Teething Update

I've been waiting to blog with an update because his progress has been all over the maps. During the day time he's usually pretty happy.... it's only at nights that it seems to bother him. On Monday night he slept all through the night last night he was up at 3 and couldn't settle him back down. The one complaint that I have is that he ends up going for a 2nd nap around 5ish and doesn't wake up for the rest of the night!! Which in turn means he's waking up close to 5 in the morning thinking it's time to play :( Hopefully we can get him back into his old routine.


I've been working a lot of extra hours lately and got yesterday off, Robbie helped me do some cleaning around the house.
















He grabbed a piece of paper towel and started wiping the windows with me.

Washing the floors.












And sweeping the floors.

Morning Trip to the Childrens Hospital

(Dad here)

This is my first blog and I wished it was under better circumstances. Our little guy was up from about 3 am on this morning with a fever and general unhappiness so we decided to go to the Children's Hospital this morning to make sure that it wasn't anything too bad. We'd chalk it up to teething but the usual signs for Robbie (bad rash, etc) were not there so we wanted to get him checked out. Lucky us when we got there there was no one else in the waiting room so Robbie had quick service and all the attention he could get. After being looked at they couldn't really determine/diagnose anything so they gave him some Motrin (as opposed to Tylenol... I guess it has some anti-inflammatory drugs in it).

If it is a bug the doctor said we should know in the next day or so but for now we're just keeping him as content as we can with lots of fluids and distraction. It sucks when he can't talk and tell us what hurts and that we can't really do anything to help the little guy. I can see why Heather likes writing blogs, it's therapeutic.

Anyways it's Robbie and I here at the laptop we'll give him a chance to blog as well....

gvldgj fldefl3e9itf4rj

gvrbbnvrbn r

I think that's his way of saying "Hi and that he misses everyone"

Anyways Dad here... signing off.

Night time Party

Well I was the sole guest invited to Robbie's night time party. I feel SO bad for this little man, these teeth are the worst... he's actually breaking out in fevers during his sleep :( He's never done that before. Other than the heat radiating from his body you'd never know there was something wrong (other than the odd fuss here and there). He spent the morning with Grammie today because I had to do some modeling for the store and I was able to pick him up right before his nap... after he woke up from his nap he was roasting. So we're giving him teething tablets as well as Tylenol to keep the fever under control.

I wish I could take the pain away.

All Aboard!

The teething train has graced us once again... and even though it's only been a couple of days, it feels like a lifetime. Last night (Monday) had me feeling exactly the way I felt when he was just a couple of weeks old and I was getting up constantly throughout the night for feedings. Last night I got up 5 times! I felt so bad for him, he woke up screaming in pain (did the same thing for his nap today) all I could do was hold him :( He hasn't been napping at the dayhome, it's probably a combo of his teething situation and all the action that's going on outside of the bedroom. It's HORRIBLE timing, I've got such a crazy schedule this week due to the wedding fair. I'm helping out with a bunch of promo and I'm working an extra day which, unfortunately, puts a lot of pressure on Colin to have to deal with a sometimes cranky/teething toddler.

His appetite has changed... which is very disappointing. He doesn't eat 1/2 as much as he use to (could be due to the teething). He still refuses to even touch chicken and turkey... we've tried different cooking methods and different sauces in hopes that he'll eat it.. dream on mom! He'll play with his food and will end up pointing at it and saying "nonononono" (grrrr)

Picture of the Day

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"meeeeeeee"

Robbie's new trick is mimicking the moo'ing of a cow... except it ends up sounding more like "meeeeee". Nan got him a Mega Blocks farm for Christmas and that's all he seems to be playing with lately (he's big into building!) it sings songs and makes a bunch of animal noises. He keeps on pushing the cow button and tries to mimic the sound, after 3 or 4 times of correcting him he is able to make more of a "ooo" sound than an "eee".

Robbie's eating habits are slowly getting better. He still refuses to eat any chicken or turkey (grrr!), Col & I aren't going to change the menu just because Mr. monkey doesn't like what's on the menu... he can sit there and look at his food until we're done eating before we try and offer something else.

Robbie's slowly pushing more teeth up, not sure which ones yet. But we've had a couple of nights where he's woken up shrieking and he's also had a couple of days where he had some open sores on his bum... thankfully they didn't seem to bother him at all!

His hair keeps growing!! I'm cutting it every week or two (much to Colin's dismay). Robbie's getting better with me cutting it, we sit in the tub while he plays with his bath toys (with no water) and that seems to entertain him enough so that I can do what needs to be done. Robbie doesn't like me trying to trim the hair around his ears.... I think the more it gets done the more he'll accept it.

My attempt at a Holiday recap

I apologize if I don't get to touch on everything that has happened over the past couple of weeks. We have a very special little boy who is loved by so many people, we really are blessed to have so many people who care so much for our little man. Thank you to everyone for making it such a memorable holiday!

Hmmm so where do I start?! Well, Stuncle (we think he was adopted at birth... so we're officially calling him step-uncle aka stuncle) arrived safe & sound and we were able to celebrate his birthday with him (he's one year away from 60!) Unfortunately Robbie wasn't keen on the roast that was being served that night.

On Christmas Eve we spent the evening over at my parents. Robbie got spoiled with pizza and chocolate ice cream! Needless to say he was wired and was chasing me around the house, he would growl at me, I'd scream, he'd run after me and I'd run away. We did this process at least 20 times and every time I screamed he would start laughing hysterically.

Christmas was a great success, Robbie was up around 6:30 but by the time we fed him & got all our gear we didn't get there until around 7:30ish. Robbie was in a great mood and put smiles on all of our faces. He was into unwrapping the first couple of presents and then he couldn't be bothered, he was quite happy with someone unwrapping and then he would assess if it was worthy of some Robbie attention. He got so many cool books and toys! He went down for a nap and slept for a little over 1.5 hrs. Grammie made an amazing meal, unfortunately Robbie didn't take a liking for the turkey... he put it in his mouth and spit it right out, maybe it was the texture?

Boxing Day was a 2 nap day, our little man was so over stimulated for so long that he needed some grandparent detox. I was lucky enough to go and brave the mall for some boxing day deals while daddy spent some quality time with the monkey.

The following day we had an amazing visit with Colins family. Nana, Nan, Grandpa, Shari and Cousin Julie made the drive down to see us! They were originally going to be here for around 10 am, but due to weather it got pushed back by an hour. We were worried that they would get here just as our monkey was going down for his nap. Colin suggested that we try to put him down for a nap... I was a little weary, he's never slept unless he's asked/showed signs that he was ready to sleep. Thankfully the monkey slept for a little over 2 hours! He woke up and was such a big flirt, snuggling with everyone that held him and was giving big smiles to everyone. He unwrapped all the presents and was so excited with all the new toys! We all had spaghetti for lunch and we spent some more quality time together. Robbie kept showing them how much of a monkey he was, he was climbing his crib (from the outside) and got half way up (time to start thinking about a big boy bed!) Unfortunately they had to hit the road come 4pm... right before I had to go to work! Thank you guys for driving down here... we realize it's an insanely long drive and to do it all in one day shows the amount of love you have for us!

Due to the crazy couple of weeks we've had I haven't had much time to make any meals & therefore Robbie's become quite a picky eater. He use to love peas and now refuses to eat them, he had no problem eating chicken before but he refuses to eat them too! Thankfully he still likes broccoli and tomatoes. We're limiting him to one fruit in the morning and one at night... much to his dismay. We had to hide the fuit bowl because every time he'd see it he'd ask for a "mana" or a "gaga"(orange) every time we say no he'd start throwing a hissy fit, so off to a time out he goes! The more he's able to communicate what he wants the more stubborn and picky he's becoming. Colin & I are trying to nip this in the butt, if he's hungry and asking for fruit, muffin, etc he gets carrots and peas. If he's hungry enough, he'll eat them. Now that the holidays are done we can go back to making meals and hopefully he'll be more inclined to eat what's on his plate.