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When is what they say considered a word? I’m starting a list of the words and “words” that Munchkin says…..
Words she says very clearly:
Elmo
daddy
doggie
apple
happy
chair
ball
shoe
hat
up
Hi!
Bye-bye
“Must take in context” words:
Buh = Book
Ree = Read
ball – can also mean balloon
baff = bath
saw = sock
ah-done = all done
chay = change
Jew = Juice
Today at Munchkin’s doctor’s appointment she got her 2 months shots. I know they are really late because she’ll be 3 months in a week.
She’s 13lbs 10oz now but they weigh her with her diaper on now. Maybe I can get them to see how many OZ the diaper weighs next time. Oh, and she’s 25″ long now. So she’s grown 3″ in 3 months. That’s pretty good! The doctor is really happy with her eat and sleeping. He even suggested starting some runny rice cereal. I’m not sure I’m ready for that. I wonder if she’s ready for that? But the shots were okay. She laid on the table and I held her hands. The first shot she whimpered a little and the second shot brought on a cry. But I was able to pick her up after that and she settled right down. Then I had to put her clothes back on so she cried when I put her down and while being buckled into her car seat. We wheeled out to the reception desk to make her next appointment. I rolled the stroller back and forth for a while and she fell right asleep. Wow.
So with Munchkin asleep, I headed to the mall to pick up a few things. They ave some really cute outfits at Zellers that I’ll have to show to Hubby.. Got back home and fed Munchkin at 2pm. I ate my A&W while she played in her bouncy chair. I figure I deserved a treat for handling Munchkin’s shots so well. The doctor said that I’m doing a great job as a mom. It’s nice when someone recognizes that.
Munchkin’s sleeping now. I’m going to go rest for a bit. I wonder how long she’ll sleep?
This week when by so quickly! I don’t really remember all that happened. With Munchkin still not at 100% we didn’t go anywhere.
Thursday morning I started feeling really bad and decided to cancel plans with Mom and Dad for the weekend. But Friday night I decided that I needed to get out of the house!
Oh, Thursday I finally got a call from the government people that my EI paperwork got finalized and I will be receiving the maximum per week, minus taxes. The money should be deposited in my account in “4-5 business days” so hopefully that will be Tuesday or Wednesday. Once I get some sort of statement I’ll send that in the City and they can process my top-up. I can’t believe how slow everything takes.
Yesterday we had a great day! I fed Munchkin at 2 and Mom and Dad arrived just as we finished. I quickly took a shower and we were out the door around 3. The RV show was really neat. Lots of different trailers, campers, mobile homes and huge bus-like ones! Munchkin was so good. She was awake for a while and everyone kept commenting on how alert she is. Around 4 she fell asleep and I figured that she’d be up at 4:30 wanting to eat. Well, she woke up at 5 and didn’t really start fussing until 5:45. We got home at 6 and I fed her. I thought that she’d go right to sleep…well she did, but only for about 30 minutes. She at again at 8:30 and again I thought she’d go right to sleep. Well she did, but only for 15 minutes or so. So Mom took Munchkin, awake, and Hubby and I headed out for the movie around 9:10.
The movie was sold out. We wanted to see “Million Dollar Baby”. I was upset because I was really looking forward to being out of the house, without Munchkin with Hubby. He said to me “Is it still a date even if we don’t go to a movie?”
TO be continued….
Last night might not have been the best of nights, but Munchkin ended up having a pretty good day. She went to sleep around 12:45 and was up at 3:50am. She was down until 9…so that’s pretty good.
Mom (Grandma) arrived at 9am and I fed Munchkin. She didn’t eat a lot but I didn’t want to force her to eat because I didn’t want her to throw it all back up. So Mom held munchkin while I had cereal and coffee and then it was off to the doctors.
Munchkin was supposed to get her 2 month shot…only 2 weeks late but it didn’t end up happening. Dr. L thought it would be too much for her as she has been sick. So we have to go back next Monday.
Good news…Hubby is starting to feel human again. Thank goodness. I love Munchkin and all but it is nice to have a break. He misses cuddling with her so when he’s up for it he can hold and cuddle her all he wants!
Mom and Dad are coming up for the RV show on Saturday at the International Centre and have offered to take care of Munchkin if Hubby and I want to go out. Woo hoo! Hubby wants to go to the RV show with them. So maybe we’ll go to the show, have dinner with them and then go out to a movie!
Well, to night is a good TV night. Everwood is on at 9, The Bachelorette finishes today. Tomorrow is the season premier of Amazing Race and at the same time on another channel is the SERIES finale of NYPD Blue. Why do they do that? Amazing Race is going to lose because how can I miss the series finally of such a great show?
**Editied** Just looked at the TV schedule…no Everwood and The Bachelorette is on now! Oh, and American Idol is on too! Good thing for the “last channel” button.
Wow! I can’t believe how long it’s been since I’ve posted. So much has been going on…probably why I haven’t posted…no time!
The past few days have been very crazy. Hubby and Munchkin are sick. Hubby has the flu and and upper respiratory infection so the doctor told him to stay away from R. That means that I’ve been taking care of her by myself.
Munchkin’s very congested making her sneeze, cough and have a stuffy nose. Sometimes she coughs so hard that she throws up. Poor little thing. So I’ve been using saline drops and a bulb-syringe to clear her nose. Her mattress is propped up so her head is elevated and the vaporizer is running non-stop. I think all of this is working. It’s so hard to hear her cough. And my heart breaks every time she throws up because I’m doing all that I can.
Hubby made dinner last night which really helps. It was really good too…roast and potatoes.
He seems to be feeling better. He said that he’s tired, but the flu takes a toll on your body so I can understand.
Unfortunately, we missed a lot with them being sick. Yesterday was Kennedy’s birthday party and Ciara’s First Confession. I felt really bad having to cancel our trip to Watertown. We’ve been invited so many times to visit them but we were busy. This time we were free and really excited to go, but then everyone got sick. Hopefully we can go visit them really soon. K &; C were really looking forward to meeting Munchkin.
Since everyone is napping, I should get some rest too! Keep your fingers crossed that this sickness goes away soon!
Well the 7-hour sleep must have been a fluke. Last night was a 5-hour stretch followed by a 3-hour stretch. Can’t complain tho…that is still pretty good.
Around 10am, Munchkin and I headed to Stage West to reserve our tickets for “Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat” and “Rocky Horror Picture Show”. We got gift certificates for Saturday dinners, but we booked Sunday matinees with $125 left over for next season. Now we just have to get a babysitter for those days!
Then we headed home as Munchkin was ready to eat. She didn’t settle down so I put her in the bjorn and, of course, she feel asleep. When she woke up, I fed her and then we headed out for a walk. It was a nice day. Strange to have a smog alert in February…probably shouldn’t have taken her out. Oh well.
After Hubby got home from work, we headed out to pick up the shoes that I won on E-bay. They are so cute!
It will be a few months before Munchkin can wear them. They looked so small when I picked them up. But when I held them near her feet, I realised how small her feet still are.
When we got home, Hubby and Munchkin napped. It was nice to have a few minutes to myself. Didn’t do much this evening… Hubby showed me how to do some stuff in Photoshop and I folded laundry. Woo hoo.
Tomorrow is going to be a fun day. Every year we go tobogganing for Jeremy’s birthday and then have dinner with his family. This will be the first time that they will see Munchkin. Jeremy’s brother has 2 kids and I haven’t met the youngest one yet. Last year at this time we were in Trinidad.
Good thing Munchkin slept 7 hours last night!
She ate at 11pm and was asleep by 11:45 and didn’t get up until 6:45am! I was so happy. Then she ate and I had to wake her at 10:20am to get ready to go.
We headed to Hubby’s work to visit with some of his co-workers and then went out to lunch. Good thing I packed a bottle because she wanted to eat when we arrived at the restaurant. After lunch, Munchkin and I headed to Grandpa’s work to pick up the ottoman. I had Hubby email Colleen because we definitely weren’t going to make it to her place by 2pm. Got to Grandpa’s work, visited with Margaret, Laurie and Mr. Bridges then headed off to Colleen’s. We got there around 2:20pm…not to bad. We had a really nice visit. So cool to see Sasha walking…she’s getting very good at it. Tobias came home between lunch and dinner. It was nice to see him too!
Got home around 5:30pm. Hubby was in bed sleeping off a migraine. He said that he had taken a dose of his new meds. Around 8, he got up and the migraine was just a headache. He thinks that if he had taken it just when the migraine started it would have worked better.
As we arrived home, so did my brother. I had him carry the ottoman inside and he unpacked the box. When we got it upstairs, I realized that the wood stains don’t match. I’m going to have to call the store tomorrow.
Munchkin’s in the Bjorn right now…she was sleeping. It might be time to eat! As I said to Colleen today, she can eat as much as she wants during the day if it means that she’ll sleep 7 hours at night!!!
Tomorrow will be a relaxing day…no plans!
Happy Groundhogs Day! Wiarton Willy predicted that spring is right around the corner! Woo hoo!
Munchkin is 7 weeks old today!
Last night was a very good night. She ate at 10:00pm and went to sleep around 10:45. She got up at 3:30am, ate, went back to sleep. Got up again at 8:30!!! Woo hoo! 2 5-hour stretches!
Hubby came in around 1 am…what a long day 
I vaguely remember him leaving this morning.
I think with all the sleeping she did yesterday, she didn’t need to sleep today. There were a few short (30-45 minute) naps but that was it until after dinner. After eating at 5:30 she stayed awake for a short time and then fell asleep on Hubby. I had to wake her at 9 to eat. Since we’re trying to keep her awake after her 2nd to last and last feeding of the day, I tried keeping her awake. But she’s now sleeping in the Bjorn. I’ll have to wake her for the last feeding and then we’ll see how tonight goes. We can only hope for a repeat of yesterday.
We did get our for a walk today. And Dakota came with us. At first she was a little freaked out by the stroller and walked far ahead while frequently looking back. But at the end she was walking right beside us very calmly. We didn’t stay out long but it was nice to get some fresh air.
Tomorrow will be a busy day. We’re going to Grandpa’s work to pick up the ottoman for the glider rocker in the nursery and the 2004 Tax program. Then we’re going to stop to visit with Colleen and Sasha since they live right around the corner from Grandpa’s work. 
Today Munchkin slept a lot! After every feeding, she went right back to sleep. Growing is hard work!
That meant that I got a lot done around the house. Cleaned the upstairs bathroom including mopping the floor and I did 2 loads of laundry and did the dishes! It’s nice when I can get some stuff done, then I feel like I accomplished something.
Hubby is working late tonight so I probably won’t see him tonight.
Munchkin last ate at 10pm so I should go to sleep before she is up again!
Today was a nice day so we went for a walk. I bundled the Munchkin up in her snowsuit and put a blanket over the stroller and away we went! We needed milk so we walked to the 7-11 and I also got coffee! We were out for about 30 minutes total. It was nice to be able to get some fresh air. Munchkin pretty much slept the whole time. Not sure how because most of the sidewalks had snow on them which made for a bumpy ride.
Here’s Munchkin all bundled up in the stroller: