Eli - 12 weeks

Eli is 12 weeks old! 


The big milestone presently is TEETHING! I can't believe my 12 week old is teething. If I hadn't seen the little pearly whites sticking out myself, I would not have believed it! 


Here are some ways that we tried to alleviate little man's pain:

• Baby Orajel - I used the all natural formula that did not contain Benzocaine. Benzocaine has been linked to a fatal blood disease that affects children under 2 who come in contact with Benzocaine. Here is an article about the health effects (click here) 
• Eli HATES baby orajel. He hates how it makes his mouth numb. SO I don't use that anymore.
• Frozen waffles, recommended by my friend and past cheerleading coach Ivey. The cold and ridges were great. But Eli's hand eye coordination to mouth isn't great,... so I had to hold them in place for him. 

• "Momsicles" recommended by my friend Stefanie. Basically it's breastmilk frozen in baby bottle caps. At first Eli did not know what to think about mommy's milk being so cold. And again his hand-eye coordination isn't great, so I held it in place for him. Also, Eli's mouth is still so tiny that even the small bottle cap popsicle was too big for Eli's mouth. Stefanie had a great idea to use the caps that come on pacifiers, like these: Avent Orthodontics 

Getting them out was a little tricky, but I used a butter knife and it popped right out!

What is this?

That was good mommy!

• But what Eli gets the best results from are Hyland's Teething tablets. They are free of Benzocaine, they don't numb his little mouth, and he seems to enjoy the taste. The tablets are super fast dissolving,... but at first he didn't know what to do with the texture in his mouth so he would try to spit them out.... so I pop the tablets in his mouth and then put in his pacifier and he is good to go! These were suggested to me by my friend Alycia, huge thanks!

                                                          

Weight - 13.4 according to the bathroom scale 


Looking forward to this weekend - We have one of our best friends from St. Augustine visiting (Matt McCoy) and his girl Madison.

Looking forward to this week - 4th of July! We are heading out to Ft. Pickens to spend some time with my dad, step-mom and sister Shelby! 

Cool website -  So I have never had a baby before... obviously.... and while simply staring at him has yet to grow tiring.... I know that it can be hard to find activities to do with little ones. This website www.productiveparenting.com has huge lists of activities to do with your baby from newborn to five years old. I want to start going through the activities with mister E. 


What our schedule looks like - This should actually be called "Eli's mommy is crazy" I have printed off an excel sheet to try and track Eli's sleeping patterns and see if I can find a trend.... i.e. when Eli gets 3 good naps and poo in he sleeps till 6,... or not.... This chart will keep evolving as I think of other factors that might effect his sleeping... so now you know Eli's mommy is crazy.







Books I want - I want to get How to Teach Your Baby to Swim. My parents and Christian's parents have a swimming pool and Eli is going to be spending a lot of time at both their places. For me and Christian's peace of mind, we want to start training him asap. Plus, Christian and I love the beach and water, our son needs to share this love. You can get this book on Amazon's website for less than $10, mine is in the mail. 




I really want to make this for Eli,... but our computer that had photoshop on it was stolen while we were living in Auburn, so I have to see if Chris can install photoshop on our new computer before I purchase the template....  Life As You Live It  you can purchase the template for $35 if you have photoshop or she will do the editing for you and put it together for $125 

This is an awesome baby clothes site: WWW.THERETROBABY.COM Here are some of my favorite items:

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Pictures of my cutie throughout the week:

My sweet sweet boy, these are the moments I thank God that I'm alive  

Thinking hard about those fingers

Just hanging out while mommy cleans nbd

Look at those beautiful eyes!

Christian watches him Saturday mornings while I sleep, last Saturday they went to Floral Tree Gardens. Eli got his daddy 2 rose bushes, 1 blue berry bush and flowers

Feel sound asleep in his daddys arms 

loves cuddling with his daddy after his bath