Dyer at 5 months

I'm 10 days late for this post but better late than never...

We brought Dyer back to the doctor again this month for his head but not because of his circumference but because of his head being flat in the back. I guess when we went to Nathan's co-workers Halloween party one of the pediatricians there was concerned about his head and brought it up to Ella (Nathan's co-worker) and gave Ella her contact information to pass on to us. I knew his head was flat (flatter than Easton and Blair's) but I guess I didn't realize that it was possibly that bad until Ella brought it up to Nathan. We met with our family doctor but he wasn't sure what to think so he referred us to a specialist. We are still waiting for them to call us to set up an appointment so as of right now we don't know anything. Based on the paper our doctor had to compare Dyer's head to his head doesn't seem to fit in with what would be considered serious (i.e. things not being symmetrical-his head is pretty much symmetrical-just flat) so they might say everything is fine and just make sure he gets more tummy time, sit up time (in other words less time lying on his back. This shouldn't be too hard since he is starting to sit up better everyday. But there is also a chance that he might be put in a helmet to help reshape his head. If this is the case then he'll probably be in a helmet for 4-6 months wearing it 23 hours a day. Can we say stinky? Especially since he still spits up all the time. I can only imagine how gross that would be. I'm hoping he doesn't need a helmet because he will forever be known as "helmet head" I'm sure.

I tried to take pictures of his head so others could see how flat it is and these were the best I could get. It was harder than you would think to get the right angle.

Dyer was 16 lbs and 25 in long and his head was 18 in (96%). They only gave me estimates so it could be more or less.

Just this last Sunday Dyer has finally started to get the hang of solids. I started him on them a few days after he turned 4 months but he just didn't seem to care much for them. I would put a bite in his mouth and he would just sit there with his mouth open and look at me like, "What am I supposed to do now?" He wouldn't really swallow it but he wouldn't push it out with his tongue either. It would just sit in his mouth until enough drool collected and would spill out of his mouth.

It seemed as though he might be allergic to rice cereal because he would break out with a little rash on his tummy. I stopped the rice and switched to oatmeal. When I started him on peas I gave him some rice cereal with them and sure enough he got another rash. So rice cereal is out for now. When I gave him green beans with oatmeal he seemed to break out with a rash so I was concerned he might be allergic to oatmeal as well but I tried oatmeal with carrots and there have been no signs. Could he be allergic to green beans? I've never had to deal with food allergies with the other kids so this is all new to me.

Dyer won't take a bottle so things can get a bit tricky. I have to plan things out just right if I need to be away from him and then I have to make sure I get home in time for his next feeding.

Just the last two weeks Dyer has been waking up really early to eat but the two nights (Sunday and Monday) that he finally ate his carrots and oatmeal he has slept all through the night. It was great. Last night he didn't eat very well because he was so tired. He got up a little after 5 and then puked all over my sheets so once I got him back to sleep I went down stairs and slept on the couch.

Dyer is such a happy little guy and is often caught just smiling away at who ever he can see even if they aren't looking and smiling at him.

He is talking and laughing more and more each day. He especially loves his siblings. Almost anything they do he finds funny. They can just walk past him or just look at him and he will generally start laughing. I just love baby laughs and smiles. They are the best!

Dyer loves to stick everything in his mouth especially those little toes of his.

Halloween Fun!

The kids got to do a lot of Halloween stuff. Trick or treating and parties!

Preschool Party and Trick or Treating:

Blair got to tag along and go to preschool with Easton that day. She was in heaven!

Blair (bee) and Easton (wolverine).

About two weeks before Halloween we were at the hospital and some elderly lady asked the kids what they were going to be for Halloween. Easton told her he was going to be Wolverine. She seemed weirded out. She asked Easton if he knew what that was and he told her no (He's never seen X-men movies-Easton tells everyone he is a superhero). Anyways, the lady told Easton that it looks kind of like a wolf. Easton then seemed weirded out because he had seen his costume and it didn't look much like a wolf.

Easton's preschool class

Action shot! Easton always has to be first! Running to get in front of everyone.

Blair Bear all by herself.

Easton showing me everything he got from preschool!

When the kids got back from preschool I kept smelling a fishy smell. Eventually I realized the smell was coming from Blair and what seemed like her costume. She had worn her costume to a different party the weekend before so I thought it was weird that it was all the sudden smelling. I asked both Easton and Blair what they ate at preschool and if Blair spilled anything on her. They said they didn't eat anything and that they only had water. WEIRD! I took her costume off and hand washed it in hopes that the smell would come out...It didn't! Later that day after Blair got up from her nap she smelled even worse of fish. It wasn't until a little later that I finally figured it out. Blair had gotten into Nathan's fish oil pills the day before. She must have eaten some and was sweating it out! It was disgusting! I've washed her costume about 5 times and it still smells of dead fish!

Ward Halloween Party:

I wasn't able to get many pictures because I was in charge of a room (activity) so I didn't really get to go around with the kids that night. I probably will try to get out of doing a room next year if I'm still in Young Womens because none of us really got to enjoy ourselves. I thought I needed more apples for bobbing for apples so I sent Nathan out to buy some more. He took Blair and Easton and Dyer were stuck with me until Nathan got back. It turned out that I didn't even need any of the apples I made Nathan get.

Easton mini golfing.

I didn't have time to give Blair a bath after she woke up from her nap so she really stunk at the party. I could always tell when she walked into my room because of her stench.

Wolverine

Miss Stinky Pants!

This was actually the only picture I took of Dyer in his costume for all the festivities. I ended up taking more of him after Halloween because I was so sad that this was the only picture.

I get the bad mom award!

Dyer was a frog!

We also went to a Halloween party at one of Nathan's co-workers house.

Teddys Party/Hospital Trick or Treating:

Teddy's kids

Dyer before trick or treating.

Easton showing me all his candy/goodies!

Blair with her new stuffed kitty cat.

After trick or treating at the hospital we went downtown to trick or treat for a while.

Trick or Treating around the neighborhood:

Easton and Blair got so much candy that I told them I would only take them trick or treating on our street. They still came home with a lot of candy.

Dad and Dyer stayed home to pass out candy!

Here are some more pictures of my cute little frog!

Dyer is starting to sit up a little by himself! He can sit up for about 5-10 sec before he tumbles over. It won't be long before he is doing this all the time.

I put him against the wall for some extra support.

Happy Late Halloween!!!

I updated another post earlier today

I LOVE to see the Temple

Nathan and I finally made it back to the temple (end of October) since having Dyer join our family. Not only is it hard to leave your baby but when we go to the temple it easily can take 5 hours! That is a long time when you have a nursing baby. We were going to get a babysitter but since Dyer is having a hard time taking a bottle we thought it would be best to just take the kids with us and Nathan and I take turns. It was nice to bring the kids to the Oakland temple since they haven't been there before.

Easton just woke up from a nap so he wasn't cooperating.

The kids are looking somewhat in the right direction.

This last weekend our Stake had Stake Temple Day so we were able to bring the kids to the Sacramento Temple(forgot to bring the camera and take pictures). Stake Temple Day is always nice because they provide free babysitting at the stake center right next door.

Blair's new favorite song is "I love to see the temple!" She really only knows the first four lines but she is slowly learning it. Here's a video of her singing it right after she got up in the morning:

Halloween Dinner

We actually had our Halloween dinner a few nights before Halloween.

And Dyer wasn't on the menu! He is just cute all decked out in his Halloween outfit!

It was supposed to be pizza mummies (it looked like mummies before I baked them-should have taken a before picture) but once I baked them all the cheese melted together so we ended up calling it ghost pizza!

Monster teeth!

Like I said, "Monster teeth!" : )

Drink: witches brew.

It was supposed to be red kool-aid but we messed up.

Video of witches brew:

And for dessert: Worms in dirt