Highlights from last week

Although we're probably just being worried parents, Marilu is making an appointment for Lucas to see the doctor tomorrow. First off, his breathing has sounded pretty nasty at times for the last couple of weeks. It's very rough and it sounds almost gurgly from his chest. It's probably remnants of the cold he had last week, but better safe than sorry. For what it's worth, it doesn't seem to bother him so that's a good sign.

In addition, we've had a really hard time with both his sleeping and eating lately. For instance, it's rare for his naps to go much longer than a half hour nowadays, and at night, he seems to wake up every hour or so. The "letting him cry" solution didn't help so it can get a little frustrating having to go in there every 5-10 minutes between 1-3 AM since he apparently doesn't want to sleep. Then, throw in the fact that he wakes up around 5:30 sometimes, and it can be kind of rough on us, particularly Marilu since she's kind enough to get up most of the times.

As for the eating, Lucas is getting worse and worse and taking any liquid form of feeding. He has no problems with "solids," but getting him to drink formula or breastmilk out of a bottle or sippy cup can be a massive ordeal. He's a little bit better at actual breastfeeding, but that's probably not saying much. In addition, he tends to spit up at least half of whatever he drinks when it's not breastfed. So that led us to the conclusion that he could potentially be allergic to the stuff. Or something.

Anyway, we'll hopefully have an appointment early in the week, at which point I'll update you with his breathing, feeding, and sleeping diagnoses.

Onward to the pictures from the past week...

From last Saturday, you can see that while he can't stand by himself just yet (or crawl, for that matter), he sure doesn't mind the position.


You can never have too much of the bear outfit.


Last Sunday, we had a combined birthday party (for me) and Super Bowl party. Sure, things didn't turn out the way we would have liked (the Patriots lost, for those of you who don't follow football), but it was still a fun time with lots of friends and great eats.


Lucas even had the perfect bib for the occasion.


This next one isn't the most creative photo, but I wanted to take a shot from my typical perspective of the little man.


I had to include this next shot since it's one of those very rare times where the picture is of multiple babies and they are--gasp--cooperating with the photographer by actually looking at the camera. Here, Lucas poses with his friend Thierry.


Unbelievably, he repeated the action next day with neighbor Tyler.


Later on that day, Marilu got a picture of me holding him right after dinner. He was in a good mood, and as per usual, his bib was a mess.


Friday night, Lucas and I practiced some more standing with one of his vehicles that transforms into a walker of sorts. Kids' toys are so cool nowadays.


As you've seen in the past, Lucas loves it when Marilu lifts him up in a sitting position. Here's another example of his delight from earlier today.


The next one is from the same series. I'll admit it's a really crappy shot from a technical standpoint since I haven't centered the subjects well at all. That's because I was snapping my fingers at the time, trying to get Lucas to look at me. Oh well. Anyway, I included the shot because he looks so damn happy here. It was too good to pass up.


Just as Lucas discovered with his food below, that's it for the pictures! See you in a couple of days!