Coby's Corner Again

It's Friday!!!  I am so excited about this.  By the way, Liam here, is so cute and getting daily exercise.  He literally dances to music he hears.  He can smile widely and he can surely love.  He has a habit of loving the outside.  So here's the thing.  I finally took him for a walk.  It was a Saturday and I was right outside Brasa.  We did a short walk and he stayed quiet the whole time.  So that proves it.  Looks like both Schoolman kids love the outside.  See you late-r.


COBY SCHOOLMAN

WAAAAAAAAAH!!!

Oy!  There is nothing that leaves you more helpless than a helpless crying, screaming baby.  We've been so fortunate up until now because he's been such a happy baby!  Really only crying when he's hungry or tired or needs to be changed.  (On that note, he's SOOOOO different than Coby was, in a good way, because Coby couldn't have cared less if he was wet or dirty, which carried on to mean taking forever to potty train.)  But I digress.  This afternoon/evening did me in!  He cried and screamed and nothing calmed him down.  He ate a little bit, then screamed.  I changed him, rocked him, put blankets on, took blankets off.  Nothing worked.  We went outside, which he always loves, and he calmed down immediately.  But the stupid mosquitoes ate us alive!  So back inside we went, and I decided a bath was the answer.  He did calm down after that.  I gave him his reflux meds, another couple of ounces of formula, and he finally relaxed.  Now he's asleep in his room, hopefully for the night.  It makes me wonder if he needs more of the reflux medicine; but who knows? But this afternoon's experience made me feel very lucky, because I know so many people who have babies with colic who just cry non-stop.  I now know full well what "purple crying" is, and while I could never ever hurt my baby or shake it or be anything but tender and loving to him, I can see how hours and hours of this can drive a person batties.  I'm SO GLAD this doesn't happen often!!!

My Mistake

I made a mistake today.  I found an old book I had gotten when Coby was a baby- Your Baby's First Year Week by Week.  Granted, that was almost 10 years ago but I don't think a lot has changed as far as developmental milestones, right? It's a terrible thing to compare your kids. But I don't think any parents can help it.  I was looking at the different milestones and was thinking "Liam can do this, but not that.  Coby did this at this age...."  How awful!  And it's going to get worse, I just know it!  First of all, because Coby has Autism, I am constantly already looking for signs.  I'm driving Brian and my mom nutso!  Second, because Coby has such a high IQ and started reading around age 3, and is AG and all that, I'm going to have a hard time if Liam is "typical."  It's sickening to think this way, I know.  I love both my boys equally.  They're my heart!!!  I need to get out of this mindframe.  Each child is different and special in his or her own way!!!

...bestest boys!

My two...

      

He SMILED!

When you catch Liam in a good mood, he'll give you a smile that'll melt your heart! It's too bad my phone camera is so slow, because most of the time by the time I got his picture the smile was gone! But here's a great one:

Liam is 2 months old!

What a difference...

...a few weeks make!!!

Wow, how time flies!  It's amazing to think that Liam wasn't here just a little over 2 months ago.  It seems as if he was always a part of our family.  And what a big boy he is!   He has nearly doubled his birth weight.  At 8 weeks old, Liam weighed 10lbs 13 oz, was 21 and 3/4 inches long, and had a head circumference of 40 cm.  That put him at 35th percentile for weight, 6th for height, and 55th for head measurement.  He's a great eater, and has now sort of gotten into a routine.  He wakes up around 6:30 in the morning.  During the week he goes to Safta Tova's house while Mommy's at work.   There, he gets spoiled rotten by Safta and Saba.  We get home sometime in the early evening, have playtime, bathtime, and then Liam goes to sleep between 9 and 10 pm.  He wakes up usually once a night at this point!  YAY!  Liam is now a lot more social.  He smiles and loves to look around to see who's there.  He loves to listen to music too!  But his very favorite pasttime is going outside.  He likes to either be in the stroller, or in his Moby Wrap, or just in someone's arms as we walk around.

UPDATE:  At 9 weeks 2 days we had to go to the doctor for reflux issues.  Liam got some Zantac to help him (we were running out of clothes due to so much throwing up-our washing machine is still trying to catch up!) But they did weigh him and he was 11lbs 2 oz.  I guess he was still taking in more than he was giving back! :)