Man, I am tired. Tom was out tonight so I had to do everything and I just ran out of steam after the first round of dishes. I swept the floor three times today! I had no idea having kids would make everything so much dirtier. Somehow in between the rain we managed to make it to the playground, although Jimmy was quite cranky once we got there ( Read more... )

I caught my first vole today! I only felt sorry for it for a second - I'm glad it's dead! We have over 100 holes in our yard due to these rotten monsters. They ate all the roots under one of the established shrubs and it came up when I just pulled on it. And two of the plants I planted recently just VANISHED - to be replaced by stupid vole ( Read more... )

Jimmy seems to have recovered from the trip - he is immensely less clingy and his usual happy self again. Still waking a million times a night, though. Ugh. I got The Baby Sleep Book by Sears so I can study up. Already it looks like he recommends night weaning before moving to a separate bed. I'm still going to have Tom move the crib into the ( Read more... )

Well, dinner at least was good today. Alessandra served fish, up here they have something called "scrod", I have no idea what that is, but it was a tasty white fish. Even Jimmy tried some. Apparently, Jimmy really digs asparagus. This is the second time I've served it to him and he really went to town on it. He also enjoyed the risotto, ( Read more... )

Today was quite a busy day! I got the car fixed this morning, to the tune of $400. No savings this month, but I do have a car that won't bust a drive belt in the near future! The guy showed me the belt - the rubber crumbled when I touched it. Glad it got changed ( Read more... )

Jimmy is not feeling well today... he had a fever, and he threw up his dinner. The doctor said hold off on solids, give him tylenol and breastmilk, and call to check in tomorrow morning, or if the fever doesn't go away. This would be why the doctor costs so much - free 24 hour phone support. Poor little fellow was so scared when he barfed - didn ( Read more... )

Jimmy did something new yesterday - he reached for me to pick him up! Multiple times - daddy too. It feels so sweet, like he can finally show me he loves me.

Unfortunately, it also seems like the beginning of separation anxiety, because he now reaches for me when others are holding him, and cries when I leave the room. Which I've been doing a lot ( Read more... )

This week was much better. Jimmy finally seems to be falling into a regular two-nap pattern, I just have to make sure he's really, really asleep before I leave to get stuff done. He's so cute, anyways!

Daddy being silly with Jimmy

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Well, the wool soakers experiment was a bust. Jimmy is just two heavy a wetter for cloth overnight. We tried bamboo fitted diapers with hemp boosters, and then the wool soakers, and both times Jimmy woke up because he was wet, and one night he soaked through the wool to the bed. The second night I just went ahead and put the disposable on him. ( Read more... )

Jimmy went to the doctor's yesterday for his 6 month checkup! He weighed a whopping 20 lbs 12 oz, and was 28 inches long! He is now only 93rd percentile for height and weight. Some of that slowdown could be due to his increased movement over the past month - he is now a pro at sitting up and turning in circles on his tummy. Some of it was due ( Read more... )