Category: Diary

Lucas has a fever 😦

He had his 4 month appt yesterday and got his shots. The info sheet they gave us said 1 an 4 babies will get a mild temp after the shot.  When we saw Gramma last week and she pointed out how his spitting up is prob acid reflux so we talked to the doc about it and he said to start adding rice cereal to the formula to help keep it down.  We’re also going to start putting him to bed unswaddled and we got a cream for his eczema.  He is now 26inches long (80th %ile), 15 lbs 5.6 oz (65th%) and his noggin is 17″ to house his huge brain (actually they didnt say what %ile that is but it was in the normal range).

Update: I took his temp and it’s 100.1 so it’s up from his 98.6 but below the call the doctor range, esp since he’s still eating and acting normal.

i forgot to mention that last weds i got a free pizza at papa johns! the founder of PJ found his long lost camaro on tues the 25th, so on weds the 26th anyone with a camaro got a free pizza.

today lucas rolled over for the first time! we’ve been trying to give him more tummy time so he can learn to roll over. tonight while paul was getting his bath ready, he put Lucas on the playmat and he rolled himself over. paul came and got me and we put him on his belly again and he did it again! go baby!

friday i put him in the baby einstein and turned him facing the light-up piana side. it was sooo neat visibly seeing him learn something new. he realized when he accidentally hit the blue piano key that it played music and made lights flash, so he started punching at the blue key to make it do it again.

i measured him at (rounding up) 24 inches at around 3 months old. he definitely had a growth spurt then, cause 3 weeks later i measured him again and he is 26.5 inches! at 3 months he weighed 14 lbs. ill find out at his sept 4 month old appt how much he weighs now.

lucas loves to nom things now. hes always putting anything in his hands into his mouth – or his hands themselves. sunday he discovered he could just put in his thumb and has started sucking his thumb. he drools more than ashton does and lately he spits up half he eats. he also dropped from eating 6oz back to 4oz. im wondering if he only went up to the 6oz cause he was having a growth spurt – it was right about the 3month mark when it started.

today we went to home depot and bought an air conditioner for the basement! before we had one regular little fan for each room down here and unless it was blowing directly on you, it was sweltering. and since his highness takes first priority, they werent always on me. but now we have an AC and it is actually cool and i dont feel like melting…YAY

I fail. I havent posted anything in quite awhile. Well Lucas is 3 months old now (has been for a couple of weeks). He is awake and more alert more often. He can hold his head up without bobble-heading wobbles, he drools more than Ashton, he makes funny little gurgle sounds sometimes, and today he got his first hair cut (no more 80’s style mullet going on). I just trimmed it myself on the back and over his ears. I try to keep his nails trimmed, but they grow insanely fast. Today we put him in the baby einstein activity center. he can’t sit up yet, but he just leaned against the front of it and played with the toys. he was amused by it for quite awhile before he got fussy. He likes to stare at his hands and tries to reach for stuff…and once he gets it in his grip, good luck getting your hair or your necklace or whatever it is back out again. All the animals are still completely uninterested/oblivious to him. He looks at them occasionally if they are right near by, but they don’t hold his attention the way people do. If paul or i speak, he’ll turn to look at us. He’s a Squeezable Lovable Kissable Hugable Pullable Tugable Man.

Monday

Monday i went over to Blackwell Elementary to help mom set up her new classroom. she’s teaching 2nd grade this year, so she has a new classroom and all new stuff. it was fun playing teacher and setting stuff up for the lil kids. afterwards we went to yummy ihop for dinner and had the waiter that kristie and lauren are obsessed with.

Tuesday

Tues night paul, lucas, mom, and me met uncle kevin at the cheesecake factory for dinner. that was really fun. i loovvveee cheesecake factory and dont go there very often. uncle kevin was in town on business and he brought lucas two super cute new outfits. ron was sposed to go with us, too, but wasnt able to come cause he is radioactive and cant be within 6 ft of small children.

Wednesday

lucas missed his gramma soo much that he spent the whole day crying. everything i tried to appease him only made him happy for like ten minutes before he’d start crying again. added with my lack of sleep, it was a very difficult day to get thru. i was sooo glad when paul finally got home and i was finally able to pass out on the futon.

Lucas slept in his crib last night for the first time. I guess he liked it okay ’cause he slept all night until 7am in it. Also last night I accidentally cut him. I was clipping his nails and he jerked his hand and i cut his thumb a little bit. i felt so terrible about it, that i ended up crying over it more than he did.

wow i havent made a post in forever. major slackin. i dont feel like making one tonight either. nothing to report anyway since i never do anything but sleep, play wow, and watch tv.