Sawyer Month Update: Thirteen Months

Date: September 8, 2013

Weight: More than at his one year check up:)

Height: About the same as his one year check up... I assume :) He hasn't started wearing 2T or anything.

Clothes: Sawyer is still rocking the mostly 12 month gear with a few wears in the 9 month category. He has worn a few 18 month hoodies/jammies/etc. but he swims in them. He is wearing size 3 or size 4 diapers. Whichever is closer. If he wears a size 3 diaper to bed, beware that there is a 99% chance you will be changing his clothes in the middle of the night. Poor guy is just such a pee-er. He is wearing size 4 shoes right now.

Teeth: Sawyer has six whole teeth right now.... four on top and two on bottom!! 

Sleeping: The past month of this boy's life has been just ridiculous when it has come to sleeping. He has been sick off and on for a month so his sleeping has been a bit ridiculous. He will sometimes wake up once and he will sometimes wake up like 8 times. He has probably slept through the night twice in the last month. Sometimes he and I finish the night asleep in the rocking chair in his room and sometimes we sleep with Daddy in our bed and sometimes we sleep on the couch. It's been a bit rough. He has been taking his naps well for the most part. Since his night time sleeping is so bad I am trying REALLY hard to make sure he takes two naps per day. He has been sleeping on a pillow off and on to see if that will help him sleep longer at night. This too shall pass....

Health: Go figure this guy's birthday month was ruined by sickness. He was super sick with a cold over his birthday. Then he got an ear infection...our first ear infection in the family. He was put on one antibiotic on the Sunday that I took him to the After Hours clinic. He had his one year check up that next Tuesday and the doctor said his ear looked just terrible. So she said give him 24 hours and if he isn't acting better then she would switch his antibiotic. I called her the next day and got his new medicine ordered. He started feeling better within 24 hours. The day he finished his antibiotic he started acting like he felt terrible. He had a high temperature, was super tired, eating poorly, etc. We thought he was teething but no teeth ended up coming out... then he developed a rash.I called the doctor when we got back into town and they wanted to see him that  day (STAT.) I told her that I thought it was just a virus. Sure enough, we rush him to the doctor. It's virus. He started feeling better a few days later. I am pretty sure he is working on some teeth now :)

Food: What doesn't this boy love?  He eats donuts and cereal in the mornings as he walks around and plays. He eats snacks and food all day long. He loves his lunch meat and fruit for lunch. He continues to snack all day long. And for supper he eats whatever we put in front of him. He LOVES peas and green beans. He loves all pastas. He loves all meat. He loves all cookies and cereal. He is starting to like his cow's milk. He loves his juice. And he loves popsicles SO MUCH.

On the move: He is really keeping up with his sister. He isn't as fast as her but he is getting there! He is all over the place. He is up the stairs (when I forget to close the gate). He is in the road (if I turn my back for 2 seconds.) He is on top of the bus (especially if he is proving a point to his sister.). To say he is on the move seems almost like an understatement. And to think that at his age, Charlotte had only been walking for 2 weeks!!! This boy is a maniac!

Favorites:  Sawyer has many favorites. He loves animals. ALLLL animals. He wants to attack them :) He loves cups and any food that anyone else has. He loves his sister so much....and any toy that she is playing with. He is really starting to love his trucks...especially now that he got so many more toys from his birthday. Daddy is teaching him how to play with trucks and tractors and not make up and babies. :) He loves the outside. He loves when we get to his Gigi and Papa's house. He gets out and runs up to the house. He runs into their arms when he sees them. He loves babies and friends. He loves rocking in the middle of the night and he loves snuggling really close when he is having trouble sleeping. 

This boy just steals our heart every single day....

And his story goes on....