Monday, January 23, 2012

Connor Catchup

I realized it's been a little bit since I wrote about the latest and greatest Connorisms. He has changed so much so quickly. He's now almost 5 1/2 months. Here is what's been going on:

Right after Christmas he moved in to his own room into his big boy crib. He loves it and so do Mom and Dad!

Month 4 was teething month. He got his 2 bottom teeth. There wasn't too much of a major uproar, he drooled a lot, wanted to be held more, slept 4-6 hours as opposed to 8-10 hours through the night, we had some rough nights where Orajel was administered (and possibly some Tylenol as well). All in all, we got through without too much of an upheaval.

At 4 months he started rolling over from back to belly. At 5 months came belly to back. He's still a little slow sometimes on that second one, but he does it. No scooting yet, but he's starting to realize that those toys won't be coming to him, so I think he'll figure it out pretty quickly.

He found his feet and loves to roll around on the floor holding them and sucking on his big toe.

We tried starting solids at 4 months. No-go. Then again at 5 months. No-go. He likes Chinese sauces from our fingers and ice cream from our spoons, but try giving him rice cereal from a bottle or bananas from a spoon and he's not such a fan. I finally gave up force-feeding and decided we'll try again later.

He went to his first BYU basketball game AND his first NBA game! He was great at both and despite the noise and the late hours he didn't complain too much. (Side note: BYU beat Loyola and the Clippers lost to the Timberwolves in the last .03 seconds!)

There's the last couple months of Connor in a nut shell. He is a joy as always and makes our every day brighter!








Wednesday, January 4, 2012

Bottle Help

Any advice for getting a baby to take a bottle? Connor WILL NOT take a bottle. Or a pacifier. The pacifier I can accept, but the bottle is absolutely necessary sometimes. He took a bottle for the first 2 months or so, rejected it once and then we got lazy and didn't try it again. Now we're paying for it. There are/will be times when I need to go somewhere I can't take Connor and I can't just let him starve! I realize that trying this at almost 5 months old is not going to be the easiest thing.

So..any suggestions? Could it have anything to do with the fact that he's tongue-tied? He nurses just fine, but the second that bottle nipple touches his tongue he gags and makes a "sour milk face". I've tried every type of bottle and nipple, I've tried holding him in different positions, I've tried different people (Adam and my mom), I've tried formula and breast milk...

I'm at my wits end. Help please!