Baby stats
I can't believe Dax is one year old!! Wow! It has been an amazing year... It is definitely had it's tough moments but I must say Dax is an amazing baby! But now he is a toddler.. Not our little baby anymore. I look at pictures of him and can't believe how far he has come. I love his personality so much. He is outgoing but very chill at the same time. People constantly comment on how happy and sweet he is.
Sleep: sleeping 730-8pm until 7-8am
Feed: 4 nursing and 3 full meals with snacks
Daily Routine:
Wake up 7-8, nurse, have breakfast and play with toys. If nice out we will go for a walk or do errands. Nap around 11-1130.. And he has been taking one long nap more and more. I think if first nap is pushed back he is more likely to sleep for 3hours. If he wakes up after 2 then one nap is enough.
After nap nurse, lunch and play until dad gets home. Dinner, play with dad, bath, nurse, book and bed :)
Weight: 21lb
Length: 31in
Head: 18in
Diaper size: size 4
Clothing size: 12-18m gap clothes 12m Carter's etc outfits and 12-18m sleepers.
Hair color: light brown coming in
Eye Color: greeny hazel
Baby favs:
Playing with his dad
Playing with cars
Climbing the stairs
Pulling stuff out of cupboards
Baby not so favs:
Diaper changes when he wakes up
Taking away keys (he has just started getting upset when you take something away that he really wants)
Challenges:
He is so quick and is always looking for trouble. We finally set up the play yard to section off the living room. We should have done it long ago as it is so helpful for him to stay out of trouble. He gets pissed sometimes when he's stuck in there and I'm doing something. But at least he is safe in there!
He has had a short fuse when it comes to food lately so he yells if I don't give it to him quick enough. Trying to teach him to be patient.
Funniest moment: threw my keys in the toilet. Thank goodness by faab still works!!
Milestones:
He has started walking!! I really didn't think he would walk before his birthday as he seems pretty content crawling everywhere. But he did it!! One day he was trying to shuffle his feet and the next he took his first steps :) I seriously cried! Haha I was so proud of him. I squeal when he does it and he looks so proud of himself. He still crawls most of the time but if he is standing up he will try to walk in that direction. He is motivated my food and toys of course haha.
Foods:
Routine of food is cereal and yogurt, eggs and toast or pancakes/waffles for breakfast
Lunch is usually toast yogurt and fruit or cheese quesadilla and fruit
Dinner is usually what we are having. Meat, a few veggies and a carb.
New:
He likes spaghetti now!! Yay!
Watermelon
Crab
Salt & vinegar chip (he actually liked them! Lol)
Fav foods:
Yogurt
Pancakes
Any fruit
Firsts:
First steps (May 1)
Events in the past month:
There has been lots of birthdays in the past month so lots of visiting! Also the weather has been a lot milder so lots of walks and trips to the park which we are all loving!
Second weekend of April we went to Vancouver for the trade show and stayed in a hotel for two nights. Dax did really well. It helped that we got a jr suite so had a separate room for Dax to sleep in. He had a great time though!
Dax's first Easter was great. We did a mini Easter egg hunt and he totally noticed his new little toys and eggs filled with gold fish crackers and mushies. It was so cute!!
Easter Monday we did Dax's cake smash!! It was soo much fun! I loved all the props Lisa used and his cake turned out super cute. Dax loved the cake.. I mean LOVED! He demolished it!! Lol we thought he might get sick but he totally did alright. Passed out in the car on the way home lol.
I am now back to work part time so one day a week Neil's mom watches Dax and thurs, fri night and Sunday Neil is with Dax. So far I am really liking it. I thought having a broken up schedule would make for a long week but it seems to go by super fast!!
Neil's birthday was pretty low key. I worked on his actual birthday but the following night we went out with some friends and nana hung out with Dax. On the Sunday after work we went on Neil's parents boat for a crab feast. Dax loved crawling around the boat and was a little scared of the crab.. But eventually wanted some and seemed to like it!
Dax's birthday was a huge success! We ended up going with a nautical theme (surprise surprise with my obsessed with anchors and stripes haha). I put up all his monthly photos and had nautical decorations. We had about 25 ppl over and had snacks and cake. Dax had a great time and was so spoiled!!
