Hmmmm solids. Yes we tried solids a couple weeks ago and it was an epic fail! He looked at me with disgust - anyone would think I had fed him a malaria tablet. He then gagged and spat it all out. So we shelved that idea for the time being...milk it is!
Dominic has been rolling over like a rolling fool. He rolled over a couple of times when he was 5 weeks old, but we suspect that was an accident rather than an intentional act. He is now showing a real desire to get moving. Maybe he will crawl sooner than his sister, who knows! He's a generally happy man. He's still extremely clingy so I have to carry him around about 95% of the time I have just resigned myself to marsupial life. I am often soaking wet, and so is Dominic. 'Have you been swimming?' or 'Did you fall into a fountain?' one may ask. Why no, this is the baby puke look, don't you know. It's no wonder this child is always eating, he throws up half of everything he eats. It's grim.
Natalie was really sick a couple of weeks back. She was green. Literally green. She was floppy and our home thermometer read 106 degrees. We gave her two different types of fever reducer and 30 minutes later took her to the ER where her fever registered at 104.3. After chest x-rays and a thorough examination she was sent home with some random cough syrup (???).Her fever lasted about 5 days and on day 4 she broke out in a horrific rash. I took her to the pediatrician where they did a strep test, which came back negative, and so they diagnosed her with Roseola, or Sixth disease. She had not eaten for 5 days and on the day she started feeling better I took her out to Monkey Joes (a bounce house). She had a great time playing so I asked her if she wanted to go and get some pizza. Surprisingly she said yes, so we started to walk to the pizza place when BAM! She tripped over her crocs (oh how I hate those shoes) and bit the pavement. She cut her lip open and bust her nose. There was a lot of blood. Anyway the crocs are now banished to the garage where she cannot reach them and we have not had any injuries since we got rid of those death traps.
On a positive note Natalie is now totally out of diapers...the girl has mastered the potty! And the most amazing thing - it only took 2 days before she took ownership of it. And there I was on the second day, picking turds up off the floor and mopping up pee, cussing about "those annoying people" who potty train their kids in 2 days. And the next day we had no accidents...and the next day no accidents...and so I became one of those annoying people! Thanks to stickers and m&m's. She loves wearing pants, the first thing she says when she wakes up is "pants". She's an amazing little thing. She is also talking away now, learning new words every day and putting basic phrases together. I am so proud of her. 
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| The timeout swing...haha |
So there has been a lot going on here, not to mention that I have been running about 4-5 times a week to try and lose this baby flab. So far I've lost 5lbs, I have another 14 to go, but at least I'm on the right path. I managed to pick up a really great jogging stroller for $50. It's a $400 stroller in excellent condition and the kids love coming out for a run in the morning.
Natalie turns 2 in 2 weeks! I can hardly believe 2 years have gone by already. Wow! Well I have to get back to life now...until next time!
