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Crib Notes - Week 32

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Last week I had it kinda tough.  This week was Mommy's week.  She slipped when giving me a bath and hurt her ribs.  I'm sorry it hurt her because I'd really like to see her do it again.  Mommy was in the floor gasping and crying...and it was the funniest thing I've  seen in 7 months!  I was in the bathtub, and I couldn't stop laughing.  Even when Mommy told me I shouldn't laugh at her, I couldn't stop.  I'm really sorry that Mommy was hurt.  She's such a good Mommy, she didn't even let me know.  She still got me out of the bathtub and carried me around.

Papa Shoe calls me a little thief because I steal everyone's heart.  Well, I'm learning how to steal my food and keep it for later.  Mommy gives me cheerios.  They are super hard to pick up and once I get them, I don't always want to let them go.  I palm them and steal them away from my tray.  This week, I got one and held onto it while Mommy changed my clothes and nursed me.  She didn't find it until she changed my diaper!  I even snuck one past Mrs. Fran this week and held onto it until Mommy came to get me!

I'm also learning to use a sippy cup.  I like chewing on my sippy cup, but the whole drinking thing?  I'm still figuring that one out.

I have finally (Mommy's word, not mine) learned to roll over.  I don't know what the rush was, but I decided I was ready.  I can roll from my tummy to my back any time I want to.  I still can't roll from my back to my tummy, but that doesn't bother me.  I don't like being on my tummy, so why would I want to learn to roll that way?  My big brother makes it look easy...

I can also sit up like a big boy...and I should have learned to do that sooner.  I love sitting up.  I can grab at all my toys and help Mommy turn the pages of my book.  "Turn the pages" is the same thing as "chew on the pages," isn't it?  I can sit up without help.  It's good to have Mommy, Daddy, or Mrs. Fran close because sometimes I get a little off balance.  Once this big head starts moving, it's hard to stay upright.

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Crib Notes - Week 31

I gotta admit.  This has been a really tough week.  One of the toughest I've had in awhile.  You know how I told you that Mommy and Mrs. Fran were all about this eating on a spoon idea?  And I admitted that I kinda agreed with the idea when Mommy gave me sweet potatoes.  Well, apparently, there is too much of a good thing.  All that eating really messed with my tummy.  No matter how hard I tried, I couldn't make a stinky diaper.  And I tried really, really hard.

Mommy, Daddy, and Mrs. Fran tried everything to help me.  They gave me water, juice, Karo syrup.  Yuck, yuck, and yuck.  I even caught Mommy getting red in the face when she was trying to help me strain one night.  The one good thing that came out of this was Mommy gave my prunes.  Yummmm.  Prunes rank right up there with sweet potatoes in my book.  But beware, all prunes are not created equal.  Apparently, the store ran out of baby prunes, so Mommy made some homemade prunes for me.  I really hope Whole Foods stocks more prunes soon!

Everyone's efforts finally paid off on Thursday morning.  I overheard Daddy saying he was going to take me to the emergency room.  That thought scared the poop right out of me!  Last time Daddy took me to the emergency room, they shoved stuff up my nose.  I didn't want that to happen again...  And on Friday, Mrs. Fran was so proud of me for having a massive blowout!

On the other hand, this was a pretty good week because Mrs. Fran closed the daycare for two days. I got to spend one full day with Daddy and one entire day with Mommy.  I wish we could do that every week.

Maternal Musings

When your baby has been constipated, hurting, and miserable for 7 days, there is nothing that smells sweeter than the malodorous stench of a stinky diaper.

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Crib Notes - Week 30

Happy Valentines Day, everyone!  I think this is a great week.  A special time for extra hugs and kisses.  Mommy says hugs and kisses make little boys grow, but I don't know if that is true.  If it were, I'd be as big as this house!  Mommy and Daddy hug and kiss me all the time!  And lots of times they say a particular hug or kiss is from Sassy or Aunt Shay or Mama Shoe.

YaYa didn't have to send her hugs through Mommy this week because she came to see me.  She made me laugh and helped me eat my toes!  I still love my toes!  I wanted YaYa to stay so we could keep playing, but she had to go to meetings.

Sassy sent me a book for Valentine's Day.  I love to read.  Mommy and I sat in the floor and read about the 5 Silly Monkeys until I was sleepy.  Mommy is also supposed to take me to Target to buy a toy!  And after we go to Target, maybe we can stop by McDonalds for that Happy Meal Mama Shoe and Poppie promised me.  They said a big boy like me with two teeth should be able to eat a Happy Meal.

Mommy says this is a really big week because it is the week her hair is supposed to stop falling out.  Speaking of hair.  Mommy says I have the exact same hairline that Daddy had when he was a little baby.  She tells me to enjoy my beautiful soft hair now because I probably have only 25 years to enjoy it.  Twenty-five years!  Wow!  That's a loooonng time.  I'll probably be tired of my hair after that long.

I may have to reconsider my prior statement  that I didn't want to eat anything off of a spoon.  Have you tried sweet potatoes.  I mean, really!!  Sweet potatoes made me happy all the way down to my wiggly, little toes!  I still stick by my statement that carrots are yucky!  Mrs. Fran made me eat them.  But honestly, why would anyone eat carrots when they could eat sweet potatoes?

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