Saturday, October 31, 2009
The Pumpkin King
Here are pics of little Evey discovering a pumpkin! Photos of his costume to come tonight after Trick-or-Treating!
Tuesday, October 20, 2009
Homecoming at Laurier-Brantford
Laurier-Brantford celebrated its 10 year anniversary and 1st homecoming this past week. Andrew, Evan and I went to campus to volunteer and participate in the celebration with our colleagues. Here are pics of Evey with his pal, Fischer - both offspring of faculty at Laurier. Here comes the class of 2026!
Sunday, October 18, 2009
Evan is 6 months old!
Our little boy is half a year old today! His current interests are watching football with daddy.
He got his 6 month immunizations on Friday and handled the 2 injections like a trooper. He weighed in at just over 14 pounds (apparently his clothes weighed 2 extra pounds when we had him on the scale last week - so we were a little surprised at his weight at this check-up when he was measured sans clothing - but we're rolling with it). We got the go- ahead to start semi-solids - there is some research literature that suggests that starting food too early in preemies can be hard on the liver, however, Evan has been showing interest in food for weeks now, including snatching a cheesie out of mommy's hand and generally being fascinated by watching grown-ups eat, AND he can also sit supported, so the doc and I are in agreement that he's ready to start. We have a high chair on order that we are hoping will arrive soon because our boy is M-E-S-S-Y (like daddy :) Luckily, Mommy found a bib with SLEEVES to reduce the clean-up!
Evan's reaction to his introduction to rice cereal a few weeks ago was pretty good - Daddy introduced his first vegetable tonight - butternut squash - and this went over pretty good as well.
He got his 6 month immunizations on Friday and handled the 2 injections like a trooper. He weighed in at just over 14 pounds (apparently his clothes weighed 2 extra pounds when we had him on the scale last week - so we were a little surprised at his weight at this check-up when he was measured sans clothing - but we're rolling with it). We got the go- ahead to start semi-solids - there is some research literature that suggests that starting food too early in preemies can be hard on the liver, however, Evan has been showing interest in food for weeks now, including snatching a cheesie out of mommy's hand and generally being fascinated by watching grown-ups eat, AND he can also sit supported, so the doc and I are in agreement that he's ready to start. We have a high chair on order that we are hoping will arrive soon because our boy is M-E-S-S-Y (like daddy :) Luckily, Mommy found a bib with SLEEVES to reduce the clean-up!
Evan's reaction to his introduction to rice cereal a few weeks ago was pretty good - Daddy introduced his first vegetable tonight - butternut squash - and this went over pretty good as well.
Tuesday, October 6, 2009
The "Arctic Bundle Me"
We took it for a trial spin on our walk on the trail this evening. Evan seems pleased with the purchase.
Friday, October 2, 2009
Evan's First Meal
Evan started solids this evening for the first time. His first meal consisted of Nestle Baby Rice Cereal mixed with formula - yum! Evan wasn't too sure at first, but after having his regular bottle he was more open to trying the cereal again. After his first spoonful, he grabbed the spoon himself so that he could feed himself! What a smart little guy!
Giggles McGee
Evan has been a very happy boy these past few weeks, smiling and laughing for much of the time. Its been a parent's dream, let me tell you!
We had him weighed yesterday and he is 16 pounds, so it appears that our 5 and a half month old preemie is catching up to his full term peers. An average full term 6 month old is 17.6 pounds, so we are curious to see how well Evan will tip the scales in two weeks. Evan has transitioned fully to formula now - we had been weaning him very slowly since mid-August, knowing that time was running out as I had been flaring off and on with RA. I had a very crippling full blown flare last Wednesday and knew that it was time to get back on stronger medication ASAP. Last Friday was the last time Evan was nursed and I'm very sad to have had to say goodbye to such a wonderful bonding experience with my baby boy. On the bright side, I was really fortunate to give him the best nutrition he could have for the first 5 months. Now he needs a healthy mom with strong joints to take care of him. Fingers crossed (figuratively, for now :) that I start feeling better in a few weeks after the Enbrel kicks in!
Below is a video of a happy boy playing with his mommy.
We had him weighed yesterday and he is 16 pounds, so it appears that our 5 and a half month old preemie is catching up to his full term peers. An average full term 6 month old is 17.6 pounds, so we are curious to see how well Evan will tip the scales in two weeks. Evan has transitioned fully to formula now - we had been weaning him very slowly since mid-August, knowing that time was running out as I had been flaring off and on with RA. I had a very crippling full blown flare last Wednesday and knew that it was time to get back on stronger medication ASAP. Last Friday was the last time Evan was nursed and I'm very sad to have had to say goodbye to such a wonderful bonding experience with my baby boy. On the bright side, I was really fortunate to give him the best nutrition he could have for the first 5 months. Now he needs a healthy mom with strong joints to take care of him. Fingers crossed (figuratively, for now :) that I start feeling better in a few weeks after the Enbrel kicks in!
Below is a video of a happy boy playing with his mommy.
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