his legs up like this and then drop them hard,

we call him thumper :)

 kunde!

 the cute johnson's

 elouise

 matt

 eva and i in the photo booth

 al and the softball boys have a tendency to make things out of the center pieces at weddings :)

trevor :: 18th week / 4 months

 6/10/14

 

 a comparison of months

trevor: 14 lbs 4 oz, 25.75 inches. weight: 25th %, height: 75th %, head circumference: 75th %, still doing well with sleep training, cries when in arms if he's ready to sleep, cries when someone he doesn't know (anyone but me, al & my mom) holds him facing them, laughing a little bit more, has learned how to squeak loudly & make a deep moan-type sound that i call his dinosaur sound, rolled from his back to his side to get a toy, a year ago this week we found out we were pregnant with him.

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wednesday was trevor's 4 month birthday and thursday was his 4 month appointment. we didn't get to see our dr (sarumi) because she's out on maternity leave. at 2 months he was 11 lbs 7 oz and 24 inches long and now he is 14 lbs 4 oz and 25.75 inches long. his weight is in the 25th percentile and his height in the 75th (was 90th). looks like he may have gotten grama joan and uncle tyler's body type, tall and skinny, which may look a little odd with al and i as parents :) but we'll see, he still has lots of growing to do! she said all my questions were normal (stomach gurgling, hot head, drooling) and his development is right on track although he's a little behind on holding his head up. which we kind of knew. so we'll be working hard on sitting, tummy time and picking him up without holding his head for him.

thursday night mom came down so we could go to the bloomer garage sales on friday. it was a beautiful day to be outside even tho it was a little hot for me (we saw up to 87 degrees on the thermometer). there were not nearly as many garage sales as last year (although the sheet that we got did say saturday on it, not friday) but we still got some good things. mom, trevor and i went out in the morning, then we went home for lunch, to give the baby a nap, and to get al. afterwards, al and i went out while mom stayed home with our sleeping beauty. once he was awake we headed into elk mound for their garage sales and they had way more than bloomer, unfortunately we got there about 4 and so didn't get to many before 5 which we figured was closing time.

we got: a police cozy coup car!!, a trike, a nice back pack hiking baby carrier, some clothes, a bunch of little people toys, blocks, books, some other miscellaneous toys, a giraffe bike, a blanket, some shoes, rain boots, a kid's basketball hoop. we did good although i thought i'd get more clothes and books than i did, but most clothes we found were girl clothes and not a whole lot of toddler books out there. i also wanted to get him some starter puzzles but we didn't see any with the boards included.

i would have liked to try on saturday too but it rained hard and for a long time early morning til afternoon. we also ended up losing our power at 9 am and not getting it back on until 330 pm. mom headed home once trevor went for his first nap and it was al's monday so he worked at 7.

the rest of the weekend was spent getting trevor back on routine and sleep training (which he's doing wonderful at, although i think he prefers to sleep/fall asleep in his crib than in my arms; makes me a little sad...) also, cleaning the house and preparing for our vacation next week.

we didn't head to mom's until monday as we stayed until thursday morning. monday night was softball; we lost bad and i hit like crap, but it was still fun! tuesday we went over to visit gina, baby z and mya moo. it was good to see her and how cute her belly is; it's so fun for me to talk pregnancy and baby stuff with new mom's!! then tuesday night i played sand volleyball with my brother's team at sak's; it was a blast, i forget sometimes how much i love to play sand volleyball!

cheekers 

 nose crinkle :)

 

trevor :: 17th week

6/3/14

trevor: working on sleep training, finally slept thru the night! (10 hrs), getting better at getting things in his mouth, laughs a tiny bit at me, does great in his jumper even pushes up on his legs, might need to change to size 2 diapers, poops just about every day sometimes multiple times usually morning or midday, loves holding onto things esp blankets/fabric, cries every time uncle tyler holds him now and only does this with tyler.

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wednesday-friday were al's weekend, and thank goodness. again the beginning of this week, trevor is still waking every hour or two at night and crying hard before falling asleep all the time. this momma is tired and going deaf. thursday night i decided to swaddle just his arms and see if that helped him sleep better. he did sleep better only up at 430 and then up at 645 for the morning. i'm hoping it was the swaddle that helped him sleep, not just the fact that he was up for 4 hours in a row thursday during the day (usually it's 2 hours, max). also hoping that the reason he was up for the day at 645 was because it's so light in his room in the morning; we later remedied this by moving a shade into his room from the guest room.

friday we went garage saling, the first run was not very successful: i only bought 3 things all at 1 garage sale. the second run was better although not very many garage sales but scored at one with a sweet tool puzzle book, a floor puzzle, farm little people, a doctor kit, a push and sit toy that i've been looking for for a while but hadn't found for under $7, and some cute hats. clothes are tricky: 1. because most garage sales have girl clothes and 2. because we're pretty set for clothes for him now thru the summer but not so much beyond that, i just don't have any idea what size he'll be in by fall/winter especially due to his length. his 4 month appointment is next week so we'll get to see his measurements and find out if his height is still in the 90th percentile. then the weekend right after that is the bloomer city wide garage sales that we loved last year! so hopefully i'll have a better idea of size for winter clothes that i'm looking for. garage saling for baby/kid stuff is so much more fun!!

sunday, t, t, & i went up to mom's in the morning. al had to work 7p-7a sunday night, 7p-5a monday night, 3p-3a tuesday night & 3p-3a wednesday night; yuck! we ran to sam's club and target and tried to keep trevor on time for his naps. tyler's friend molly and her 2.5 year old daughter vaeda came over; vaeda said she loved this baby :) and loved tator too. both my boys did really well with her and she was so cute! then sunday night he slept for 10 HOURS!!!! it was so nice although i was up at 430 and didn't really fall back asleep until after he ate at 630 since i was wondering if he was breathing and thought every little noise was him. :)

monday, for his morning nap, trevor fell asleep in the playpen without crying! i think the mobile helped; hopefully i can find one for his crib at a garage sale. monday night was softball; another win! i hit like crap and it was windy but still a good time! when i got home at 945, mom did not have trevor in bed! but it worked out ok, 'cause i fed him and he fell right asleep, and slept another ten hours!! tuesday we headed home and once there trevor fell asleep in his crib with only very little soft crying! hopefully this sleep training is working even though it hasn't been done every time he sleeps. also hopefully he's done with his sleep regression! i felt so refreshed tuesday when we got home that i got a ton of stuff done as he napped!

looking forward to: his 4 month appointment on thursday and the bloomer garage sales this weekend!!! then only a week left before our week long vacation at the cabin with mom's side, should be 48 of us there this year!

me: still losing tons of hair! my hair has been super greasy for a few weeks now too. even a couple hours after i wash it, it looks really dirty again. strange, as my hair is usually dry. dry shampoo has been helpful. saw 4 lbs away from my starting pregnancy weight but consistently 5 lbs away; thank you breastfeeding!! still have another 20 to go beyond that but hoping to fit into all my summer clothes!

our sleep training info below the pictures.

shocked he's in a jumper :) big boy 

 the cutest lounger

 nautical trevor sitting on the couch, waving :)

 his auntie althea loves cupcakes!

 his first "jersey"

 his feet are so tiny!

it was hot & humid!!!



 i love bowties!!!

our sleep training: after doing a bunch of research and reading up on what worked and didn't for others, i decided to try a version of cry-it-out (cio) sleep training with trevor. this was especially fitting for us because he was crying every time he was tired/ready to sleep no matter where he was. whether we were holding him, rocking him. walking around with him, in the car, stroller, etc. the version i chose and felt comfortable with goes like this: when you see that he's tired (before he's fussy, which is not always possible, but ideal) do a short version of your bedtime routine (for us in his room, read a book, swaddle him, sing "you are my sunshine," kisses, i love you's) then lay him down. at this point i try to give him his pacifier as well, but that doesn't always work. then walk out of the room; each time you walk out of the room, you try to make it when he's still awake or before he's fully asleep. if/when he starts crying, set a timer for 3 minutes. after the 3 minutes if he's still crying you go console him without picking him up for no longer than 2 minutes. walk out of the room. if/when he cries, set a timer for 5 minutes and repeat. if he continues to cry after, set timer for 10 minutes and repeat as necessary or until you believe he may be crying for another reason or not tired. lucky for me, we never got to the 10 minute timer as that would be a long time for me to handle hearing him cry.

the first day or so, he'd fall asleep directly after me consoling him after the 5 minute timer. on the second day, he fell asleep in the playpen without any crying. the third day, for his naps, he fell asleep within 2 minutes of small crying. i was not able to be super consistent with this due to travelling, and being at mom's, and walks, and timing of nursing, and such, but so far it's great! nap time is SO much easier and less stressful! and, it may be coincendence but he also started sleeping 10 hours at night after just one day of this!

i'm still working on the whole waking up thing. i'm trying hard to not just rush in his room when he makes a noise and/or cries. i have to take a second and think/analyze whether he's just stirring and going to fall back asleep, and what he's crying for if he wakes up crying. it's easy when he wakes up nicely: he just moves a bit around, talks a little bit and thanks to our wonderful video monitor, i can see his eyes open. then i know he's awake because he's had enough sleep. it's all the other times i struggle with. i figure if he wakes up crying, usually he hasn't had enough sleep yet. so if it's feeding time, i'll feed him, otherwise i'll go in there and console him, sometimes by picking him up. but i should give it a second or two and see if he'll fall back asleep on his own.

man, baby sleep is complicated! :)

side note: about the same time i decided to start sleep training, i also decided to start swaddling him. we didn't have much luck swaddling when he was little and turned out, he didn't need it. but once he really got use of his arms and hands, he'd wake up with scratches on his face and i'd see him hit himself in the face with his hands all the time while sleeping. so to keep him from flailing and waking himself (in case that was why or part of the why of him waking up every hour or 2 for a couple weeks), i decided to pull our swaddles back out. it was a tricky decision however, because it was also the weekend that was very hot and humid, and we don't have central air, just 2 box units. so i worried about him over heating. luckily, we had 2 thin, summer swaddles given to us as hand-me-downs. so on the 2 really hot, humid nights, i just had him in a onsie and the swaddle. he's done great with the swaddle and seems fine temperature-wise. i figure he'll be rolling back to front soon, so once he's sleeping well consistently, we'll try and wean him off the swaddle, but for now it's a life-saver!