I can’t believe I almost forgot to write about this!
My birthday was last week and I got my first real present that was actually from Lily…she initiated it herself! We were in the play room and she said she wanted to color so I gave her some crayons and a coloring book. She started to work and told me she was coloring me a birthday present! A few minutes later she brought me the coloring book and said, “I love you, Mommy! This is your birfday present! Happy Birfday!” SO SWEET! I nearly teared up!
Here is her masterpiece that is now hanging on the wall in my office.
You know how some couples write little messages to each other in the fog on the bathroom mirror? I Heart You, U R Hott, etc. How sweet, right? Jason would be more inclined to write a dirty limerick and I would probably leave him a to-do list rather than a romantic love note. Anyway, back to the topic of bathroom messages. When I was showering the other day I noticed the absurd number of my hairs that were stuck to the walls of the shower and contemplated shaping the hairs into letters and leaving Jason a little note…mostly just to hear/see his reaction when we saw my hair letter. Is that completely disgusting? Honestly I think it’s only a little gross and actually kind of funny!
Many women experience increased hair loss after they give birth. Something about estrogen levels returning to normal. I don’t recall experiencing this after Lily was born but I’m making up for it now. UGH! This was supposed to happen at about 3 or 4 months post-partum…not 8 or 9 months! I am honestly amazed by the amount of hair that falls out of my head on a daily basis. Like I said, it’s most noticeable in the shower. Seriously…I run my hands through my hair and come away with fist fulls of it! Then, of course, I can’t wash it off of my hands because it stuck to me like some kind of freaky spider web. You know when you’re on a walk and don’t realize it until you walk right through the darn spider web and then it just clings to you like, well, like a sticky spider web? GROSS!
Really our entire bathroom/house is littered with my stray hairs and I shudder to think what we’ll find when the shower drain finally needs to be cleaned out. Ponder on that for awhile…
Published on
6/25/2008.
Tags: cameron.
Cameron had his 9 month checkup this morning and got a clean bill of health! Here are the goods:
Height: 28″ (25 – 50%)
Weight: 18 lbs 10 oz (25%)
Based on the milestones he has achieved the doctor joked that Cam thinks he’s already a one year old! He was exhausted at the appointment since he hadn’t yet napped this morning…SHOCKING, I know! He did manage to sneak in a 20 minute nap after his toe prick (to check for lead and iron) and before we dropped him off at Kelly’s.
Just to recap Cam’s current status:
*He can crawl REALLY fast.
*He pulls up on everything and has started to let go and stand on his own for a couple of seconds at a time. Although he is mostly still supporting himself on furniture/toys/whatever he can get his hands on he is definitely not hanging on for dear life like he was just weeks ago. Lately he will just kind of place his chest/belly against the object to give a little bit of balance.
*In the past couple of weeks he has shown more of an interest in chunky pureed food. He actually opens his mouth for the spoon! Though I do think his sudden interest in foods has left him a little, um, bound up. We’re working on that by taking a break from most solids until he can get things worked out. Favorite finger foods include bananas, Cheerios and Puffs.
*He has 6 teeth.
*He’s been sleeping better overnight for the past couple of nights but he is still struggling with naps and I can tell that he’s tired.
*He has become quite a ham lately and will do anything to get a laugh out of Jason and Lily while we’re eating dinner.
*His favorite game is to make a noise and have us repeat it back to him.
*If he feels that he’s not getting enough attention while you are holding him on your hip he’ll twist around and try to get in front of you and look up with a goofy smile on his face!
One more thing…
Could he be any CUTER?!?!?!?! Those eyelashes just kill me! The boys always get the best eyelashes!
It’s so interesting to me how kids will start little games and then carry them on for days or even weeks and months. Lily’s newest game started last Wednesday when I was putting her in bed while Jason was at the movies. I read her the usual three books and sang the standard three songs and then tucked her in. We gave hugs and kisses and then she held up her hands and whispered “Mommy, you take these kisses and give them to Daddy when he gets home from the movies.” I couldn’t have been more proud of my little girl! I told her that I certainly would give them to Daddy and let her know she was very sweet. She continued to explain to me that the kisses were in a pickle jar and I needed to put them in the ‘fridgerator so they didn’t melt. She was very serious and sweet all at the same time as she gave me the instructions with her eyebrows raised as if to convey the importance of the matter. Almost every night since then when Jason leaves her room after tucking her in he has his hands cupped holding the jar of pickles and kisses that Lily has given him to deliver!
Answer: 10
Question: What is the number of ounces I pumped during my morning session today?
This is a new record for me! I’m sure it helped that Mr. Cameron only nursed once over night! Also somewhat of a record! He went to bed at 8:00 and didn’t make a peep until 2:45. I nursed him back down and then he didn’t wake up again until 6:30 when he filled his shorts! I can probably count the number of times he has slept this well on one hand.
We are going to start working really hard on Cam’s sleep patterns. The hope is that if we can get him sleeping better at night it will improve his naps during the day. The child does not nap well! Bottom line! On Wednesday he napped for a grand total of 30 minutes. Not. Good. He NEEDS more sleep than that. Unfortunately he often feels that the only way for him to take a nap is to either be held or to have someone readily available to pat his bum should he awaken from his slumber. Sorry, buddy. That’s just not happening in the real world! I hope we are on track to overall better sleep for him…we could all use the rest!
Totally unrelated…I learned today that a co-worker who had a baby in the spring will not be returning to work in a few weeks. She’s going to stay home with her new bundle! I KNOW that I should feel happy for her, and I do but why is it that my initial feeling is one of jealousy? I know that I feel that jealousy because I would like to be able to stay home with my babies but I hate that it’s my first reaction when I hear this kind of news. I need to work on that, I guess. I should feel happy for her first and then maybe later feel a little jealous/pity party for myself. Ah, well. I really can’t complain about our situation. We both have pretty flexible and accommodating jobs and we know that our kids are in good hands while we’re at work. There are a lot of people who can’t say the same.
