Teething sucks. Again.

This was my beautiful boy this morning...









And then his teeth started in and this is what happened...






Then i gave him...



And a few more tears and "the itsy bitsy Santos" a few times and...



This is KILLING me. I hate seeing him in so much pain. He was screaming like I've never heard him before.

I left a voicemail for his doctor to see if there is anything else I can do besides orajel. It can't be good to keep giving it to him.

Teething

Teething sucks. Big time. My usually mild tempered very relaxed chill baby has been taken over lately by a crying until he can't breathe (barely) waking up 2 times a night (used to sleep straight through) poor little exhausted monkey. Which, of course, makes mama completely exhausted with him. The only thing that we found helps him when he's really in pain is baby orajel. No teethers (especially not cold ones). He'll chew on them for a very short while but prefers to chew on fingers. Yours or his. And faces. He goes for my chin and nose. Lol

I can imagine how he's feeling. Must be awful. The more I read about it the more discouraged I get because this could last for weeks until the teeth cut through and then start back up when the next set begin. I hope it gets better. For both of our sakes. I don't think he's woken up this much since he was first born. I'm really starting to get run down :(




Last night we tried more rice cereal because it hurts him to nurse sometimes. He must not have been that hungry. Most of it was spat back out. Lol!






I'll try again tonight. Aye, my poor baby :_-(

Big boy seat!

He outgrew his car seat already. His new one came today! I bet he'll be so much more comfortable now. He always tries to sit up in the old one! Lol

Of course there'll be a photo of him in it the first time he uses it. :-)

1-26 update...



How cute is he?

<---October




January --->

iheartfaces challenges Vol. 1

So I read this on another mommy blog that I follow. There's a website called i heart faces that has weekly challenges every Monday-Tuesday that you have to take a photo of a face with the theme they specify. I thought it would be a fun way to make sure I keep taking weekly photos of Santito and make sure I'm posting at least once a week. It's been tough but I really don't want to let too much time go by between posts.

This week's challenge is called "Innocent Wonder"

Surprise, Daddy!!

Over the weekend, we threw a surprise party for Daddy. He turned the big 3-0 on January 2nd. (I had a miserable cold and he ended up playing video games all day. not fun for me and not crazy exciting for him but I'm sure he was still happy playing his games LOL :)

Anyway - he was really, truly, surprised! I'm shocked that I made it about 4 weeks without spilling the beans. I have a huge mouth. :-O and said a few things he could have picked up on but thankfully didn't.My bestest friend came down from North Carolina with her family and somehow this is the only photo I have on my camera from the weekend with her!

I will make sure to steal photos of Ella and Santos from facebook.

Tia Beckala also came down for the party (more so that she wanted to visit the monkey I think though LOL they have SUCH a special relationship. a real love affair as my mom would say)

Look at him grabbing those toes!!

Give Peas A Chance!

Remember when I bought that cute little green onesie in North Carolina with Jess when I was pregnant?? I posted about it here

Look at my cutie actually wearing it!!
It's insane that I still get those "oh my God" moments. :-) I feel like I've known him my whole life and then I pick up a simple piece of clothing that I bought when he was still in the belly and I remember all the anticipation and wondering and life before he was finally here.

My boy is growing too fast!

Here he is at the doctor last Monday for his 4-Month check up...


Where he got another 4 shots plus an oral vaccine...



His poor little leggies:( (ok not so little, actually..big chunker leggies!)

He sleeps in his crib like a big boy...

He can sit in his stroller...

and his "eating chair"...


He has outgrown almost every seat he has...


(not a mow-hawk although looks pretty cute!) and along those lines, he has about 2 more pounds before we need to put him in his new car seat.

He stands up in his walker and the jumper that he was too short for at Christmas!! Now fits perfectly.


I won't post a photo but he has discovered his man bits. Every diaper change... It's an immediate grab at the lower region. He's too funny. :) such a little boy!

We attempted to lose the swaddle blanket over the weekend. No good. I think I'll leave him in it until he tells us he's done.

Also, I think there are signs of little teeth moving in. We'll see. He has had a few cranky pants moments and we used baby orajel on his gums last night and it seemed to help.

Other than that he's still my sweet baby boy that I could kiss until my lips fell off. :)

4 months

Well, a lot has happened in one month!

Merry Christmas!
Santos celebrated his very first Christmas ever! Christmas eve was spent at home. I cooked and we had the whole family over


(minus Steph and Flo, they came in a few days later). We ate and hung out and relaxed and opened a few gifts. It was perfect (other than me turning the oven off accidentally and we had to wait what seemed like 6 years to cook the chicken... LOL)

Santos got some amazing gifts!


Santa stopped by:
He's a little too short still for this Einstein jumper, but he seems to like it nonetheless. We just shove his changing pad under to give him that extra couple of inches.
These blocks are apparently very tasty. He loves to chew on them. Especially the red one. It has what Tio Flo calls "baby paper" in it. It makes the crinkle sound ;-)
This is called an Octoplush. He loves it! He's starting to laugh at the music it plays when you squish his head. It also says the colors (in 3 different languages) when you squish his hands. Yes, a smarty multilingual toy! :)
This is made by Taggis. Tio Flo and Tia Steph gave him this one. You pull a string and it vibrates and if you push the red dot on his head it makes the beep beep noise. He LOVES to chew on this one. The wheels also have that magical baby paper. So cute.
Granny and grandpa Richko gave him his highchair, he got a lot of clothes, and a few other bits and pieces. He told me he was very thankful and appreciated it all. Such a well mannered little boy!

He met his cousin Carlos for the first time:
Carlos was Santos' stand-in gift opener. I don't think I've ever seen paper fly off of gifts faster. So cute.

The next day we went to breakfast with my mom and dad and Beckala and Natala. :-) (Nate.) When they left to go home, I packed up the baby and went to nani and tata's house where we had christmas dinner with Simone, Carlos, and Frank. It was SOOO YUMMY. It was a Mexican feast.

We had a great night :-) we played with baby...

Ate pop rocks and storm trooper guys...

Upset the baby with a Santa hat... (LOL)

Roasted marshmallows (and ate SO much sugar)...

Made fun pictures in the back yard with Carlitos....

Happy Birthday!

The next we stopped by a friend of mine's granddaughter's first birthday party. It was amazing to see how he interacted with the bigger kids. I say bigger... but I mean solely in age, not size. He was almost the same size as them. LOL He chatted away with them just the same though. Baby language is awesome to listen to.
Then we went back to nani and tata's because Flo and Stephie arrived! We had a little birthday celebration for Gabe because that was the only day that the whole family was in one place at the same time.



Happy New Years!

We had a great New Years eve with papito :-) It was very quiet and we didn't leave the house. It was perfect. Mama baked all day for the shower, and then Sangria for mama and daddy after the boy went to sleepies.


Happy Shower!

Steph and Flo had their Florida shower on the 1st. It was a lot of fun :-) I really enjoyed spending the holiday with them and I cannot wait to meet their little girl!! I know they're going to be amazing parents.


Ok I think that's about it for the holiday catch up and all that... Now for Santos' update:

At 4 Months, Santos...

Had his first time eating solids (rice cereal). He loved it. It was the most adorable thing ever. slurping off that mini spoon... ugh, priceless...

Weighs 19 pounds, measures 26.5 inches and is in the 97th-100+ percentile... yes, big boy! The nurse said he had the stats of a 9-month old.

Giggles and laughs responding to you.

Loves to snuggle in bed with you for as long as you'll let him.

Does not fit in his bumbo seat any more. Legs are just too chunky. I can squish him in there, but it's too hard to get him back out.

Is learning how to read already. Yes, I know. He's only 4 months old... but it can't hurt and I love doing "activities" with him throughout the day... So I purchased "your baby can read" and we've been doing it together for a little over a week now. He seems to really enjoy it.

Is still nursing every 2-3 hours. (although his doctor wants us to get him to 4 hours... I don't see that happening soon, but we'll give it a shot!)

Still loves to be swaddled. I said that at his appointment today and the doctor looked at me like I had 3 heads and said "he still lets you swaddle him?!?" Unfortunately, we need to start weening him at this point. She said it'll be too hard to stop later. :(

Sits up all on his own. For a little... then its nnnneeeeeeeeeaaaaaaarrrrrrrrumph. He gets lazy and flops over.

Has a tickle spot! I found it last night!! It was toooooo funny. He got all squirmy and tried to get away from me.

Rubs his feet together just like his mama does.

Grabs, reaches, and holds things.

Still hasn't rolled over.

Is losing his hair!!

likes tv... way too much. He'll stare at it when it's off. I'm assuming trying to figure out the trick to make it come alive.

wears 9-12 month clothing.

already needs a new car seat.

is the best thing that ever happened to us.


Mama - is tired from waking up at 3:30 again. I asked about this today. She said it was probably a growth spurt. He's just one big growth spurt. LOL Other than that, I'm fantastic. I love my little boy more than words can describe.

Here are all the photos from December (click the photo):