Sore Bum

He's got another rash on his bum.... unfortunately this seems to be the worst one yet. He's actually got an open sore =( We're putting his bum cream on & we've been letting him soak extra long in the bath but it's still really red.

Poor guy.

Weekend

I don't have the time to write a massive blurb about our entire weekend. It was busy and fun! Robbie figured out how to climb stairs, smack his lips out of joy and enjoyed some piano lessons. He tried some new fruit too: watermellon, grapes and blueberries! He's doing really well with his chewing and can eat fairly large slices right now. He looks like a little bird when you feed him slices... he tilts his head and opens his mouth up as wide as it can go and waits for you to put the food in his mouth.

His routine is changing again, he doesn't have any interest in cereal anymore (I'd take solids over cereal any day too!) We use to give him cereal as part of his bed time routine but seeing as though he's veto'd that we're giving him a 7oz bottle instead, and for all his naps we're making him a 5oz bottle. He just doesn't seem to have a good sleep & wants to wake up to eat if we don't give him something right before bed.

I go back to work on Thursday.... I have mixed feelings, to be honest. It's going to be really good for me to get a break from mommyhood, but I know I'm going to miss my little man so much. We'll see how I handle it.

For some strange reason I can't post pictures at the moment.... http://s88.photobucket.com/albums/k186/babyrobbie/06-25-07/

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Nanny

YAY! We found the PERFECT girl to watch Robbie while I go back to work, her name is Angela. She's about our age and works from home specializing in marketing, she's VERY well spoken, energetic and most importantly, Robbie took a liking to her right away. Usually with strangers he stares them down and studies them for a good 5mins before he gives them a smile and continues on with his daily playing, with Angela he was showing her all of his toys within seconds. She fed him, she walked around the house with him... she really took charge and made it very easy for Colin & I to realize that she's meant to be with Robbie! Tomorrow I'm going to call work and see when they want me to start... I won't be starting 'til after next Monday, as we'll be out of town celebrating some birthdays.

Here it is 4:22 and my monster has been up for over 2 hours now. Why? I have no idea. He woke up and ate 6oz and then I put him back to sleep, he never did fall asleep and I was up again giving him Tylenol. We sat and read every book he's got and he watched my lips move as I pronounced every word, I'd give him a peck here and there and he'd give me a big smile with a little giggle. He obviously isn't hurt, he sat on my lap for 20mins reading books and kissing me! So I put him back to bed and he wants out, so I'm letting him cry it out. Lucky for me I get to stay up and listen to him cry =( I wish there was an easier way to do this...

We had a visit from Chris (one of Colins groomsmen) this past weekend, he was in town and wanted to pop in to say hi. Thanks to Chris, Robbie now mimics you when you blow raspberries! Robbie just gets spit everywhere (it seems to always get on my glasses) but it's so adorable. This is the first time he's tried to copy us, he still wont repeat words that we know he can say (mama, dada, hi) I guess he'll be the one to decide when he wants to play "echo" with us.

This weekend I got spoiled. Friday night I had a Stagette and Saturday I had a Bridal Shower (for two different brides) I was able to re-connect with a lot of girls that I haven't seen since I had Robbie. At first I think I was in shock, all these rowdy girls socializing and having fun... I honestly forgot how to. On Friday night I was ready to leave as soon as I walked in the door, I kept thinking about Robbie and how I left my hubby at home with the baby all by himself and how it's not fair to him because he just finished a long week of work. But after an hour or so I started mingling and relaxing. Colin did great w/ Robbie! Saturday I had to be at the Bridal Shower before Robbie's bedtime so I felt REALLY guilty for asking Colin to do the bath & bedtime routine all by himself (he's only done it one or two other times on his own) Colin called me shortly after 8 to ask me where the Tylenol was, I immediately panicked and asked if he wanted me to come home.. what was I thinking?! Being so selfish and leaving my family for a night to myself. I called Colin 30 mins later to see how things were and good ol' Daddy got him settled down for the night.

Well, it's 4:45 and he's quiet, almost 3 hours later! I'm heading to bed. Good night!

Before I go I just wanted to compare some pictures with you, look at how much he's grown!

Teething Update

Well I was pleasantly mistaken.

He had a great sleep! I put him down for a nap around 5:45 on Tuesday and he was zonked outand when 8 pm rolled around I went to wake him up so that he could have his last bottle, cereal & bath. I gently rubbed his leg and tried to pull Pooh away from his face to wake him up, he quickly pulled Pooh back over his face. It was so cute, that's the first time he hasn't wanted to be woken up. So I picked him up and sat in the rocking chair for a bit while he rubbed his eyes and woke himself up, after that he was in a great mood! He followed me as I cooked dinner, while I did the laundry and cleaned up the house... my little shadow! He didn't go to bed until 10pm so I thought I'd get lucky and maybe he'd sleep in... nope =( He was bright eyed and bushy tailed at 7am! At least he slept through the night.

Yesterday he was a little clingy... but nothing major. He's not drinking as much as he usually is, he only seems to be drinking about 4oz of the 6oz's I make for him. He's still eating his solids really well, so I'm not too concerned.

Here we go again

He's teething again!

It was like a light switch got turned on around 2:30 today. He started crying uncontrollably, resting his head on my shoulder and tensing up every single muscle as he hugged me in pain while he screamed. It broke my heart into a million little pieces. At first I thought he was over tired because we had just come back from doing some errands, but I knew that something was wrong because he was crying/screaming at the top of his lungs while he was lying down in his crib. Usually he pulls himself up and cries! I gave him Tylenol around 3 and after a little while he settled down while cuddling in my arms. I gave him his bottle (ate the whole 7oz) and put him to bed. He slept for a whopping 15mins before he woke up screaming again =( I called Colin & asked him to come home because I felt helpless and was so emotional. Once he saw Daddy he gave him a big smile! Daddy was the one that thought it was his teeth and once we saw his bum it confirmed the suspicion. He's got a bright red rash on his bum... poor thing, he screamed every time I tried to wipe the rash area. We sprayed some rash relief onto his bum, so hopefully that'll help him with that end of things.

Hopefully he'll have a good sleep tonight, but I doubt it.

10 Months Old!!!

Yep... another month has passed and we get one month closer to his big birthday.

He has changed so much this month, this has been his biggest month by far. He sprouted his first two chompers (which are growing in quite nicely & are pearly white!), he started crawling and he's communicating a lot more.

His naps are all over the place and VERY inconsistent. He use to have 2 hr naps.... now I'm lucky if he goes down for an hour at a time. Yesterday he only had 2hrs worth of sleep within a 13hr day! Needless to say he wasn't the happiest baby. I just don't know what to do, every time he shows the signs of being tired I try and put him down but he just pulls himself up and starts talking to himself, which is fine, but the talking turns into crying and he never falls asleep. I had to take all of his stuffed animals out of the crib because when I thought he was sleeping he was actually entertaining himself with his stuffed animals!

Colin and Robbie have a new game. Colin will growl at Robbie and Robbie will repeat it in his own little way... it's really cute! When Nan called tonight, she was able to hear Robbie growling at Colin.

Robbie's crawling like a champ. I can say "come on" and he'll follow me! His newest thing is doing 360's while sitting, it's like he gets so excited and doesn't know where to go or what to do so he'll spin in circles and constantly clap! He's also sticking out his tongue a lot more, if he's trying to reach something or is concentrating he'll stick it out.

My next task is to find someone to watch Robbie on Mondays & to start making his invites for his birthday. I want to get them done in the next couple of weeks before we head out of town.

So Precious

As most of you know, Robbie knows how to pull himself up while he's in his crib. Usually he pulls himself up when he wakes up from a nap but the odd time he's just not quite ready to go to sleep so he'll either sit & play with his toys or he'll pull himself up & throw his toys over the railing and onto the floor. Well he missed his morning nap this morning so when he started getting tired in the afternoon I put him to bed & he obviously wasn't ready. I'm not sure what he did exactly, but you can see from these pictures that he was either standing or sitting before he decided he was going to fall asleep. I don't know what we'd do without that Pooh, he adores it!