Jydan - 15 Months.

Age: 15 Months

Weight: 9.6 Kilos
(21.1 pounds, we're finally over the 20 pound mark!)

Height: 75 cm
 

Learning: 
-Body parts
-New words and having conversations.

- Counting 1,2,3.
-Colours.

-To jump.

-To use the potty.

Milestones: 
-Officially started walking just after 14 months.

-Knows where his belly, feet, legs and head is.

- Gone into size 3 shoes.

-Learnt to Hi-5.

-Can say his name.

-Taking formula really well.

-Understands instructions really well.
-Can identify yellow balls and say 'ello' & 'boo' (Yellow & blue)
-Counts one, oo, wee.
 

Teeth: 10 

Jydan has scored one extra tooth this month!!

Favourite Word/Sentences:
-Honey (what Tim & I call each other)
-Hello
-Mum Mum.
-Mine (everything is 'mine')
-No.

-Jydan.
-More (This word is starting to drive me insane! He says it allll day!)
 

Favourite Book: 
We are reading a 365 nursery rhyme book at the moment.

Favourite Toy:
.... the hair dryer & necklaces. Last month was the vacuum cleaner. Maybe I shouldn't buy toys?!

Favourite Food:
Cheese!!! But that's about all he's eating :/

Best Memory Of This Month: 
Jydan starting to walk :). So precious!!

Child Health Nurse Appointment:
It went really well this month, Jydan is gaining weight brilliantly and doing so well. His head had grown too. Doctors Appointment: No need this month.
Paediatrician Appointment: (They missed up, next app is for March)
Dietitian Appointment: 
(app in two months).
Speech Therapy Appointment: I think they've forgotten about us?!
Occupational Therapy Appointment: Same as above.
Home Physio:
When I say 'legs out' to Jydan he most of the time moves them properly to a good sitting position now. :)


Jydan has THE best personality. He is such a giggle pot. He laughs and laughs. At anything really.
 My photographer posted a blog from Jydan's first birthday watermelon smash and I think it totally shows how much personality he has!
Check it out HERE
Jydan has grown really really well now, he has finally grown out of his 00 (3-6 month) shorts and fitting into 0's (6-12 months) really well!  I'm so happy for him! I think it's all to do with him being on formula now, he drinks between 400-500mls a day, sometimes more. The formula has also helped with his sleeping.. win win win!
His eating is still not the best.. but he is having afternoon tea now. So that's a little bit of improvement.
A typical days diet for Jydan is:
About 1/2 a slice of toast for breakfast, some fruit, some cubes of cheese and some ham for lunch (today he had a handful of penna pasta), and for afternoon tea he might have a couple of biscuits, or mini rice cakes or a handful of grapes - depending on what he has had in his diet during the day. For dinner it's meat and veggies, his favourite veggies is carrot and corn cobs. He doesn't have heaps. Sometimes not much at all. He might have 4-5 little pieces of meat and half a corn cob.
So he isn't a big eater at all! But there's a little bit of improvement.
He is learning so many things, working out so many things and using his imagination really well.
We've introduced the potty this month too, which you can read about HERE. I'm pretty excited about starting the toilet training journey! Can't wait to share each month how it's going too.

Baby Jydan - 5 Months 2 Weeks.

Twenty-Three Weeks:

My crabby teething
monster.

Jydan has become so curious about the world, he wants to learn and look around at everything. He use to be a good sleeper while we were out and about but now we are lucky if sleeps for 25 minutes because he just wants to explore! Just too gorgeous. We've been hit with the teething bug this week. OH.GOSH.. really want my happy bub back! I get snippets every few hours, but then it's usually followed by hours of crying. The poor thing. Looking forward to seeing some toothy pegs soon though :).


It's school holidays here so we are finally have a 'break' from our busy schedule since my mothers group and playgroup are off during the holidays.  We've done some shopping for clothes in the next size for Jydan, finally started Jydan's milestone book, most of the week we've slept through but a couple of nights we've woken up between 4.30 - 5, which is okay. We've gone to watch my little brother play footy, gone to church, played with new toys, had a big cooking night for Jydans food, learnt new skills (How to lift his bum off the ground while doing tummy time, turn the page of a book, and how to hold a sippy cup better), tried new foods (sweet potato), and gone for walks. We are still struggling with eczema, only because we have to use it week on and week off, and the off week it comes back terribly.

Favourite Toy This Week:

His bath toys! He loves them. He has a couple of books and some plastic squirty toys. They live in a 'penguin' near the bath when it's not bath time. So, as soon as he gets in bath he looks at the penguin and puts his hand out for them.. SOO GORGEOUS! (I love how he puts his hand out for things now).

Favourite Thing To Do:

Suck his thumb! He actually has a little bit of dermatitis on his thumb because he sucks, sucks, sucks!! Even when we put him on tummy time he will suck his thumb. He's suppose to be rolling!





Favourite Book:


We went shopping the other day and found this book, held it up to Jydan to see if he liked it and he loved it. He kept reading it the whole time we were shopping. And yet again, it's the very hungry caterpillar!

Favourite Food:

This week it's banana.. yum yum yum!!

Favourite Word:

Jydan has started coping sounds, it's so cute. I said 'I love you' to him and he say 'ahh uuu' back. ADORABLE!!

Milestones:

He is now putting his hand or arm out indicating or reaching for something he wants - just gorgeous!

Personality This Week:

At the end of this week he has been a bit cranky because the teething monster is here :(, so not many smiles or laughs the last few days.

Moment Of The Week:

I got Jydan up for the day and as we always do, had a snuggle in my bed.. but this morning he fell straight back asleep in mummy and daddy's bed.. aww!! He slept for another hour.

Outfit Of The Week:

Aren't little people's shoes sooo cute!! (Guess shoes!)

Photo Of The Week:
I HAVE TWO:

Uncle Jyle with his nephew Jydan at the footy :)

Jydan's cute butt!!

 

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Baby Jydan - 5 Months.

Five Months:
Wowwee! 5 months. Where has that time gone?
I feel like this has been one of the biggest months. Jydan's made a lot of 'sitting progress', and strengthening his legs. He has started solids and had avocado, banana, pumpkin and pears. He has even had a go at a sippy cup! He was constipated so we tried giving him a little bit of cooled down boiled water. He refuses a bottle so we put it in a sippy cut, he LOVED it!

 He has been interacting more, grabbing, pulling and playing more. He is really trying to explore. His wonderful personality has just shown through a lot this month.
We've had Easter, my brothers 12th birthday, a family holiday, a funeral, Jydan's naming day (which was probably this months highlight).
The coming month I would like to start introducing a comfort blanket for bed for when he is out of his wrap/swaddle. He is sitting independently for up to a minute at the moment so I think this month he will learn to sit completely independently too.


Jydan's Milestones:

Jydan is sitting a little longer now, he can sit independently for up to about a minute and then gets too wobbly and falls. Sometimes he even re balances himself!! If he falls a little bit he will sometimes sit himself back up.
Although Jydan knows how to roll, and has rolled since he was 3 weeks and 1 day he isn't really interested in it. We encouraging him with it a lot but I think he will skip this step!
Jydan is making all different sounds, saying "rawr" "apple" and "mum" (although we rarely say "mum").
Jydan is reaching for object and using his eyes to indicate what he wants. He is really interactive and loves to have a conversation. He is always smiling and loves his belly being tickled.
Jydan is starting to realise that Millie our dog is different, he is trying hard to work her out. We are helping Jydan explore Millie with patting and playing with her.

He is eating pureed breakfast and dinner, about a teaspoon each meal.
Jydan is taking all different things in lately. If I repeat the same thing to him like 'mum mum mum' he will stare at my lips and eyes, trying to work out how I'm saying it. He will stare at the TV too, Mr square eyes!
 

Reflux:
Jydan's reflux has been pretty controlled for just over a month now, but we've just had to up it a teeny tiny bit. Just a little bit of spew and extra hiccups. We haven't had to up it for a while, so it looks like his reflux is on the mend. YEYY!!

Eczema:

We are still struggling with his eczema. This stupid eczema! The cream that we are currently using, a 1 % cortisone works really well, as you can see there has been so many improvements... but he has to use it week on and off, so when he isn't using it for a week, it comes back really bad :(. My poor poss!!

Routine:

I have just started setting a a 'new' routine since Jydan has started waking up earlier (daylight savings ended) and he has started solid foods so spreading out our breastfeeding feeds. Solids and feeding confused me so it was easier to create a routine and stick to it. I have always demand fed Jydan so it's different to routine feed him now, it's all so new, so lets see how we go :)
So here is our new routine:

7:30am- Wake up. Cuddles in bed & nurse from me.
8:00am- Change nappy, medicine, eczema cream and Jydan's breakfast time.
8:30am- Get dressed and play.
9am- Change nappy, nap time.
11am- Wake up, change nappy.
11.30am- Nurse from me.
11.40am- Tummy time, then usually in his bouncer while I do housework, then story time.
1pm- Change nappy, eczema cream and bed.
3.00pm- Wake up, change nappy, playtime.
3:30pm- Nurse from me.
4:30pm- Change nappy, nap for 45minutes
5.15pm- Wake up
5.30pm- Pureed veggies for dinner.
5.45pm- Jydan watches some TV while I get my dinner organised and run his bath.
6.10pm- Medicine
6.15pm- Bath time with me.
6:40pm- Finish bath, get dressed, eczema cream, PJ's on, nurse from me.
7:00pm- Bed time

Then he wakes up about 5am for a feed if he does wake at all :).


Paediatrician Appointment
I'm currently waiting for another appointment letter, not sure when the next one will be but they are suppose to be monthly now.

Weight/Height/Looks:

Jydan has put on about 300 grams this month and grown 2 cms! This is pretty average, what a typical baby his age puts on, so I'm pretty happy with that :). He is now 6.8 Kilo's (14.9 pounds) and is 64 cm long too which is 25 inches. He had been completely in 00's (3-6 month) clothes for about a month now so I think he will be in them for a couple more months. We are starting to stock up on 0 (6-9 month) clothes for when he is big enough for them.

 

Jydan's Likes/Dislikes:

Jydan LOVES reading books. He sits there and just patiently listens to our voices and looks at the pictures. When we pick a book, I get Jydan to help me pick. I follow his eyes and pick whatever book he is looking at :).
Jydan also loves his swing now. It's his favourite play equipment.
He doesn't like being in the car when we are tired, especially when we stop at bed lights. He has become use to it any other time.
Jydan likes to eat pumpkin and banana, not so much avocado.


Feeding:
My little man is still breastfeeding, we're going strong now, I'm pretty proud of myself! He is feeding every four hours, as well as having about 2 tablespoons of solids a day. He has about half a tablespoon for breakfast and then about 1-1 & 1/2 for dinner.


 

Baby Jydan - 4 Months 4 Weeks.

Twenty-One Weeks:

During Jydan's specialists appointment he was weighed and measured. He is now 6.8 Kilo's (14.9 pounds) which is around the weight as a baby in Australia was born at in Feb this year! Crazy huh! He is 64 cm long too which is 25 inches. We got his  head measured too and it's the same measurement as last month, his little heady hasn't grown.. and we still have no answers and have to wait for ANOTHER specialists appointment. It's all a waiting game.
Solids are going really well this week. He has around a teaspoon for dinner each day. He had avocado for about a week and then we introduced him to banana. The first night he had banana he slept the whole night. He slept from 7pm - 6.30am!! I was awake at 4.30 just waiting for him wake and checking that he was breathing.. and waiting.. and waiting. And then he had a feed and went back to sleep 'till 8.50am. I never thought I would see the day. What a brilliant boy I have.
Day light savings ended through this week so Jydan has been waking an hour earlier, but since he's sleeping so much better, I don't mind that much :).
This week it's been a bit colder then what Jydan is use to so luckily we have a heat pump, it's been on for the first time this year. I also got my 'Jydan tattoo' which you can read about HERE, we've had lots of play dates and lunch dates, Tim's had an extra day off work, shopping, introduced new foods, still battled with his eczema, better sleeping habits and more interactive play!

Favourite Toy This Week:

His thumb! Jydan's loved putting his hands in his mouth for a couple of months now but he's now favouring his thumb... hehe funny boy!

Favourite Thing To Do:

Jydan has discovered blowing bubbles and loves it! Blowing bubbles/spitting. As if there wasn't enough dribble! haha.


Favourite Book:

Jydan really just loves books in general. If it's bright and colourful he will sit and look at the pictures and listen to your voice while you read with him. If there is a book or magazine near by he will stare at it until you read it to him, and read it many times!








Favourite Food:

Banana's, he likes them more then avocado. Yum yum! We have started giving him breakfast now too. Since he can't have grains, wheat or dairy, baby cereal is out of the question. So banana's are a great breakfast food. We are introducing him to pumpkin for dinner tonight.. let's see how it goes :).

Favourite Word:

"Apple".. He says this over and over and over again. He says it more like "aaaaa-pool". I think he likes the 'bubble' feeling it has on his lips, since he is all about blowing bubbles at the moment.

Milestones:

Sleeping, woohoo. Definitely a milestone, right? If we aren't sleeping through the whole night, we are only waking once and we are achieving 2 hour naps through the day.

Personality This Week:

A big big chatterbox this week. He is always trying to join in on conversations. He isn't afraid of strangers anymore, he's happy to interact with anyone.

Moment Of The Week:

Sleeping again... after spending months waking every 2-3 hours, I'm over the moon about this sleep thing.. you can't half tell, huh!



Outfit Of The Week:

I'm obsessed with the very hungry caterpillar and LOVE these overalls. Too cute!

Photo Of The Week:

Jydan loves his food! He's eating avocado here with a little bit of banana and breastmilk :).