Happy GDay and fairwell...

This post is a little late. Grandparents day was this past Sunday...hmm...yep almost 1 week late. I guess better late than never. This is also in fairwell to Aunt Becca. Landon wont be getting to see her again until he is 8 months old!

6 month pictures!

So Daniel and I tried taking Landon out to Anthem to take pictures of him yesterday (Labor Day) for his 6 month pictures. I dressed him up all cute and then we got out to Anthem and he was tired and had a diaper blow out in the car! I didnt quite get the shots I wanted. Well, today we went back out and my pictures turned out great! Maybe I should start taking pictures and be a partial professional.....I dont know...maybe not. I thought these turned out pretty good though. I love Landon's blue eyes...not to mention his cute chubby body and sweet smile. Happy 6 month my little Landon love!

McFamily

A mohawk "hair do" from Daddy
This is what I call my "fussy bear"

Oh what a difference!

Oh what a difference sleep can make for a person! Daniel and I decided to try something on Saturday night called the "Ferber method." We were in desperation for something that would work so Landon would start sleeping more. Lately Landon had been waking up after only about 2 or 3 hours in his crib and out of exhaustion I would just take him out to the living room and let him sleep on me for the rest of the night out there. I just was too tired and didnt have the energy at the end of the day to put up a crib fight to try to get him to sleep in his crib. I guess I was creating a problem because he was relying on me to get him to sleep and in the process I was spoiling him and I was sleeping sitting up waking up VERY tired in the morning.
So what is the Ferber method? Well it's basically allowing your baby to "cry it out" but in a very scheduled strict pattern. The first night after your baby has been crying for 5 minutes you go in and try to console him. You cannot pick the baby up but just gently quietly let him know you are there. Then you go 10 minutes of crying before you console him the next time. And then 15 minutes the rest of the time until the baby falls asleep. The next night you up the increments 5 minutes so its 10,15, 20 til the baby is asleep but last night Landon fell asleep after only about 5 minutes of crying...TOTAL! We are already seeing improvements. 11 hours of sleep the first night...and 12 the second!
Our next decision is going to be getting cloth diapers. Daniel has already been looking into the different kinds of cloth diapers that are out there. Landon, of course, will have some cool ones! We definitely do not want to go "old school" with pinning. They have cloth diapers now that are water proof and have snaps. We just figure that if we are doing part of our diaper changes with cloth diapers and part with disposable...in the long run we will have saved some money once he is out of diapers in 2 years.

Daddy!

This was his reaction when Daniel came home the other day :)...all smiles





Nose!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Hmmmm it has a point to it?...................
This is good for pinching!!!!!

#1 Daddy!...Landon loves Daniel so much. He thinks he is the funniest guy in the world. Truly! No one can make Landon laugh more than Daniel can. I get a few laughs here and there and was proud of myself when I had Landon in giggle mode for about 2 minutes straight 1 time, but when it comes to Landon's daddy there's no competition! Daniel has never had more joy seeing a little kid smile and laugh at him as he does with Landon.

Ruling Out!

So, I admit. I took Landon to the Doctor's office again yesterday. I guess I thought there was a meaning to the madness. Why has Landon been screaming/crying his head off at different times? You never know when it will be but he gets to this point where you would think he is enduring horrible torture or something. He screams so loud you get this little vibrating in your ears... let me tell you, it is such a lovely sound! I try to calm him down and sometimes it's like he's telling me, forget it Mom...try all you want. Ok? So if it's not the diaper, you dont want to eat, and your toys arent good enough then what is wrong?
Anyways, I went to the Doctor's office to try to rule out an ear infection. I was pretty sure he didnt have one, but like I said I wanted to rule it out instead of sluffing things off and going with my instinct that he doesnt have one. I would hate to let an ear infection go if he has one and then feel bad about it later. So I took him in and after 30 minutes the Doctor finally came into the room. By this time Landon has had enough because he had to wait so long but I did find out that his ears are clear! That is ruled out..oh, thank God! Giving Landon medicine isnt the easiest task. He likes to spit it out and then I have to try to push the spit out medicine back in his mouth and try to get him to swallow it. Ok...so his ears are clear so I thought that the other reason would be teething but the Doctor threw in a new one. Maybe he has acid reflux? So he gave me a perscription to get him Zantac and he basically told me that if I dont see improvement after a day then I could just stop the medicine. Ok? I might as well give it a try.
The results? I am ruling out Acid Reflux! There was no difference in behavior after giving him the icky medicine and Landon is still having some spit up here and there. It has to be teething/boredom/tiredness. I guess I am just cooping him up too much. He loves to be around other babies and other environments. So if you have a little one and are looking for a child to have a play date with....let me know? I am sure Landon would love it.

Big Man

Loves them feet
.....and jumping
And of course...he is so proud of himself when he is standing, but who can blame him? He is only 5 1/2 months old!!!


Zoe: What is this baby doing hanging onto my cage?
Landon: Oh Zoeeee! I've got the power!
Haha! My two cute men. This picture is so cute! Pose Daniel....haha
A little miniture Daniel. Such a sweetheart! Sidenote:: still no teeth the picture just makes it look like he does.