Mr. Bear! You have only a month left before your first birthday. It's unbelievable to me how quickly these eleven months have passed and how much you have changed and grown. Each month has been more enjoyable than the last and this month was no exception. In some ways, it was our most challenging month but you are worth the missing sleep and hard moments.
You cut four teeth! It was a VERY long process that involved you going through what felt like a continuous month long cold. Between a very runny nose and all of the mouth pain, there were some tough days and nights. When you got your two bottom teeth, it was kind of icky for a couple of days and then BOOM! two teeth! This time we could see all four of the top teeth before they actually cut and it was a weeks long situation. It was hard for you, I'm sure, and very sad/frustrating for us that we couldn't help you more. There was a lot of Baby Advil and Tylenol in your life this month.
You're also a babbling fool. You say all of the same things and you've gotten really good at signing "more", although sometimes it's more like clapping your hands. It's funny to watch you try to communicate with us. Sometimes we get confused because you clap/sign more quite a bit! (Always "more" for food!)
You've had some fun adventures this month. Gram came to see you for a couple of days, but unfortunately the weather was icky and icy so we mostly stayed home. We also had Grandpa River and Grandma Bean in town for a nice visit. We went to Klyde Warren Park and ate a nice dinner at a restaurant in the new hip neighborhood, Trinity Groves. We found the Big D B&G letters and got some funny photos. We went to the Arboretum for the first time this year with Natalie and Jack. You had a great time even though you got a little cranky with me because it was too cold for you to just sit in the water and play. You did get to splash around a little.
We celebrated St Patrick's Day by playing in the backyard and enjoying the mild weather. You were getting over a particularly nasty version of your omnipresent cold that day so there were lots of Boogie Wipes involved in our celebrations. We did spend the afternoon of St Pat's weekend down in Salado at the Big Green Egg Fest. Alli Rae came to meet us and you ate all sorts of things including green chile chili and River's spicy meatloaf.
I got you a little walker at a garage sale and you love to push it all over the living room (and into the doggies if they don't move out of the way). You do really well with it and you still cruise all over the house like a wild man, using the furniture and walls to make your way. You have taken a few independent steps, usually just one at a time, toward us. You kind of lunge/hurl yourself more so than actually walking so you have a little bit more work to do. I know it won't be long before you're really moving, we assume by next month (your 1 year update?! What?!) you will be a full-fledged walking man.
You are a rockstar at all of your swimming lessons. Currently, you are up to 7 seconds underwater and you even learned to kick your legs and swim to me without the instructor holding you. It's amazing to watch you progress in the water. You still seem to love going every week and you love observing all the other kids in your class.
Unfortunately, we had to miss one lesson this month. We spent almost an entire week with both you and I sick as dogs! You had been congested and stuffy for basically the entire month, which we assumed was cold after cold since you were teething for so long. On Monday, you didn't nap well in the afternoon and fell asleep for a second time with me on the couch. My first clue that something was wrong was that you weren't even happy when we went outside to play. When you woke up from the second cat nap, I took your temperature and since it was a fever, we made an appointment to see the on call doctor for after hours. We confirmed that you had another ear infection (#4 for those counting) and got some antibiotics. This was the sickest, by far, that you had ever been. You kept spiking fevers and life was a constant stream of alternating tylenol and advil for the next 3 days. I was also feeling icky and by Thursday morning, I broke down and went to the doctor to find out I had strep. Luckily Mimzy was available and helped us a lot this week so you didn't have to go to classes or the doctor with me. It was no fun watching you be a sick fever baby. Luckily, as this month ends, we're both on the mend and doing better and we can catch up with swimming next week! We have to keep monitoring your ear stuff though and fingers are crossed that we are done with infections for this year.
Love,
Mommy
Stats and Milestones:
Height and Weight: (weighed at the dr on 4/4) 26 lbs, 13 oz and 32 (!!!) inches long
Diaper Size: size 5
Clothing Size: you've started to grow out of everything that is 18 month and below. 2T it is! I'm basically skipping 24 months for the most part since 2T usually has a little more length
First Green Egg Fest: 3/15
First St. Patrick's Day: 3/17
You sleep from around 7-6:30 or 7 every night. You only wake up at night when the teething is bad or you're running a fever. You dropped down to 3 bottles a day and you don't always finish them. We've started sippy cups with water and you're finally understanding how to drink from them!
You take two naps a day. About 45 min-1 hour in the morning and about 1.5-2.5 hours in the afternoon. Occasionally, you just do one longer nap a day for closer to 3 hours. When you were sick, you marathon napped for 1-1.5 hours in the morning and 3-3.5 hours in the afternoon. It was crazy!
You cruise and crawl all over the place and have started taking some independent steps.
Nicknames: Owen Bear, Mr. Bear, Beary-Boo, Mr. O, Beary, Bud
Things you love: food! you love beans and we do lots of quesadillas. This month you've really mastered picking up and eating slimy pieces of avocado and it is definitely a favorite. you also love: going out to eat, pizza from Tony's, exploring other people's houses (especially non baby proofed homes), playgroup, being outside on your swing, water (especially the swimming pool or anything you can splash in)
Things you don't love: being put in the "pen", which is your packNplay so Mommy can cook dinner; being hungry or tired; waiting between bites of yogurt; when you are on the wrong side of your living room "baby jail"; teething; fevers; ear infections
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