Friday, September 27, 2013
Wednesday, September 25, 2013
Seven Months
Seven Months
This month has been a big one for Carter. He got his first tooth on September 15th - the bottom right one. I think the bottom left will come through any day. He has been a terrific teether so far, aside from lots of drool and sleep, he still seems happy as a clam. He also was diagnosed with a boatload of allergies this month: peanuts and eggs, (like Lily) as well as dairy, wheat, and dogs. At his allergy appointment they added dust mites to the list but opted to wait on skin testing him since it wouldn't affect his treatment at this point. He has atopic dermatitis, which is like severe eczema and often a precursor to asthma. We are treating his symptoms right now, but until he is older we can't really do much about his allergies other than avoid the problems. The weirdest part about this whole thing is how it is almost identical to his cousin Will. The allergies themselves, when they became apparent, the symptoms, everything. Odd...apparently Erin and I are to blame. On a positive note, Carter seems completely oblivious to any skin problems/allergies and is still the smiliest baby ever.
After some crying spells that just about killed me, Carter is now sleeping through the night. He takes two naps a day, and does very well going down by himself. He has started to like his binky and loves Raf, his giraffe lovie like Lily's Zeke. We are continuing with fruits and veggies at meals along with nursing or soy formula bottles (he now loves bottles since they aren't dairy - no wonder he fought them so much before). But we haven't really started other foods yet since we have been figuring out what he can and cannot eat.
Also this month, Carter has mastered crawling. He had a modified push-up and flop version before, but now he is really moving. It is so fun to see and Lily is thrilled that Carter can finally come when she calls...
Carter loves drooling, things with tags to chew on, Lily, being outside, nursing, fruit, crawling
Carter does not love being put in his carseat, peas, waiting for food, long photo shoots (again see photo below - now he can escape them, too!)
This month has been a big one for Carter. He got his first tooth on September 15th - the bottom right one. I think the bottom left will come through any day. He has been a terrific teether so far, aside from lots of drool and sleep, he still seems happy as a clam. He also was diagnosed with a boatload of allergies this month: peanuts and eggs, (like Lily) as well as dairy, wheat, and dogs. At his allergy appointment they added dust mites to the list but opted to wait on skin testing him since it wouldn't affect his treatment at this point. He has atopic dermatitis, which is like severe eczema and often a precursor to asthma. We are treating his symptoms right now, but until he is older we can't really do much about his allergies other than avoid the problems. The weirdest part about this whole thing is how it is almost identical to his cousin Will. The allergies themselves, when they became apparent, the symptoms, everything. Odd...apparently Erin and I are to blame. On a positive note, Carter seems completely oblivious to any skin problems/allergies and is still the smiliest baby ever.
After some crying spells that just about killed me, Carter is now sleeping through the night. He takes two naps a day, and does very well going down by himself. He has started to like his binky and loves Raf, his giraffe lovie like Lily's Zeke. We are continuing with fruits and veggies at meals along with nursing or soy formula bottles (he now loves bottles since they aren't dairy - no wonder he fought them so much before). But we haven't really started other foods yet since we have been figuring out what he can and cannot eat.
Also this month, Carter has mastered crawling. He had a modified push-up and flop version before, but now he is really moving. It is so fun to see and Lily is thrilled that Carter can finally come when she calls...
Carter loves drooling, things with tags to chew on, Lily, being outside, nursing, fruit, crawling
Carter does not love being put in his carseat, peas, waiting for food, long photo shoots (again see photo below - now he can escape them, too!)
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| poor arm... |
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| Which will it be? |
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| green wins |
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| Bye! |
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| No more pictures, Mom! |
Sunday, September 22, 2013
Monday, September 16, 2013
are you kidding me?
In case you need a laugh this morning, here is the post for you...
As you know, Jeff and I recently bought a new home, and while the house doesn't need "work" by any means, we are changing a few things to make it our own. One of those is the master bath vanity - we need two sinks. As a result, we went to an appointment at the bathroom store this weekend to make choices about vanities, lights, etc. The visit was going well, or as well as to be expected with both Lily and Carter helping make bathroom choices. Lily was exploring, but not hurting anything or making too much noise, and Carter was happily chewing on Sophie the giraffe. As we went back and forth between the counter where we were writing down our choices and the multitude of showroom bathrooms, we were pleasantly surprised with how things were going. Until...(keep in mind this is Saturday, so this place is filled with other customers and employees) we hear "Mom, Dad, you guys! Someone come wipe my butt!" Um...excuse me? Jeff and I basically dropped everything and ran to the little showroom bathroom where the voice was coming from only to find Lily, sitting on the potty, happy as a clam. Yep. You got it. She pooped in the middle of the showroom in a non-functioning potty. I mean, we lost it. We stepped out of the little bathroom and laughed until I started to cry. We told Lily that she should not go potty in these toilets, but really how could we be mad? She didn't go in her pants and she took the initiative to go before she had an accident. The man helping us thought it was hilarious (luckily) and said that in all his years they always talked about this happening but Lily was the first. Good work, Lily. Anyway, Jeff carried her to the real potty to finish and I then had to clean up the poopy potty. Good thing I have such a well stocked diaper bag. I am not sure how I will show my face there when we go back next time...
As you know, Jeff and I recently bought a new home, and while the house doesn't need "work" by any means, we are changing a few things to make it our own. One of those is the master bath vanity - we need two sinks. As a result, we went to an appointment at the bathroom store this weekend to make choices about vanities, lights, etc. The visit was going well, or as well as to be expected with both Lily and Carter helping make bathroom choices. Lily was exploring, but not hurting anything or making too much noise, and Carter was happily chewing on Sophie the giraffe. As we went back and forth between the counter where we were writing down our choices and the multitude of showroom bathrooms, we were pleasantly surprised with how things were going. Until...(keep in mind this is Saturday, so this place is filled with other customers and employees) we hear "Mom, Dad, you guys! Someone come wipe my butt!" Um...excuse me? Jeff and I basically dropped everything and ran to the little showroom bathroom where the voice was coming from only to find Lily, sitting on the potty, happy as a clam. Yep. You got it. She pooped in the middle of the showroom in a non-functioning potty. I mean, we lost it. We stepped out of the little bathroom and laughed until I started to cry. We told Lily that she should not go potty in these toilets, but really how could we be mad? She didn't go in her pants and she took the initiative to go before she had an accident. The man helping us thought it was hilarious (luckily) and said that in all his years they always talked about this happening but Lily was the first. Good work, Lily. Anyway, Jeff carried her to the real potty to finish and I then had to clean up the poopy potty. Good thing I have such a well stocked diaper bag. I am not sure how I will show my face there when we go back next time...
Tuesday, September 10, 2013
Sunday, September 8, 2013
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