Shaun is such a fabulous baby! I took him to Miltons this morning for breakfast with Lisa and even though it was his nap time he didn't make a peep! He was happy and well bahaved the whole time. By the time he actually got to bed it was 11:10 and even then he sang for 5 minutes before settling into nap-land. We truly are so lucky.
Joseph Tyler Higginson, 7 lbs. 3 oz, born Monday, January 16 @ 8:28PM. I got to be at Lisa's bedside for some of her labor too! That was exciting.
And Andre Adams, 7 lbs. 15 oz, born Wednesday, January 18 @ 4:04PM. So much for Esther having a small baby... maybe since she's so tall the baby had more up and down space than most so got to grow normal size after all.
Shaun got a yeast infection last weekend. While changing his diaper Craig noticed a small rash around his penis. It was 4 or 5 small and red, raised bumps. And even after using Zincofax for 4 days it wasn't getting better. So on Wednesday I finally called the doctor and he suggested just using Canesten cream on it (that's what women usually use for yeast infections). It was much better by the next diaper change and completely gone by yesterday. Phew!
Saturday, January 28, 2006
Thursday, January 12, 2006
A Moment of Reflection
You know? Sometimes I'm amazed that it's been a whole year since we first found out we were pregnant with Shaun... a year is such a long time but it feels like so much less. And then I remember back to how I was feeling a year ago: thinking about where I'd be now and it felt like "a whole year, that's so far away".
I get really sad thinking about it. In a year Shaun's going to be walking and his own little independent self and I'll probably be pregnant again; moving on from this point in my life. I'm so happy with where we are right now, I just want to stay right here. I don't want Shaun to grow up, I don't want us to grow old, I don't want to have to flip over another page on the calendar, I don't want to stop nursing Shaun... so much is perfect now and the future is so unpredictable.
I think I just need a really good cry. I haven't had one of those since Shaun was just a few weeks old. I need to accept that things are going to change, grieve it and let it go.
Melissa from across the hall has been listening to Shaun on the monitor the last couple of nights while I've been leaving to pick up Craig. She says that she'll be needing me a lot this month too so she's glad to help me out. It's just so handy. And she's great. We get along very well.
Tomorrow is Shaun's first swimming lesson. Me and him will be going every Friday evening for 9 weeks to Waterloo Rec Centre for an 'introduction to water' or sorts. But Craig has the day off tomorrow (a lieu day) and is coming with Shaun and I. His first time in the pool, I hope he enjoys it! We'll see.
Craig and I finally decided what to do for our anniversary celebration. At the Talbot Theatre in London a comedy/opera called Ruddigore is playing. We're going next Saturday night. Our plan (it's still just a plan because we haven't confirmed with my parents yet) is to go to my parents' Saturday afternoon and have dinner with them and leave Shaun with them for the night. They can take him to the meeting on Sunday and then come here for dinner Sunday night. If they're here for Shaun's 3PM feeding then he'll only miss 3 feedings. That should be okay... I should be able to pump for those. I'm going to call them in the morning and see.
I get really sad thinking about it. In a year Shaun's going to be walking and his own little independent self and I'll probably be pregnant again; moving on from this point in my life. I'm so happy with where we are right now, I just want to stay right here. I don't want Shaun to grow up, I don't want us to grow old, I don't want to have to flip over another page on the calendar, I don't want to stop nursing Shaun... so much is perfect now and the future is so unpredictable.
I think I just need a really good cry. I haven't had one of those since Shaun was just a few weeks old. I need to accept that things are going to change, grieve it and let it go.
Melissa from across the hall has been listening to Shaun on the monitor the last couple of nights while I've been leaving to pick up Craig. She says that she'll be needing me a lot this month too so she's glad to help me out. It's just so handy. And she's great. We get along very well.
Tomorrow is Shaun's first swimming lesson. Me and him will be going every Friday evening for 9 weeks to Waterloo Rec Centre for an 'introduction to water' or sorts. But Craig has the day off tomorrow (a lieu day) and is coming with Shaun and I. His first time in the pool, I hope he enjoys it! We'll see.
Craig and I finally decided what to do for our anniversary celebration. At the Talbot Theatre in London a comedy/opera called Ruddigore is playing. We're going next Saturday night. Our plan (it's still just a plan because we haven't confirmed with my parents yet) is to go to my parents' Saturday afternoon and have dinner with them and leave Shaun with them for the night. They can take him to the meeting on Sunday and then come here for dinner Sunday night. If they're here for Shaun's 3PM feeding then he'll only miss 3 feedings. That should be okay... I should be able to pump for those. I'm going to call them in the morning and see.
Saturday, January 7, 2006
A Van
Shaun moved to his big boy carseat today. We installed it this morning. It was harder than we thought...
Shaun's started some really sute things recently. When he's nursing he doesn't like to wait for the let-down (it takes too long) so he'll suck for 10 or 15 seconds and then pull off and take a break and suck his thumb. He'll do it sometimes for 5 minutes until the let-down comes. It's so cute. My mum thinks it's completely hilarious.
Something else he has learned is how to pucker. Friday last week (Dec. 30) Craig was puckering at Shaun and blowing (like a mini raspberry) and Shaun was watching him so carefully. Sure enough, the next day Shaun was puckering his lips. He'll suck on them too, one corner at a time and it's just adorable.
Another thing is the real raspberry. While he was puckering a few days ago, I did the same as him but relaxed my lips and, as expected, he was doing it the next day. But when Shaun does it he can't control his spit and it ends up all over the place. But it's amazing that he can copy what we do. How does he know that his mouth is there and is the same as the mouth we have? It's simply amazing!
So... I think I have Craig convinced that we need a minivan. Just putting the carseat in helped him realize we have to get one. The car seat fits so tight in the car it isn't even as reclined as it should be but there's simply no more room. Craig's been on the internet for about an hour looking at Pontiac Montanas. To sell the car would get us from $9000 to $11000 and a Montana (2003 and less than 75000 km) goes for around $15000. Not bad. It's just an idea at this point but if we're going to trade in the car we have to do it soon before it has too many kms. Now it's 119000. And then we have to decide how to pay for it: have a car payment or use the equity in the house. I think we should put it on the house. It will only add a year or so to the whole mortgage. Is it worth it thought? If we wait too long will we be able to afford it? Sheesh!
Shaun's started some really sute things recently. When he's nursing he doesn't like to wait for the let-down (it takes too long) so he'll suck for 10 or 15 seconds and then pull off and take a break and suck his thumb. He'll do it sometimes for 5 minutes until the let-down comes. It's so cute. My mum thinks it's completely hilarious.
Something else he has learned is how to pucker. Friday last week (Dec. 30) Craig was puckering at Shaun and blowing (like a mini raspberry) and Shaun was watching him so carefully. Sure enough, the next day Shaun was puckering his lips. He'll suck on them too, one corner at a time and it's just adorable.
Another thing is the real raspberry. While he was puckering a few days ago, I did the same as him but relaxed my lips and, as expected, he was doing it the next day. But when Shaun does it he can't control his spit and it ends up all over the place. But it's amazing that he can copy what we do. How does he know that his mouth is there and is the same as the mouth we have? It's simply amazing!
So... I think I have Craig convinced that we need a minivan. Just putting the carseat in helped him realize we have to get one. The car seat fits so tight in the car it isn't even as reclined as it should be but there's simply no more room. Craig's been on the internet for about an hour looking at Pontiac Montanas. To sell the car would get us from $9000 to $11000 and a Montana (2003 and less than 75000 km) goes for around $15000. Not bad. It's just an idea at this point but if we're going to trade in the car we have to do it soon before it has too many kms. Now it's 119000. And then we have to decide how to pay for it: have a car payment or use the equity in the house. I think we should put it on the house. It will only add a year or so to the whole mortgage. Is it worth it thought? If we wait too long will we be able to afford it? Sheesh!
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