Noah Turns One!

One year ago, Noah Adam Leptuch joined our family. He is such an amazing little boy and watching him grow up over the last year has had it's ups and downs, but has been over all amazing.

Noah was born on a Sunday morning at 5:44am. He weighed 9 lbs, 2 oz and was 22" long. I still remember the LDR nurse telling me that we are going to prep me for my c-section. I had just gone in thinking they were going to send me home that morning, but nope, Noah was ready to come!

Let's enjoy a journey of the last year...

At one month old, Noah weighed 11 lbs and was 23" long. He was having a hard time sleeping on his own. (We later found out that it was because he had silent reflux and a sensitive stomach). He was breastfeeding about every 2-3 hours. We had lots of help this month. Nana came for 3 weeks, along with Grandma Nini and Grammy. He pretty much slept all day long and loved sleeping in his bouncy.

One Month Old

At two months old, his sleeping didn't get any better. He was waking up every 20-30 minutes during naps and for the most of the second half of the night. This is when we decided to take him to Dr. Kolpuru, a pediatric GI Doctor, and he was diagnosed with silent reflux and she suspected a milk protein allergy.

Noah found his hands and smiled for the first time this month. He started cooing, just like Ava did. He was already growing out of size 3 month clothing and getting ready to move to size 2 diapers already. 

Two Months Old

At three months old, Noah weighed 14 lbs, 9.2 oz and was 25" long. He was in 6 month clothes and size 2 diapers. This month, his Auntie Jackie and Uncle Nick got married and he met a lot of family. He started on Elecare to see if that would help with his tummy. He was still waking up about about 6 times a night and only sleeping in 30 minute spurts throughout the day. We bought a swing to see if that would help with his sleep and boy was that the answer. He would sleep forever in it and slept through the night for the first time when we put him in it.

Three Months Old

At four months old, Noah weighed 16 lbs 10 oz and was 26 3/4" long. He was in 6-9 month clothes and size 2 diapers, but ready for 3's.  He was doing better with his new formula. We added some rice cereal to help with the reflux. He started batting at his toys last month, but was really grabbing for them now. He could roll to his side and that is the way he preferred to sleep. He went to the zoo for the first time this month. He also moved out of our bedroom into his crib and I think he liked that a lot!

Four Months Old

At five months old, he weighed 18 lbs 2.5 oz. He started sleeping better at night. He dropped a night bottle. Naps are inconsistent, but he still took 3 naps. He tried some solid foods this month, but only for a short while because his tummy was upset from it. He found his toes and started putting everything in his mouth.  He started to sit up unassisted for short periods of time. He was in size 9 month clothes by the end of this month and size 3 diaper.

Five Months Old

At six months old, he weighed 19 lbs 4 oz and was 29" long. He was in size 9-12 month clothes and size 3 diapers.  He started sleeping through the night more nights that not. He was taking 2 good naps and a catnap. He was off all solids this month and was much happier.  He would wake up early and talk to himself. He was sitting up by himself now.

Six Months Old

At seven months old, Noah weighed 20 lbs, 10 oz. He was wearing 9-12 month clothes and size 4 diapers. He got his first teeth and it was his bottom 2 teeth at the same time. (7/30/11). He started back on solids and did much better. He started rolling to his tummy in his crib. He started cooing and babbling a lot more now. He also learned how to drink water from a sippy cup and loved it.

Seven Months Old

At eight months old, Noah weighed 21 lbs, 5 oz and was wearing 12 month clothes and size 5 diapers. He was still taking 3 naps a day and sleeping through the night about 75% of the time.  He loved to mimic things that I would do, like shaking his head "no". He started sleeping on his tummy and rolling from front to back more.  He took his first plane ride to LA and saw the ocean for the first time. He got 5 teeth this month, making it a total of 7 teeth.

Eight Months Old

At nine months old, he weighed 21 lbs 10 oz. He dropped his third nap this month and was sleeping through the night, finally! He started eating 3 meals a day along with his 4 bottles.  He got his 8th tooth this month and was much happier to be done with that for a while. He started "singing" and dancing to music. He loved to turn the wheels on trucks/cars.  He started on his first real food, puffs.  He could now roll both ways, but wasn't something he did often.

Nine months old

At ten months old, he was down to 2 naps a day and sleeping through the night. He was wearing 12-18 month clothes. His big accomplishment this month was learning to crawl. He didn't crawl the normal way, he did a one legged scoot. He starting clapping his hands and sitting up from laying down. He loved to put things in boxes and take them out. He started eating more people food and was starting to refuse baby food.

Ten Months Old

At eleven month old, he really came into his own.He weighed 23 lbs 10 oz and was 31" long. He became VERY vocal about how he was feeling. He liked to copy mommy. If I would take a car and roll it on me, he would do the same.  He started cruising along the furniture and pulling himself up on the couch.  He loves animals. He started saying "mama", "dada" and "night-night". He was in 18 month clothes. He started walking with the help of his shopping cart and took his first steps on Dec 24th. He started by standing on his own.

Eleven Months Old

Now here he is at ONE!

 He is his first official picture of him walking.

 Here he is loving his sister.

 walking some more...

 He put this hat on this morning and was so proud of himself.

 What a ham. He loves to smile when I ask him to. He does the same thing that Ava did and he squeezes his eyes with a big cheesy grin. He had a rough month last month with his night sleeping. He woke up once a night for a majority of the nights. I think he is working on those one year molars. He still takes 2 naps a day. One at 9 am and one at 2 pm.

He learned to cry when he didn't get his way. 

We have started weaning him off of his prevacid and will hopefully be off of it in a week or so. 

He is down to 2 bottles a day and eating tons of people food. He loves Venezia's pizza, broccoli, any chocolate (especially Fiber One brownies and my fudge). He likes yogurt, turkey, cheese, most fruits, waffles and pasta. He is a bit pickier than Ava was. I found that if he isn't full from his bottles, he will eat more, which is why we dropped a bottle. 

He learned to walk recently. He is just starting to do it on his own, but usually someone has to be there for him to walk too, except Ava. He won't walk to her. 

Overall he is pretty happy except when he wants something. He always wakes up happy in the morning and talks to himself. Lately, he has been waking up crying from his naps. I am hoping that will change back to waking up happy.

He loves to dance and sing.

He now says "what's that". It is so cute.
He is becoming a daddy's boy. He only wants daddy to HOLD him when he is home. If he doesn't, Noah will cry and not just whine, he cries the "I am hurt" cry.

So how did we choose to spend the day. First, we had to try out our new FORWARD facing carseat. I am not sure what he thinks about it, but here he is...

 My new view..

 Then we went to Barnes and Noble for a free cupcake. (We just joined the kids club and that is one of the perks)

 Neither Ava or Noah really got into it. A couple of bites each and they were done. They wanted to play instead

 Later that evening, it was cake time. Happy Birthday to you!

 Let's eat some yummy cake.

It took him a minute to dig in. At first he touched it and played with it, but once he got a taste of it, he dug in.

Happy First Birthday Noah. We love you so much and are looking forward to this next year ahead of us.