Thursday, March 29, 2007
Saturday, March 24, 2007
3 MONTHS OLD!!
Taking tummy time like a big boy! Look at how strong that neck is.... and we're still waiting for his body to grow into his head, poor kid got his daddys ENORMOUS head!. Thats okay, more room for brain
Tuesday, March 20, 2007
Thursday, March 15, 2007
Sniffles and snuffles
Thats what Aiden has... a horrible case of the sniffles. I would even call it a full blown cold. Runny nose, watery eyes, sneezing, and the snorty type breathing.
Good thing we still have the nebulizer machine, that seemed to help a little.
But anyway, I have to make a quick comment about the picture below... how can anyone say that his hair is NOT a little red? I mean look at it, and I didn't do anything to that picture in photoshop except brighten it a little.
Good thing we still have the nebulizer machine, that seemed to help a little.
But anyway, I have to make a quick comment about the picture below... how can anyone say that his hair is NOT a little red? I mean look at it, and I didn't do anything to that picture in photoshop except brighten it a little.
Wednesday, March 14, 2007
Anyone up for a game of Red Rover?
I always liked that game because its the only game where you call out the person you think is the weakest so they don't rip your arm off when they try to run through the chain of arms.... I liked it because its the only game I was ever "picked" to do something.... pathetic I'm sure... but we all have our childhood memories. The only thing is that I WASN'T the weakest, and I almost ALWAYS broke through the chain, and THAT made me the star of my team when I got to bring back one of my team members from the other side. Anyway, that was a totally random thought for the day. Back to 2007 when April is a well adjusted young women with a husband and a son....
***Fade back to reality with a classic "made for TV" dreamland sound effect... like from Wayne's World****
Going to bed at 9:30 is for old people. Waking up at 2 am, when most people my age are just beginning their REM sleep..... thats just for the birds. You see, I go to bed at 9:30, and start my "BABY SHIFT" at 2am sharp every night. That ensures me about 4 hours of sleep, if you don't count the tossing and turning for an hour, and waking up 20 minutes before Kevin comes to wake me. Don't get me wrong, I'm not complaining. in fact, I'm surprised how well my body is adjusting. I like routine, I'm a schedules type of person, so I welcome ANY type of schedule that Aiden is ready make. Not that you all want to know, but here's my morning....
From 2-3am Aiden eats, digests, and get a diaper change... then we play the "Is Aiden a sleepy baby" game until about 3:30-4am... then he falls "asleep" which is really just a half awake-don't- move- me- or -I'll -wake -up ...kind of state. Then my alarm goes off at 5 and I put Aiden in his car seat and he sits there, contently staring at the bathroom lights and steam while I take my shower and get ready for work. Aiden gets a new outfit for the day and if I'm lucky, this is where I get my "its all worth it mommy" smiles for the day. We leave the house at 6:15, make it to Karissa's by 6:30 and then I'm off to work and clock in at 7am....and thats when my day "begins".
This is my routine almost everyday. But I'm getting to like it because Aiden is starting to show some sort of sleeping schedule... not ideal by any means, but its a step in the right direction.
Anyway, so I'm SOOOO ready for Sanjaya (if thats how you spell it, I never bothered to learn because he sucks) to go home... and he didn't tonght, America voted, and he stays another week. But I have faith that he'll be going home next week. I don't care much for Dianna Ross, she's too old, she should be sitting on a beach somewhere not bothering anyone. And thats that.
BATH TIME! AHH yes, one of the funnest (ahem... I mean most fun... grammer april, grammer) times of the week.... no really Aiden likes bathtime, and so do we because he gets sleepy.
***Fade back to reality with a classic "made for TV" dreamland sound effect... like from Wayne's World****
Going to bed at 9:30 is for old people. Waking up at 2 am, when most people my age are just beginning their REM sleep..... thats just for the birds. You see, I go to bed at 9:30, and start my "BABY SHIFT" at 2am sharp every night. That ensures me about 4 hours of sleep, if you don't count the tossing and turning for an hour, and waking up 20 minutes before Kevin comes to wake me. Don't get me wrong, I'm not complaining. in fact, I'm surprised how well my body is adjusting. I like routine, I'm a schedules type of person, so I welcome ANY type of schedule that Aiden is ready make. Not that you all want to know, but here's my morning....
From 2-3am Aiden eats, digests, and get a diaper change... then we play the "Is Aiden a sleepy baby" game until about 3:30-4am... then he falls "asleep" which is really just a half awake-don't- move- me- or -I'll -wake -up ...kind of state. Then my alarm goes off at 5 and I put Aiden in his car seat and he sits there, contently staring at the bathroom lights and steam while I take my shower and get ready for work. Aiden gets a new outfit for the day and if I'm lucky, this is where I get my "its all worth it mommy" smiles for the day. We leave the house at 6:15, make it to Karissa's by 6:30 and then I'm off to work and clock in at 7am....and thats when my day "begins".
This is my routine almost everyday. But I'm getting to like it because Aiden is starting to show some sort of sleeping schedule... not ideal by any means, but its a step in the right direction.
Anyway, so I'm SOOOO ready for Sanjaya (if thats how you spell it, I never bothered to learn because he sucks) to go home... and he didn't tonght, America voted, and he stays another week. But I have faith that he'll be going home next week. I don't care much for Dianna Ross, she's too old, she should be sitting on a beach somewhere not bothering anyone. And thats that.
BATH TIME! AHH yes, one of the funnest (ahem... I mean most fun... grammer april, grammer) times of the week.... no really Aiden likes bathtime, and so do we because he gets sleepy.
Saturday, March 10, 2007
Monday, March 05, 2007
Getting better!
Aiden is doing better today. We left the hospital about noon. Karissa came over to help watch Aiden while we did some much needed cleaning. THANK YOU!
He's eating well now, and isn't coughing as much, although he is still coughing. So we're on the road to recovery. He has to still get Nebulizer treatments every 4-6 hours. He likes them though, he knows it helps him breathe better, i think. The treatments make him a little more hyper though, and his little hands and feet spastically move around, its kind of funny, like a baby on a sugar rush. But we get smiles out of him a lot after his treatments because he is so alert.
So there's your update. Adien is doing better, thanks for all your thoughts and prayers!
He's eating well now, and isn't coughing as much, although he is still coughing. So we're on the road to recovery. He has to still get Nebulizer treatments every 4-6 hours. He likes them though, he knows it helps him breathe better, i think. The treatments make him a little more hyper though, and his little hands and feet spastically move around, its kind of funny, like a baby on a sugar rush. But we get smiles out of him a lot after his treatments because he is so alert.
So there's your update. Adien is doing better, thanks for all your thoughts and prayers!
Saturday, March 03, 2007
Bravest little baby boy in the world.
Well, we brought Aiden to the doctor yesterday because he was coughing so hard that he was throwing up his entire feedings, and he hadn't kept a single feeding down all day, and I was worried he would get dehydrated. Good thing we brought him in because he was diognosed with RSV.
So here's a bitch slap to the idiot doctor I saw two weeks ago when Aiden STARTED having symptoms and he told me I was being "overly cautious" because I was a new mom. Screw you Dr. Idiot. I waited a little longer to bring him in to the doctor because I was worried they were going to think I was being paranoid and bringing him in for a little cold. Dr. Idiot made me feel like I was reading too much into it and here I was right all along, he WAS sick, and it got serious.... so serious that Aiden is in the hospital now.
He was admitted yesterday afternoon, and will hopefully be getting out tomorrow. They have him hooked up to all the nasty monitoring thingies and he has an IV. He doesn't HAVE to eat with the IV in, but he still gets hungry so we have been feeding him, but he has been throwing up every feeding. We switched to pedialyte and the last feeding stayed down. He gets Nebulizer treatments from a respratory therapist every 4 hours, and his cough is getting looser and his breathing is getting less stressed. He was having such a hard time breathing, that he was sucking in his tummy to help him breathe. He wasn't put on oxygen like they were first thinking, so thats a good thing, hopefully he can stay off the oxygen.
He seems to be doing a little better tonight. I stayed with him last night in the hospital and Kevin is with him tonight. I have a feeling they're going to keep him another day just because he is still sucking in his tummy and having a little trouble keeping formula down, but I guess we'll see. He's behaving okay though, all the nurses are getting smiles when they come in, so he's keeping his spirits up for the most part (between crying fits that is...) So much to go through in his 2 months of life so far.
So here's a bitch slap to the idiot doctor I saw two weeks ago when Aiden STARTED having symptoms and he told me I was being "overly cautious" because I was a new mom. Screw you Dr. Idiot. I waited a little longer to bring him in to the doctor because I was worried they were going to think I was being paranoid and bringing him in for a little cold. Dr. Idiot made me feel like I was reading too much into it and here I was right all along, he WAS sick, and it got serious.... so serious that Aiden is in the hospital now.
He was admitted yesterday afternoon, and will hopefully be getting out tomorrow. They have him hooked up to all the nasty monitoring thingies and he has an IV. He doesn't HAVE to eat with the IV in, but he still gets hungry so we have been feeding him, but he has been throwing up every feeding. We switched to pedialyte and the last feeding stayed down. He gets Nebulizer treatments from a respratory therapist every 4 hours, and his cough is getting looser and his breathing is getting less stressed. He was having such a hard time breathing, that he was sucking in his tummy to help him breathe. He wasn't put on oxygen like they were first thinking, so thats a good thing, hopefully he can stay off the oxygen.
He seems to be doing a little better tonight. I stayed with him last night in the hospital and Kevin is with him tonight. I have a feeling they're going to keep him another day just because he is still sucking in his tummy and having a little trouble keeping formula down, but I guess we'll see. He's behaving okay though, all the nurses are getting smiles when they come in, so he's keeping his spirits up for the most part (between crying fits that is...) So much to go through in his 2 months of life so far.
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