*** Note: This was supposed to be posted on 5/4, but was sitting in draft form. Sorry.***
Today Sandra noticed that Markus had a little tooth! Of course, we were very excited. Four days ago Markus had two bad nights trying to fall asleep. He was crying and crying, and I tried my best to get him to sleep. I'm now thinking that he might have been upset at some tooth pain. These last two nights Markus has fallen asleep normally (bath, bottle, bed).
Also, last weekend Markus finally ate some solid foods and has been eating them daily ever since! We bought some peas, sweet potatoes, etc. and the first thing he tried was sweet potatoes. I put some on the spoon and did the airplane thing, but at first Markus looked at me like I was crazy. Then he started eating. He's been eating a solid food ever since.
Here is a video of him eating solid foods:
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Monday, May 4, 2009
Saturday, March 21, 2009
Markus Attempt at Solid Food
As promised, videos of Markus attempting to eat "solid food". First Sandra's attempt:
Then mine:
As you can see, he did NOT enjoy that one bit. The doctor said not to use a bottle as that was for babies who spit up. Luckily Markus does not, so we'll continue to try.
We're going to our friends apartment today for International Dinner (Egypt). We're excited. Our hope is that Markus goes to sleep around 8:00 (like normal) and stays asleep so we can enjoy dinner with friends. That's our PLAN. We'll follow up on how it goes.
Then mine:
As you can see, he did NOT enjoy that one bit. The doctor said not to use a bottle as that was for babies who spit up. Luckily Markus does not, so we'll continue to try.
We're going to our friends apartment today for International Dinner (Egypt). We're excited. Our hope is that Markus goes to sleep around 8:00 (like normal) and stays asleep so we can enjoy dinner with friends. That's our PLAN. We'll follow up on how it goes.
Monday, March 9, 2009
Big Weekend for Markus
Saturday morning was Markus' 4 month checkup at the pediatrician. He started acting fussy when we arrived at the Doctor's office and it was unexpected because it had only been 1:45 minutes since he last ate. Nonetheless, he wanted a bottle. I had to run to the car, get a bottle, heat it up in the bathroom (he didn't like the cold formula) and then feed him. We had to stop in the middle of the feeding so the pediatrician could administer his immunization shots. Poor guy. He was crying, but it was all over in a minute and he was okay once the bottle came back.
At least he didn't pee all over the place like last time.
Markus is now 26 inches long and weighs an even 20 pounds. That's 4 inches (18%) and 6 pounds (43%) more than his 2 month appointment.
We were glad to hear that he is doing well, and not overweight or anything. The doctor said that he is just growing fast.
Markus passed out, so we took the opportunity to do some grocery shopping with him in the stroller.
Afterwards my friends Mike D. (l.) and Wally (r.) came over to finally meet Markus, see the house, and hang out in New Jersey. Wally was moved by the quietness of our block. It might have been the first time in years that he heard actual birds chirping. It turned out to be a gorgeous day, so we sat in the backyard, drank a couple of beers, listened to some music, played some dice, and chatted. Which is pretty much all we've done for the last decade or so when we hang out.
Sandra's mother and sister also came over and started playing with Markus. They all took him for a walk around the block.
Markus was pretty tired from all of the excitement, plus he was a little fussy from the shots in the morning. He fell asleep around 7:30 and woke up the next day at 6:30 (7:30 daylight savings).
One thing the doctor told us we can try is to introduce Markus to rice cereal. Although babies can go up to a year on formula alone, Markus may benefit from rice cereal since he is growing so fast and eats so much. We thought that he would eat it up! Amazingly, he didn't like it at all. In fact, he HATED it. We were shocked! We tried three different times and each time he went nuts. We took a video of it, which we will post soon.
Anyway, it was a nice weekend with nice weather, spent with great friends and family. Good times.
Random Markus pictures:
At least he didn't pee all over the place like last time.
Markus is now 26 inches long and weighs an even 20 pounds. That's 4 inches (18%) and 6 pounds (43%) more than his 2 month appointment.
We were glad to hear that he is doing well, and not overweight or anything. The doctor said that he is just growing fast.
Markus passed out, so we took the opportunity to do some grocery shopping with him in the stroller.
Afterwards my friends Mike D. (l.) and Wally (r.) came over to finally meet Markus, see the house, and hang out in New Jersey. Wally was moved by the quietness of our block. It might have been the first time in years that he heard actual birds chirping. It turned out to be a gorgeous day, so we sat in the backyard, drank a couple of beers, listened to some music, played some dice, and chatted. Which is pretty much all we've done for the last decade or so when we hang out.Sandra's mother and sister also came over and started playing with Markus. They all took him for a walk around the block.
Markus was pretty tired from all of the excitement, plus he was a little fussy from the shots in the morning. He fell asleep around 7:30 and woke up the next day at 6:30 (7:30 daylight savings).
One thing the doctor told us we can try is to introduce Markus to rice cereal. Although babies can go up to a year on formula alone, Markus may benefit from rice cereal since he is growing so fast and eats so much. We thought that he would eat it up! Amazingly, he didn't like it at all. In fact, he HATED it. We were shocked! We tried three different times and each time he went nuts. We took a video of it, which we will post soon.
Anyway, it was a nice weekend with nice weather, spent with great friends and family. Good times.
Random Markus pictures:
Someone is copying someone else. I will let you decide who is the copycat.
Markus' latest effort to flip himself over. Almost there.
Finally, here is a video of a what I see each morning when I go to see Markus in his room. He is a little shy because he notices the camera (around the 9 second mark), but otherwise pretty typical.
Monday, March 2, 2009
Feeding Markus
Sandra and I decided that we were going to use glass bottles instead of plastic ones due to the new information about BPA. If you're not aware, BPA is basically a chemical used in plastics (think of the clear, hard plastics) that is harmful to infants and can be released when the plastic is heated.
Wiki article here
Anyway, we are using Dr. Brown's
bottles and we're happy with them. They have this anti-gas system that has a bunch of little parts inside (you can see the funnel in the picture), which can be annoying, but since we started with these bottles, we're used to them and don't find them annoying at all. Markus likes them and doesn't have any problems with gas. He burps after he eats and that's it.
We originally were using a sterilizer from a company called The First Years, but it broke after about 3 months. Looking at the reviews on Amazon.com, this is not uncommon.
It's a pretty simple design. It boils some water on a hot plate on the bottom and the steam sterilizes the parts above it. It worked well in the beginning, however, despite it's size, it couldn't fit all of the bottles AND parts, so we had to use it twice each time. This may have led to the failure. It also took about 10 minutes for each cycle. It really shouldn't be too hard to make a better product.
We then picked up Dr. Brown's microwave sterilizer, which fits 4 bottles and parts and works in 6 minutes. It's great, although it takes a few times before you learn how to put all the pieces in the bowl. It's pretty complicated. I think I mastered it after 3-4 uses.
Again, I'm surprised nobody could come up with a better solution. It works fine and since it's just a bowl with some water on the bottom, it shouldn't break.
The whole sterilzer thing is debatable anyway. You don't have to sterlize your bottles all the time, but it satisfies parent paranoia.
Markus has been eating Similac Advance Earlyshield formula. It's the one that we got from the hospital and he has had no problems. In fact, he LOVES eating. lol. It smells like crap and according to Sandra it tastes like it smells. Since Markus hasn't eaten anything other than this in his life so far, he's happy! We buy the powder form, make a pitcher, fill up his bottles and put them in the fridge. We then warm them up when Markus is hungry (~2-3 hours) using The First Years bottle warmer, which is basically a small version of the sterilizer (plate heats up water to heat up bottle). It's still working and we haven't had any problems so far.
Anyway, that's takes care of his bottle and food system. Oh, we use Dr. Brown's formula pitcher to mix the formula (it's supposed to reduce gas). I think that's it. Unless you include that we use Palmolive to wash his bottles.
Here is a video of Markus grabbing on to a toy and holding on to it. A big milestone that made us happy this past weekend!
Wiki article here
Anyway, we are using Dr. Brown's
bottles and we're happy with them. They have this anti-gas system that has a bunch of little parts inside (you can see the funnel in the picture), which can be annoying, but since we started with these bottles, we're used to them and don't find them annoying at all. Markus likes them and doesn't have any problems with gas. He burps after he eats and that's it.We originally were using a sterilizer from a company called The First Years, but it broke after about 3 months. Looking at the reviews on Amazon.com, this is not uncommon.
It's a pretty simple design. It boils some water on a hot plate on the bottom and the steam sterilizes the parts above it. It worked well in the beginning, however, despite it's size, it couldn't fit all of the bottles AND parts, so we had to use it twice each time. This may have led to the failure. It also took about 10 minutes for each cycle. It really shouldn't be too hard to make a better product.We then picked up Dr. Brown's microwave sterilizer, which fits 4 bottles and parts and works in 6 minutes. It's great, although it takes a few times before you learn how to put all the pieces in the bowl. It's pretty complicated. I think I mastered it after 3-4 uses.
Again, I'm surprised nobody could come up with a better solution. It works fine and since it's just a bowl with some water on the bottom, it shouldn't break.The whole sterilzer thing is debatable anyway. You don't have to sterlize your bottles all the time, but it satisfies parent paranoia.
Markus has been eating Similac Advance Earlyshield formula. It's the one that we got from the hospital and he has had no problems. In fact, he LOVES eating. lol. It smells like crap and according to Sandra it tastes like it smells. Since Markus hasn't eaten anything other than this in his life so far, he's happy! We buy the powder form, make a pitcher, fill up his bottles and put them in the fridge. We then warm them up when Markus is hungry (~2-3 hours) using The First Years bottle warmer, which is basically a small version of the sterilizer (plate heats up water to heat up bottle). It's still working and we haven't had any problems so far.
Anyway, that's takes care of his bottle and food system. Oh, we use Dr. Brown's formula pitcher to mix the formula (it's supposed to reduce gas). I think that's it. Unless you include that we use Palmolive to wash his bottles. Here is a video of Markus grabbing on to a toy and holding on to it. A big milestone that made us happy this past weekend!
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