Sunday, February 28, 2010

8 Months!


Conor is 8 months old!
Age 8 months
Weight 20-21 lbs (on our scale)
Length not sure, probably 28-29"
Size 6-9 month clothes, some 12 month, size 4 diapers
Eyes Still blue
Hair growing out fast - almost ready for another haircut!
Teeth still just 2 but the top ones are close
Sleeping same as last month
Eating breastmilk (back to mostly dairy free), cereal, fruit/veggie purees, finger foods including slices of peach, pear, apple, banana (PUKE!), and avocado, bagels (LOVES cinnamon raisin ones), broccoli, puffs
Movement pushing up on hands and knees at the same time very briefly, still rolls everywhere, can pull up with a little help
Milestones pincer grasp, self feeding
Outings Ann Arbor Hands On Museum
Favorite toys/activities Jumperoo, sled, Coke bottle with beads, singing songs (favorite is "Here We Go..."), playing with Otis and Jackson, VTech Book, painting
Words/sounds lots of babble, several consonant sounds "da", "ga", "na", "ba", growling
Memorable moments Nana and Grandpa babysitting on Valentine's day

Sunday, February 21, 2010

Choppin Broccoli-hey-hey

Guess who tried broccoli for the first time tonight and LOVED it???



(he was laughing at the Broccoli Song - "Broco-broco-broco-broco-broccoli! Broco-broco-broco-broco-broccoli!...")





Saturday, February 13, 2010

Sick Day Pictures

To make up for my 365 Project slacking, pictures from Conor's sick day Friday:

Do you like my slick hair after my bath?
I can pick up my paci and put it back in my mouth now, watch:
I'm allergic to you!
My eyes get runny when I cough :(
I'm tired, ready for a nap.

Thursday, February 11, 2010

Oops

Monday Conor and I went grocery shopping. I went to get soy milk, among other things, and while checking out the offerings thought, "Hey, look, chocolate soy milk! Mmmmm..." I've been enjoying it since then.

Just now I was looking at the (now empty) box wondering why there were cows on a box of soy milk. Because, dummy, you bought ORGANIC regular milk thinking it was soy milk.

This probably explains the projectile vomit this morning that soaked both our outfits, the chair, computer, cords, external hard drive, side table, camera bag and carpet.

Monday, February 8, 2010

1 month of school

Conor has been in daycare for a month now and it's going really well. Every day we get a report like this one:

It's reassuring to see that he's eating and napping well each day. (This particular day he got to take a bath in the sink because of that "uncontained" BM at 12:40pm, which I was told he thoroughly enjoyed.) They do let us know if he's fussy, but most days they say he's been very happy.

Thursday's notes said, "Conor had a really great day, he must have been tired because he took a long morning nap! This morning we blew bubbles, Conor really enjoyed that! His eyes got so big and he would wave his arms and babble each time a bubble came near!"

They do lots of neat activities - playing in the sensory table with water or sand, going for walks (inside for now, around the building to see the other classrooms), painting, playing with innertubes and beach balls for "Beach Day", sledding, and playing with musical instruments. All of the toys are seperated into little baskets by type and he seems to like them a lot. We also get to see pictures of him periodically - here he is with Sandra working on his second painting:

They call him "Conor Man" and most days it's just he and the girls - there's only one other little boy now who only goes two days a week. Even at such a young age, he is starting to be very social with the other babies - often when I pick him up he's playing and chatting with another baby.

I do miss him very much during the day, but I know he is well taken care of and is having a fun, safe time at school. I'm very glad he's at a place where we are confident in his care and his well being and I really think GH lives up to it's reputation.

Saturday, February 6, 2010

Stage 1 Foods Report Card

Guest blogger Conor rates the stage 1 fruits and veggies*.

Bananas -Yuck, gross, I hate these. Fresh or jarred, both stink. F.
Sweet Potatoes - Love these, mom's homemade are so yummy. A+.
Pears - Okay, funny texture but taste decent. Like the jarred better than mom's. C+.
Squash - Pretty good, gimme some. B+.
Apples - Not too sure about these but they'll do. B-.
Peas - This is what I'm talkin' about. Sorry Uncle Jason but they're good. A.
Peaches - My favortite of the fruits. A.
Carrots - These are yummy and messy but sometimes they make me cry. B.
Prunes - Like these a lot and they make me go, bonus. B+.
Green Beans - Not quite as good as peas but I think they're alright. B.
Avocado - Acceptable. Those little pieces were fun to smash in my fingers. What's that? I was supposed to put it in my mouth myself? Isn't that what you're for? B+

*all grades subject to change without notice

Friday, February 5, 2010

MacGyver would be proud

There's nothing fun about pumping at work - it's boring, time consuming, and earns me the side eye from certain co-workers as I conspicuously leave three times a day. What's even worse than pumping at work? Having to hand express because you forgot your pump parts. Yesterday, for the second time since returning to work, I forgot parts for my pump. This time it was the tiny white membranes that cover the valves and allow the suction, without which the pump is totally useless.

I almost cried when I realized it. I had a couple options - don't pump, risking not having enough milk for Conor the next day, plus a lot of discomfort, possible embarrassing leakage, and a likely blow to my already fragile supply as my body sensed demand had decreased (my mammary glands are lazy like that.) Or, I could hand express like I did a couple weeks ago when I forgot the entire adapter kit. Beside being totally inefficient (I ended up with less than a third my normal output that day), carpal tunnel sets in after not too long. What to do?

(If you're thinking I should have just gone to the hospital pharmacy to buy parts, I'm way ahead of you on that one. Not only do they not sell them anywhere in the hospital, even if they did I would have no way to properly sterilize them before use. Going home to get the parts was not an option. I also briefly considered going to the Women's Hospital to beg for/steal some but decided against that.)

Behold the solution, made only with things found in my desk drawer:

I cut up a bandaid (sterile) and spare milk storage bag (sterile-ish) and used it to make a flap to function in the same way as the membrane. I was pretty pumped it worked (pun intended).