Liam Comparison 0-7 months

I managed to make 1 collage. Here it is. I still have to make others. This one was tougher with the lack of visible stickers but they are in order. He's getting so big!

Preschool Photos (11.6.19)

Miles had preschool photos taken last week. After a couple hours, I asked if Liam could take sibling photos so we got 2 with Liam too.  The ones of just Miles were taken when his class got his taken and not when I was around.

I bought the photos that day. The link to download them was emailed to me that day. I didn't even look for it for over a week!

 I see his personaliity in these pictures.

Siblings (August)

Liam was 4 months old and Freya was 5 months old. We tried to take some pictures and then the older girls tried to get in on the photos. Aurelia is a month and a week older than Ella.

Photo Taken August 14, 2019

Pumpkin Patch (10.22.19)

Some room parents organized a pumpkin patch for the Kindergarteners at Ella's school.  They came out one class at a time and picked a pumpkin. Then they got their picture taken individually and as a group.  Here are the pictures of Ella.

Her class decorated the pumpkins later putting felt faces on them.

I took group photos of 3 classes and then I took indivudal photos of 2 classes. I was there with Liam and Miles. 

2019 Week 44/52 Photo

I almost didn't use this one because I thought I should crop it but who has time for that. Look at Liam and Miles just doing the same things on the floor.

Photo Taken October 28, 2019

Ella's class had a performance and they all sang. Then the entire school did a parade. These photos were as she was walking back to her classroom.

Photo Taken October 31, 2019

Liam is upgrading what he can eat. He has trouble picking things up so he makes a huge mess but he sure loves crackers. This was taken after I removed the tray.

Photo Taken November 1, 2019

2019 Week 24/52 Photo

Poly tried to be a person at the table.

Ella always loves holding Liam.

Photos Taken June 16

*I had the pictures in this post since June. I have no idea why I never wrote text or finished it

Halloween 2019

We went to a few Halloween events this year.

Fun Run - October 19
Falloween Social - October 20
Googleween - October 28
School parade - October 31
Preschool parade - October 31
Trick or Treating - October 31
Tot Trot - November 3

At quite a few events, Miles's costume didn't even last 5 minutes.  I figured I'd share them here but I should make collages or something. But then I never get to it.

10/19

Miles's costume lasted 3 minutes at the event. Ella never wore her costume. Liam had on his polar bear shirt.

10/20

 Miles's costume lasted less than 5 minutes.

 Miles was a policeman. The kids dressed him.

10/28

 Googleween. They lasted in their costumes the entire time!

10/30-10/31

 Miles didn't want to wear his costume but wanted to dress as Santa.

10/31 school

10/31 preschool

10/31 preschool

 Miles put on his costume over the Santa costume.

10/31 trick or treating

10/31 trick or treating (it was dark)

 Ella was Anna for trick or treating.

11/3

 Ella was Anna again for the tot trot and Miles didn't want to wear a costume.

Down by the Bay 5k (11.3.19)

I ran a 5k without much training at all. I ran longer than 3 miles 1 time since the last 5k a year earlier.  My knees hurt when I run. They don't like all the pounding.   My practice run was pushing a stroller and it took me 40 minutes.
I figured I would try for a 12 minute pace and I played bonus seconds the entire time.  I started with 1 minute of running and 15 seconds of walking. I think I did this for 15 intervals then I did 1 minute of running and 30 seconds of walking. This is my pre-determined interval setup based on the app.

I was so thirsty and my lips were dry so I stopped at the 2 water stops. Back in my prime I never stopped at a water stop during a 5k.
I felt like I had weird sand in my shoes the entire time I ran.

Some lady right near me was doing intervals too but I'm not sure what her intervals were.

I felt like I could have kept going so I could have pushed even harder.

Around 3 miles, the kids saw me and cheered me on. It was so cute, I got out my phone to take their picture but then all the pics Dave took of me I had my phone in them. Then they tried to run to me and join in and finish with me but they wanted to hold my hands and I could not run like that. I did not want to finish slow! I wanted to finish strong. So I leg go of their hands and they cried.

I was so close to 36 minutes for the 5k which is better than a 12 min pace. I sent some texts while running about how I was so far ahead. I hit the halfway point at 18 min exactly.

My view of the kids running toward me cheering me on

Dave's view of the kids running toward me.

2019 Week 43/52 Photo

Liam sat and played Legos with Miles. He mainly just tried to hold onto stuff. But this was his first time sitting and playing.

Photo Taken October 23, 2019

While I was doing something, Ella was holding Liam. Apparently he stole her muffin and liked it so then she gave him more. He enjoyed himself.  There was a lot of mess of wet muffin. Liam is still working on eating.

Photo Taken October 25, 2019

I put Liam in overalls. I was unpacking clothes and saw a bunch that were too small and some that would barely fit. These barely fit and it took some effort to get the snaps done.   I had Ella take our picture. Look how big he looks.  (I feel like Ella's finger gives the pics character. But maybe I should take the time to edit photos.

Photo Taken October 26, 2019

Down by the Bay Tot Trot (11.3.19)

Ella and Miles did the Tot Trot again this year. It's Miles's 2nd time running it. He was in an ergo a 3rd year. This is Ella's 4th time doing it. You'd think after doing it so many times, she'd be fine. But she was not. Today was not her day. She didn't run alone because various friends were not running it too. Last year she ran alone. This year she ran holding my hand. Miles held my other hand. We took up basically the entire path. I hate when other people hold the entire path and here we were doing it. Ella started crying when we lined up and didn't stop until after we were done running. We mainly had to walk the race because she did not want to run. Miles ran here or there and she got mad and cried worse.  He wanted water halfway through which is what I expected. I did not have water. He wanted a stop break at one point but Ella did not. I picked him up to carry him for about 15 steps just so that we could finish together without much crying. I know Miles always wants water in the middle of the race, yet I didn't have it. I used my Garmin this year. I started the Garmin a little before we crossed the start line. It took us 7 minutes from when I started it to when we finished.

A few friends spotted us along the race and took photos. Chessa took some but realized her camera settings were off and everything was majorly over exposed... oops. But at least 3 other friends spotted us and send pictures. Yay for pictures.

It's amazing how many people are taking pictures at the race and how few get uploaded to the race site.

Liam 6 Month Update

taken from my phone

Photos were taken a day late so Ella and Miles could participate. They are a little crazy so photo quality isn't that good. They also took over 400 pictures!
Stats:

• Weight: 17 lb 15 oz - 59th percentile
• Height: 29.5" - >99.9th percentile
• Head Circumference: 43.6 cm - 58th percentile
• Weight/Length Percentile: 3%
• Diapers: Size 3
• Clothing: Mostly 12 month clothing. Some 18 month onesies. When he does wear pants 6-9 mo seem to fit but smaller night too.
• Shoe Size: I tried some on and think he's like a 4 or 4.5
• Teeth: 6

(stats using WHO, CDC has weight higher and other 2 lower. I never remember which ones I use each month.)

I took his weight just after nursing and just before he peed and spit up.

Sleep
Sleep is awful. From 5.5 months old and on he was waking up so much. Some nights 9 times in one night. Other nights he just wouldn't go back in the crib without crying.  He will cry when I put him down and immediately fall asleep in my arms when I pick him up. I have tried to hold him longer before putting him down but he will seem sound asleep and then wake up and cry immediately. I have tried various things that seem to help some and then don't help.

Eating
Liam mostly nurses. I feed him once a day if i feed him. He will have purees. He has tried to steal some food. He had his mouth on my pizza and my burger. After he tastes that, he doesn't want to eat baby food anymore. It's hard coming up with foods to give him. I remember always having issues with this age. They can't quite chew or swallow right but they sure want the food. Liam still pushes the food a little forward when he's trying to eat.

He's had carrots, sweet potatoes, green beans, bananas, apples, and maybe more.

Sample Schedule:
Having a sample schedule is a bit ridiculous. Around 7:30 PM, he likes to start nursing to go to sleep. He wakes up at least 2 times in the middle of the night but lately it's more like 4. Everyday I wake him up between 1 and 4 times to go to appointments, school pickups or school drop offs. Throughout the day he's awake 1-5 hours between naps except the very first one of the day it's usually 1.5 hours. He may start getting super clingy before 6 pm but he will not go to sleep that early He still seems to manage 3 or 4 naps a day. (4 naps only happen when I have to wake him up for things.) Sometimes he wakes up from nap and I can tell he's still tired and wants to sleep but for some reason woke up. I nurse him then and he goes back to sleep. Usually if he goes back to sleep, he will only continue his nap on me. Mostly I try not to nurse right when he wakes up. I'd say the only things sort of consistent for a schedule are when he wants to go to sleep and he likes to have his first nap around 8:30 PM.

Special Moments:
On September 15, Liam had cold pumped milk for the first time.
On September 18, Liam has 2 teeth.
On September 19, Liam actually has 4 teeth. I gave him Tylenol for the teething.
On September 20, Liam also got Tylenol at night for teething
On September 21, I noticed Liam also had 2 top teeth cutting.
On September 22, Liam spit up 5 times. Twice were well over an hour after he last ate, too.
On September 25, I can’t get Liam into crib. He will be asleep and I put him into the crib. He immediately cries. Then I hold him and he's asleep again. He seems to have a cold.
On September 27, Liam had his first time forward facing in single bob stroller.
On September 28, Liam was in the exersaucer for the first time. I didn't pull it out sooner. I had to put it on the highest setting. Liam pet Poly for the first time. I let him chew on ribs. He loved the flavor.
On September 29, Liam stole pizza while we were at Pizza my Heart. He had his first sippy cup usage and it was with water. Miles threw my phone and it bounced off Liam's head and left a mark!
On October 1, Liam sat for awhile.
On October 6, Liam had eggs and toast. The eggs he choked on a little so he mainly had toast.

On October12, at 1:01 AM , Dave went and bought Tylenol to give him because he was just so miserable.
On October 13, at 10:36 PM, Liam already woke up twice so then I gave him Tylenol. Teething is no joke.

Development:
He can sit up! He can be held wrapping his legs around my side now! He grabs toys and things a lot better now. He can hold onto them too. He can pull himself up to leaning forward when put in his carseat before he's buckled. He tries to put everything in his mouth. He sits but it's not sturdy. He will roll and change angles but doesn't do it much. He may shimmy a little too.

Other Tidbits:
Likes
He likes to give hugs.
He likes to eat but wants real food not baby food!
He likes to watch TV.
He likes to just look at himself in the mirror on his play mat for awhile.
He likes to smile and watch other people. 

He likes to show off going from sitting to standing (with my help). 

He likes to meet new people and will try to lean with open arms to get them to hold him. 

He likes to grab everything including my hair. I wear it in a bun daily to try to stop him from pulling and he grabs onto the little hairs. 

He likes to put everything in his mouth.

Dislikes
He especially doesn't like to nurse if I'm talking.
He doesn't like to be put in his car seat if he wants to go to sleep.
He doesn't seem to like to be in a car after dark and he cries the entire time.
He doesn't want to be held by anyone but me if he's tired. You also better not put him down.

He doesn't like to take medicine (Tylenol or Vitamin D).

Fun Facts
Longest time sleeping: 10 hours 33 minutes
Days with a sleep greater than 5 hours: 26
Days with a sleep greater than 6 hours: 18
(According to the internet sleeping through the night is considered sleeping 5-6 straight hours.)
Days with sleep greater than 8 hours: 11
Diapers used (from October 1-14): 8 per day
Time spent nursing (from October 1-14): 4 hours 16 minutes per day
Time spent sleeping (from October 1-14): 13 hours 33 minutes per day
Doctor Visits: 0
Illnesses: 0

Favorite Toys

Key Teether
iPod (music maker thing)
Things that are not toys!

Favorite Songs
He doesn't react so much to songs one way or the other.

Favorite Books
none yet (He's liked books but doesn't seem to have a favorite)

Other Tidbits
Liam gets so happy and smiley when he's quite tired and needs a nap. If you don't get him down for a nap in this time, he can quickly change from happy to crying like we are killing him. He doesn't use his play mats a lot because we seem to always be going one place or another. He likes to be in his carseat carrier a lot better than being baby worn. But he likes the Ergo better than the Ergo 360. I haven't done the 360 forward facing so it's just sitting the same way against me and he likes one way better than the other. I have to shimmy him up when I put him in his carseat. He's set too far down for the bottom buckle to buckle when he naturally goes in. His shoulders need to be higher than the default. 

When Liam is super happy and smiley, I know he's tired but everyone else just thinks he's so happy. He will be so happy and then when I lie him down on the changing table he cries. He's mad he's not immediately nursing. I put him in the woombie and then I nurse.

Just in general having 3 kids is no joke. There is no time for anything. I've been trying to spend all my free time working on this post for 2 weeks!

My Recovery
I have not lost or gained weight this month. My knee is still stiff a lot. I tried to get into PT for my knee but they never fit me in and I never called them back. I'm so tired! I keep wanting to stay up later to get stuff done like blogging but then I'm just too tired. I still have 40 lbs to lose. (By the 3rd kid I don't have my current weight or the starting weight exactly memorized and I don't look it up. I might actually be at 42 lb to lose. I have gained 10 lbs since June so I did drop some weight then gained it back.