Whew .. what a day! At last I have some mommy computer time as DH is doing bath and bottle. That leaves me about 10 mins until bf time!!
It was sooo cold here today and we had snow!! I was very excited, love the snow!
Kate: Carter has eczema on his forearms and one spot on his cheek due to his egg/milk allergies. My Dr said the same thing as yours, I think his exact words were "lube him up like a turkey"!! I mainly use Lubriderm in addition to his baby lotion. The Dr also gave me a presc for a steroid cream that works wonderfully to take the itch away. I try to use it as little as possible though.
Hannah: Due to Carter's cold (that has been here for 2 weeks and counting) every time he sees a kleenex he has a meltdown!! Poor baby! DH is crazy about wiping Carter's nose. He also wipes Carter's face repeatedly throughout meals. I usually give him a good wipe at the end of the meal, which he hates. Funny thing is he doesn't mind having his face washed in the tub??!! :roll:
Richelle: Whereabouts in Canada are you going? Is that where your family lives? How long of a flight will it be? I hope you have a good flight. Actually I will be in Toronto that weekend too (we are heading home to visit the family as well, I lived my whole life in Orangeville until 2 years ago... if anyone knows where that is)
Jod: We aren't going crazy for Xmas either. Carter has a lot of aunts and uncles that will most likely spoil him anyway. We will give him some clothes, but he needs those regardless. He could use some new toys, we never really bought him any to begin with. I might just make the milk jug/macaroni thing though ... I think he will love it.
Lisa: Great picture of James!!! He looks to be enjoying himself immensely!!
I can't believe how many of these Mar/Apr babies are crawling/cruising etc! Carter barely even rolls over!!! :shock: He will push himself backwards on his belly and yesterday he grabbed DH's shirt and just pulled himself up. We were shocked. He really likes to stand. And, of course the only jibbering that comes out of his mouth these days is Ah vvvouuu DaDaDa Da which to DH sounds exactly like "I love you Da Da" Ya RIGHT!! Give me a break!!
We just found out that a close friend of ours is preggo again. Her DD is 9 months old. I knew they had been trying since DD was 4 months old :shock: We had been pregnant together so DH assumes that we are going to be pregnant again together. He wants them close in age and I do as well but realistically I couldn't handle it. I had a really hard time with Carter and his newborn sleeping habits (and he was even sleeping 8 hours a night by 6 weeks of age). Is anyone else TTC yet? I know a few of you mentioned you were. I would love to (I love being pregnant) but I don't know if I could handle two! My job isn't very pregnant-friendly either with all of the x-rays, anaesthetics, heavy lifting/dog wrestling etc.
What do you all think is the ideal age between lo's? My Dr said to not even start trying until lo #1 was 1 yr. I have another friend who gave birth to #2, 3 weeks before #1 turned 1 :shock: AND her DH has never changed a diaper, given a bottle or done a night waking AND lo #1 still gets up TWICE a night!!! Poor girl! I convinced her to buy the BW books and even lent her the video but she hasn't watched/read them ...
Anyway, my mommy time is up. Sorry for the long, jumbled post!
Hope everyone has a great night!
