Some New Tricks

The long weekend was brutal! Shaun had a fever on Saturday and I think he still wasn't feeling well on Sunday, Monday and most of Tuesday. He was cranky and miserable and wouldn't eat!

So I called Telehealth on Monday and asked about Shaun not eating, sleeping more than normal, and also mentioned that he fell off the bed at Grandma's house (!!!). The nurse said since he was still having wey diapers he was probably fine but to see a doctor in the next 2-3 days. Tuesday afternoon I called Dr. McKinnon who couldn't see Shaun that day but suggested I take him to Emergency instead. Now I was concerned that Shaun wasn't eating and not really drinking either but not enough that it required a visit to Emergency. Besides, we'd be last on their priority list and would probably sit in there for 10 hours!

So I waited it out instead. By Wednesday morning Shaun was eating and breastfeeding normally again. Thank goodness because I sure didn't want to put him on formula! And I moved his schedule around a bit too. It seems to be working okay so far but I think I'll have to doctor it a bit. It's hard for him to be up for an hour from 3-4PM waiting to eat. What I may do is offer him a snack at 3, like cheese chunks or something, and then actually feed him at 4 or 4:30. I think it'll take some experimenting.

On a different note: Shaun's learned some new tricks! He blows raspberries still but before it was just his lips. Now he actually sticks his tongue out to make them! And spit goes absolutely everywhere; it'll dribble down his chin and he'll just laugh. It's so adorable.

And when I was out doing groceries on Tuesday morning Shaun was playing with Craig on his tummy. Rather than just stay on his hands and knees Shaun was going up on his toes and sticking his bum way up in the air. Now whenever we place him on his tummy he spends half his time on all fours and the other half on hands and knees. He gets closer to craling every day.

Oh, something else too, Shaun can spin on his bum like a pro these days. I'm starting to think that maybe Shaun will scoot on his bum rather than crawl. He gets around pretty good that way, forwards and backwards. We'll see.

To change the subject, there are soon to be 3 new babies in our life. Helen was due on Monday and has an induction scheduled for Sunday I think. Danny and her are having a girl but I don't know what they decided to name her. Mary from Weight Watchers and her husband Greg were due on Monday too. But Mary doesn't know if it's a boy or a girl. That's nice. I kind of want it that way for the next baby too. And Moe called last night around 12:30. They were at the hospital and Erika was between 3 and 4 centimetres dilated. Hopefully we'll get the call that she's had the baby before Craig leaves for work so I can go see her in the hospital! Oh, how exciting!

Anyway, lots going on lately. I'm babysitting today too. That's going okay. It's busy but easy. And the hallways are being painted. They look really good. Shaun will be getting up very soon. Duty calls.

Sow Weight Gain

Shaun's not crawling yet. I suppose I'm okay with that but I'd like to see him crawl soon; just so I know he's developing normally.

I've been concerned about his slow weight gain lately too. I finally called Lisa on Wednesday and asked her when she started Matthew on meats. After some conversation I realized Shaun should have started eating meat more than 2 months ago!! So right away I gave him an egg yolk (hard boiled of course). He ate it but I think he had issues with the texture; which is understandable. And I cooked some chicked breasts in chicken broth and blended those up. Craig also gave Shaun some cheese yesterday. We're just going to start giving him more food. I took a look through the Teddy Bear's Picnic booklet and got some meal plan outlines. I'll keep Shaun on 5 feedings, the first 3 with solids.

This is what his schedule looks like:

• 8:00AM breastmilk, 6T cereal with formula, 4T fruit (2 ice cubes), 1/4 toast (whole wheat bread)
• 9:45 - 11:30AM naptime
• 11:30AM 2Tmeat (1 ice cube), 2-3T veg, 2T fruit, breastmilk (after solids)
• 1:15 - 3:00PM naptime
• 3:00PM 2T meat, 2-3T vegetables, 2T fruit, 1/2 slice toast, breastmilk (after solids)
• 5:15 - 6:00PM naptime
• 6:00PM breastmilk
• 8:00PM bath then breastmilk

Hopefully this new schedule will help him gain a little bit of weight. I'll switch back to breastmilk before mealtime once he gains a bit. For now I think he just needs more calories.

Mazda MPV

Okay, so day 47 of my cycle rolled around and my period finally decided to show up, so obviously I'm not pregnant. Oh well, we'll be trying in June or July anyway. Only a couple more periods until 15 months without them again. Yay!

Here's the scoop on the car information: after a LOT of research we have decided on the Mazda MPV. Internet reviews aside, we've heard only good things about them. And the Foells at the daycare have one and love it. We saw one at Wright's Automotive (David Elliott's neighbour) that had 72000 km, was a 2001 and listed at $11477. I couldn't believe it!

So Craig's been working really hard getting the car ready for sale and we just got it certified this morning. Now we're going to put it in the Auto Trader and hope it sells! It's listed for $7400 but we'll take the first offer for $6500 or better.

Shaun has 4 teeth now. The fourth one poked through last week. And he's weeks from crawling too. He and I have been doing some gardening outside lately and he's been eating the grass! Silly monster! I can't believe he's almost a year already!

Oh, and Erika's having her baby in 11 days or less! Wow, that's hard to believe; Erika's going to be a Mum!