Brayden & Bailey are 11 Months Old!

 

 

 {This post is almost a month late; but, what's new?! lol}

I have been incredibly busy planning Brayden & Bailey's 1st birthday party

and getting ready for Christmas.

 

 

Sweet Bailey Bug - You are 11 months old! Wow....one more month and you will be 1!! I can't believe it. This year has flown by incredibly wayyy tooo fast. The first few months seem like a blur to me. You are currently still wearing size 4 diapers and 12 month clothes. You have outgrown the 9 months and the pants are now capris on you. haha I'm not sure of your exact weight but I know you and Brayden both are really heavy. There have been a few times this month I've had to hold or carry you both around and my arms about killed me but I wouldn't trade that time for the world. You are still eating the same; however, you do not want baby food anymore. You have moved on to better things. lol Anything we eat....you and Brayden both want. We aren't much on giving ya'll sweets (especially your Daddy) but here and there we splurged and when we do....I do advantage of it. ;) You have more teeth! You have your top two teeth and the ones on each side are trying to come in. You now have the grand total of 4 and then the other 2 coming in. You are still drinking the same amount of 7 oz. bottles each day. In the morning we add oatmeal and you get regular bottle with your meals or a bottle of juice. You are still sleeping thru the night; however, there have been a few times this month where you woke up soaked {and the other} and I had to change your diaper and your sleeper. Once your changed, you go right back to sleep. You are still taking a morning nap that usually lasts anywhere from 45 minutes to an hour. You also are still taking an afternoon nap. You usually sleep longer in the afternoon...anywhere from an hour and a half to 2 1/2 hours. This is mommy's time to either take a shower, relax or get things done around the house. {It depends on my energy level. lol} You are sooo happy when you wake up. Your favorite toys are still the mermaid car and the house David Papa got you. You and Brayden play with these all the time. This month hasn't been alot of fun. You had a really bad rash which I thought was diaper rash but no matter what I used it never went away. Every time we changed your diaper your hand went down there and you scratched until it bled. One night I went to give you a bath and on your way in there you had scratched sooo much that you bled on my shirt. I think that put the icing on the cake for me. I felt sooo bad for you and knew you couldn't keep your hands from down there. I took you to the doctor the next day to find out that you had yeast {how in the world you got that....and to be sooo young...but I guess it's possible.} The reason it got so bad though is because you have eczema and it was acting up also. You also got a really bad rash all over your body. I first noticed a few rashy spots one Sunday while we were out shopping with Nonnie and Grand-daddy. We had gotten you out of your car seat and as I was putting you in your stroller and realized you had a little blotchy, dry spots on your side. I showed your daddy and he said it was probably nothing. 4 am that next morning, you woke up because you needed your diaper changed. I brought you into the living room, turned on the light to find that the same rash had moved to around your eyes on your face. This had me a little scared. I was afraid it would affect your breathing since it was on your face. I woke your daddy up and he looked at it. He didn't seem to think it was nothing. You seemed fine so I put you back to bed and when you woke up later that morning the rash had moved all over your body.....in your ears, on your scalp, all over your legs, arms, and feet. I took you back to the doctor and they said it was viral. They tested you for strep and that came back negative. They asked if you had been sick or been around anyone sick and I said "No." All they could tell me was...it was viral and there wasn't really anything they could do. The rash pretty much just had to run it's course. It ended up lasting 3 or 4 weeks or might of even been longer. It took forever to go away. Your daddy and Gam-me did research and believed it was roseola. It looked just like roseola and did everything roseola did. At the end of the course of the rash, it got worse before it got better. It didn't bother you but it was all over and we felt sooo sorry for you. Eventually, you started peeling. The peeling started at your scalp and over time the peeling eventually moved down to your legs and feet. You were even peeling around your ears. We put cream on you, but we don't think that seemed to help. After weeks, the body rash was finally gone. Thankfully, we haven't seen that rash since and hope to never see it again. :0) Enough about that....blah! You are taking more and more steps. You are crawling more than walking but we know it won't be long. Your words this month were: "ma-ma", "da-da" and everything is "goooddd." You and Brayden got an early birthday present from Nonnie and Grand-daddy. You two got new car seats. You seem to like them. You have more room and look more comfortable. You also celebrated your 1st Thanksgiving. We had a great day with family and ate lots of yummy food. Baby Girl you have grown sooo much this month. I can't believe it won't be long and we'll be celebrating your 1st birthday. I look forward to what the future holds for both you and Brayden, but I won't time to slow down. It seems to be going way too fast. Mommy and Daddy love you sooo much sweet girl and can't wait to see what next month holds for our 'lil princess!

 

Sweet, sweet Brayden - 11 months, already?! You are growing like a weed. One more month and you will be one! I can't believe it. Please....stop growing sooo fast. It makes mommy sad. You have grown alot this month. You are still currently wearing size 4 diapers and 12 month clothing. 9 month shirts were getting short on you and 9 month pants were high-waters. 12 month clothes fit you better. The shirts are perfect and the pants are a little big on your tiny waist. The length is a little long but I know it won't take long and you will fit right into them. Mrs. Kathy insisted on having her friend, Sylvia hem all your 12 month pants so they would fit you better. Sylvia hemmed just about all your pants within a day and they fit you perfectly now. :0) You have been teething like crazy. You have your 2 bottom teeth and the top ones are starting to come thru. You have been drooling alot but Mommy doesn't mind that. ;) You are on the same eathing schedule as last month; however, you no longer want baby food either. You've had the 'good stuff' now and don't want anything but that. What your daddy and I eat....is what you want. You like pretty much anything. You are a little 'iffy' about eggs. One day I gave them to you and you didn't seem to mind them. The next time I gave them to you....you didn't want it. You actually spit some back at me. haha So, I'm unsure if you like eggs or not. That's the only thing we've noticed that you don't care for. You are still drinking 7 oz. bottles of milk with your meals or a bottle of diluted apple juice. There have been a few times where you didn't want food and I just gave you fruit in your bottle. I know this is from teething because you really like to eat. You are still sleeping thru the night. Praise God you have been doing this since you were 8 months old. You still take a morning nap and afternoon nap too. Your morning nap usually ranges from 30-45 minutes for you. It's a little cat nap. You usually nap longer in the afternoon; however, you are a little unpredictable with this. You will nap anywhere from an hour to 2 hours {that is if I'm lucky!} You will usually lay right down for a nap but at night you will whine a little. I usually will go back in there a few times before you finally give in. I think you get so sleepy to where you fight sleep. Once you fall asleep, you are usually out for the night and don't wake up until around 7 or 8 in the morning. Your favorite toys this month are the same as last months. You and Bailey both love the mermaid car and the house with the swinging door. This month your daddy has taught you had to throw a ball. I had rolled it to you a few times but your daddy wanted you to throw it. haha As soon as he showed you how, you caught right on. You will throw the ball and then clap your hands. If someone else has the ball, you make noises to let us know you want it right back. You are sooo smart! You are still crawling but have taken a couple steps on your own. You don't seem too interested in walking right now. Your words this month have been: "ma-ma" (only when you are hungry), "da-da" and you make the sound "hhhmmm" when we give you something good to eat. Your hair is growing so fast. You've already had 2 haircuts. Both times your daddy held you and Gam-me cut it in our kitchen. It's sooo nice having Gam-me as our 'kitchen beautician!' ;) Your new thing you love to do is getting on the couch. We have to put you up there and you only get on the couch if one of us is sitting right there. You lovveeee sitting up there and crawling around to the other side. You think you're really something! Sometimes you will sit up there and watch tv but you won't sit for long. You still love watching tv. You will stand right under the tv for minutes and watch Mickey Mouse Clubhouse, Yo Gabba Gabba or Barney. Those are your favorite these days. You also celebrated your 1st Thanksgiving this past month. We took a trip home to David Papa's, Gam-me's, Nonnie's and Grand-daddy's house. We ate lots of yummy food and you ate and ate. I think aunt Connie and cousin Candace finally just had to stop feeding you. lol You have grown sooo much this month Brayden. Mommy and Daddy love you more than you will ever know. We can't wait to see what next month holds for our little slugger!