Crying it out and Chicken

So last night Eric gave Logan his first taste of meat. Not the succulent steak you might think of on date night....the pureed nasty looking/smelling meat that only a baby could love.

Logan had half a jar of Chicken and Apples. He seemed to like it. But he didnt have a monsterous appetite. We will see how his digestive system handles this new flavor.

For a little while now Logan has taken a liking to sleeping with Eric and I in bed. Now mind you I have no problem with this. In fact I dont care not even an ounce if it is emotionally wrong for him. I dont care about your views on it. He can stay there until he is a teenager for all I care. What I do care about is an accident. I have been reading a lot about these tragedies of accidental death due to sleeping with infants. And well I think I can stomach his crying about being in his crib a 100% more than losing him because we were sad and impatient with his crying. With that being said I say we are trying the CIO method. AKA Crying it out!

Dont let the name mislead you...its so joyous. (Insert extreme sarcasm). Anyone that knows me and my parenting style can attest that I would HATE to use this method. I run to him the minute he whimpers. So it is with extreme Heartache and lots of research that I broke down and chose this method. It is commonly known as the Ferber method....Dr. Ferber of course. And well it is summed up like this.

Put baby in crib allow crying to ensue for 5 minutes. return to crib and comfort him by stroking his back/head whatever for 8-10 seconds, reassure him(as if he understands) that you love him and say good night. Leave and repeat every five minutes until he passes out from exhuastion.

You are suppose to do this for 2-3 days then on the 3rd or 4th night expand the return time to every 8-10 minutes....and keep going until by hopefully week 2 you have broke him of his bad bed manners.

I have many friends that swear by this method. And well I am sure it works wonders. But I dont like that I can not comfort my son. He was so upset last night from crying that about the 2 hour mark he puked on me. Poor baby...I hear this is common. This is like torture.

So miraculously it worked for a while. At about 4am he woke again and I told Eric to bring him to bed with us. I just felt bad. This of course undid any progress I may have made....Tonight we try again. I cant put his life at risk no matter how much it kills me. I am sure it hurts me more than him anyway.

I have read so many stories of these babies just facing their parents body...and because the space between them is so little they are re-breathing the wrong air...then they die. I just need to suck it up and follow through on our new sleep training.

Eric and I are going to buy one of those projection light things. It has a white noise machine attached to it. So hopefully this will allow him some comfortable nights.


UM HELLO!!! Look at that face!

Wish us luck!

Water

October 25th...

I dont know why but I decided to put a glass of water up to Logans face last night. And he took a drink from my water. hahah I dont want to get in the habit of this as I dont want him begging to drink from our glasses...(remember he has his own sippy cup). But he was so cute. And I did it again so Eric could see.

Someone tell me how to make this kid sleep in his own bed. UGH...I am such a sucker I cant leave him there crying. Its pretty rough.

Spartans Victory, 9 months and more

October 9 we had the big game. MSU vs U of M. This is Logans first big game. He dressed for success....



Eric and I laughed because Logan of course has way better Spartan gear than we do. But isnt that the way life is after a child? He is such a cutie. And what a great sport. We had about 50 people over to Dad and moms house for our annual tailgate. This year was the biggest. We all pitched in and rented a 50 inch flat screen for the big game. And it was such an amazing game. MSU whomped all over Michigans tail. 34 to 17. Which this meant it was a personal victory for Eric and I as well. Like a dummy I made a bet with Jesse and Jodi. If MSU won they had to wear Spartan shirts and pose for pics. And if U of M won then Eric and I had to do the same. OMG...I was sweating bullets leading up to the big game. But no worries...it was a piece of cake. And I am here to report that Jesse and Jodi were super great sports about it. Pics to come....

Logan had his 9 month apt with Dr. Josh...
Stats:
20 pounds even
19.25" long
Got his first round of flu shot
Has 2 bottom front teeth
Working on the top front two
Crawls like a maniac
Pulls up on everything to stand (does not cruise yet)
Cant eat 2nd foods(little slow there but whatever)
Can eat puffs
Can start to use a sippy Cup
We decided to do the NO JUICE allowed method.
And he says Dadda on the regular. It seems that the mamma was a fluke. haha
He loves to sleep in bed with us (major no no....but we need sleep)
He is a poser(for pics of course)
Loves to play with other kids
His fave toy is still his baseball bat and tee

We sent out Halloween cards. I thought it was insane that Shutterfly had this dino layout when Logan is going as a dinosaur. Very cool if you ask me. So off they went.



Saturday October 16th we took our Medina family portraits. We wanted to get a picture with our Grandma Medina. Logan slept pretty much the whole time until Christy was ready to take his 9 month pics. Of course we did get some Christmas shots in. But those will have to remain a secret until you get your Christmas card. But let me just tell you....SUPER adorable. Christy does an amazing job with Logans pics. I just adore her!

Well thats all for now!

My baby.....

Lets see, didnt I promise to be more on top of it the last time I was here. Yet here I am fighting to remember the most important happenings of last week. Here is my best guess:

ah yes...apt.
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Here is Logan at Lansing Opthomology. He was being tested because I think he appears to have a lazy eye. And just to be safe, Dr. Josh recommended we get it checked out. So here he is all big boy playing on the table. It is essential that I note that about 15 people stared at Logan. And most of them commented to me at how adorable/cute/handsome etc he was. It was very sweet.

So Logan was checked out. She did not think that he has a lazy eye as he passed his exam. And he was tested to see if he needed to wear glasses. He does not. In fact he has vision that is expected at this age...slight far sidedness. This apt was not perfect though. He had to get his eyes dilated. And let me just tell you how much he hated that. He was screaming. I had to hold his head still. He does not like that at all. But he made it. And it was a little bit hard to handle everything without Erics help. Eric had class he could not miss of course. So single parents...I salute you.

He is just crazy on the move non stop. Its pretty cool. Last week we had my cousin Diamontinas wedding to Charlie. And we all headed over to Grand Rapids. Logan does so good on car rides now that we have what we have dubbed the "Sleeper 2000". We checked in to the hotel (Quality Inn or something like that), then we headed over to Dannys place for dinner. He made us some pretty killer tacos. And then back to the hotel as it was past 10. And we had a huge day ahead of us.

The hotel room was set up great in regards to space. We had more than enough room for Logans pack n play. However, Logan had differnt plans. He slept okay. But towards the morning he wanted to be held. So guess who slept in his dads arms most of the morning...yup...Sir Logan. Little spoiled monkey.

So we all got ready and headed over to Dannys for breakfast....yummmy. Hate to eat and run but like I said...busy day. Then we all had something missing from our wardrobes, so off to the mall we went. We wanted to get a swim in, but no chance, we took way too long. Danny came and got Logan for us. And they went to Danielles (Seans girlfriend) to watch the State game. And Danny was to babysit Logan for us for the night. So he was going to bring him back to the hotel room later.

We went to the wedding. It was beautiful. We then went to the reception. There was excellent food, and great music. It was lots of fun. But I had to get back to my little dude. So we went home around oh 9:30. haha Lame I know. But thats how things are for me right now. So when we got back to the hotel, Danny and Logan were chilling in the room watching a movie. Apprently Logan was a little stinky that day. Nice. hahah But he was good.

Me and Ashleigh and Ruben and Eric were in our room that night. And the hotel called us to ask us if we were being noisy. Mind you this is after 11:30pm. Seriously? We are so boring come on. But I can not speak for the rest of the party animals. As my family pretty much took the whole top floor of the hotel and then some of the first. lol

Logan had a repeat of the previous night in regards to sleeping on Eric. Come on kid!
But in the morning I noticed something a little different. He has another tooth. haha The night before I noticed a slight rash on his chin. So I was guessing that was what was going on. Sure enough he has teeth...no more toothless wonder.

We went and had lunch with the gang. Of course we went to Ming Ten. And then we all went to the cider mill. Logans first time. I made him pose with pumpkins. We got some cider and kettle corn. Then headed for home.

We ended up having dinner with Marc and Sarah. I dont think we have talked to them in like 6 weeks or more. So we caught up with them. They are in the process of getting a new house. Big changes ahead. And maybe some day soon a baby. While we were out to dinner we put Logan in a restaraunt high chair. And he slid almost all the way out of it. I caught him just in time. Apparently eric did not fasten him in, or figure out that the straps go between the legs. UGH. He looked at us like we were crazy....we are.