It is a rite of passage

Today was going to be the best of 2014 posts.  Instead I was up all night with a crying, inconsolable unless I was holding him and standing up little baby boy.  It is the first ear infection.  A rite of passage for most moms.  I was very lucky with Destructo.  He didn't get his first ear infection until 18 months old and that was the first time he was really sick with something more than just sniffles.  Yay breastfeeding helping his immune system. But boy was it a doozy.  He ran a 103-105 temp for four days.  He also hated the antibiotic and we had to force it down his throat.  

Poor pitiful Destructo when he had his first ear infection

Ollie didn't fare so well.  He is only nine months old and this one came on without the typical cold Kai gets ear infections after.  We are traveling in the mountains though so maybe that had something to do with it and he is also hard core teething right now.  He had a slight 100-101 temp all day yesterday but I thought it was just teething since he had no other symptoms.  But then last night it was 102ish and he was very stuffed up and miserable.  Just so sad and pitiful.  Now I am sad and pitiful because I am so very tired.

And it is New Year's Eve.  I doubt I will make it to midnight lol.  I am old.  But that is okay.  My pitiful boy needs me.  The worst part was on the ride home from dinner tonight when my ears popped apparently his were too and that made him start screaming so loudly.  I sat next to him in the back seat and he was just clawing at his little ear.  I felt awful because there was nothing I could do to help.  You realize just how much you would do for your kids at moments like that because I would gladly take his ear infection if it meant he didn't have to be in pain.  

Let's hope he recovers very quickly in 2015.  At least Murphy didn't hate me this time around.  He got sick on the last day of the year before our deductible starts over.  Yay Murphy.

Owwie at Eight Months

Weight-- He was pretty close to 18 pounds probably just under it.  I have it in his baby book but I am on vacation at the moment.

Height-- 27 3/4 inches

I sure love this boy

Medical Issues--  Still a spitter upper but that is about it.  We are slowly introducing dairy and he is tolerating it very well.  I am back on full dairy now.  Ice cream is so good.  Especially the choco cherry love in a waffle cone from Dairy Queen.

Sleep-- He fails this.  FAILS.  He did sleep through the night for only the second time in his entire life this month.  But typically he is up 2 or three times a night.  He goes down around 8, wakes around 11, or 2, or 5 or all three and then sleeps in until 8ish.  He still naps twice a day about an hour in the morning and an hour or two in the afternoon.

Clothes Size-- He is mainly in 12 or 9-12 months although I still shove him in some of my favorite 6-9 month stuff.

Diapers size-- He is on the second or third snap setting in his cloth.  Size four in disposables.

Diet--  He eats everything you give him.  He loves mum mums and puffs like every baby in the world.  He adores fruit, chicken, broccoli, peas.  Mexican food is a favorite as is spicy things.

Baby Stuff I Love--

breathable bumpers  I didn't realize how much I love these until I spent a night somewhere with a crib without them.  Oliver kept getting his legs stuck in the crib slats.
Wonderworld trucks These are big enough for Ollie to play with and so sturdy that they have held up to even Destructo's torture for three and a half years.

 Milestones-- He can really get around by crawling backwards but can't go forward yet although he is on his hand and knees rocking close.  He can also butt scoot around.  He is saying momma with meaning now.  And hi all the time.  

He loves to eat

Likes/Dislikes--  He likes my dad a whole lot.  And me.  He pretty much screams if I am not touching him.  I love/dislike this since it is exhausting to have to hold him all day every day.  Thank goodness for my Beco.  He loves being worn and will fall asleep in it.  He loves his big brother and loves playing with big boy toys in big brothers room.  He loves cars and trucks.  He loves any kind of teething toy that is silicone/rubbery material.  Taggie toys are very popular with him as well.  He loves eating and would probably eat all day long if I let him.  He very much disliked Santa this month.

Santa visit one was a success two and three were fails

Things I Don't want to Forget--  How he stretches his neck and peeks around to see things.  How many times he whines momma in a day.  How sweet and cuddly he is in the middle of the night after he eats and cuddles into me to go back to sleep.  How he is obsessed with any kind of technology product.  How angry he gets when he doesn't get his way.  The temper tantrums are hysterical.  I mean big brother has been throwing tantrums since birth.  It isn't anything we haven't seen yet haha.  

I am a slacker

When you have a second kid everyone says that your love multiplies instead of is divided in half.  Let me tell ya this is so true.  You know what else multiplies?  The work and noise.  I mean you would think it would be a matter of simple addition.  One kid plus another kid equals two times the noise and work.  Yeah... it doesn't.  It multiplies by at least ten.  So loud.  And so busy.  Hence why my blog is a bit deserted.  But I plan on doing better this coming year.  

I want to have this blog as a record of parenting.  Cute things my kids say and do, challenges (because everyone knows parenting is so challenging), projects we do, places we visit.  A virtual scrapbook if you will.

So as a catch you up if you will here are the kiddos in a paragraph each.  

Captain Destructo is 3 1/2 years old.  He is still an absolute honey badger.  He is determined, stubborn, inflexible, but absolutely hilarious in everything.  He outsmarts me on a regular basis and discipline is quite hard since I think he could be smarter than me (especially in my sleep deprived state.)  He loves board games, Paw Patrol, animals, and more than anything else fire trucks and fire fighters.  He is very science minded and so smart.  He plays dinosaurs not based on the dino but based on whether they are carnivores, frugivores, omnivores etc.  He can also name all the parts of the digestive system.  Nothing like your three year old saying I am eating food and it is going down my esophagus.  

Officer Owl is 9 months old.  He has a temper the size of Texas.  He is very easy going but once he gets mad he is MAD.  He is a huge momma's boy which is exhausting for me because he cries unless he is being held or worn by me.  He loves to eat anything you will give him.  He is so close to crawling and can go backwards quite well but hasn't figured out going forward yet.  He has really good fine motor skills and likes to talk.  He only has two words hi and momma but babbles non stop.  He loves anything he can chew on, his big brother, food, and trucks.

My sweet boys in their new Christmas present