Uh-oh! It sounds like the first signs of an infant cold!
My mind is frantic, my heart is racing and my Monster is sputtering! He woke up two hours after falling asleep for the night doing his little "fake" cough. The cough he does, staring straight at you trying to get your attention. I heard it over the baby monitor and rolled my eyes.
My first thoughts were funny until he coughed a few more times in a continuous stream, and then started crying. When I went into his room and picked him up his breathing was congested and I was instantly sad, crazy and disappointed all at once.
I take pride in having a "Healthy as an ox!" baby. Monster has yet to be attacked by the dreadful infant cold. Perhaps he's fine and I'm overreacting but it's what I do, I'm dramatic.
Only time will tell and in the mean time I will just replay everyone he came into close contact with in the last week so that I can send bad karma vibes their way!!
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Thursday, September 30, 2010
Thinking Thanksgiving
Our second fall family tradition is just a round the corner, Thanksgiving!
A typical Thanksgiving is usually a Sunday Turkey meal at my in laws. It's crammed full of food, people and love. With a family of 15 there is rarely enough stuffing to go around, but no one notices because were usually too busy joking and laughing.
Hubbs and I usually get two Thanksgivings though! A tradition that will continue for our family of 3 until we move into our much larger forever-dream-home. When that happens I plan to be hosting every single holiday meal, and just handing out open invites to each family member.
My mom does Thanksgiving Supper around everyones work schedule because our family is much smaller (a mere 7, 2 of those are new this year!). It's usually the Saturday or Monday.
I guess you can call this Thanksgiving tradition a temp-tradition for Monster. Especially because we're not even sure if Hubbs will be participating due to his crappy work schedule this month!
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A typical Thanksgiving is usually a Sunday Turkey meal at my in laws. It's crammed full of food, people and love. With a family of 15 there is rarely enough stuffing to go around, but no one notices because were usually too busy joking and laughing.
Hubbs and I usually get two Thanksgivings though! A tradition that will continue for our family of 3 until we move into our much larger forever-dream-home. When that happens I plan to be hosting every single holiday meal, and just handing out open invites to each family member.
My mom does Thanksgiving Supper around everyones work schedule because our family is much smaller (a mere 7, 2 of those are new this year!). It's usually the Saturday or Monday.
I guess you can call this Thanksgiving tradition a temp-tradition for Monster. Especially because we're not even sure if Hubbs will be participating due to his crappy work schedule this month!
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Warning: Complaint Enclosed!
I am so grateful that Hubbs has a secure job that provides our family with a home and food in our bellies...
Having said that, I am displeased with the various scheduling issues we've faced in the last year. Since Hubbs is a responsible, loyal employee the company paid for him to receive his Level 3 First Aid certification, and paid for his two weeks off to receive the education. It's great! I love that he has the ability to respond in an emergency at home or on the job, and the pay increase when he is the lead attendant on shift isn't terrible either.
I do not love that his schedule gets flip flopped according to when and what shift he is needed. For the next 4 weeks Hubbs will be stuck working the compressed shift. Essentially it's three 10 hour shifts in the span of 48 hours.
Not only is that difficult physically and emotionally by he'll need a couple days of recovery after it's finally finished.
It doesn't seem right to complain, because in the end Monster and I will get more time with Hubbs at home but as his wife it's my duty to complain on his behalf. Bah!
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Having said that, I am displeased with the various scheduling issues we've faced in the last year. Since Hubbs is a responsible, loyal employee the company paid for him to receive his Level 3 First Aid certification, and paid for his two weeks off to receive the education. It's great! I love that he has the ability to respond in an emergency at home or on the job, and the pay increase when he is the lead attendant on shift isn't terrible either.
I do not love that his schedule gets flip flopped according to when and what shift he is needed. For the next 4 weeks Hubbs will be stuck working the compressed shift. Essentially it's three 10 hour shifts in the span of 48 hours.
Not only is that difficult physically and emotionally by he'll need a couple days of recovery after it's finally finished.
It doesn't seem right to complain, because in the end Monster and I will get more time with Hubbs at home but as his wife it's my duty to complain on his behalf. Bah!
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Wednesday, September 29, 2010
Oh My Crawling -- Photos!
Last night I blogged about how Monster had mastered balancing in the CRAWLING position. See that post here : Oh My Crawling!
In the meantime, please enjoy some photos of the epic event!
Note: He is not wearing pants because we have laminate flooring and it's pretty slippery when you have pants'd knees.
Note: He is not wearing pants because we have laminate flooring and it's pretty slippery when you have pants'd knees.
Wish me luck! Now the fun really starts! ;)
Tuesday, September 28, 2010
How to Play with your Baby!
Finding new things to do with an almost seven month old can be tricky, which is why I'm glad I have a monthly subscription the Today's Parent magazine!
This months magazine had a great article called "How to Play with your Baby". The article finds fun in simplicity. Really, babies don't need hundreds of toys surrounding them, because a large wooden spoon from your kitchen drawer will be much more entertaining to them anyways.
A baby will learn just as much from play and parental interaction as they will from an expensive "learning" toy. A couple suggestions from the article are:
Splish Splash! Supervised messy play time with water! The article suggests spreading a plastic table cloth out on your floor and letting your baby play with various sponges, spoons, cups and water safe toys. It suggests a shallow pan that isn't easily tipped. Maybe not the best suggestion for clean freaks or the busy parent who don't have time to supervise.
Shake, Rattle and Roll! Fill empty clear plastic eater bottles with fun unusual items! Rice, buttons, jello, or soapy water! Just make sure the lids are tightly secured with packing tape to prevent crafty chewers!
Finally, the most fun especially before bath time! High (chair) Art! My suggestion would be to strip your little one down to their diap, feed them their supper and then let them play! Homemade finger paint, play dough, thick pudding or jello -- things that are safe to ingest if they put their fingers in their mouth.
Those are my favorite ideas, which Monster and I shall be trying soon! Click HERE for the whole Today's Parent article!
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This months magazine had a great article called "How to Play with your Baby". The article finds fun in simplicity. Really, babies don't need hundreds of toys surrounding them, because a large wooden spoon from your kitchen drawer will be much more entertaining to them anyways.
A baby will learn just as much from play and parental interaction as they will from an expensive "learning" toy. A couple suggestions from the article are:
Splish Splash! Supervised messy play time with water! The article suggests spreading a plastic table cloth out on your floor and letting your baby play with various sponges, spoons, cups and water safe toys. It suggests a shallow pan that isn't easily tipped. Maybe not the best suggestion for clean freaks or the busy parent who don't have time to supervise.
Shake, Rattle and Roll! Fill empty clear plastic eater bottles with fun unusual items! Rice, buttons, jello, or soapy water! Just make sure the lids are tightly secured with packing tape to prevent crafty chewers!
Finally, the most fun especially before bath time! High (chair) Art! My suggestion would be to strip your little one down to their diap, feed them their supper and then let them play! Homemade finger paint, play dough, thick pudding or jello -- things that are safe to ingest if they put their fingers in their mouth.
Those are my favorite ideas, which Monster and I shall be trying soon! Click HERE for the whole Today's Parent article!
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Oh My Crawling!
Just when I gave up on the idea of Monster starting to crawl....
Ok, I hadn't given up on it ever happening but I had given up on thinking he might hit that milestone earlier then average babies. I don't want to gloat but he's hit most of his milestones early or exactly on time... He is a genius. :)
Today Monster and I were diligently practicing his crawling by lying on the floor playing with his toys on our tummies. My evil mommy plan was to lie facing him with his toys just out of his reach. My plan failed because Monster didn't pay any attention to his toys, he was totally entranced by our pug pet LOLA.
That's when my plan changed. I decided to just put him on his hands and knees and see how'd he do. Well, all our practicing paid off because it worked!!
No, Monster didn't take his first crawling "steps" but he did balance on his hands and knees for a couple minutes! He balanced long enough for me to let go of him, run for the camera, and snap a few pictures of his glory!
Once he lost interest he pushed forward with his legs and ultimately fell onto his tummy again. It's his first step to independence, maybe crawling isn't that far off!
I better get serious about this baby proofing business!
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Ok, I hadn't given up on it ever happening but I had given up on thinking he might hit that milestone earlier then average babies. I don't want to gloat but he's hit most of his milestones early or exactly on time... He is a genius. :)
Today Monster and I were diligently practicing his crawling by lying on the floor playing with his toys on our tummies. My evil mommy plan was to lie facing him with his toys just out of his reach. My plan failed because Monster didn't pay any attention to his toys, he was totally entranced by our pug pet LOLA.
That's when my plan changed. I decided to just put him on his hands and knees and see how'd he do. Well, all our practicing paid off because it worked!!
No, Monster didn't take his first crawling "steps" but he did balance on his hands and knees for a couple minutes! He balanced long enough for me to let go of him, run for the camera, and snap a few pictures of his glory!
Once he lost interest he pushed forward with his legs and ultimately fell onto his tummy again. It's his first step to independence, maybe crawling isn't that far off!
I better get serious about this baby proofing business!
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Sunday, September 26, 2010
Halloween Fun!
I am ecstatic that Halloween, my favorite holiday, is just around the corner! Add to that the fact that it's Monsters first!
We decided a couple if months ago (yes, I plan that far in advance) that I'd be going as Cruella and Monster would be my Dalmatian but that hasn't stopped us from trying on other costumes!
That is Monster as a Polar Bear! He looks concerned because there is a scary decoration in front of him. Poor little man!
Auntie TG got Monster to model some devil horns!
Finally these are just some awesome glasses our old waitress brought for him at a restaurant.
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We decided a couple if months ago (yes, I plan that far in advance) that I'd be going as Cruella and Monster would be my Dalmatian but that hasn't stopped us from trying on other costumes!
That is Monster as a Polar Bear! He looks concerned because there is a scary decoration in front of him. Poor little man!
Auntie TG got Monster to model some devil horns!
Finally these are just some awesome glasses our old waitress brought for him at a restaurant.
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