Growing

9 month check up: weighing in at 21 pounds (72nd percentile) and 30 inches (96th percentile).
Wyatt was such a good little man at his doctor visit. He sat perfectly still for his exam. The doc said he was her best patient ever! (Angel baby)😇
The controversy on allergenic foods is on the rise, so I asked my pediatrician what her opinion was on introducing the questionable foods. Since we already started eggs, which she was cool with, I asked about strawberries and nuts... These days the recommendation are to introduce them earlier than in the past. So we got the go ahead for strawberries and items with nuts in them! Just no peanuts of course... It's just crazy how quick it can change. Just 2 years ago we were having the same discussion with Claire's doc and were told to wait wait wait.
And as for milk and ice cream and heavy unpasteurized dairy, we wait until 1 year. Can't wait for his first birthday Jimmie cone treat, just like we did for big sis!

Nine months

It has almost been a year since this little man has joined our family... I'm usually sad to see my babies get so big so quickly but seeing the two of them interact and love one another makes me excited to see what our future has in store. It's crazy how different two siblings can be... Claire was full if energy and life, grabbing attention anywhere she could get it. Or was it because she was the first? Either way... This boy is SHY and bashful and it's so stinkin cute. But if he is happy and he is with mommy and daddy his true character comes out and he is silly and fun and giggles and oh we eat it up! He is a peanut compared to his sister, only 18 pounds and still in 9 month clothes... She was in 24 month clothes and over 21 pounds by this age. Crazy how different it is. But I love all those differences. This little guy is the perfect little balance to our family.

Mister smiles

This guy is so bashful... It's hysterical. Completely opposite of his sister at this age who ate up any and all attention she could get. He turns his head and hides his eyes. So sweet. But usually for mommy and daddy these are the faces we get. Smiles, giggles, screeches. The new face is the squinty eyes when he is super happy. I'm obsessed.

Solids

We are starting solids this week with buddy Roo! I cannot believe he is already six months... For all my mommy friends who have asked why we waited until 6 months to start solids, here is a wonderful article that explains it best! http://kellymom.com/nutrition/starting-solids/delay-solids/

I make all of my baby food because it is best, so easy, and fun! It is so satisfying for me to whip up a huge batch of yummy combinations of food for my babes. And all I use is our food processor. Which you could also use a blender.
Wyatt's first meal: Avocado. It is one of his sisters favorite foods. He did not like it too much. But we will keep trying! Claire's first food was apples and she hated them for a week... So I'm sure anything we offered to him he wouldn't really care for. Next up... Bananas!

Special date with buddy Roo

A letter to my handsome man

Dear Wyatt,
I am writing you this letter because you are six months old... Well you are closer to Seven months old, but this is our lives these days eh?
I am a girly girl... Thus the reason your sister is as well. I always saw myself with a handful of little girls in matching smocked dresses with classic southern names. I never saw myself with a son, let alone WANT a Son. But boy, you changed all of that. You did something to my heart that I can't even begin to explain. You made your mother mush. Complete mush.
Over the past 7 months you have grown into the sweetest little squishy, cuddly, lovey little man. You bring such joy to our family.
Your first syllable word was this week! And it was "Da". Although you are practicing to say "dada", I see you becoming more and more of a momma's boy each and every day. There is something so special about the way you smile at me from across the room and squirm in your seat or out of daddy's arms to get to me. I know I have said it before... But there is just something about a boy! You melt your momma's heart. Not that your sister isn't just the most special little girl on earth, because she is, she's amazing. But boy oh boy, what you do to me.
My absolute favorite thing about the past 7 months of your life is watching the bond grow between you and your sister. It is amazing how her heart just opened up like she instantly loved you, as did your daddy and I. And she has loved you more as more every day, cheering you on to roll over, kissing your little cheeks, rubbing your little head, handing you toys, singing you songs, and she LOVES to make you laugh. It is the sweetest thing in this world. And you adore her to pieces.
You were a little but of a surprise when we found out you were coming, and It has been a huge adjustment adding you to our family, but one I wouldn't have done it any other way.
I am sad that we are only 6 months away from toddlerhood... Your momma is a baby lover at heart, but I am so so ecstatic to see what kind of little person you are going to turn into. Wyatt, you own my heart son.
Love, mommy

Bronchiolitis. Scariest day ever.

Wyatt and Claire have both been sick with a pretty rough cold for the past week. Thursday he seemed to be wheezing. I took him in to the doctor and they sent us home saying he had a lot of mucus and he was able to clear it on his own. Friday he seemed to be wheezing worse and it was not clearing. After numerous steam treatments in the bathroom, he seemed to be struggling to breathe. So back to the doctors we went.
After a nebulizer treatment with albuterol and a chest X-ray he seemed to be getting even worse. His respirations were too fast and his lungs were very coarse. She sent us to the ER, almost by rescue squad. There he was monitored and given another treatment of albuterol. He was released later that night with orders for breathing treatments every 4 hours and steroids for 5 days.
The Pediatric ER doctor told us that with our family history of asthma(all of my siblings and Claire now with it) he will likely have these symptoms when he catches a cold.
Great. If I wasn't already paranoid enough about getting sick.
Knowing a little cold could send my baby to the ER with a deadly wheeze is terrifying.
Ill continue to craft a bubble for my kids and we are also planning to move to the islands with no seasonal changes. We will miss everyone, but you can come to visit.