...you fall asleep in your high chair. Poor baby had ear infection with high fever (probably roseola since it went around his classroom and he got the rash the next day after the fever broke ) and then the next week got sent home from school with hand, foot and mouth (yuck, but he had a pretty mild case...only 3 kids were left in the room when I picked him up). He seems to be recovered and weighed 19lb 12oz at his ear re-check appt (well, according to Dr. James' weighing anyway :-)).
This kiddo can sleep pretty much anywhere! Here, he fell asleep sitting up on the couch where I perched him to give him a change of scenery. As James would say, "Silly Logan!"
Jim held him for a bit and then we put him on the ground to sit and try to wake him up since it was close to bed time -- he just rolled over and fell back asleep on the family room floor -- poor guy, but Easton enjoyed the company :-)
Friday 2.5.2010 :: No teacher notes but James was so tired that he refused lunch but perked back up at snack time when they celebrated one of his friend's birthdays! They brought Puffs for everyone to share (totally gonna steal that idea) and they wore party hats as they sang Happy Birthday to her (she's the one in the picture of James and her looking out the classroom window into the pod a few posts ago).
Above :: James' new favorite instrument to play is the washing machine. He likes to come "help" me do the laundry by playing me some music on his bass drum :-) He just loves music -- anything he can do to make a beat -- he figured out his friend Katie's xylophone on the first try, likes to use blocks to make noise, loved the wooden spoon and pot to bang together...research shows it helps with brain development, so PLAY ON, little man!
Playing with blocks for the first time at home. We took James to his friend, Mason's, 2nd Birthday party and Mason's Lego's were in the living room. We ended up making most of the figures and James just smacked them together, but we decided it was time to bust his out of the toy chest :-)
A video of James using the garbage can as a walker -- he just wants to go fast and is smart enough to know he is much more sturdy while holding on to something :-) We have to keep a close eye on him though because he knows how to open the can to get to the garbage..yuck! He also loves the "try to get into the cabinets" game...he's obsessed with opening and closing the doors and trying to get the pots/pans/lids out. We finally broke down and bought some of the locks because the game was getting pretty old and telling him the cabinet was "all done" wasn't really working effectively anymore :-)
James actually napped in his Pack 'n Play for about 10 minutes one day last week -- I guess he naps better while holding on to both feet? :-)
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Smiles from both boys! Woo hoo!
He had himself all tucked up in the corner with his feet up the slats of the crib...maybe it was all the pent up excitement from the Blackhawks beating the Calgary Flames in the 1st round of the hockey playoffs -- Go Hawks!
He doesn't even cry when Easton wants to share the pillow with him!!! What a good brother! (Right after this picture, James punched E in the face and E just looked at him like "Dude, what was that for, I'm being nice and giving you more than half!")
Last night was much better than Saturday or Sunday night! I didn't have any dairy ALL day (woo hoo, good job me) and James was able to settle down for bed much easier than the past few days (it still took almost an hour to get him to sleep, but it was progress people). I found his Cubs booties (they were well hidden under some Winnie the Pooh shoes)and made sure this was the first athletic apparel he wore in his lifetime. You can't tell from the picture, but it was pretty funny because they were 3-6 month size and, thus, a bit big for his little feet :-)
Today James is 4 weeks old! I was sad bc I couldn't say he was a month old yet, that has to wait until next week. This pic cracked me up bc it looks like he's shading his eyes from the mommy paparazzi or something -- maybe he's destined for fame?
I have been waiting patiently for baseball to start again (I miss it sooo much) and it's finally here! How relaxing to hear Joe Morgan and Jon Miller calling a game :) I wanted to get James in the spirit of the season and dress him in some baseball gear, but I couldn't find his Cubs booties (I think Daddy may have had something to do with that) and he's still in NB sizes but all his Cubbies clothes are at least 3-6 months, so he'd be swimming in them and end up just stretching them out w/ his crazy busy kicking legs. I am not putting this child in White Sox grub unless they are actually playing and it's the only sleep 'n play left in the dresser (which may have to happen tomorrow since they wussed out and cancelled their game -- yes, it's very cold but they could have gotten the game in as there isn't too much snow or rain today as expected -- and the dresser is getting bare) and he doesn't have any Indians sportswear (although they are having a rough start to the season down in Texas as Cliff Lee got rocked today)...so James ended up in his "Make Way for Ducklings" (<--pretty cool teacher website link) onesie and a layette that has red/blue/white fire trucks and puppies on it to get close to Cubs/Indians colors :-) 
On a non-baseball note, James had us up until 3am again last night. We think the lil guy may have an intolerance to lactose and he was pretty miserably gassy as I had some cheese yesterday :( Poor guy and all Mommy's fault :( So I'm going to try and cut out the dairy too. Add it to the caffeine, which I was already doing during pregnancy and that wasn't so hard, and tomatoes, which I'm slightly allergic to also, so no biggie -- but dairy! I have been loving my cereal lately and we just bought some yogurt and cottage cheese that will sadly go to waste now because Jim won't eat it. I hope this works and helps his belly out because we need to sleep! He won't sleep for more than 10-20 minutes if he is lying down alone unless we put him down around 3-5am. Needless to say, that doesn't make it easy for us and we're getting frustrated at night. It's amazing how much easier it is to deal with a screaming child when there is daylight outside! I actually had to have Jim get the Moby wrap from downstairs so I could at least hold James while I sat in the glider and rocked him. Of course, he fell asleep quickly and after rocking for 2 hours and figuring he was sound asleep, I tried to put him in the cradle and PRESTO! within 5 minutes, waterworks (well, no water yet as his tears haven't come in fully, but screaming none-the-less). So Jim took him to change him and give him a bottle (don't worry, it was not formula) while I caught a few minutes of shut eye and he ended up rocking him from 3-5am and then James finally slept in his cradle while we both got to sleep. 5 hours of broken up sleep is rough -- this infant stuff is not for the weak of heart I tell ya! We thought we had it good last week when he was actually sleeping from 12-5am...hopefully the growth spurt will finish just as the lactose is out of my system and all of this will be resolved!
Back to baseball: I'm in heaven, 5 games on espn and espn2 today! Sorry 'Nati fans, but I just watched the Reds lose to the Mets -- good game though and I love watching Brandon Phillips...now it's Yankees/Orioles time -- always hoping for a Yanks loss (sorry Sheryl). Cubbies game time in less than 2 hours -- LET'S GO BIG Z!
