6 months and First tooth!

6 Months old and won't smile big! - probably due to the tooth!

1 week old!

Well, we have a 6 month old! Little Lucas is already a 1/2 year old. I can't believe it, where does the time go? I feel like we were just bringing home our sleepy little newborn from the hospital! He has grown so much in such a short time in so many ways! It is amazing! 

Once again, a lot has happened in month! from 5-6 months:

-Lucas had a case of eczema which looked like a pretty nasty rash all over his legs, belly, and back, it disappeared completely once we switched back to dreft detergent and started using aquaphor! He also saw a specialist at Children's Hospital ENT specialty center for his chronic congestion --  the MD did a scope down his nose and found his adenoids were a little large and his airway slightly small, but otherwise nothing to be concerned with - just keeping sucking his nose out and using saline! He said he might have to have his adenoid removed when he is a year if it continues. He will have his 6 month well baby check up this week! 

-I took Lucas and fenton up to Grand Forks for the weekend for his little cousin's Carters first birthday! He had a rough time driving there since he surprised day care and took a 2 hour long nap right before our long drive! Ufta, talk about tough car ride with an upset baby! It was worth it though because we had such a fun trip! We celebrated Carter's birthday, got to see his older cousin Logan's ice skating show, and Lucas had his first haircut from his great auntie Kathie! He did so good for his haircut and he   looked so much older!

-Grandma Ferol came to play with Lucas for a weekend because Tim and I both had to work, he did great and so did she! He loved playing with her and was all smiles when they were together! We are so thankful she could make it here for the weekend and hope to see her back soon!

-He has started almost all of the step 1 baby foods, carrots, peas, green beans, squash, sweet potatoes, pears, bananas! His favorites so far are the peas, beans, and pears! Not a big fan of the nanners yet!

-One of his new favorite activities is to suck on his little toes! He also loves rolling to his belly, but doesn't really like it once he is there, and still hasnt quite figured out how to roll back to his back from his belly! He also LOVES to sit. He can sit unsupported for 30 min until he just gets sick of that position, he doesn't even wobble anymore! He also has a new found love for the exersaucer and now hates his bumbo chair. 

-Sleeping has significantly declined! And I recently figured out why... as of lately he is up at 1 or 2 am crying or just fussing and will not go back to sleep, we tried waiting it out 5-10min, but nothing changed, we used to be able to just pat his butt and he'd go back to sleep, not anymore...he now fights us if we put on his back or his side, he wants to sleep on his tummy now! I think most of the decline in sleeping in due to the fact that a few little teeth have been working their way to the surface and one popped out on my birthday yesterday! So tonight I'm going to try a little tylenol - we hasn't had a fever or anything so we haven;t ever had to give him Tylenol yet

-Lcuas also had his 6 month photos last week, I am so excited to see what they look like, he didn't cry once! Although the little stinker smiled, he didn't give us his huge belly smile/laugh during the whole photo shoot, but thats okay! 

-Despite the lack of the sleep, he is still the sweetest little boy we could ask for. He talks to his stuffed giraffe, giggles at fenton playing, cuddles with mommy and daddy, he is ticklish all over and he continues to be such a little smiley baby (even with teething!) We cannot wait for spring to get here - poor little baby has really never seen the outside! It will be so fun to get him outside for stroller rides once the weather finally turns around! Lots and Lots of photos to recap this month! Enjoy!

All dressed for church!

first taste of bananas!

Lucas - Left, Me- Right (slight resemblance)

MM love my thumb!

hanging on to his all his toys during his long car ride!

Lucas with Great Grandma Carroll (before haircut)

Lucas with Great Auntie Kathie who gave him his first haircut!

Right after the haircut! Looks like Daddy alot now!

Grandma Ferol feeding Lucas some peas!

First big scratch (happened at night no idea how!)

Cuddling in the morning (except Fenton looks like he is attacking me!)

Mommy's Birthday!

First tooth!

5 Months!

5 Months is already here, and I feel like I just blogged about 4 months! Lucas has definitely conquered a TON of new skills from 4-5 month old! After his 4 month appointment we were cleared to try some solids, we put his high chair all together, strapped him in,  and then started with some rice cereal - we were a little nervous about this, but gave it a shot -- he didnt seem too interested! We tried too different brands and he didn't like either, so I tried a little oatmeal, and he liked maybe just a tad better...but still didn't eat too much. I thought maybe lets just see if he just wants to go straight for the veggies, and he loved them! We started with oranges and gave him a little squash for 3-4 days, 1x/day which he liked, and then just recently tried sweet potatoes -- he absolutely loves sweet potatoes so far! It is so fun to see him chow down on real food, he does a little chewing action and then swallows them right down! Such a big boy! And by big, I mean he weighs 19.6# as of this past week!

Besides the food milestones, he is really making good progress with his gross and fine motor skills! :)

He has been really good with fine motor and being able to pick up objects so easily and quickly and pass them back and forth between his hands, even on his tummy he weight shifts well to grab an object-- he also is able to pick things up with his thumb and index finger and can pick up tiny little things!

We've had one of my friends/coworkers who is a pediatric PT out to our house to just work with Lukey a little bit on his tight right sternocleidomastoid (which can lead to torticollis/ plagiocephally (flat head)) and all that fun stuff, we noticed this when he just favored looking to the left and sidebending to the right, and sure enough, he did have some tightness and a very mild flat spot. Our pediatrician wasnt concerned at all and said its nothing to worry about. But just knowing some awesome pediatric therapist, I figured I'd have them just double check it. So Dana has been amazing and  comes over to hang out with Luke and has worked with him 3 times, and I think he is continuing to improve nicely!! Thanks Dana!! He also began rolling 1 week after he turned 4 months (I think sometimes bigger babies are a little slower with this!) and he rolls from his back to tummy, but hasnt been able to figure out tummy to back yet! He also surprised us last week with being able to sit unsupported! He can now sit for over 1 minute without any support, it is so much fun having him sit up and look around at everything that is going on, especially at his best friend Fenton!

As far as his personality goes, he is the goofiest, happiest, cutest little baby boy! He seriously smiles and giggles so much, its so cute! We get lots of compliments asking us if he is always so happy and so good! When we take him out to gatherings with friends it seems like he doesn't even fuss at all, I think he just loves being around people and in on all the action. He also is doing well at daycare, and they say he always has such good days, he just likes his environment changed every so often! He LOVEs to read books, he just stares at the pictures and then trys to flip the pages! He also has a little girlfriend now at daycare - her name is Elin! Elin and her mom actually come to our early family education class on Monday nights too! Lucas is about 3 weeks older! He still isnt sure about that class yet, Tim and I took him to his first  class on Feb 4th, and he was able to play with bubbles, new toys/books, hear his mommy's horrible singing voice, watch Daddy get embarrassed by the being the only dad, and play lots of little games! I think he will get into it more as he gets older!

He is also able to fall asleep much easier, its barely any work to put him down at night, and he wakes up probably 1-2x/night just for a moment and we just change his position in his crib and he falls back to sleep. Two nights ago he slept 7:30pm-6am - I think it was his Valentine's Day present to his Mommy!

Grandma and Grandpa Schultz also came up for a visit last weekend and brought Lucas such a cute little cat in the hat stuffed animal and book and a few balloons! I think his favorite part was the tissue and balloons! Tim and I were talking and I don't think we could love anything or anyone more than how much we love our little baby boy!

4 Months!

4 months has come and gone already! I can't believe how much Lucas has grown and everything he can do! He had his 4 month check up last week and it went very well, even though I couldn't go because I was home with the stomach flu! His new stats: weight - 17# 10 oz (90th percentile), head circumference was 90th percentile as well, and length was 25 1/4in (56th percentile). He hasnt decided to roll yet, but thats okay I think he is getting there! And our Dr. said he might be a little late with rolling because he has such a big head! But he is bringing everything up to his mouth to chew on and he has been for awhile, and she was saying that bringing things to your mouth is a 6th month milestone! He is now wearing 9 month sleepers and is still a pretty content baby! We are STILL working on his congestion and little cough, so our pediatrician referred us to a EENT specialist to check it out. In the meantime we are trying our own little problem solving and trying a few different formulas to see if we can see a difference, he has always been on Similac Sensitive which we really started it around 2 months when I started to wean him from nursing, and this was right when we went on an air plane and went to AZ and right when we started formula -- so we couldnt decide if he caught something on the plane or what! But today is day 2 of his new formula (enfamil gentlease) and we haven't had to use the nose sucker once so far... :) We have been working with his little neck muscles a bit too as he was initially favoring looking to the left and sidebending to the right, but with a few stretches and a couple carrying techniques (PT really works :) ) I think he has greatly improved! Our pediatrician said she could barely tell he had any type of flat spot (plagiocephaly) on his head anymore! Another new adventure for us was the introduction of rice cereal, first day he took maybe 4 small spoonfuls, second day not so good, but the third day he probably ate about 8 small spoonfuls! It's pretty fun having him sit at the table with us in his cute little high chair-- he looks like such a big boy! Tim and I have been having so much fun just sitting at home and playing with him! Every day when I look at him  I think I can't believe how lucky we are to have such a wonderful, sweet, and funny little baby boy in our lives! He has just so many different facial expressions and just the cutest little personality!! Enjoy all the expressions of Lukey duke! 

Giggling with daddy!

Really, mom, more pictures?

First taste of rice cereal!

holding big toys!!

It was 40 degrees one day and we went for a walk in the stroller!

napping with daddy on his birthday

I hope he's not teething already!!