Archive through August 06, 2003
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Archive through August 06, 2003
Enbwife | Wednesday, July 09, 2003 - 05:27 pm     That's great! Book must have had the baby by now. I'm sure she'll post here soon. Nate is 11 months old on Sunday and is now standing unassisted. It's so fun to watch him let go because he's sooooo proud of himself. He's such a sweety! I found daycare for him near my house - a private Nanny shared with another family, so I'm really happy about that. 7 weeks to go and I return to work on Sept. 2. I don't know how you guys do it having to go back so soon after having your little ones!! I've been so lucky to have this year off with Nate in Canada! Started the weaning process yesterday and it's going well. I nurse Nate in the a.m. and p.m. and now give him milk for the 2pm feed. He doesn't much like it but it's been okay. In 2 more weeks I'll cut out the p.m. feed, then the a.m. feed and it will be done... kind of sad but it's time. Neil's heading off to the US for a car show tomorrow until Sunday night so I'll be a single mom for 4 days. Got lots of plans for me and the little guy so will stay busy. Hope everyone's doing well out there. |
Draheid | Wednesday, July 09, 2003 - 08:03 pm     Enbwife: Check out Nightcrawler's post in Bookworm's Folder for details. |
Enbwife | Sunday, July 13, 2003 - 08:39 am     Thanks Draheid - I did and left her a message. Nate is 11 months old today and is definitely teething again - poor little guy. Here's a pic of my 2 men on Canada Day (July 1).
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Enbwife | Sunday, July 13, 2003 - 08:42 am     Here's another one of Nate and his little cousin Ava at their friend's first birthday party.
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Bookworm | Sunday, July 13, 2003 - 09:41 am     Thanks Lisa. I posted details of labor in my folder this morning. I will try to post more about Colby's first days soon. I love the pictures. The colors are so bright! |
Kimmo | Monday, July 14, 2003 - 01:12 pm     Nate: What a cutie! Ava doesn't look so small in this picture.... |
Bananaclip | Tuesday, July 15, 2003 - 09:35 am     Today Caden turns ONE! This year went by so fast! We are having his party on the 26th and I'll post some pictures afterwards. His theme is Elmo. |
Wargod | Tuesday, July 15, 2003 - 09:48 am     Happy Birthday Caden!!!!!! Wow, I can't believe it's been a year already! |
Danzdol | Wednesday, July 16, 2003 - 03:52 pm     That is a great picture, magazine worthy and everything! HE is adorable!!!!!!!!!!!!Aren't they the best? |
Danzdol | Wednesday, July 16, 2003 - 03:52 pm     Here is one of DYlan's 13 month photo shoot at Babie's rus....
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Danzdol | Wednesday, July 16, 2003 - 03:54 pm     sorry so big..........I don't know what is wrong with my scanne when I try to make the file smaller so that I can post it does not adjust the size accordingly.............. |
Kimmo | Wednesday, July 16, 2003 - 04:37 pm     So cute! It doesn't matter that the picture's big. Does Dylan like having his picture taken? Rowan does not like getting studio pictures taken-- Or, at least that was before he could have a chance of escape by walking and standing! I think that idea comforts him now. I need to get new portraits, it's been almost 4 months now. |
Danzdol | Friday, July 18, 2003 - 08:40 am     Yes if Dylan sees me grab the camera he immediately freezes what he is doing until he hears ClICK and he has a huge smile on his face. It's hard to get him not looking in pictures because he does this all the time. I finally updated his website. Here is the link! http://www.babiesonline.com/babies/d/dylankai |
Enbwife | Friday, July 18, 2003 - 09:48 am     Great website Danz! He is absolutely adorable. Happy B-day Caden!!! Banana - we too are in the process of planning Nate's 1 year b-day party with his little cousin. We're having a pool party / BBQ at Neil's dad's place. Should be a blast! |
Enbwife | Thursday, July 31, 2003 - 06:04 pm     How's everyone? Haven't been here for a while. Nate had step throat last week! Who would have known? I thought he was teething - he had a fever and diarrhea, etc. Took him to the Dr. and was put on antibiotics for 5 days. He's all better now thank God! I go back to work in 4 1/2 weeks and am starting to feel anxious and quite sad! I'll probably cry the first week!! If only I could win the lottery and stay home with the little man... Guess I can keep dreaming. |
Kimmo | Friday, August 01, 2003 - 01:53 am     I cried for every day for the first two weeks that I was back to work...Then every Monday after that for a month! But then, that was a lot of guilt over, "He's only 3 months old!" Still, it will probably be really hard with Nate, when he is so attached and aware of Mommy now (not "out of sight, out of mind" like a 3-month old). Did Nate go to the allergist? Here's a picture of my guy, playing around his new teepee with Daddy....
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Kimmo | Friday, August 01, 2003 - 01:59 am     Oh, shrinking the picture made it all pixellated....Here is another from a June beach trip:
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Enbwife | Monday, August 04, 2003 - 10:42 am     Ahhh, so sweet! I love the pics of them playing with a parent and having such fun! Nate did go to the allergist and turns out he has no allergies (thank God!) They tested for everything under the sun, including all the obvious stuff, plus lots of other stuff, foods, environment etc. and nothing!! So the hives are a mystery although they are pretty much cleared up now... weird! Could have been the laundry detergent and sensitive skin, I'm just happy that I can feed him whatever now and not worry. Today we are trying the 1 nap approach. He's been trying to give up the a.m. nap for some time, but sleeps 20-30 min. around 11 and 4. Today I kept him up and active until 1:15 then put him down. I'm hoping he'll sleep a good hour or longer and that will be it for the day. I also have to wean him from the a.m. feed in the next week, then the p.m. feed after that since I go back to work in 4 weeks and want to have by breasts back. |
Danzdol | Tuesday, August 05, 2003 - 01:57 pm     Wow ENB just take a deep breath and do what you gotta do. You are so lucky that you had so much time off. It will be tough but it will pass. I can't believe how horrible it is here to have to give it all up so soon at 3 months. I truly Thank God that I got to stay home but that of course is because I work from home so it's easier. Questions to all the moms: Can you give me tips on getting Dylan interested in solids more? HE is 14 months old and on Gerber stage 3 which is chunkier. He will not take the Gradutae ones,he gags. He will have the little Goldfish cheddar snacks. crackers, bread and loves cheese slices but will not swallow any chicken or meat. He chews it for what seems to be an eternity (about 20 minutes-seriously) and will not swallow. He has mastered the art of eating something softer from a spoon and retaining what he does not like in his mouth. Last but not least, he does not hold his own bottle of milk. He prefers mommy to hold it for him despite my attempts to have him hold it on his own. |
Kimmo | Tuesday, August 05, 2003 - 02:23 pm     ENBwife, the naps sound okay. Rowan gets a 12:30 to 2:30 p.m. nap at daycare now, but before that (at daycare) they would put him down from 10:30 to 1:30, etc....Whatever his schedule was! I'm still breastfeeding first thing in the morning and before going to sleep, but I can tell this is going to be history pretty soon! How weird it will be to have my "own" breasts! I did start wearing real bras last month. What a change. |
Kimmo | Tuesday, August 05, 2003 - 02:39 pm     Danz, maybe Dylan would like little sandwiches with the meat hidden in the cheese and bread. Or "roll-ups" with meat rolled in a slice of cheese?'' I made Rowan's baby food, so I'm not sure how chunky the stage 3 is. Is it chunky or just thick? Maybe he would like meat that is easy to chew, like a nice flaky whitefish, or chicken that has been chopped in a food processor. These were good when I was paranoid that Rowan wasn't going to eat "real" food. The flaked/ finely processed meat could be mixed with existing puree' or a nice sauce. I wouldn't feed red meat or ground beef unless it was food-processed. It can be very tough (even if cooked to what we think of as "tender"), just because it is so muscular. Liver is good since it's soft and easy to chew. And it's good! I know my husband is completely revolted by it, as maybe many other people are....But I love chicken liver, and beef liver is okay, too. Rowan likes both. Will Dylan drink from a cup? Maybe to drink by himself, he just needs to go straight to the cup. If he doesn't like the cup, you could give Dylan a very tiny cup. At one point, although Rowan had been drinking fine by himself, he refused to pick up the cup. Jim had bought Rowan a tiny novelty A&W mug (shotglass size), so I took that out. He loved it! I only had to use it a couple of times. |
Bananaclip | Tuesday, August 05, 2003 - 03:30 pm     Danz, in an attempt to get Caden off the bottle I bought him some straw cups. He loves them. Caden just started holding his own bottle right before I planned to take him off of them! Right now we do sippy cups, 1-2 bottles, and the straw cups. I got the straw cups at Wal-Mart, they are Parent's Choice brand, they are right next to the sippy cups. The good thing about them is that the babies don't have to hold them up at all. |
Bananaclip | Tuesday, August 05, 2003 - 03:37 pm     Caden's party was a lot of work, glad it's over. We had it in our apartment. Here are a few pics from Caden's party.
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Kimmo | Wednesday, August 06, 2003 - 12:15 am     All the Elmos are so cute! I love the round Elmo face balloon. Was Caden saying "Elmo!" all day? Caden is so cute...What a nice round head! I love the shape of a baby's head from the side/three-quarters away. Looks like a good birthday! |
Enbwife | Wednesday, August 06, 2003 - 10:28 am     Great b-day party! Looks like lots of fun! Danz - I too would suggest the sippy cup. Nate never took a bottle (ever), but drinks very well from his sippy cup with handles. Buy a few different kinds and see which one he likes. Also, Nate doesn't like meat either so I hide it in his favourite vegetables, or give him pizza - he loves that - just little bite-size pieces. I also cook tortellini or ravioli with meat inside and mix it with a tomatos sauce, cut it up and he eats that himself. Also most babies love eating bite-size pieces of banana and grapes, and the baby cookies. I've tried all kinds of different food and try to offer a variety of foods Nate can eat himself. I still spoon feed him veggies and sometimes cereal but most of the stuff he eats is on his own now. |
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