Dylan - 13 months

Height:29in

Weight:20 lbs

Milestones:

Teeth: 12

Eating: whatever we eat lol! The girl can chow down! We are off formula and she's taken to milk just fine. She'll have milk at breakfast and after dinner but before we brush teeth (omg, y'all she is obsessed with brushing her teeth!) and get ready for bed.

Sleeping: we moved her and griffin in together (and got rid of the glider and a changing table) in what used to be the playroom and they are a hoot together. She is at 1 nap a day when griff naps so noon-3, although they are usually in there squealing at each other until at least 12:30) then they go down at 7pm and sleep until 7am.

She's also learned to give the best hugs!! 

Dylan's 1st Birthday!

One whole year! What kind of warp speed planet are we living in? It doesn't help that I'm posting this like 2 weeks after her birthday either- HA!

Ok stats then fun stuff!

Height: 29 in

Weight: 20.2 lbs of spitfire

She's got 10 teeth, and she's standing on her own. (she's taken her 1st steps but that happened after her 1st bday so it'll be officially logged in her 13 month stats lol). She's dropped to 2 bottles a day -one before nap and one before bed. I give her milk in the morning and she likes it ok but never drinks more than an ounce or 2. I'll be slowly adding more milk to her formula so we will hopefully be done with the million dollar formula this month!

Homegirl can EAT. she eats nearly anything and everything you put in front of her and always seems to be up for eating. She generally sleeps 6:30-6:30 but has woken up a few nights here and there most likely because she's been cutting teeth like a madwoman. She is already down to 1 nap a day so I feed the kids lunch and put Griffin and Dylan down for their naps she'll sleep from noon-2 sometimes 3.

She gives hugs and kisses and does so with gusto. Hugs get a little loving grunt and pats on the shoulder and kisses get "MWAH!" and slobber! She can say Mama, Dada, Pool, No, and nod her head yes when asked if she wants something. She can moo and bark lol.

She loves upbeat music and will dance when it comes on. She's feisty and will stand her ground even with her older siblings. You can be building her a block tower and her siblings can be building their own and she will go out of her way to go knock theirs down, then laugh about it. She has this high pitched yell she does when she doesn't get her way. She is fearless and I always have to hold her with both arms as she's always trying to lunge for all the things. She is a go getter and very determined little girl who won't put up with anyone's crap.

That said, she's also pretty in tune with reading feelings and faces. Certain looks and tones from people will bring tears, while other tones get her giggle going. I remember finding out I was pregnant with her and crying, then crying harder because I already felt as if I'd failed her by not being excited about this surprise pregnancy. I 100% believe beyond a shadow of a doubt that God knew I wanted another baby and he also knew that my fear and anxiety had me thinking after Griffin that there was no way I'd have another kiddo out of my body.  This little surprise baby has fulfilled the desires of my heart. Her siblings and Daddy adore her and the feeling is mutual. Praying God's will is fulfilled in her life. We love you DeeDee!

Dylan is 11 months.

...and just like that, we are entering the last month of babyhood. She's still our feisty lil' nugget. She's our kiddo that growls and shrieks with joy when she's happy, and flails and screams when she's not. She's a go getter and doesn't let any obstacle stop her from getting what she wants- which often is whatever snack Griffin has- homegirl just snatches it. Then Griffin wails because he's our feelings kid.

Height: 29 in.

Weight: 19.5 lbs

Milestones:

Takes 4 bottles a day, water between and 3 meals and snacks. She's a human garbage disposal. She essentially eats whatever we or the kids eat now and I'm not having to worry as much about cutting stuff as small. 

Sleeps amazingly when she's not cutting teeth. She also is basically only napping once a day after lunch which works out better for us schedule wise.

Tooth count is at 8.

She is starting to cruise and can let go and stand on her own for a second before falling and is constantly practicing.

She's loving following Brooklyn and Griffin around the house and trying to do anything and everything they do.

Dylan is 10 months!

So I think it's finally setting in that I only have a few "baby" days left! She is such a fun little nugget!

Height: 28 in
Weight: 18 1/2 lbs

Milestones:

5 new teeth this month!! So we have a total of 7.

Still a solid night sleeper and really getting fairly flexible with naps probably because she has to be. We get 2 naps in a day - 1 is typically 20-45 min and the other is 1.5-2.5 hours.

Homegirl eats zero baby food. She just wants whatever we are having which really is easier.  She takes about 4 bottles a day 6 oz each and her last bottle is 8oz. She eats at meal time with us and has snacks when the kids have snack time (otherwise she crawls over and steals theirs).

She's pulling up to standing, not for more than 5-10 seconds but pulling up nonetheless. She waves and claps (it's a weird clap but it counts).

She babbles, squeals, growls and grins at everything her sibilings do.

 

Dylan - 9 months

This was a big month for the littlest Hare!

Height: 27 3/4 in.

Weight: 17.5 lbs 

Milestones:

We have a crawler! She started crawling a few weeks ago and is now all over the place. I am constantly vacuuming since our little explorer seems to find and eat every pebble, hair, piece of mulch etc. that sneaks it's way into our home.

She can wave  - although she doesn't do it often (and faces her palm towards herself ha ha!)but she can do it!

Says "Dada" and "NaNa" (although not in context most of the time)

Still at 2 teeth but seemingly always on the verge of getting her uppers.

Prefers table food to baby food and now frequently turns her nose up to baby food. She wants pieces of avocado, sweet potato, banana, steamed carrots, and cheerios. Really anything she can pick up and eat herself is fine by her.

Still napping 1 or 2 times a day for a total of 2-3 hours and sleeping through the night 5 nights out of the week. 

She's got a killer smile and wants to do whatever and be wherever her big brother and sister are.

She's recently become a rabid momma's girl. Like won't stay in the nursery at church, screaming her head off if someone else holds her even if mommy is right next to her, rabid. I mean, I'm flattered and all, but crikey. It's a good thing she's adorable. :)

Dylan is 8 months

We are 2/3 of the way to Dylan's 1st birthday. I've said it twice before and I'll say it again- this is by far my favorite baby stage. Here is what Dylan has been up to this past month:

Height:28 in

Weight: 18 lbs

No more pacing the floor with baby! Dylan now goes down happily for all naps and at bedtime and y'all it's GLORIOUS!! She usually takes 2 naps per day but the past week or so has had several days where she's taken a single but long (3+ hour) naps. Evenings this month have taken a hit in that she's been getting up in the middle of the night several days each week but we are literally up with her maybe 15 minutes- diaper change feed and we lay her down and she's back asleep by the time I get back to my bed.

She's loving solids and hasn't tried anything that she hasn't liked yet. I've given her puffs and she's loving those as well. She's still taking 5 bottles a day and then baby food at breakfast and dinner and she's. still. spitting. up. Not nearly as much, but without fail at least 5-7 times a day.

She's rocking on all fours and lunging at things but not crawling yet, although that doesn't stop her from getting where she needs to go. Between lunging and rolling, she is all over the place. She can also go from laying down to sitting up on her own. Once she's sitting she's pretty steady but still tips over frequently so we do our sitting on carpet only for now.

She has started to babble (and squeal). She's grasping at objects better but I still feel she's a little jerky and often seems to accidentally throw things.

Still holding on at 2 teeth.

Had her 1st ride in the shopping cart sitting up just the other day!

She's such a happy camper! I'll leave you with a little video of what my typical morning looks like with these three....

Dylan is 7 months

So much happening with nugget #3 this past month!

Height: 27 in

Weight: 18 lbs

• Sleep - 2 naps a day each an hour to 2 hours long and easily puts herself down, night is a solid 12 hours with an occasional waking for middle of the night feedings. Id' say we can lay her down and she'll put herslf to sleep 4 of 7 nights the other 3 we still have to walk her around until she falls asleep. This is all massive progress from 1-2 months ago
• Eat : Taking 6 oz per feeding and 8 before bed. We have introduced a few solids (sweet potato, avocado, banana, apples, squash.). So far she's loved all of it!
• Consistently rolling both ways and starting to try to get up on all fours. 
• 1st tooth! Followed days later by 2nd tooth!
• LOVING the jumperoo!
• Chewing chewing chewing

She smiles with her whole face, her left cheek is chubbier than her right and she loves anything and everything that her brother and sister do and I can't imagine our family without her!

Dylan is 6 months

Halfway to a year already! I'm pretty sure time goes faster with each kid (although some days feel like they might never end ha ha!).

Height: 26.25 in

Weight: 17 lbs

We have made some progress y'all! Here's what Dylan has been up to:

• She's been taking only 2 naps a day. The 1st nap can't be more than 2 hours though. If you try to do the "never wake a sleeping baby" thing and let that 1st nap go oh, say 3 hours....she will make you pay in spades when you try to put her down for nap #2.
• She puts herself down for naps most of the time now and we don't have to swaddle her anymore! She just gets her hand and rolls onto her tummy and passes out. Bedtime we still have to walk her around but hey I've gotten like 3 hours of my day back not having to walk her at nap so I'll take it!
• She's basically sleeping 10+ hours a night I'd say she's only getting up for a middle of the night feeding once sometimes twice a week.
• She rolled from tummy to back just the other day but has only done it a few times since so I'm not sure if that was intentional or an accident.
• Grabbing at and chewing on everything.
• Fits 6 month clothes snugly.
• If she's awake she's squealing (and drooling and spitting up)
• Definitely enjoys sitting up more and has really gotten decent balance in the last 2 weeks. 
• Obsessed with paper.

She's finally gotten to where she's happy pretty much all day and will let us know when she's hungry/tired. 

I love seeing the relationship grow between Dylan, Brooklyn, and Griffin. Below is a video of Griffin "waking up" Dylan. He adores her and is so sweet and gentle with his baby sister. 

Dylan is 5 months

Oh Miss Dylan! She is starting to get so much more happy. She's my "go for the gusto" kid for sure. Everything she does she does with intensity. If she's happy she's squealing with delight, if she's sad she's in hysterics.

Weight: 17 1/2 lbs.

Length: 26 inches 

Here are her 5 month stats:

• Rolling over from back to tummy non-stop and is spending more time on her tummy before freaking out.
• She's found her toes and she loves them!
• "Talking" all the time! Talking = high pitched squeals
• She's still taking 1 really long nap each afternoon (2 hours) and 1 sometimes 2 shorter naps (20-45 min) in the morning and evening. We still partially swaddle (halo sack) and she still needs to be walked (not swung, not rocked not bounced....walked) to fall asleep at nap and bedtime. I'm beginning to think I'm going to have to come to her college dorm to rock her to sleep in 18 years.
• As far as night sleeping goes, Dylan is all over the map. Some nights we will feed her at 8 and she will sleep until 6 or 7 am and sometimes she's up once or twice during the night. Sometimes she eats and goes right back to sleep and sometimes we are walking her around for 2 hours while she yells at us. Lately we've had  little more of the consistent sleeping through the night.
• She still spits up all the time. Like during feedings and even 1-2 hours after- still spitting up. I'm convinced I'll never be able to wear anything nice ever again. So. Much. Spit up. We have tried baby Zantac, dairy allergy formula etc. I've never looked more forward to feeding my kid solids in hopes the spit up will end.
• Loving the exersaucer.
• Taking 5 feedings of 5-6 oz.
• Drools all day so add that in with spit up and you have a lot of laundry

Dylan: 4 months

3rd babies are easy they say. 3rd babies are laid back they say. Clearly none of these people have ever met Dylan. She's lucky she's so darn cute. Here is what our little firecracker has been up to:

Height: 25.5 inches

Weight: 14.5 lbs

Development:

• Rolling over from back to tummy pretty consistently. She's not a fan once she gets on to her tummy though so there's that.
• She's found her toes and she loves them!
• Cooing and "talking" all the time.
• She's still taking 1 really long nap each afternoon (2-3 hours) and 1 sometimes 2 shorter naps (20-45 min) in the morning and evening. We still swaddle (halo sack) and she still needs to be walked (not swung, not rocked not bounced....walked) to fall asleep at nap and bedtime.
• As far as night sleeping goes, Dylan is all over the map. Some nights we will feed her at 8 and she will sleep until 6 or 7 am and sometimes she;s up once or twice during the night. Sometimes she eats and goes right back to sleep and sometimes we are walking her around for 2 hours while she yells at us.
• She still spits up all the time. Like during feedings and even 1-2 hours after- still spitting up. I'm convinced I'll never be able to wear anything nice ever again. So. Much. Spit up.
• We just started putting her in her excersaucer for about 15 minutes at a time and she loves it. 

Dylan is 3 months

 

Height: 24 1/4 inches

Weight: 13 lbs

We are slowly emerging from the sleep-deprived haze of the newborn phase and creeping into the more fun baby phase and I couldn't be happier. She rounded out the NB phase with a dose of hand foot and mouth so kindly shared with her by Griffin. (Who also gave it to me! Yes adults can get it and it SUCKS.)

Milestones:

Eating -she's at 5oz each feeding and is close to dropping from 6 to 5 feedings a day it just depends on how well her naps are.

Sleep-wise she typically gives us at least a 7 hour stretch and about 2 sometimes 3 nights a week, she will go about 9-10 hours. She's super easy to feed and put down during those night/early morning wakings so it makes them easy knowing you won't be up for hours with her at 2 am it's more like 30-40 min.

Nap time is hit and miss still. Getting her to sleep at nap has gotten easier and there have even been a few times this month where she's fallen asleep on her own, but staying asleep is the tricky part. She'll take 1 great (2+ hour) nap a day but the rest of her naps are all over the place (some only 20 min) and there's really no schedule or solid pattern yet which makes me twitchy but she's the boss, so...

We have finally gotten over the "crying more than happy" hump! It's so nice to be able to set her down for 20 min and her be happy and cooing while she plays on her mat.

She rolls on to her side all the time and has even rolled from back to tummy a few times this past week!

I can see a little light at the end of the tunnel. I have hope knowing that one day there will be no more diapers and they will all be able to feed and dress themselves. For now I (and my back) are just happy we no longer have to pace the floor with a screaming baby for 5-7 hours a day.

Loves: Bathtime, when you come it to get her out of her crib after naps (biggest grin ever!), being held all the time lol!

Not so much: falling asleep on her own, waiting in the car line to pick up sister from school.

Dylan is 2 months

Height: 22.5 inches

Weight: 12 lbs

Fun facts:

Y'all, homegirl is a people person- and by people person I mean needs to be held alllllll the time. She has to fall asleep on someone and you must be moving. I have walked MILES in my living room. Also, I think my back is permanently done for. She hates the swing and luckily enjoys being worn (most of the time).

She's just now starting to not fuss AS much but she's still a firecracker. She's having more happy awake time which leads to..

Smiling and first weird baby laugh/talking. These moments get me through the fussy hour(s) each day. 

She's seemed to get herself on a fairly routine schedule with feeding (7,10,1,4,7 then 9:30) at which point she's down for the night (in her crib as of the last 2 weeks) and lately will sleep until 5ish and sometimes even through to 7!

She still isn't the biggest fan of the car seat. 

She's liking baths more just not the drying off and dressing part.

She is wearing and filling out 3 month clothes.