Elizabeth, Scott and Scotty Wilder

Goo Goo Googled

 

Another person who keeps an eye on Scotty

Here's Scotty with Julie Ann, another important person in his life. She keeps an eye on him at night when Elizabeth and I need to catch up sleep. She is a top ranked Night Doula! 

See Scotty asleep in her arms below..

 

Our little piano man

In good hands........

Scotty is in good hands... with Brenda, who keeps an eye on him when Mommy and Daddy are taking a break.

 
 

Which weighs more??

Both Scotty and our Thanksgiving turkey weigh about the same?

 

First spanish word spoken

Turn the sound up -- and listen to him say 'hola'

Spending Thanksgiving day in front of the TV

Like all men, Scotty spent Thanksgiving day eating and watching the football games on TV.

 

See his empty plate on the table in the lower right hand corner of photo.

"We got some sleep" Yea....

We discovered how to get some sleep. The problem has been that when Scotty sleeps near Mommy, he can't sleep because he smells her maternal fragrance (leche!)

8:00 pm: Big Scott goes to sleep listening to NPR while little Scott gets fed

9:00 pm: Little Scott joins Big Scott in the master bed room (separate cribs)

3:30 am: Little Scott wakes big Scott up and cries for milk. Mommy feeds little Scott

4:30 am: Little Scott goes back to sleep and sleeps until 7:30 am. 

5:00 am: Mommy goes back to sleep

7:30 am: Little Scott wakes Daddy up again yelling for milk. Little Scott gets drop off with Mom so Big Scott can sleep some more.. and more.

9:00 am: Big Scott finally wakes up

So, our new schedule might be working. The new schedule enables Mommy to get a lot of sleep (and of course me too) -- Mommy gets to get some solid hours of sleep before the early am feeding.

 

The other big news -- We adjust Scotty's carriage so he can sit up while being escorted town.

Finally, we are interviewing Nannies today to help out with Scotty starting in January 2010.

Captain S. S. Wilder

Playball !!!!

Hey, I thought he was a New York Yankee fan??

Naming a baby...

This is similar to what we went through when naming Scotty (a name Lucy and Ricky also considered)

FYI. The video is a bit long  (1.5 minutes), but it does have a little latin flavor and of course, they ended up naming their son after dad.

Getting Schooled

News flash: 

Scotty is going to school (The J.C.H.S.) today for the first time. He will be attending Spanish 1 and maybe stopping by the Admissions office to get make sure he gets a spot for the class of 2027. 

Forget Joe the plumber

I always considered my wife like McGyver, a TV character in the 1980s who employs his resourcefulness and his knowledge of chemistry, physics,^[2] technology, and outdoorsmanship to resolve what are often life-or-death crises. He creates inventions from simple items to solve these problems. 

And today, she did it again -- fixing our toilets and sinks. And rumor has it, she is going to scale the walls soon and focus on fixing the light bulbs.

Who needs Joe the plumber when they have a 'McGyver' for a wife.

Is Scotty reading to mommy?

 

After tonight's melt down, Elizabeth calmed Scotty by reading him

Goodnight Moon. Needless to say, he followed along and read every word

and looked at every picture. You can see him in the picture above

asking Mommy a difficult question about the two cats.

We are hoping Scotty sleeps well because he want to the beach today

for the first time and also played a little baseball. 

Cruising after graduation

Tonight was girls night, so the Scotties were left alone. We had a male bonding of a time. Talked a little about Christmas vacation, talked a little bit about the neighbors, changed some diapers and drank some milk. And tonight I realized that it is graduation time -- Scotty not only hit 12 weeks today but he is also moving up in his diaper size. 

I had to go online and buy him size 3. Unfortunately, he also graduated from the Pamper Swaddlers because they only come in sizes 0-1 months, 1-2 months and 2-3 months. So now, we are moving on the Pamper Cruisers. .. so he can wear them while Cruis'n around the house

"Hold down the fort"

Dear Scotty:

I need to be out of town tonight, so I am hoping that you keep an eye on your mommy for me. 

I need you to hold down the fort!

Make sure she doesn't stay up late (which means, you need to be in bed and sleeping by 8 pm), and that she remembers to brush her teeth (some day you will know what it feels like to have teeth -- which is slightly different from the teething related pains you feel now), and that you read read her a bed time story. You have lots of new books, such as Curious George's Stories, Blue Moon, etc.

In fact, you might also want to spend some quality time with her and invite her to your private playground (see below)

 

Soooo, take care of her while I am gone... and maybe I will bring you back a little surprise from my trip.

Babes and Moms

 

Long day at the office

Nothing like snooz'n with your son

Lets go 'Italian'

My sister (another Elizabeth) and my niece, Hilary, are in town to visit Scotty for the first time. He is really happy they flew all this way to see him and is fascinated with Hilary, who is 8 years old. In fact, he has never seen anyone with that kind of energy. And humor. When Hilary met her new cousin, she said, 'hey, this isn't fair -- there are two Scotts, two Elizabeths and only one Hilary.'

We all took Scotty to his first indoor dining experience. We went to Pizza Del Fina, which had loud rock n roll music playing in the background. I still am not sure how Scotty slept through it, but he did, only waking up for an occasional sip of bottled milk. (He didn't want any pizza)

Notice that they have named an item on the menu after my son: Biscotti

Tonight he is going out for Chinese Food.

Staying healthy in the playground

Daddy took me to my first playground today. But he wouldn't let me run around and tumble with the kids. Instead, I watched them for a distance -- those crazy boys and girls, running around in circles. Several times I raised my hand and said 'wait for me!' But they kept running. 

Daddy said it was a bit too cold outside for me let me loose and run around the park. He also said I just don't have the legs yet for it. That I don't have good balance. Hopefully I will show them soon who is the fastest in the playground. In the meantime, I have asked my cousin, Hilary, to fly out to California, and join me this Saturday in the Presidio, so she can do my running (and some of my screaming) for me.

I just hope we don't catch any diseases (or the flu) in the park.  My Aunt Virginia might be sick so now she has to walk around with a mask. Check out the photo below with 'Abuela'

Like mother like daughter?

The Sisters.....

Great way to start the month

Big news.

Scotty has started to teeth, we think. 

Starting this month, he now screams out in pain throughout the day and chews on his hands for comfort. (He basically sticks his whole little fist in his mouth). 

He has a few gadgets to help him with the discomfort—Sophie the giraffe, an organic teething cloth (which Aunt Virginia purchased for him), and a gentle Finger brush (see below). 

So far…  Nothing seems to work. But we will keep trying. After all, that's what parent do... I have quickly learned that parents sometimes have to try one thing after another until they can find the magic solution that keeps their Scotty quiet. So far, we have had not figured out a good solution to his teething...

So,.. in the meantime, we know more screaming is on the way...

10/31

Yesterday was a big day for Scotty (aka S. S. Wilder). 

He turned 10 weeks and to celebrate we did a little trick a treating and also participated in his Baptism. The morning started with a dress rehersal in his 'Got Milk?' uniform:

 I think some family members were concerned I would bring him to the church in that outfit. But the baptism went well. It was a nice ceremony recognizing all religions and thus making all the grandparents happy. 

Mother Nature loved meeting her new grandson for the first time:

And Abuela and Abuelo (who also is known as 'the chauffeur' cause he shows Scotty the neighborhood while speaking Russian) enjoyed Scotty too:

It was a special day for everyone......(I need to add a picture of all Scotty's great aunts who came here from Puerto Rico for the big day)

Oh yea -- the little guy is beginning to talk. In fact, he and I engaged in our first real discussion where I would say one word and then he would respond. The only problem was I could not decipher is goos and his gaas. 

Anyway, at the end of the day..... Scotty was exhausted.... (so was big Scotty)

One of the longest days...

We left Tahoe at 1 pm and what should have been a 3 hour drive ended up being a 6.5 hour drive back to San Francisco. 

There are many reasons it took a long time, such as 

• Scotty had a bit of cold/stuffy nose so we had to make sure he was breathing properly
• Scotty had a bit of a problem with the altitude and was dehydrated so we had to stop to feed him
• And with every stop, he had to be burped
• And with every stop, he went to the bathroom -- a lot
• And with every stop, we had to change his clothes because of his spitting up milk and his ... shall we say his problems with not wearing absorbent enough diaper.

And we also ran into traffic coming back to the city because the Bay Bridge was closed. (Can you imagine a bridge being closed because strong winds popped loose some screws and caused some debris to fly around).

We finally got back to the city at 7:00, just in time for Scotty to meet his Grandmother for the first time. The minute he saw her, he smiled.

After dinner (and after Scotty watched the Yankees win the second game of the World Series), we went to sleep. BUT... we had to rush to the hospital at 3 am in the morning because Scotty wasn't breathing properly. Turns out the cold he caught in Tahoe stuffed him up so much no air was getting through his nose.

But, the minute we put him on the scale in the hospital he blew out a big 'bugger' from his nose. (Bugger is the medical term the nurse used several times during our visit). And once the bugger fell out of his nose he was breathing again.

Next time, we will be prepared. We bought some special nose suction devices ...

A stroll around the house

Due to the high altitude, Scotty had a hard time sleeping, but we found a nice way to calm him down. Since it was cold outside, Mommy put him in the stroller and strolled around the living room.

Climbing Mt. Elizabeth in Tahoe

Tahoe

Acting like a true Wilder, Scotty drove to Tahoe in a van with 5 lovely ladies. They took good care of them, feeding him, burping him and talking to him.

(photo above was taken outside the In and Out Burger)

I followed in a separate car --- with all of Scotty's recreational equipment: crib, bouncing chair, play mat, etc.

So this is Scotty's first big trip away from home. He likes the pine trees and watches them through the big big windows. The high altitude doesn't seem to bother him. Nor his Mom, who made an incredible backhand shot --- throwing a dirty diaper in the dark across the room right in the trash can. (This took place at 4 am!)

Dimensions

Update from the doctor.

The S. S. Wilder's dimensions are below:

• Weight: 13 lbs, 2 oz (75th percentile)
• Length: 23.5 inches (90th percentile)
• Head: 40.2 cm

A wild(er) 12 hours

6 pm: Mom and Dad go to Sausalito for dinner and a night away, leaving Scotty with Abuela and several sitters

7 pm: All is quiet on Washington Street

 

7:19 pm: "Not so fast...he woke up"

7:44 pm: Melt down starts, but the magic chair calms him down

7:55 pm: Special Pediatric Nurse Katie arrives

10:00 pm: Relief pitcher, Night Nannie Julie-Ann relieves Katie

Next day

4:55 am: Feeding

7:22 am: Things are quiet and peaceful and fun with Abuela

8:24 am:

 

10:05 am: Mom and Dad show up....

2:05 pm: Scotty goes to the doc's office -- see last smile before he received two shots

 

2:15 pm: Scotty sees the needle.

4:00 pm and the rest of the day and night.... Lets just say there's some crying going on....: (

First sleep over

Scotty has packed his bag and is off to spend his first night out without Mom and Dad.