Beautiful Day

The weather was just too pretty today to spend a moment inside.

Cub and I spent most of the afternoon playing.  This is the good life.

Yucky Toddler & Pet Things

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Gross Stuff In Post

Thing #1:

We use cloth diapers.  When Graby goes poo, we have to rinse out the diaper before washing it.  I got a diaper sprayer from Santa, but Buttin has resorted to using the hose in the back yard - both ways work. We usually put the poo diaper on the changing table or in a bag next to the back door or sometimes next to to the television (that one is odd, but true) and rinse them out at the end of the day.

Well the other morning, Buttin and I changed Graby's poo diaper (it sometimes takes two of us - one to hold him down and the other to clean) and set the diaper on my nightstand. We came back in about a half hour later to change his clothes (or something) and I noticed the poo diaper was on the ground, minus the poo and there was a gross looking puppy on the bed.  CARTMAN HAD EATEN THE POO OUT OF CUB'S DIAPER!!  EWEEEEEEEE!!

I made a vomiting sound and Buttin said, "oh yeah, he's done that before."  On the upside neither one of us had to rinse out the diaper using the sprayer or the hose.  

Thing #2: 

Graby has this new thing he likes to do in the bathtub (keep in mind it's after a day of playing in dirt, pee, food and lots of other gross stuff plus he often pees in the tub).  He gets on all fours, like a puppy dog and starts slurping up the bath water.  

Here's the little dirty water drinker just standing around - check out his hands - very, very dirty.

Road Trip

Cub woke up this morning with a low fever.  

He seemed to be OK (just a little congestion), so we headed to Mormor and Dadoo's house as planned.  It's about a two hour drive and he slept for about forty-five minutes on the way.

Here he is not really eating, but being cute while we attempted to feed him.

 

We all had a nice visit and Cub even took a little nap.

Winter then Summer then Spring

This year we went from ice days in February to mid-90s in March.  Thankfully today we got our one day of Spring.  High in the low 80s and beautiful.  It's a good thing too because the AC in our house went out again.  It's actually cooler outside than it is in our house.

Cub decided to only nap for one hour today; however, he was surprisingly playful the entire afternoon in spite of being really, really tired.  We had a great time outside ("ought").

I often get teased for putting barrettes (I call them borrettes) in Cub's hair.  Today, I discovered that baby sunscreen can double as baby hair gel.  Thus, keeping Cub's hair out of his face without the use of a borrette. 

Just look.

Now, here is Cub nearing the end of our day (read: extremely tired).  Ever wonder what a really tired, filthy baby who doesn't really eat food so much as he chews it and spits it out looks like while sitting in a stroller eating (kind of) a bagel?  

Probably not, but here he is anyway.  

Happy Easter!

I do not know the science that goes into determining when Easter falls every year - all I know is that last year Easter was my due date and I was still pregnant; however,  this year on Easter, I have an over one year old toddler.  Go figure!

Here's our little bunny today - he does look a little bunny-esque with those two front teeth.

Milestones

Cub has been working on a few milestones in the past couple of days.

1.   WALKING - he's taken his first couple baby steps.  Today, he took a few very deliberate baby steps while holding his truck.

2.   EATING - I joke that I'll still be pureeing his food when he's sixteen.  The boy has serious issues with eating food in a non-liquefied form.  Today, I'm pretty sure he ate a tater tot.  Who knew he just wanted his first food to be fried?

Tonight we also got "first soap in the eyes", not a very fun milestone, but little Cub healed quickly from the trauma.

Doctor Visits

Cub and I both went to the doctor this week.

Cub's one year appointment by the numbers:

• Weight:  19lbs 14oz - 15th percentile.  Dr. Boston said he was slender, but healthy.
• Height: 29 inches - 50th percentile.  Perfectly average!
• Cub got THREE vaccines - one in each leg and one in the arm.  He hated them, I hated them, but he was OK after just a couple of minutes.

Dr. Boston (new pediatrician for us) was OK.  I give her a B-.  I'm not sure what I'm expecting from a doctor - she's much better with Cash than she is with us (the parents), which I guess is better than if it was the other way.

Regarding biting, she said that if Cub bites we should - say "NO" very sternly and then put him in a playpen or isolate him for one minute - no hugs, no kisses, no smiles, no talking for one minute. 

I'm sure medical professionals HATE parents like me - I want her to look in his ears (which had a little fluid - due to the cold he's had recently) and in his throat (which was a little red due to the cough he's also had recently) and give me medical advice.  I DO NOT WANT parenting/developmental absolutes like - when he bites, put him in a time out. If Cub has any difficulty with math one day, I'm not going to ask Dr. Boston for advice.  I appreciate suggestions, but I didn't like her "'only way" tone.  

Dr. Boston did call Cub perfect, so I guess she's a pretty qualified doctor.

My doctor visit:

I've had a pretty bad cold for the last week and a half.  On Thursday morning, my ear started hurting - lots of pressure.  On Friday morning the pressure had subsided, but I had a puddle of goo on my pillow and my hair was crusty.  

My doctor got me in first thing on Friday morning - gave me an antibiotic and some Flonase (for allergies).  I teased my doctor that MY having a baby was good for HIS business.  I've been to see him twice in the last couple of months and before that I hadn't seen him since we confirmed my pregnancy with Cub.  

I still have quite a bit of pressure in my ear and when I talk, it sounds like I'm in a cave.  I am feeling better though and I even managed a sweaty run this morning.

Here is a picture of Cub today: