Elizabeth, Scott and Scotty Wilder

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. 

Behind Bars

Sometimes they make me stay behind bars...

Headphones

While standing in Scotty's room, burping him, I looked out the window (something he does a lot) and noticed a woman across the way in the next building washing the dishes while wearing big bulky headphones. It seemed as if she was trying to keep out the loud noises from our apartment.

Do you think Scotty is too loud ?? 

Today's major milestones

Big day here.

S. S. Wilder sailed quietly into the night and slept over 5 hours last night. According to the Baby Experts, he has officially slept through his first night. Nice, eh? Time to celebrate (except he is crying as I write this and it is 10 pm PST : )

S. S. Wilder is beginning to speak. Only one problem. We still can't understand what he is saying. We have been searching the web for a baby talk translator.  

Can't wait for it to be midnight -- so we can start the next day and see what happens.

Time to break out of jail (the Wilder home)

Window gazing

Scotty likes to look out the window a lot. In fact, he seems to be always focusing intently on something outside. So, we now have given him his own indoor lawn chair so he can sit down and look out our windows whenever he wants.

And today, we also treated him to something special. We took him to St. Dominic's Church, where he will be baptized later this month so he could look at some very special stain glass windows. Needless to say, he was very impressed.

We also took him to St. D's for his final prep session before the big baptism. He seems ready to go. During the planning session he listened to the sound of rain drops (I have all different sounds on my iPhone for him to listen to when he is restless) and dozed in and out of the conversation. Hopefully, the water during the baptism will not out him to sleep.

New Vocabulary

Scotty's night nanny recently taught me some new words:

• Dream Feeding: This is when a baby drinks milk while he is sleeping... and the advice is that you don't wake him, don't change his diaper (unless it is really soggy), and to just let him drink and sleep.

• Cluster Feeding: This is what it sounds like: A group of breast or bottle feedings closely spaced together, usually baby-initiated.

Stay tuned for more terms...

I am having fun....

"Things are coming into focus"

Yesterday, I saw Scotty's pupils for the first time -- and he is also beginning to react to our facial expressions. With smiles, of course.

Like Michael Jordan

Here are pictures of MJ:

And here are pictures of S. S. Wilder:

They both have 'the flapping tongue' -- which leads me to be that Scotty will be able to dunk a basketball soon.

Video Conferencing

Another 'first' today.

Scotty had his first video conference call with Elliot Ng. They discussed web 3.0 technologies.

I didn't know Fish could fly

Growth Spurts

The S. S. Wilder is consuming a lot of fuel. He eats almost every 1.5 hours.

They say the reason he eats so much these days is that he is experiencing a growth spurt. But these spurts are only supposed to last a day or two. He hasn't seemed to slow down.

Below is what our doctors told us about this growth period.

Wow, it's a big world out there....

Man's first words

Scotty just spoke. He said 'Goo. Goo!'

They tell me this is a big step in his development.

He also waves back now.

As Neil Armstrong said

""That's one small step for [a] man, one giant leap for mankind"

Now we are waiting for those little crawls and big steps!

Afternoon work out

After an evening shower