13 posts tagged “milestones”

Moonpie has been kind of an on and off wreck for the past 2 weeks.  There was croup, then just a bit of a cold.  This whole time he's given up solid foods.  In fact, it's really, really dramatic to try to feed him.  Just insane.  He flails his arms, spits stuff out, smashes his face into the table in defiance and overall patheticness.  Just a mess.  He is also teething SO bad!  His next two top teeth are just haning out up top, torturing him and all of us. 

Until we went to Syd's 8th birthday party on Saturday night.  (We had a really nice time at the party btw.)  I was walking around with him on my hip and with a piece of chicken in my other hand.  Out of nowhere the little dude starts leaning at my chicken with his mouth wide open, looking kind of crazy.  So I ended up letting him pretend to knaw on my chicken.  It was a weird and funny breakthrough.  Kid wants to use the teeth that are killing him!

Here you go...Moonpie with a chicken wing in his mouth...

Pollo de moonpie

And then today he decided to actually eat some pureed food again.  Got some pear/peach/blueberry in him, a small number of cheerios, and some chicken with carrots .  I have no idea what's next.  He changes his mind on me every day or so.  Good think he's one of the two cutest babies I have ever seen.

He's also crawling like a little monster now.  He's got his own strange patented crawl, but he's getting fast and going from room to room as he wants to.  We're in big trouble. 

Moonpie has croup.  Got it Wednesday night.  He was home with me Thursday and today, Friday.  He's also teething.  Not eating any solids.  Nursing all the time.  Not sleeping whatsoever.  I've got the humidifier going in his room--it's like a sauna in there.  Poor little baby. 

Oh and he's also crawling now.  Just the last day or two as well.  He's funny though, he does it on one knee/butt cheek and the other foot.  He switches from side to side.  The point is that he is mobile now and so we better watch out.  Got to re-baby-proof the house now.

Wish us all luck.

No whine here this morning.  Out of the blue wonderful night with Moonpie.  In bed at 9.  Woke at 1am, and I needed to nurse him anyway.  Slept until 6:30.  I swear.  That is the kind of night I can live with.  Reinforces to me that when he doesn't sleep, there's something wrong.  Sick, teeth, something. 

Anyway, wonderful!

Thanks for all the nice comments!

Fevers have broken, like the first morning, blackbird has spoken, like the first bird...oh sorry, I'll stop singing now.  Their fevers have broken.  Monkey woke up good to go this morning.  Moonpie had a really rough night.  And therefore, I, had a really rough night.  He stayed home with me today.  Uneventful doctor's appt in the morning.  His ears are fine.  That's what I was mostly worried about.  His fever was done by the time we got home.  We'll see how tonight goes.  I'm pooped.  No daycare tomorrow.  On my own with the two dudes again.  Wish me luck.  They wear me out.

Merry almost Christmas!

Spent the day with both boys home yesterday.  By myself.  Fevers for both of them off and on all day.  Moonpie slept for 2 hours in the morning and then only for 15 minutes intervals the rest of the day.  The evening sucked.  Oh, and the wee hours too.  He's a mess.  I'm starting to be a mess too.

Monkey was pretty good.  On and off with a temp too.  I think his was all over by about 7 pm yesterday.  Sleeping soundly now.

Doctor's appt this morning at 8:15.  It's actually for Monkey but I'm bringing Moonpie in.  Oh well, they'll have to deal. 

Mister slept through the night no problem.  I slept on the couch.  Up and down.

It's 5:43 and I've been awake since 4:30.  I just put Moonpie back in his crib but I don't expect it to stick.  He just won't sleep.  With or without me.

No end in sight.

Was awake with Moonpie until 5:30 or 6.  6:30 Monkey started screaming in his bed.  The mister came in and reported that Monkey was burning up.  So now I've got two kids with fevers.  This is a first. 

At least the big one is able to tell me what is wrong.  Moonpie's fever responds to the Motrin.  It's down to 99.1 now. 

I can tell that I'm going to be taking two kids to the doctor in the morning. 

Hopefully Monkey's fever will respond to the Motrin too. 

That way we can avoid going to QuickCare today.  Nice.

Moonpie has a fever.  101.4.  I've been awake with him for an hour now.  He's acting totally fine while burning up.  Happy, smiling, playing, adorable.  Hot.  So cute with a wet washcloth on his head. 

He had Motrin at 3:45.  2 boobs.  He's wearing nothing but his diaper.  I just put him back in his bed.  Still happy.  Eating Sophie the giraffe.  He sounds snotty in there.  I've got it too I think.  This is his first fever/cold thing.  He's had snot without fever before. 

I think he's back asleep now.  But I'm up.

Going to get my New Yorker and see if I can't fall asleep on the couch again.  It's a double fiction issue so I should be able to sleep no problem.  These are my least favorite themed issues that they do.  It's all the same authors.  Zadie Smith, Alice Munro, a bunch of men. 

g'night, I mean, good morning.

We had a busy end of week and weekend.  The mister was an organizer and moderator of several panels at the Vegas Valley Book Festival.  He was busy Friday and Saturday doing stuff.  I didn't get to go to any of it but he said that it all went well.  I think he was just trying to survive it.  That stuff is hard. 

To add to the insanity I did an interview for a yet-to-be-aired tv series on the History Channel.  Will likely air in the spring sometime--march or april I think.  It was fine.  Totally strange.  Nice people for the most part.  I tried to sound smart even though the premise of the program (extreme long life and life expectancy) is kind of wacko and dumb.  After it all I thought of a couple of points I should have made, but they probably wouldn't have used them anyway.  I am still having a hard time with how I looked for it.  I went shopping and got a new outfit and shoes, spent too much money really, but I just don't feel like myself or comfortable in this post-pregnancy body.  I feel so thick in the middle it's hard to feel and look confident.  It doesn't fit with my image of myself in my mind's eye.

Enough about my body.  I will say one thing though...it would help a lot of I would stop eating so much sugar and junk.  I just crave it.  Need a sugar fix.  I think I have a bonafide addiction to sugar.  That's a big problem.

Moonpie is struggling with is teeth again.  This time it's the top front.  They're just sitting there tormenting him.  Monkey is great.  A rascal with me though.  The mister gets his fair share of the rascal monkey but I get more.  He really favors his dad.  I am totally jealous.  I'm starting to call monkey Mr. Defiant behind his back because he literally does the opposite of what I ask him to do.  With a twinkle in his eye.  I'm hoping that this will pass, right?

Gotta get some work done this morning.  Signing off.

He's only eating boob and pureed veggies and fruits so far.  Why go through all the trouble with teeth?
xo