Andy's 1st tooth!

We now know why Andy has been so miserable the last week or so - he has his first tooth! Yay!

6 months and the bear

Playing in the snow!

Andy had his first play in the snow day today. He wore the blue and yellow winter coat that Owen had given to him as a baby but never wore, and it fit perfectly! And I bundled him up, and put him in the black carrier under my coat and off we went for a walk down the street with Papa and Owen.

Merry Christmas!

5 month photos with the bear

Car seat carrier

I had this car seat carrier given to me (thanks Heather) as a gift, and I LOVE IT!

I was afraid that it wouldn't really work for me as I am so tall, but I have to admit that I really do love it - it works great! 

The point of this carrier is not to have to carry the car seat in your hand, or on your arm, which can really hurt!

You can get yours at Lellow on Mill St. in Chilliwack.

And here is the story behind my picture... below is a picture that is on the packaging for this carrier (called the Flying Falcon for some reason). There were a few different funny pics, but we decided to recreate this one. Although this carrier is good, I'd still only use it for short periods of time, like from the car to the mall, or from the car to the grocery store. I would never do my full shopping with this 

carrier - it is just way too heavy. I mean, my kid is 17lbs, and my car seat is like 20 lbs, so why would I carry around 40lbs when I can put the baby and car seat in a stroller or buggy. 

But I thought this picture was just too funny not to recreate. Here you go Heather - this is for you! And thanks again for the gift!

Rice Cereal!

Yesterday Andy had his first taste of rice cereal! I think it was more fun for me, but Andy seemed to like it too! :)

I bought the Heinz Organic kind because it doesn't have any skim milk powder in it, as Andy is allergic to milk. 

Andy is over 5 months, and will be 6 months old the day after Christmas, so even though we are a little early in introducing food to him, Andy is close enough in age that we thought it was OK. I did check with Andy's pediatrician too, and he said it was OK. 

I was surprised how much of the cereal Andy actually ate - not just put in his mouth and spit right back out. He probably consumed more than a teaspoon, but less than a tablespoon. I know it isn't much, but think of how small his tummy is!

We're back to trying tricks

Andy prefers to sleep with his head elevated, like in the swing or cuddle seat. And we are tired of waking up 4+ times a night just to put his soother back in because he is uncomfortable sleeping (mind you, this happens in the swing and cuddle seat too). So we are trying a new trick. Today I put a very thin pillow under his sheet, and then put 3 rolled up blankets on top. The will (hopefully) keep Andy from rolling. These blankets are positioned to his sides and above where his head will go. Hopefully they will keep him in the middle. I am hoping that the pillow, although very thin, will elevate Andy's head enough so he is more comfy. And I also put the bumper pads on his crib today too. 

My little poser!

Here we go again...

Andy has another ear infection. We think he is teething. It figures. Just as soon as his colic is over, and he finally gets over his cold, we have teething. Lovely. 

4 months old

New and improved Andy!

Hmmm... it won't let me copy and paste my journal entry here. I wonder why - see the comment to see my posting.

We switched again...

Andy is now on soy milk - Similac Isomil to be exact. Since then he has stopped screaming like someone is stabbing him all the time. He now whines and fusses and cries like a regular baby. You have to understand that Andy is now 103 days old and he has never (NEVER) done that. He is either sleeping, happy (babbling, laughing, talking cooing, etc.), awake and quiet (very rarely!), or screaming like someone is stabbing him. 

Since we switched him to soy he seems to be doing much better. That was about a week ago. 

Andy's 3 month bear photo!

what do we do now?

Last night was awful. Andy was up just about every hour – all night long. He went to bed last night at 10, got up to eat at midnight, needed the sucker at 1 and 1:10, so I brought him into bed with us at 1:10. He needed the sucker all night and wanted to eat again at 3. Gabe fed him and gave him amoxicilin and Andy wanted to be awake. Gabe put him in the swing and slept on the couch. And then Andy was up again wanting his sucker all night until we brought him back into bed with us at 7, and then he slept good until 8. It was a really rough night!


3 times today Andy has had major, tummy-emptying pukes. All over him and whatever he is laying on (including our bedding). So not fun. We are going to try giving him soy based formula to see if that is better for his little tummy. We can't think of what else to do.

Rough night!

Last night was pretty good for the first half and pretty bad for the second. Elia watched the boys so Gabe and I could go out and celebrate our 8th wedding anniversary. We got home at 10:30, and Andy had had his last bottle at 9:30 and fallen asleep at 9:45pm. So he was down for the night. And he slept until 2:30, had a nice big 5.5oz bottle, took his medicine, got a clean diaper on, and was the happiest baby in the world. But he wanted to be awake and playing. I let him for 20 minutes, and then I put Andy in his crib as I was tired and wanted to go back to bed. But I got up at least 6 times in the next half an hour to put his soother back in. Finally I just stayed in this room (in the rocking chair) and kept putting the soother back in his mouth. Then I swaddled him (around 3:30) and he nodded off just before 4am. But at 6am he was awake again, so Gabe brought him into our bed and he slept well until the alarm went off at 8am.

I'm a zombie this morning

I had to put the soother back in at 1:30am, 3am, 3:45, 4:45, and 5:10. Then I finally got up and fed him at 5:15. He was happy and fell asleep around 6am. These night time feeds are getting longer and longer. I don't like that.

Andy's baptism...

Last night Andy was up a lot. Gabe slept on the couch with Andy in the swing a he put the soother back in a bunch of times. Andy fed at 2:10 (6oz) and 6:50am (3oz).

Andy has such fantastic happy mornings now that he is feeling better!

Andy was baptized today! He slept in Krista's arms until we undressed him. He cried when he was baptized, but calmed down afterwards, and actually didn't fuss nearly as much as we excepted. He even did better than Owen had when he was baptized! We took lots of pictures, and kept some of his hair from the tonturing for his baby book. Lots of people came to watch the baptism: all 4 of the Moore's, the Bhulers, the Harmes's, the Martel's, Ted and Helen Francis, Grandma and Grandma, Elia, and Leila.

And then we had a BBQ at our house afterwards to celebrate and a lot of people came to that too: Sean and Cari, the Harmes's, the Martel's, all of the Francis's and Kim's boyfriend Jason, Grandma and Grandma, the Jordan's, Lindsay Friesen and her husband, Gabe Friesen, the Farley's, Rhiannon and Theo, Christie Gilbank, Eddie Bhuler, and Sid and Melissa Ketel.

In this last picture you can see us and Andy's godparents - Matthew and Krista Francis (they are Owen's godparents too).

Andy's 1st ear infection

Andy screamed all night. I am so glad we had our Doctors appointment today. He has a raging ear infection in his right ear. My poor little baby!

Guess who loves his Mommy?!?

Andy does!

Owen is a Papa's boy (always has been), and it looks like Andy will favor his Mama! Yay for me!

Andy is 10 weeks old today and going threough a growth spurt! He is now wearing size 3month (or 0-3 months, depending on the brand) clothes and size 2 diapers! He is still in a size 1 shoe (but that may be becasue his size 1 shoes are so cute I'll cram his foot in there for as long as I can!).