Lane 7 months

I feel like I just wrote Lane's 6 month post! Wow time is flying by! The holidays were so fun with this little guy! He is such a sweet tempered little boy! I got my cuddle bug with this one! Even if he isn't tired he will just sit on your lap and even lay his head down and let you cuddle him. I love it! He isn't quite as big of an eater as his brother was at this point, but he does love his food! We have started giving him baby yogurt after his breakfast bottle; he gobbles it right up! For lunch he gets another bottle and a few cubes of baby food or a gerber container. He usually gets another bottle around 3, another bottle around 6 and some more baby food, and then his bed time bottle is at 8.
His schedule hasn't changed much but we have started laying him down in his crib for naps and letting him put himself to sleep. He does great! We didn't even have to try very hard! The first time I tried it he did great. He used to get mad if he flipped to his back while sleeping, but now he rolls all around and he doesn't mind sleeping on his side, belly, or back. It kind of makes me said I don't get to rock him as much anymore, so I usually still rock him before bed at night, for my sake :) They grow up so fast and he won't be little long! I am trying to treasure each and every baby moment as we are now closer to his first birthday! This guy is going to be a heart breaker. He smiles SO easily and never cries. He is in love with his family, especially his brother! I think these two will be best buddies!

Lane also loves playing on the floor. He isn't crawling yet but he does love spinning on his belly and he reaches and tries so hard to get things. I haven't seen him scooting yet or army crawling but hopefully soon! I already had to throw some of Hunter's toys away that had small pieces. It makes me nervous having him crawling around now that Hunter has so many different toys he could get in to!

As far as size goes he hasn't changed much from 6 months. He is still wearing 12 month clothes and weighing right at around 20 pounds. He is also 28 inches, not 26 like this picture says--oops! He is on his last package of size 3 diapers and then we will move him to size 4.

Developmentally, he reaches for people, passes toys from hand to hand, gives kisses, and does this waving thing with his hand. It's not really him waving at people, it is just a habit thing he does. My parents used to tell me that I did it when I was a baby too. He is proving to be more and more like his mom. Most people tell me Hunter looks more like Jared now and Lane looks more like me. He definitely has my eyes! I always had really squinty small eyes until I was older then I kind of grew out of it. He is starting to get bigger eyes too.  He is sitting like a pro now and rolling all over the house! I need to keep trying the sippy cup to get him used to it. We don't use it much just because I usually don't think of it. I really want to do just water with him and not get him on the habit of juice like Hunter was. It's so bad for their teeth! I'd like to stay away from it if possible! So far he doesn't seem to mind water!

He is still on his AR formula. I am looking forward to the day we don't have to buy that anymore! However, I did find it cheaper online so that is a plus!

Lane 6 months

Lane at 6 months is approximately 20 pounds and tall, haha. He is wearing 12 month clothes unless it is a one piece outfit then he is in 12-18 months. He has such a long torso! He squeels, plays, and squeels some more. Such a happy easy going guy! He does have a temper though! If you are holding him and you lay him down to change his diaper he will get very mad! He arches his back and kicks those legs out, not to mention screams!

He loves to play on the floor. He will roll both ways front to back and back to belly. He doesn't enjoy being on his back though. He hasn't started crawling but he will definitely reach for toys and trys to scoot around a bit. I'm sure he will be just like his brother, and we will have another army crawler on our hands. He isn't a big TV watcher, unless it is gigglebellies then you have his full attention! He will be content in his exersaucer and jumperoo for a long time by himself. He is so aware of what is going on now. If he sees a bottle across the room he wants it! If he drops his paci he looks all around for it and grabs it, and he can put it back in himself. He even grabs for my phone already... and the remote of course!

His schedule is finally starting to be the same... he took a lot longer to get on one than Hunter did. There are still days where he changes his schedule too. Most of the days he wakes up around 7, eats, plays, naps around 9, wakes up after an hour or so, eats around 1030, plays, eats baby food, then usually eats just a few ounces if any and goes back down for a nap around 1. He will usually sleep a few hours this time. He wakes up and eats again around 4. Eats baby food for dinner and has one more bottle around 8 before bed! He sleeps all night still, thankfully!

We have started giving him baby food 2x a day now too. He seems to notice table food a lot more lately! He gets baby food around lunch and dinner time. We have some that is homemade baby food and we also have some of the step 2 gerber dinners. He doesn't seem to have a preference, besides not liking peas! I have not had any luck getting him to eat peas. He still has no teeth!

He likes bath time with brother! He is pretty good at sitting up by himself now, but it is hard in the bath so he has a bath seat.

Even though life is crazy busy for us right now I still manage to capture sweet moments on camera. I love our boys more than anything! Here have been some favorite moments lately...

Lane 5 months

Lane at 5 months...

We dont' have an official weight because he goes to the doctor next month, but on our scale he was a little over 18 pounds!

He is starting to hold his bottle by himself now.

He rolls from back to belly.

He is wearing 9 month and some 12 month clothes.

He loves baby food..*disclaimer dont try to feed him peas! He does not care for them! He also does much better when he eats food during the day around mid morning... when I try to feed him at night he gets so angry with me!

We are currently on a formula search. I stopped breast feeding and now we can't seem to find a formula that agrees with little mister like the breast milk did! He has tried 3 different ones and he seems gassy and spits up with them. I'm hoping we can figure one out soon! I want my content sleepy baby back! That being said, either its the formula or he is making up for the first 3 months of his life when he slept them away! Because lately he has been cat napping. We will lay him down and then an hour later he wakes up. I'm really hoping its the formula and not just a cat napping phase! There are some days when he will still take a 2-3 hour nap but not very often! We may have been spoiled with that!

He is SO NOT a schedule baby! I STILL don't have a set schedule for him. Each day is a new day and a new attitude, haha. Some days he is content as can be and other days he wants held all day. He still doesn't hardly ever cry though. Some days he wants 4 bottles some days its 5 and even sometimes he will want 6. I am so chill this time around I'm like okay whatever makes you happy baby boy! Hopefully he can get used to food more and eat less formula here pretty soon!

We are so close to sitting up! He leans forward still... it won't be long though!

He is such a spaz; he loves sitting in the high chair and playing with toys on his tray... it's pretty funny watching him go for those toys so frantically!

He is teething like crazy, but we still don't have any!

He mostly sleeps through the night; we might have one or two nights a week where he wakes up around 4 and wants a bottle. If so, he goes back to sleep afterwards. I'm hoping its just his teething phase waking him up and hopefully they can come in soon!

Hunter is loving his baby brother. He melts my heart when he hugs and loves on him so often! We took Lane to Nashville this past weekend to watch Jared run and when we returned Hunter said I missed my brother! SO SWEET! <3

Here are a few pictures of month 5 with this sweetie pie!

Hunter lately- 2 years 4 months

We got Hunter potty trained 2 moths after he turned 2. It was so much easier this time around! When we first tried potty training at 22 months he was not quite ready. This time, it was so evident that he was ready! He understood it better and even if he went in his underwear he would tell me and then he would finish going on the toilet. We started by having him sit on a toddler toilet seat and this worked for awhile. He did really well with going poop on the potty.. it took a little longer to get the hang of going pee. I'd say after a week he was having 1 or less accidents a day. Then we went a few weeks with no accidents. Then randomly after he had been trained for awhile he starting having multiple accidents a day. It started with just accidents for granny, then for everyone else except us, then he started having them for us too. I was so annoyed and did a little searching only to find it was normal for kids to go through a rough patch after they have already been trained. So instead of spanking when he had accidents we decided to try something new and get a stool and let him try taking ownership of the whole thing. He now can go in there and go pee by himself using the stool. We still like to supervise but he does do a good job going alone!

When we first started training we started with the thick gerber training underwear. These were so nice because even when he did have an accident if it was just a little bit it didnt ruin his shorts, socks, and shoes! Now if it was a lot of pee then it didnt matter and he would have to change everything. We are now using normal underwear and he is doing great!

He says the funniest things and always keeps us laughing. He has the craziest vocabulary for a 2 year old! We are going to put him in pre-school next year to get him some socialization. Hopefully he can get a little better with his speech too. He knows any word and can talk in sentences but the way he talks is not exactly normal haha. He used to stutter a little bit and we told him to slow down and he basically stopped stuttering. Now instead he elongates syllables to keep from stuttering. Its not a huge deal but being around other kids and seeing how they talk may help with this, I don't know!
Hunter knows every color, the common shapes, counts to 20 and can keep going if we help him a little. He knows the abc song, itsy bitsy song, patty cake, and others! He can identify the letter H and knows how to spell his name... I am hoping to get him writing his name before pre-school next year!

If there is one thing he loves most its his baby brother. I love seeing him kiss and hug on Lane. He is constantly telling him to smile and giving him kisses. My favorite is when he says I love you baby Lane <3 Melts a momma's heart! These two are my pride and joy... along with their daddy! We are one blessed family! Thank you God!

Lane: 4 months

At 4 months old Lane loves to talk, smile, laugh and be talked to! He is even more content than his big brother was at this age, which is nice trying to handle 2 kids! He is just the easiest kid to get to sleep to. You literally just have to hold him on his side and pat his but for a second and he is out! Lane so far doesn't need his butt pat in his crib like Hunter did. I am hoping we don't have to start that again! So far so good though!

The doctor gave us the green light for starting cereal. She said to feed him once a day and start with cereal and then move to oatmeal and food after a week or so on the cereal. So excited to see him try new things!
Right now he is eating 4x a day 7oz bottles. He usually eats at 7,11,4,8
He sometimes breastfeeds and other times gets the pumped milk. He puts his hands on the bottle but doesnt seem close to holding it yet.
His sleep schedule is typically morning nap around 9, afternoon nap around 12:30 and evening nap around 6.

As far as development goes, he is starting to reach for toys but mostly reaches for his paci! He is always putting his hands in his mouth and chewing on them! He sat in his exersaucer for the first time today too! He still hasn't rolled over. His doctor said that is more of a 5-6 month development. He does seem to have a really strong head and trunk stability though so maybe he will start sitting up in the next month or so!

He is wearing size 3 diapers, and size 6-9 month clothes. He weighs 16 pounds 4  oz and he is 26 inches long. He was in the 75% for weight and 90% for height.

He hasn't really lost any more hair since 3 months so hopefully that was all he will lose! He is staring to get some back in on that one side too, yay!

Lane 3 months

Lane is now 3 months old! Time is flying by with this little guy! He's the sweetest little boy! I absolutely love his personality he is starting to get! He is such a sweetie pie! His favorite thing is just sitting on our lap and talking to us! He gets a huge grin every time we talk to him and he starts talking back. He is a very content baby too. He will sit in his swing or bouncy seat and let us play with big brother for awhile which we are grateful for! Lane loves to laugh too. He is ticklish on his neck; it is too cute!

He weighs 14.6 at 3 months and he was 26" long when I measured him.

He is still sleeping all night- usually he goes down around 9 and sleeps till 7 or 7:30.

He was on a schedule during the day but it has already kind of changed. His typical schedule now is wake up at 7 and eat, stay awake or cat nap for a little bit, eat again around 10:30 or 11 and then he is usually down for a long nap from around 11:30-3. Eat around 3, eat around 6, nap again for a short 30-60 minutes, and eat and bed at 9. He is still eating breastmilk that I pump and luckily I am still able to keep up with his appetite! He is eating 6 oz each time. I am only needing to pump 3 times a day so that has been nice too!

Lane is wearing 6 month clothes and we just switched him to size 3 diapers

He loves when big brother talks to him

still loving that pacifier too!

He is starting to lose his hair only on one side though, haha hopefully he doesnt lose it all!

I'm looking forward to the next few months when he will hopefully start to sit up and eat some baby food! 

Lane: 2 Months!

At 2 months Lane weighs 13 pounds and he is 24 inches long. He was in the 75% for weight and 90% for height. Lane is doing great! He is still not on a schedule but we just go with the flow and let him sleep when he wants. He definitely sleeps better in his bed now rather than his car seat. He started sleeping through the night at 6 weeks when we put him on his belly. He typically sleeps 9pm-6am. He then usually eats and goes back to sleep until about 9. Lane is in 3-6 month clothes and size 2 diapers. He's eating 6 oz bottles 5-6 times a day.

I am still pumping and he is still getting breast milk exclusively. I am lucky that my supply is keeping up with our big boy! I normally pump 3-4 times a day. Morning, lunch, sometimes dinner, and then before bed.

Lane is developmentally right where he should be. He started holding his head up very well at about 6 weeks as well as smiling, cooing, and looking at toys. He is a great baby so far and we love our chubby little guy! Hunter is a great big brother to baby Lane and we are blessed with 2 cute boys! Love them!