Poopy Poop

So, Chris takes Caleb to our local grocery store here (Tamura’s) by himself.  He wants to give me some time to rest since I haven’t been feeling well since yesterday.  All we really need is some water, and maybe a little bit of something for lunch. 

I wake up from a nap wondering where my hubby and baby are.  I call them.  Chris starts laughing on the phone and tells me that Caleb had a poop explosion… a diarrhea one. Caleb has been having diarrhea since starting antibiotics last week (he had been sick for over 3 weeks).

Chris comes home carrying baby Caleb in only a diaper.  His purchases = diapers + baby food (peas and prunes).  Chris’ white Bucks t-shirt is spotted with brown liquid poop.  I couldn’t stop laughing.  Chris forgot to take the diaper bag with him, so he had to buy diapers there.  He carried dripping poopy Caleb thru the supermarket to buy diapers.  He didn’t have the hands to carry a big jug of water, but he could hold peas and prunes baby food jars.  Hahaaa.  So, are we really going to be feeding prunes to Caleb after he’s just had a diarrhea explosion?  Hahaha.

Caleb came home with a big smile on his face.  He had fun with his daddy.

Awh, too bad I didn’t take any pictures of Caleb’s poopy clothes or Chris in his poopy shirt.  You’d be laughing too.  Here’s a cute pic of Caleb in his sunnies, hat, & New Zealand swimwear.

IMG_0564

My, How I’ve Grown

[Caleb just celebrated his 8 month birthday on Wednesday, 3/27.  Happy birthday, baby boy!]

 

I’ve got 8 teeth now.  Can you see them when I smile big?

IMG_0395

 

I can brush my own teeth now… kind of.

IMG_0345

 

I’ve really excelled in my music class.  This is how we play those jingle bell things.

IMG_0350

 

I’m getting faster, but I still crawl like I’m a soldier.

IMG_0401

 

I like to pull myself up on anything I can. 

IMG_0358

 

I’m fine tuning my pincer grasp.  I’ve gotten much better at eating cheerios, except for those few slippery ones that just don’t want to stay in my mouth.

IMG_0380

 

I’ve learned some new tricks along the way.

IMG_0371

 

I’ve even learned how to shake my head no. 

 

[We love you so much, baby Caleb!  It’s so fun watching you learn new things.]

Gonna get you, kitty

So, Caleb is learning to crawl.  Here’s some running commentary on one of his attempts.

I’m tired of playing with my ball. I see you, kitty.

IMG_0305

I’m gonna get you, kitty.

IMG_0306

Here I come.

IMG_0307

Wait for me, kitty!!!

IMG_0308

OK, so Caleb isn’t that fast yet.

Family Devotions

We’re trying to start the discipline of setting time aside for family devotions. 

Devotions

It’s been quite interesting for all of us.  Either Chris or me reads and the other tries to stop Caleb from eating the Bible.

I got all my incisors, better to eat my food with

Caleb officially has 8 teeth now. His bottom side incisors came in next. His top central incisor truly came in dead last out of all 8, but it’s here now.

It’s been a rough, fussy week for Caleb. He’s had it tough with these 6 teeth coming in… and having a cold/flu, constipation, etc… Please pray he starts sleeping well again. This mommy wants to enjoy sleep again.

Here’s a picture of my not-so-happy Caleb. Unfortunately, this has been his face of the week.
IMG_0285

Caleb’s first carousel ride.
IMG_0163

Caleb’s already pulling up. He started doing that before he was even crawling. Here’s a pic of him standing.

IMG_0282

More pics to come.

The Race

So, in 2nd place is… the left incisor just adjacent to center one that showed its tip 2-3 days ago. In a close 3rd place is… nope, not the other center incisor… but the tooth to the right of it. That right central incisor is coming in dead last, but not by much.

Our baby has 5 teeth already with the 6th almost here. only 14 more baby teeth to go, Caleb!

I tried to get a picture of his mouth, but was unsuccessful. His upper gum is sooo swollen. Looks pretty painful to me.

You’re finally here after waiting 3 months

So Caleb recently turned 7 months. Right before 4 months, he got his first 2 teeth. We’ve seen no teeth activity since then until this past week or 2.

Tooth #3 has finally arrived… top left central incisor. It actually reared its pointy edge 2 nights ago, but poor Caleb’s gums have been so inflamed & swollen that I couldn’t feel the edge anymore for the last 2 days. Today, it’s made its obvious appearance. But wait! It’s not alone. Teeth #4, 5, and 6 are right there waiting for their turn. Caleb is getting his top 4 teeth all at once!!! Some infants get 1 tooth at time; some get 2 at a time. Our baby, though, has decided that cutting 2 teeth at a time is for wimps. He’s going to do 4 at a time. Way to go, Caleb. That’s how to take this whole teething business head on. 🙂

eating.JPG

Olive Oil

Not just for cooking… or the name of Popeye’s girl (“Oyl”).

So, we’ve been making homemade baby food. It’s pretty easy, and it’s so much cheaper than buying baby food jars. Caleb gets to try a larger variety of food, like avocado, asparagus, white sweet potato, turnips, rutabaga, spaghetti squash, etc. When’s the last time you saw rutabaga in a Gerber baby food jar? Exactly.

We made carrot puree for Caleb 2 days ago. It stained our food processor bowl bright orange. I read on a friend’s RSS feed that vinegar can clean toilets, hardwater stains, garage oil stains, etc. So, our food processor bowl has been sitting in vinegar for 2 days. It helped, but there was still obvious orange-staining on it. Let me tell you olive oil works wonders on carrot stains on plastic. My goodness. Simple wipe and voila… beautiful food processor bowl again. Who would have guessed?

Wail, wail

As I sit here writing this post, our munchkin is wailing his little heart out in Chris’ arms. Caleb decided about 2 weeks ago that he would not tolerate being put down for naps or bed by anybody but me. In the middle of the night, Chris has tried to get him back to sleep, but stubborn Caleb would wail an hour+ and then continue to wail in my arms until the only thing that we could find to soothe him would be to nurse him. Oh my. Now, Chris is trying to get him down for his second nap of the day (with his first nap ending in 25 minutes). In order to avoid listening to the persistent wailing, I went to take a shower… a really long one where I tried to clean all the soap scum off the tile and glass doors. After 40 minutes, he continues to wail in Chris’ arms with only nano-moments of gasping quietness. Why does this child not like to sleep at all?