My littlest boy and baby is 1! Where did the year go?! I don’t really post on Facebook because I get annoyed seeing certain people post a million times every milestone their kid does so I will gush once here for all of my kids on their birthdays.
My little Scottie, is honestly the most pleasant baby I have had. My oldest and him are very similar, they are both sweet, kind, they don’t fuss, and both independent. But little Scottie definitely has come into his own. He is my most mischievous baby and likes to figure things out himself. It is funny to think how you hear the saying all baby’s are different but they truly are even from brothers. Scott has finally started to toddle and walk around everywhere. My oldest started walking at 9 months, the middle at 10 months, and Scott at 11 months. Maybe because he is my last I think everything he does is just the cutest. My oldest spoils him with so much attention and has labelled himself his second father and while I love that I can see that hurts my middle a lot and I try talking to my oldest about it but they are like oil and water and hopefully with time will not only be brothers but best friends.
Anyways, Scott has been such a pleasure to have since the minute he was born. He has slept through the night since 6 months and even before in the first months would sleep 5-7 hours a night and it was at 5 months he started to wake up more so we decided to sleep train him and it was the best decision ever because it literally took 3 days and now he sleeps from 8pm-7am sometimes 8pm-8am. He enjoys trying all food at least once, but since we found out about his allergies we have slowly introduced new foods except peanut butter. He has his allergy test in May so I look forward to finding out what exactly he is allergic to because they said egg and banana and he has been eating both a lot with no reaction. I always have the epi pen on hand though just in case because you never know but I do let him try everything I am eating.
I sometimes panic during the days that I missed a milestone or that he did something new. I never cared for time moving fast when I was younger but now I would give anything to make it slow down. Scott has brought us so much joy and I see myself evolving into a different type of mom with him. With my oldest he just wants attention and loves our one on one brunches, my middle thrives on keeping busy with some activity and taking him to a museum and if he would have it his way I would just drop him off as he goes around asking the workers questions and me just picking him up later but he is 5 so that is not happening anytime soon, but Scottie, my little cutie. He loves being independent and he is just so chill and content in everything. At night he loves loves loves cuddling. This is new to me since both my other kids aren’t much of cuddlers except on rare days so when Scott cries for me to come down from the couch and just curls up next to me it is heaven on earth. He lets me play with his hair and as he drinks his final bottle of the night he just loves me staring at him. It has become a nice little ritual before Dan gives him a bath and does his routine with him.
I wonder what 1 will bring this year, this summer will be interesting and I am ready for it! I am so excited to have my 3 boys and I love and definitely will cherish this time.
We didn’t really get Scott a lot of gifts because he has so many hand me down toys so we bought 2 new toys and from everyone else that wanted to get him a gift we suggested a book and money to be deposited into his bank account. The 2 things we did get him are pretty neat and I can see my middle playing with them too. He likes to “test” everything for the baby. My oldest gets really annoyed with him about that because he wants Scott to try everything first then let the middle play and this always leads to fighting so it should be interesting to see how this goes tonight when we “open gifts.”
The 2 things we got him were a Foldable, Sliding, and Climbing Triangle thing and a Wooden Balance Board. Dan hasn’t finished building it yet so I hope he finishes up today or at least soon so they can play.
We don’t eat a lot of cake at home and since we aren’t having a party until the summer, we bought a small chocolate cake for tonight. Hope he loves it!
I grew up loving the Chicago Bulls, Michael Jordan and Scottie Pippen were Kings in our eyes but I also loved watching the Orlando Magic and Penny Hardaway and Shaq (my first dog’s name was Penny because I just loved him so much.) I was only too excited to have my friend make this onesie jersey for me. We have a tradition in our household that whatever age you are turning we get a matching jersey or t-shirt with a famous player and that number. Scottie turning 1 was easy, Hardaway all the way and Derrick Rose’s Chicago Bulls onesie I had to have! I love them so much! I am going to change him into his Bulls onesie later today 🙂
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