This is our croup face....

Griffin has been 24+ hours without puking, we should be super excited.....instead we have moved on to bigger and louder things, like croup. He woke us up at 4am barking like a seal and making quite a bit of noise trying to breathe with a snot filled nose. It was probably the scariest night we've had with him since birth, and also the first time we took turns with him sleeping on our chests. Griffin started the steroid medication prescribed by Dr. McDreamy, who promised it "won't make him the hulk" and we are hoping things get better soon. 


Try and get him down illness......he laughs at you.

Who's sick?

Despite his cheery disposition, Griffin has had some tummy trouble this week. It started with a projectile vomit on Monday morning that I thought just happened as the result of a burp/timing issue.....he rarely ever spits up even a little. Monday night during his bedtime bottle he did it again so I was a little worried. Tuesday, Grandma Kathi said he soaked her but she thought it was because she was doing one of his favorite up-and-down moves too soon after a bottle. I also brought out the last of the freezer breastmilk for him to finish so I thought the change in his dirty diapers was because of that. By last night he had also covered his Grammy Marta, and not eaten much of his lunch or dinner. 

........so today we got to see the doctor. Griffin should be over his first "mild stomach bug" by the end of this weekend and I'm looking forward to it. He also endured his 4th and 5th ear flushing (the worst experience of his life so far) thanks to his very hairy and small ear canals. The doctor is never able to see into his ears easily. After all of the commotion he determined Griffin has fluid on both of his ears but no ear infections. His left ear had fluid when we went for the 2 week checkup from the ear infection he had a month ago. Dr. Sponenberg told us today that if he still has fluid at his 9 month appointment we will need to consider getting tubes in his ears. I'm hoping things clear up by then but we will cross that bridge when we get there. 


Good news is, we are vomit free today. So thankful we have such a happy little guy, puking or not!

Fun stuff!

I was able to capture 2 of Griffin's latest tricks on video....


1. We've slowly been working on puffs. It took me a while to not be scared once the puff disappeared in his mouth, but I'm much more relaxed now. It doesn't go like this every time, but he's getting pretty darn good!

sorry it's sideways, I'm new to this still

2. The army crawl is still in full force when he wants to get somewhere. He does a lot of this now too....which leads everyone to say "won't be long"!!

6 Months Old

Griffin is moving around a lot now! He's figured out how to get his knees under him in addition to army crawling, and sits alone pretty good. Today I packed away more clothes and am getting out the 9 month stuff to be washed and ready for rotation. He is enjoying eating 3 times a day, cereal in the morning and fruits/veggies the other times. The doctor suggested that we add a protein into his diet for dinner and up to 4 oz of juice a day.

Height: 27 1/4" - 70th percentile

Weight: 17lbs 1 oz - 33rd percentile

Head Circ: 17 1/2" - 64th percentile

Diaper size: will be 3 as soon as we run out of 2

Clothing size: 6-9 months

We constantly hear what a good baby he is and how sweet and smiley he always seems to be. In all honesty.......he is. It's hard to put into words how much we love this boy.

Love love love

Can't stay in a bad mood when you come home to this boy.....

New Tricks

We have been so busy that I've failed to take many pictures since the holidays ended. A 6 month update is coming soon.

 I'm afraid it won't be long and Griffin will be on the move. He hardly spends any time on his back now, and if you lay him down that way he will be in push up position (like this picture below) in no time. He also enjoys his exersaucer and loves the doorway jumper. 

After seeing him jumping like he was a professional the first time he went in the doorway jumper, I found out that the daycare has jumperoos like this and he has been practicing for some time. 

He is getting good at planting his arms and pulling himself in the direction he wants to go, like a little inchworm......more videos of that to follow.

How could he possibly......

..........find this a comfortable position to sleep in?

Of course this coincides with him sleeping all night again. Needless to say, Drew and I are the ones not sleeping well now since we both wake up to check him, attempt to turn his head, or just roll him back over throughout the night. Hoping the habit is broken soon!

5-5-5

Griffin was happy to see his cousin Peyton at Christmas time. It worked out perfect that we have pictures of them together when Griffin was 5 days, 5 weeks, and 5 months old. I'll have to make a mental note to take another photo at the 5 year mark!

Here they are at 5 days.....

He was getting big and awkward at 5 weeks......

....and loving each other at 5 months!

 

Do the tootsie roll....

The entire time we were at my parents' house for Christmas, Griffin would never roll over. I tried to tell everyone he has been doing it for a while and it is no thing at all........of course his aunts didn't believe me. Here ya go!

5 Months Old

Another month has flown by. We don't have official measurements but I'm glad since that means we haven't seen the doctor lately. He will go back for his next check up and shots at 6 months in January.

Estimated Height: 27"
Estimated Weight: 15ish lbs according to the "hold and get on the bathroom scale" method