Ear Infection!

I took the boy to the doctor today (because of his cold), and found out that he has an ear infection! Poor little guy! Dr. Harvey said that it wasn't a bad one by any means, and that I probably wouldn't have known about it at all if he wasn't sick with a cold virus and had come in to get checked out. He gave me some antibiotics for it, which baby boy hates, and the ear should clear up in a few days. The cold, however, will probably take 10-14 days to get over. My poor, sweet little boy! I feel so bad for him. He's sleeping a lot, and doesn't want to eat very much. I can't say that I blame him - when I'm sick I like to sleep a lot, too.

We have colds...

Well, the boy made it to four and a half months before getting his first cold. Ugh. We're just miserable over here! I don't feel well, either, so taking care of a sick baby is doubly hard. The poor little boy has a stuffy nose and has been running a low-grade fever. The worst problem is the fact that it is very hard for him to nurse right now, since he can barely breathe though his nose. Lots of tears and sad faces in my house at the moment.

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I did finally get some pictures taken of my latest FOs - Moldy Cupcakes! I made half a dozen of these cute little things. Notice the fuzzy mold patches that match the green moldy icing. The ribbing turned out nicely on the bottoms - almost looks like the paper baking cups!

Again, you can just click on the pictures for a larger view. I finished these up last month, but just recently got the pictures taken. It seems like there's always too many other pictures to take with the boy! My current WIP is a giant crab for Ryan. I got the pattern for 'Crabius Maximus' from Lady Linoleum at Monster Crochet. I love her patterns! She is my crochet hero. You can view her blog here. Now all I have to do is decide what to do with all of these cupcakes...

Four Months Old!

Today is Baby Dolton's four-month birthday! We had his pictures made with Papa today, and these are the ones we decided to get. The boy was a little bit cranky, so we ended up not getting a lot of them. By the time we got to the last picture, he was screaming! Not a good look for him. Anyway, here are the pictures. Notice the 'boys' are both in Hawaiian print shirts! Too cute!

This one ended up being my favorite - I love the expression on his face!

These are just the proofs ... When I get the actual pictures in, I'll update this page with the better quality ones. Check back at the end of the month - they take forever!
*These are now the actual pictures 10-11-07*

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Baby Dolton goes tomorrow to get his four-month check-up and another round of shots ... I think I'll tell him we're going for ice cream or something. I'll be sure to post again tomorrow to let everyone know how he's doing.

Divorce

Congratulations are in order, it finally happened! I'm officially divorced. Hooray! I'm glad it's over. It feels so nice to be Lindsey Askins again.

Baby boy met his father for the first time today. It went better than I expected. The visit was at the folk's house. Robbie was really good with him. Except for when I let him change a diaper by himself... When we got home, I realized that he'd put one of Emily's diapers on him - it was three sizes too big! Ha ha. Strange the things men don't seem to notice. Like the fact that diapers shouldn't come up to a baby's armpits...

The Monkey is growing in leaps and bounds - at his last weigh-in he was up to 14 pounds and 24 inches, and that was two weeks ago! He really likes to stand up, and can totally support himself when doing so. He just needs help balancing. We've now discovered our feet, and the fact that toes are fun to play with. Unless you try to take your hand away without letting go first. That makes us cry. It's the old cause-and-effect thing rearing it's ugly head again. Oh well. I'm sure he'll grasp the concept one of these days! The boy also likes to blow spit bubbles, suck on his fingers, and watch his Baby Einstein videos. It is too cute seeing him sit in his Bumbo seat, watching Baby Beethoven or Baby Noah, totally enthralled, laughing his head off! We also have My First Signs, but as he's still a bit young for it yet, we haven't watched it. Actually, I should probably start watching it now myself, so I can begin using the signs as I talk to the boy. For now, though, we're enjoying the other two. It's kind of nice to go around with classical music stuck in my head, as opposed to the crap that's usually in there. Last week I went around humming the Band-Aid Brand theme song to myself - "I am stuck on Band-Aid Brand, 'cause Band-Aid's stuck on me..." It was awful!

Baby boy also likes to play games now! We have several - Fly the Baby, where I hold him horizontally in the air and swoop him around; Don't Lick The Baby, which we play with Sabrina - I hold him out to her and say "lick the baby," she does, he laughs, and I then pull him away saying "don't lick the baby!" (they both love this one); and Horsey, which is rather self-explanatory, with the addition of me singing the theme-song to Bonanza during it. Speaking of singing, that child loves to be sung to! He'll watch you intently as you sing, and smile and laugh while you do so. His favorites seem to be songs by either Alabama or the Oak Ridge Boys. Although he did rather enjoy his papa's version of "Mamas, Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up To Be Cowboys"... Sometimes I think he laughs because the singing is so bad! Ha ha.

Baby Dolton's Children First nurse, Nancy, comes again tomorrow, and he's got an appointment with Dr. Harvey on the 9th for his four-month shots. I'll let everyone know how he's doing after those two check-up! Bye for now...