The Clarksons: 12 weeks!

Saturday, November 17, 2007

12 weeks!

12 weeks and officially 3 months on 11/25/07! What a big boy! This week was overall a good one and we are looking forward to next week for yummy Thanksgiving. Hopefully it will be yummy as we are hosting for the first time....first time cooking a turkey-YIKES!! I'm sure it will be fun and we look forward to having over family and friends to share food and to be together.

Eli visited the chiropractor 3 times this week and he is making great improvements with his neck. Next week we go 2 times and probably just a few more times after that. We then only have to return during his developmental milestones such as crawling, walking, etc. to make sure all is still going well. I'm SO glad we are doing this as the chiropractor said this will help him to not have scoliosis in the future. She didn't even know that I have scoliosis and when I told her she stated that it is so wonderful that we are doing this so early as it will help in preventing a genetic disorder-phew!! Eli enjoys going (except the car ride-75% of the time he hates being in the car due to being strapped in his car seat) and just seems so much more content and he eats and sleeps better. Amazing and I would recommend for all infants!!

Eli continues to pack on the pounds and now weighs a whopping 15 lbs. 11 ounces. As daddy says mommy must have magic milk!! Eli is still picky about the bottle and will only take in sometimes. Eric gives it to him about 2 times a week and so far I don't fully trust that he can take a bottle if I am gone. We'll have to try it out sometime soon but if he doesn't take the bottle, we'll have to see if he'll take the cup. Since I'm not returning to the workforce until he is 6 months, he can start other foods and should be fine taking the cup for breast milk while I am at work. But, I still hope he can adjust to the bottle.

Eli is so into his hands and is constantly stuffing them in his mouth and looking at them. He also rolled on his side 2 times for us while on his blanket, so that was neat to see. He continues to chat up a storm, too, and makes so many noises that people are always commenting about it. He also loves to kick and wave his arms. I think we're going to be in trouble with a jabber box and a really active toddler. I'm sure Eli and daddy will keep each other busy with their hyper activity!!

Enjoy pics and videos from the week!!