There is much to give thanks about (like Caleb sleeping 12 and a half hours last night). But here’s a picture for you all.
More C TV
You can find more videos on Yvonne’s YouTube account.
C TV
I’m in the process of uploading a bunch (perhaps all?) of videos up to YouTube. There are going to be a lot of videos. I’ll post here the one’s I/We like most. But you can view them all here.
Picture Play Time
I got a lot of complaints about posting pictures of poop. So in the future, there will be more poop. We just have to remember to take the pictures first before we clean him up. And then with the new baby coming, we’ll have more of the beginning stages of poop as well just so we got it all covered.
Here are some non-poop pictures.
Swiffer
Yum! Hash browns!
He likes buses
He likes the playground equipment (especially inside the house)
But not so much the swing
He likes V8 (not the car engine, or the JavaScript engine in Chrome)
Coming up soon!
- Videos
- What to do about those temper tantrums
All Aboard!
Yesterday afternoon, Caleb and I had a Daddy’s day. We went to Travel Town Museum over at Griffith’s Park. Now for those of you who know Caleb, there are certain things he likes. He likes trains. He likes trucks. He likes dogs. He likes ducks. Pretty much, he’s interesting in anything he can get his hands on. He’s now touched all these things now, except for ducks. And I’m sure he would if he could chase the ducks down.
So Now What?
For those of you who don’t know, we didn’t find out what the sex of the baby was last Friday. Just like Caleb, Caris/Carlos just didn’t want us to see between her/his legs. So we’ll have to wait til 30 weeks to get another ultrasound to see if we can see the sex of the baby. Yvonne was working at the hospital with Caleb so she could use her hookups to get an ultrasound every week until we found out Caleb was a boy. Those hookups now are gone. So we must wait.
So the next natural question is should we find what the sex of the baby is? We’ll have to start getting the baby’s room ready soon. So that means we’ll probably decorate it neutral colors. After that, we don’t exactly need to know what the baby is. It’s just that we hate surprises. It would be fun see once the baby pops out with a penis or not. I should record it.
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On another note, Caleb has a cold again. Third time in 6 weeks that he’s sick. Sigh. He seems to be handling this cold better this time. He still slept through the night last night. The night before wasn’t so good, but it was much better than we expected considering he’s snorting and coughing throughout the night.
We’ve been slacking on the pictures. We haven’t taken much the past month, although he’s been learning so much. I promise to put more up. It’s coming!
Caris or Carlos?
Next Friday we will be getting our high level ultrasound. That means we’ll find out the sex of the baby, unless the groin area view is blocked like Caleb liked blocking it.
So what will we have? A boy? Or a girl?
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Wish Lists
In case any of you have a sudden desire to purchase something for Caleb, we have a couple wish lists for Caleb. Toys, potty training, slide & swing set. Things like that.
You can check out the links on the right.
Snug n Dry, My Butt
In the beginning when we first changed from cloth diapers to disposable ones, we kept trying to find the right one. At first we went with Huggies Snug n Dry. At that time, Caleb was maybe 8 or 9 months. Let’s just say the Snug n Dry might have kept his booty dry. But it sure didn’t keep his clothes dry. So we finally found Huggies Supreme, and they worked great for the most part.
The problem with the Huggies Supreme wasn’t their performance, but their price. They didn’t sell them at Price Club (Costco). They only sold the Snug n Dry diapers there and they were significantly cheaper than the Supremes we were using. So after 6 months, we tried to use the Snug n Drys again. Maybe after growing so much, and losing some of his chub they would work better And they worked well for the most part.
And then comes yesterday night. We were at the mall last night to get out and eat dinner. Caleb has been a pretty regular pooper. He usually goes 2-3 times every day, which is a lot, but still normal. Yesterday he had been pooping a lot. I had changed him 3 times already before we went to the mall. Number 4 came at the mall just as we were about to leave.
Now I (we) had a decision to make. We could change him there. But he was just going to go home and take shower anyways. So why change him and put him in a new diaper only to have to take it off again when we get home 10 minutes later?
So I decided to let him be. And let him sit in his stinky diaper. Let’s just say that didn’t turn out so well.
We get home and I take him out of his car seat. I notice my arm being a little wet, and when I hand him off to Yvonne, there’s a big ol’ brown spot on his back/butt.
Snug n Dry. Dry on the butt. Not on the clothes.
And a note to you Britax Boulevard car seat owners. If you get poop or any other foul smell on the car seat, it’s a pain in the butt to get the cover off. Just FYI.
Updates! Sick Again!
It’s been a while since Yvonne or I last posted. But hopefully I can catch you all up for those who don’t see Caleb as often.
Caleb started sleeping through the night at 12 and a half months old. It was great getting a full night’s rest every night. And then after mommy’s birthday weekend, he got sick, and those sleepless nights were back again. On August 12th, Caleb started getting a fever (around 101-102). He was so hot we had to strip him. We’ve never let our son watch so much TV in his life.
And it stayed that way for the next 4 days. A few days later on Friday night, he was moaning and groaning and couldn’t settle himself to sleep. He didn’t feel hot anymore, but felt cold. Yvonne took his temperature and it was 96.5, which is much worse than having a fever if you didn’t know.
Yvonne called up the pediatrician and we were able to get his temperature up a little. A few days in, we still didn’t know what he had since he had know other symptoms other than a high fever and general grumpiness/clingyness. We went in to see the on-call pediatrician that Saturday. She checked him out very briefly and diagnosed it as an ear infection. And that was strange to us, since he had no other symptoms. No cold. No rubbing the ears. No apparent ear pain at all. But that’s what she said. So she gave us a prescription for antibiotics. We didn’t like this doctor by the way.
So that Saturday, I was in charge of taking care of him while Yvonne was off doing her servant auction team stuff. His fever broke. He no longer had a low temperature. And his mood was much better since the previous day. But we started him on antibiotics anyways. Of course with antibiotics comes lots and lots of poop.
Later that night (or maybe the next day), we noticed on his body all these bumps on his body. We thinking maybe he had an allergic reaction to something he ate or to the antibiotics. But he didn’t seem to be itchy. And he didn’t seem bother by it, which made it strange for us. He just seemed normal, but with bumps all over his body.
Here comes the internet. After a little research, we narrowed it down to roseola virus. His symptoms matched up with the symptoms of someone with roseola virus. High fever for a week, and then abrupt breaking of the fever, followed by bumps/rash. We called the pediatrician again and scheduled another appointment with our normal pediatrician that Monday. Yup. It’s definitely roseola virus.
After a few days, he got less and less clingy. And went back to sleep again! Full night’s worth! Yay!
Well… That only lasted a week, cause yesterday he got himself a cold. Last night, he was having a miserable time sleeping. Kept waking up every hour or so. And then Yvonne sucked the snot out of his with her mouth in the middle of the night to help him breathe. Yes. He’s got a cold. Second illness in 2 weeks. Sucks to be Caleb. Sucks to be us going without sleep again.
It’s my turn to watch him tonight, so I’m up writing this. He hasn’t been bad so far. Only needed us once. But it’s early. And he’s making a lot of noise tonight. Can’t be comfortable for him.
Go away sicknesses!
Pictures (Things Caleb likes):
He likes eating mommy’s birthday cake (which he’s not allowed to eat. He’s allergic!)
He likes the circus
He likes mirrors
He likes pointing (at water fountains)
He likes pointing (at leaves)
He likes pointing (at birds)
He likes playing with stuff that he probably shouldn’t be playing with
He likes playing with stuff that he probably shouldn’t be playing with (but he doesn’t like getting stuck trying to play with them)
He likes reading books (by himself too)
He likes cars and trucks
He likes Cars
He likes playing with Tommy
He likes playing with Daddy
And he likes playing with Mommy
