Baby Jydan - 3 Months 1 Week.



Fourteen Weeks Young:

After a stressful week last week, This week has been pretty relaxing! Jydan's been such a calm boy and I'm finding that each week he and I become more and more calm and work as a wonderful team. I guess the more I get to know him, the easier it is. And he's really getting to know me too, studying and staring at me, interacting and smiling more and more :).

This week has been full of walks, extra sleeps, chats, shopping, hot weather, a new sleeping arrangement, MOPS and naming day organising! And just like every other week, it's gone super quick! Can you believe he's 14 weeks already?? He is growing WAY too quick. I never thought time would go this quick when Jydan came along - although I was warned a million times!
 

Reflux:
After Jydan's weigh-in last week I've upped Jydan's Zantac to 0.6 & 1/2 ml. He only weighed 6.2 kilos but he spits that bit out as well, so it works out to his weight anyway. I would have left it, but he started to throw up a little bit again - defiantly not as bad as he use to, but I wanted to control it before it got bad again.

Jydan's Milestone's:
Jydan is really trying to be on the move, I caught him one morning trying to get to Millie, our dog. He turned himself around while on tummy time! I sat in the same spot taking these photos, you can see how much he's turned :D. My gorgeous, clever babe!
We haven't got a laugh yet, I'm sure we will soon, I'm so looking forward to it!!

Jydan's started really entertaining himself these days, playing with his hands and kicking up his legs. It's really surprised me.. he already doesn't need me 24/7!

Routine:

I have been having a bath with Jydan at night. Last week I mentioned that we now sit him in the bath instead of using the bath support, so it's been easier if I jump in with him. He loves it, swimming around with mum! It also gives me more time to do stuff in the mornings where I would have a shower, relaxes me before bed & involves Tim in bath time, if he's home on time. I get Jydan undressed, then jump in the bath, Tim brings Jydan in and Tim & I chat in the bathroom while I wash Jydan. (some nice quality time). I pass Jydan to Tim when he's all washed & he puts him in his PJs and then having some relaxing bath time myself :).
Oh oh oh that reminds me, one day we were all ready for the bath, in the bathroom, ready to go and I had to quickly do something. Tim had already shown Jydan the bath so he knew it was bath time. Well, well, he screamed until we got him in the bath. He thought he wasn't getting his bath, oh dear! All smiles when we put him in, finally.

I've found that the bright sun wakes Jydan up really early in the morning. He wakes around every two hours as it is, so I really don't want to start my days at 6 am either! So after he wakes at 4-5am I put him in his room (sad face) where he has black out curtains and he doesn't start his day till 8am!! :D. I still want him in our room as long as possible though.
Jydan wakes up so happy in the mornings, it's the happiest he is all day, I love it!!

Jydan's sleeping brilliantly through the day now. If he has a sleep under and hour it's actually a bad sleep for him. He sleeps between an hour and 15 minutes - two hours now, each nap. There goes his 30 minute day sleeps - thank goodness.

Naming Ceremony:
I've started to write Jydan's naming day script. It's coming along pretty well and it's making me feel a lot less stressed about getting things done on time! So thankful for Jydan's extra sleeping time, I have time to actually do it :). I'll post the script up after the big day! Under a month to go now!
I'm so excited to officially welcome Jydan to our friends and family.

Teething:
I haven't had to give Jydan any Panadol this week. A couple of times he has had to bite down on my finger to settle, and he's still dribbling ALOT but his teeth isn't really bothering him this week. Not sure if his tooth has come back into his gums (which can happen) or he's handling the pain better? Argh, time will tell.

Weight/Height/Looks:

I think this weeks photos show just how tall Jydan really is! His weight has also distributed alot now, he doesn't look as chubby as he use to look.
It's been really hot here the last week or so and I have to be really careful because Jydan has usually got a high temp as his normal temp. It's not unusual for Jydan's temperature to be 36.8. I remember in hospital his temperature was 37.2 at one stage and 37 the day we left. So not only is he a warmer baby anyway I have to make sure he is dressed down and the air conditioner is up! He's been wearing alot of summer body suits and singlet suits to bed.

Jydan's wearing more and more 00 (3-6 month) clothes now, especially pants, shorts and overalls, mainly because his nappies are so bulky. T-shirts and tops are still too big.

Looking through old photo's and video's I can't believe how much hair Jydan has lost, he was born with alot of hair and now he's pretty much bald! Look at these photos of when he was a newborn! Aww, brings back so many memories. He is at such a fun stage now but I do miss when he was a newborn.

MOPS:


My Reciepe book!

I'm loving this mums group I've joined! This fortnight we had a cooking demonstration and then made super cute recipe books! Jydan likes it too, he usually is a bit weary of strangers but he is fine there :).


Jydan's Likes/Dislikes:

Ive always said that Jydan loves music. It really settles him. When I don't have music I sing to him, and now he really responds to my singing! He's starting to chatter back while I sing (sing along, hehe)... Hope he has a better singing voice then me ;)

Feeding:
Jydan's not feeding too well this week, he will be starving but just won't latch on, he is so curious to look around and learn what's about.... just as I thought we had this whole feeding thing under control 'sigh'. I'm sure he will grow out of the stage soon enough.
Jydan's started doing this new thing while he's feeding, he puts his hand over my breast and covers his face, it's so cute!!.. Although I worry he is cutting off air to his nose.

Nappies:
We have started using the cloth nappies during the night too. The disposables would leak so easily and never last through the night. I'm finding the cloth hold even more then the disposables! He would leak overnight in a disposy but a cloth will hold alll night.. which is about 12 hours!

Baby Jydan - 12 Weeks

Twelve Weeks Young:

Argh, my baby boy is twelve weeks young already?! When I tell people that he's 12 weeks they respond with 'wow, three months'.. NO, he turned 12 weeks on the 6th but won't be three months till the 14th. I think some people forget that sometimes there is more then 4 weeks in some months (I particularly noticed this while I was pregnant). Okay, okay I know it's only minor but it means that he is that little bit older and I want him to stay little forever! hehe.
The 12th week has been full of chats, smiles, feeding, better day sleeping, a mum's group and DRIBBLES!! And what a fun and amazing week its been!!

Reflux:
Jydan's reflux has pretty much gone now, he has the odd spew every now and then.. literally nothing to worry about. He rarely has the hiccups (he was getting them after every feed from the milk coming back up) and I haven't heard his tummy gurgle for ages. He has been so wonderful that we haven't used the dummy in weeks!

Jydan's Milestone's:
Jydan is now rolling 3/4 of the way now, we're still waiting for him to make that full roll, still so early though. We often leave him on the change mat while we wash off a nappy or something but I think we need to stop doing that now he's becoming more mobile!
He's learnt a few other tricks too, when he's doing tummy time he will straighten his arms like he's doing push ups. Strong, strong boy! When he's laying on his back he will lift his head of the ground like he's trying to sit up too... this boy wants to go, go, go! Such a clever boy xx
Have I mentioned what a chatterbox he is? Seriously, watch this video, ( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m8xebbFxYXA )he is so chatty!!

Routine:

Well... it's time for another growth spurt. So any routine we started to get into went completely out the window. That seven hour sleep he was doing at night? He wakes up every hour for a feed. He was the same with his last growth spurt - feeding every hour. He feeds often usually 2 & 1/2 - 3 hourly, so throw a growth spurt in there too and I might as well leave my boobs out 24/7! haha. Thankfully, unlike the last growth spurt, he is actually sleeping through the day. He has about three, one hour naps, and a big two & a half - three hour nap around midday (oh boy does he wake up starving then!). So if I'm really exhausted I have a chance to sleep, which I do with his 3.30pm sleep :), I'm really grateful for that!

First Trip To Church:


Sleeping through church...

My brothers baptism was on Sunday so it was Jydan's first time at church! He slept through the majority of it but when he was awake he wasn't a happy chappy. New environment and too many people I think. He was also still growth spurting so I was in and out feeding, but I got to see my little brother baptised.

Teething:
Jydan's been dribbling ALOT. I think he's going to be an early teether. So I've put his amber beads anklet on him now. You can see my blog about the the amber beads while I was pregnant HERE.

MOPS:
On Tuesday we joined a mum's group! It's called MOPS (Mothers Of Pre-Schoolers). It was great to chat with some other mummies and meet some other babies. Jydan's the youngest baby but there are two around his age, so I think it's going to be a good group for the both of us :).

Weight/Height/Looks:

My word does Jydan's nails grow quickly!! I guess that's a sign that he's healthy? I cut them every second day and they really do need cutting. It's really hard to do too because he's such a wiggle worm. I have to do it when he's just woken and is too tired to wiggle wiggle.. Even then I don't finish a hand before he wants to start pulling my hair or eat his hands!


Jydan's Likes/Dislikes:

Jydan loves his monkey toy. I've stated introducing his toys to him and he really responds to his monkey that clips onto the pram or capsule, so we've stated using it on the capsule! He loves it, he smiles and coos at it, it's amazing to watch. His other toys he doesn't respond to as much- I'm sure he will over time.

My hands are so much more fun!!

Feeding:
Like I mentioned, Jydan has been growth spurting so feeding EVERY hour. I was dreading this spurt since his 6 week one because that one was horrible. Not only did he feed every hour, he didn't sleep at all because he was so hungry & cry a lot. My supply couldn't keep up with him because he wouldn't let me eat properly.. This time was MUCH better. Thank goodness. My supply is building up to what he needs with no trouble this time. When he stated this time though it was hard, I defrosted an expressed bottle for him but he wouldn't take it, refused!! Turns out he won't take a bottle anymore at all! He just wants his mumma ;).

Naming Ceremony:


The start of the lolly buffet.

I've started the lolly buffet for the naming day... still so much to do! The stress is starting to kick in a little bit, we still haven't wrote out the ceremony. I hope we get everything done in time!!
 

Nappies:

I've just ordered some 'customs'. Customs are cloth nappies that you choose the design, I'm so excited for them to arrive! I'm getting Jydan's name embroidered on two and a hungry caterpillar one (I'm obsessed with the very hungry caterpillar!)