We’re back after a very relaxing week at the cottage. I got to sleep in many times thanks to my wonderful husband and my fantastic mom. Simon normally has me up at 6:00, so it’s a huge luxury to sleep in until 8:30. Nana fed Simon breakfast almost every day, and they […]
I know summer has arrived when I look at our calendar and every one of our weekends is booked for the next two months. So far we’ve been busy going to family get-togethers, visiting Christopher’s cousin Kristen’s new baby girl Claire, and making a trip down to Pittsburgh to visit friends. In the […]
Three days ago Simon decided he could get into even more trouble if he started pulling himself up onto things after crawling over to them. At first the novelty of moving around was interesting enough on its own, but now Simon has discovered that crawling means he can do all kinds of fun things […]
Simon has come down with a mild case of thrush. Along with the white patches in his mouth he also has a nasty diaper rash. Normal diaper ointments don’t help so we’re treating it with an over-the-counter anti-fungal cream and lots of bare bum time to air it out. This morning I […]
The big news this week is that Simon has crossed crawling off his to-do list. After a few days of tentative rocking back and forth, he’s on the move and can’t be stopped. I used to be able to plop him on the kitchen floor without any worries while I made dinner, but […]
Simon turned seven months old today. The difference between six and seven months feels huge to me, and I know I’ll blink and the summer will be over and he’ll be turning one.
We’ve had a rough couple of days with Simon’s teething. He’s very clingy and, as Christopher says, emotionally fragile. I’m pretty sure I […]
It sounds like such a cliche, but Simon seems to be changing by the hour lately. He’s sitting up on his own, rolling with ease and grabbing at everything in reach. If I put him on his hands and knees he rocks back and forth and occasionally scoots his butt forward. Today he reached an arm out while […]
Simon decided to leave KISS and pursue a solo career. Here’s a picture from his first concert.
Thanks to Uncle Neil for his photoshop wizardry.
-Leila
Friends warned me to expect big changes in Simon’s bowel movements after starting solids and they weren’t kidding. Breastfed baby poop really is unoffensive - no horrible smell, doesn’t stain, etc. But this is a whole new ball game. Both texture and odour have changed significantly, and I no longer wonder if Simon’s gone number […]
Simon turned six months old yesterday. We celebrated by starting solid foods, and by solids I mean at-some-point-in-time-was-solid-but-is-now-a-mushy-runny-mess. We decided to forgo the prepared infant cereals in favour of veggies since cereal can cause gas and we’ve had our share of that already, thank you very much.
We’ve been putting Simon in his highchair for a […]