First Grade!

OMG Noah is a first grader?!?!?!  How the heck did that happen?  School started last Wednesday, August 29th.  Tuesday afternoon we got to go to the school and meet his teacher Mrs. K.  She seem very nice.  I think I was more nervous than he was.  Last year he had our baby sitters daughter in his class and on the bus with him.  This year she is in a different school so that means he was taking the bus by himself.  He actually did really well!  I think he likes school or at least I hope he does:)  And yes I did cry when I dropped him off:)

Not the best pictures but this was the drop off on his first day!

Ryder @4 Months

Here's what our big guy is up to these days:

*still in size 2 diapers
*in 3-6 month clothes
*spends more hours awake everyday
*holds his head up pretty well, still a bit of a bobble head
*taking about  30 ounces of Enfamil Formula a day
*taking 4-5 ounces every 3-5 hours
*starting to laugh more and more

*sleeps 1 5-6 hour stretch each night

*will sit up with help

*tries to pull himself up to a sitting position as soon as you hold both his hands 
*very ticklish!
*weighs 14 pounds 11.5 ounces (Noah was 13 pounds 3 ounces and JJ was 13 pounds 4 ounces at this age)
* length is 24.5 inches
*finally rolls back to front

Noah and Ryder...JJ didn't want his picture taken

Rolly Polly...

He rolled over today and I missed it:(  About a week ago we found him on his tummy when I picked him up at daycare so we knew he could do it.  But up until today nobody had seen it.  He rolled over for our DCP (daycare provider) and she actually saw it happen.

Here is a video of him attempting to roll over last week.

3 Months

Wow time flies.....Ryder is 3 Months old today!  Time sure does fly.


Here's what our big guy is up to these days:

*still in size 2 diapers
*in 3-6 month clothes
*spends more hours awake everyday
*holds his head up pretty well, still a bit of a bobble head
*taking about 28 ounces of Enfamil Formula a day
*taking 4-5 ounces every 3-5 hours
*starting to laugh more and more

*sleeps 1 5-6 hour stretch each night (unfortunately right now it's 830pm-2am)

*will sit up with help

*tries to pull himself up to a sitting position as soon as you hold both his hands 

2 Months already!!

*taking anywhere from 3.5 – 4 ounces per feeding
*eating anywhere from 3-4 hours
*still sleeps 4.5 – 5 hours at night
*just started size 2 diapers
*had to put all the NB and 0-3 clothes away:(  Now in size 3-6 months
*we had our first laugh on June 8th, he smiles all the time now....except for Daddy it seems

Stats as of 06/14

weight:  11 pounds 13 ounces

lenght: 23.25 inches

head: 39.9 cm

Here's a little compairison between him and his brothers:

Noah at 2 months

weight:  10 pounds 7.5 ounces

length: 23 inches

head: 40.9 cm

Jacoby at 2 months

weight:  10 pounds 12 ounces

length: 23.25 inches

head: 39.25 cm

 All three of my babies!

Comparing their weight and lengths at 2 months was very interesting.....Noah is the smallest which we knew but he had the biggest head!  JJ and Ryder were the same length but Ryder is a whole pound heavier...looks like Ryder may be the biggest:)

Ryder- A Birth Story

Welcome to our new home:)  It's still a work in progress but I figured it was time for a new post:)  Ryder is 2 months old today but his appointment isn't until tomorrow so I will update on him then in the mean time its time to get his birth story down!

Friday April 13, 2012

The morning of the c-section I took the boys to day care and went grocery shopping.  I figured it would be the last trip for a few weeks.  We had to be at the hospital for 11am.  We checked in about 10:45.  We were put in LD room #1, which is right across from the operating room...go figure.  The had me put on the gown and get into bed where they hooked me up to the monitors.  Ryder's heart rate looked great and I was actually having contractions. The nurse then tried to start my IV.  That proved to be the most difficult and painful part of the whole day for me.  After 2 attempts (1 in each arm) the first nurse gave up and called in reinforcements.  The next nurse that gave it a try threw a warm pack on my hand for a few minutes and walla the IV was in.  Before they will place the epidural they have to fill you with fluids and because I almost passed out twice when I got the epidural for JJ they pushed extra fluids!  So after almost 2 bags of fluids the anesthesiologist came in to place the epi. Shortly after the epi was placed I was wheeled to the OR!  I remembered thinking during the surgery...why is this taking so long I just want to hear my baby cry!  Looking at the timeline it obvious it wasn't that long but it sure did feel like forever.

1:00 pm Rolled into the OR
1:19 pm skin incision
1:27 pm uterine incision
1:28 pm Ryder Antonio was born weighing 7 pounds 10 ounces and 19 inches long, as he was pulled out he immediately peed on the doctor!  That's my boy:)

  The doctor said it took a little bit longer because of scar tissue and what not.  When having a repeat c-section the doctor usually cleans up the scar tissue from previous surgeries.  The scar tissue is a bit tougher than regular skin and other fresh tissue so it take a bit longer to get through.



 Ryder was given his first bottle a few minutes later.  Because, of the Gestational Diabetes they wanted to make sure that his sugar levels were good.  Once he downed almost the whole 2 ounces they put him back on the warming table while they continued to work on me.  While laying on the table he peed again.  Jay and I looked over at him and say the little geyser shooting up from the table...it was quite funny!  He must have peed 3 or 4 times while we were in the OR.   Daddy actually got to cut the umbilical cord this time!

 

  This little boy got to go with mommy to recovery AND to the postpartum floor!  Noah went right to the NICU, JJ went to the NICU from the recovery room so this was new for us!

The night before Ryder's arrival I took Noah and JJ to Build A Bear Workshop so they could build a gift for their new brother.  Here is Noah showing it off  while we were still in recovery.

1 Month....well 5 weeks really

*taking anywhere from 3 – 4 ounces per feeding
*eating anywhere from 2-4 hours
*sleeps 4.5 – 5 hours at night
*size 1 diapers
*wearing 0-3 month clothes
*pretty happy baby


He went to the Doctor today for a little bit of a cold but he seems to be handling it well.  He is gaining weight very well too:)


weight: 10 pounds even