What is it with socks and their uncanny knack to lose their match?
This seems to be particularly true when it comes to baby socks. Socks are known to get lost in the wash somehow. But with baby socks, we're managing to lose them before they even get to the dirty laundry basket! I don't get it! I'm nearly certain that DJ is wearing both socks when we get home from wherever. By the time I go to change him for bed, there's a sock missing, and I can't find it anywhere.
I have lost more of DJ's socks in the last month than in my whole life! Sheesh!
Wednesday, November 28, 2007
Rearranged the living room. Again.
When DJ was born, Steve rearranged the living room to accommodate the glider chair, the glider chair's ottoman, and the bassinet.
When DJ outgrew the bassinet and moved into his crib full time, the living room was rearranged again. The glider chair and its ottoman moved into DJ's room, the bassinet was repacked, and the pack-n-play moved into the living room in place of the bassinet.
DJ is now crawling, pulling up, and cruising and therefore very interested in being mobile. The pack-n-play is too confining for Mr. Independent who almost immediately protests being put in it during play time. This also means lots of parental supervision 100% of the time. This, as you can imagine, is very draining.
So the living room was rearranged again today to accommodate a play yard, as it were. It's basically a safe-for-him fenced in area where he can play, crawl, and pull up without us having to watch him like a hawk every waking moment. It stretches the length of the bay window in the living room. It forced us to put away the pack-in-play, and now we have to figure out what to do with the rest of the furniture that no longer fits in the area.
Oh the things we do for our child! And to think that this is one of the smallest of the sacrifices we will make for him!
When DJ outgrew the bassinet and moved into his crib full time, the living room was rearranged again. The glider chair and its ottoman moved into DJ's room, the bassinet was repacked, and the pack-n-play moved into the living room in place of the bassinet.
DJ is now crawling, pulling up, and cruising and therefore very interested in being mobile. The pack-n-play is too confining for Mr. Independent who almost immediately protests being put in it during play time. This also means lots of parental supervision 100% of the time. This, as you can imagine, is very draining.
So the living room was rearranged again today to accommodate a play yard, as it were. It's basically a safe-for-him fenced in area where he can play, crawl, and pull up without us having to watch him like a hawk every waking moment. It stretches the length of the bay window in the living room. It forced us to put away the pack-in-play, and now we have to figure out what to do with the rest of the furniture that no longer fits in the area.
Oh the things we do for our child! And to think that this is one of the smallest of the sacrifices we will make for him!
Friday, November 23, 2007
DJ's First Turkey Day
DJ celebrated his first Thanksgiving yesterday. He was awake at the crack-of-dawn (6:30am), though Mommy chose to let him play in his crib for another half an hour before she got out of bed to go get him. He's such a good boy!
The day was pretty normal until it was time to leave for the Hopkins Club.
Mommy had planned on a particular outfit, but didn't figure that the outfit would be too small. Scrap Plan A.
Time for Plan B. Tag teamed by Mommy and Daddy in an attempt to get DJ dressed quickly, a MUCH larger outfit was tested. Emphasis here is on MUCH larger.
Plan C. Put together a cute little sweater and sweatpants outfit for him and a pair of socks. By that time, The Wiggle Worm was in full wiggle mode and it was truly a WWE match on the changing table to get him dressed. Even with Daddy distracting him, dressing the equivalent of a fish is much harder than one would think!
Finally dressed, Daddy picked him up, turned him facing outwards so I could put his bibs (yes, more than one bib is necessary for The Drool Monster) and wham-o. He spit up all over Daddy's shoe. Good thing he was facing outwards else Daddy would have been putting on a whole new wardrobe, too!
DJ was a perfect angel at the Hopkins Club. He was willing to hang out in the high chair for well over an hour, chewing on his toys and promptly dropping them to the floor. Mommy and Daddy are wise to the drop-it-and-have-someone-pick-it-up-for-me game, but we indulge him in it anyway. He charmed everyone there, even perfect strangers!
I intended to give him a little piece of turkey to try but by the time I remembered, George had already inhaled his plate's worth. Oh well. He had homemade pumpkin puree (with a little cinnamon and nutmeg in it!) and finely chopped green beans instead. He wowed everyone when he would continually open up for the next spoonful and get mad when he didn't get it fast enough. Shovel faster, Mommy!!
I can say that we - Steve and I - are incredibly thankful for this beautiful boy we have. He's happy, healthy, and thriving. We love every day with him and can't imagine life without him now.
Happy Thanksgiving, everyone.
The day was pretty normal until it was time to leave for the Hopkins Club.
Mommy had planned on a particular outfit, but didn't figure that the outfit would be too small. Scrap Plan A.
Time for Plan B. Tag teamed by Mommy and Daddy in an attempt to get DJ dressed quickly, a MUCH larger outfit was tested. Emphasis here is on MUCH larger.
Plan C. Put together a cute little sweater and sweatpants outfit for him and a pair of socks. By that time, The Wiggle Worm was in full wiggle mode and it was truly a WWE match on the changing table to get him dressed. Even with Daddy distracting him, dressing the equivalent of a fish is much harder than one would think!
Finally dressed, Daddy picked him up, turned him facing outwards so I could put his bibs (yes, more than one bib is necessary for The Drool Monster) and wham-o. He spit up all over Daddy's shoe. Good thing he was facing outwards else Daddy would have been putting on a whole new wardrobe, too!
DJ was a perfect angel at the Hopkins Club. He was willing to hang out in the high chair for well over an hour, chewing on his toys and promptly dropping them to the floor. Mommy and Daddy are wise to the drop-it-and-have-someone-pick-it-up-for-me game, but we indulge him in it anyway. He charmed everyone there, even perfect strangers!
I intended to give him a little piece of turkey to try but by the time I remembered, George had already inhaled his plate's worth. Oh well. He had homemade pumpkin puree (with a little cinnamon and nutmeg in it!) and finely chopped green beans instead. He wowed everyone when he would continually open up for the next spoonful and get mad when he didn't get it fast enough. Shovel faster, Mommy!!
I can say that we - Steve and I - are incredibly thankful for this beautiful boy we have. He's happy, healthy, and thriving. We love every day with him and can't imagine life without him now.
Happy Thanksgiving, everyone.
Friday, November 16, 2007
Cruisin'!
The Little Boy is cruising!
After he pulls himself up onto something (i.e. couch, coffee table, etc), DJ will see something he wants a little out of his reach and shuffle himself on over to it. He slides a hand over, then the closest foot, then the other hand, then the other foot.
He's not doing this quickly yet as he's still teaching himself. But as has been his pattern so far with learning new tricks, he'll spend days repeating the new trick over and over again until he's quite efficient. Right now, pulling up is the trick-o-the-moment, and so that's all he wants to do over and over again.
He's going to be walking before we know it!!!
After he pulls himself up onto something (i.e. couch, coffee table, etc), DJ will see something he wants a little out of his reach and shuffle himself on over to it. He slides a hand over, then the closest foot, then the other hand, then the other foot.
He's not doing this quickly yet as he's still teaching himself. But as has been his pattern so far with learning new tricks, he'll spend days repeating the new trick over and over again until he's quite efficient. Right now, pulling up is the trick-o-the-moment, and so that's all he wants to do over and over again.
He's going to be walking before we know it!!!
Thursday, November 15, 2007
Lowered the crib
Last night, we felt that we should lower DJ's crib to the lowest setting possible. Why? Because he was literally head and shoulders over the crib rail on the second setting and could reach the mobiles with no problem. I suppose it's a small miracle that he didn't pull the mobiles down. ;-)
Now he can still reach the crib rail to the point where he can teeth (sort of) on it, but at least he can't reach the mobiles anymore. ;-)
So what happens when he gets too tall for the crib?? Or maybe he starts climbing out?
That's when he goes to a big boy bed, I suppose.
Now he can still reach the crib rail to the point where he can teeth (sort of) on it, but at least he can't reach the mobiles anymore. ;-)
So what happens when he gets too tall for the crib?? Or maybe he starts climbing out?
That's when he goes to a big boy bed, I suppose.
Wednesday, November 14, 2007
DJ's first head cold
DJ got his first head cold on Monday. Poor little guy.
At first, we wondered if maybe it was teething symptoms. But he's been sneezing a ton and there are buckets of mucus pouring out of his nose.
On Monday, I got a call from Miss Eleanor, his day care provider, asking if she could give him some Tylenol to try and get the fever to break that he'd also developed. You can tell he isn't as bright eyed as he usually is. Even though he hasn't been a huge fuss, you could tell he isn't himself. He'll play, but he also wants to be cuddled/held a lot more than usual. He *sounds* stuffed and even a little hoarse.
For being sick, he's been sleeping ok. He's been waking up about once a night and you have to calm him down again to get his sinuses to drain so that he can breathe through his nose (because of course, he wants his pacifier, too!). Last night, I actually had to rock him back to sleep, 2nd time ever having to do that. Not that I minded! :)
At first, we wondered if maybe it was teething symptoms. But he's been sneezing a ton and there are buckets of mucus pouring out of his nose.
On Monday, I got a call from Miss Eleanor, his day care provider, asking if she could give him some Tylenol to try and get the fever to break that he'd also developed. You can tell he isn't as bright eyed as he usually is. Even though he hasn't been a huge fuss, you could tell he isn't himself. He'll play, but he also wants to be cuddled/held a lot more than usual. He *sounds* stuffed and even a little hoarse.
For being sick, he's been sleeping ok. He's been waking up about once a night and you have to calm him down again to get his sinuses to drain so that he can breathe through his nose (because of course, he wants his pacifier, too!). Last night, I actually had to rock him back to sleep, 2nd time ever having to do that. Not that I minded! :)
Wednesday, November 07, 2007
DJ Milestone - a top tooth!
A top tooth arrived tonight! It looks like a right incisor, not a white cap (which is what I expected). I didn't feel the tooth when I was still at Eleanor's, but I felt it tonight after dinner.
He's been teething for weeks now as he was trying to get his mouth on absolutely anything and everything. He also has been waking up about once a night really crying hard, about 4-5 hours after he went to bed. I was starting to wonder if it was coincidence that the Tylenol we'd given him had worn off at that point and thus the pain in his teeth woke him up or what. The last two nights, he's slept through the night, so maybe that was, in fact, the case. He woke up really unhappy this morning, but he's been a happy camper since.
He also started with a new food tonight, plain yogurt. He couldn't get enough of it!!
DJ also is learning not only how to pull/stand up on things now, but he's also learning very quickly how to get back down without just falling backwards. This is good news!!!
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