November 29, 2007

Fun with the camera tonight, for no particular reason.

Gaius, on the move.

Gaius, floundering after being on the move.

Mommy, poking and tickling an unamused Gaius.

Dad, Gaius, and Mommy, all floundering.

Family portrait, minus Dad (count the cats!).

Peas and Thank You

After 2 weeks of feeding Mr. Gaius various forms of grain, tonight we gave him peas.

We were a little worried about how he would react. He hated the rice and oatmeal, and seemed to tolerate the multigrain cereal. Would vegetables be any different? Yes, they would! Gaius took to the peas like a slug to the underside of a rotting leaf.

Here is Mom giving the first couple of bites.

And Gaius trying to make sense of what he is tasting.

I really should have taken a picture of the aftermath. Gaius looked like Swamp Thing.

Ichabod isn't the only Biter in the house!

Cute Little Cora!

new text in from dad...

Woke up this morning to hear:

Cora is 9lbs 2 oz 6:35am everyone fine (!!!!!!)

So excited for Geoff and Julieanna! Can't wait to meet our new niece and Gaius' cousin Cora Genevieve Turner!!!! Stay tuned for pics as soon as we get them!!!

I Love Me Some Slop!

In addition to putting Gaius in his room to sleep alone, there have been some other big changes in his life recently.

Solid food!

Today, he enjoyed his second morning of multi-grain cereal. He seems to like it much more than the the single grain rice or oatmeal.

Down the hatch....





Mmmmmmm...Earth's Best Mutligrain Cereal.......

Hey, you Night Devils, Why Don't You Stay a While?

This past week was a nightmare. Sleep time in the (East coast) Turner household has become some kind of evil three-ring circus where night devils ride unicycles and demons sells peanuts up in the bleachers.

As you may have gathered, nights 3, 4, and 5 of Gaius sleeping on his own in the crib didn't go so well. The cry-it-out method turned out to be bullsh*t, too.

On Night 4, Gaius cried for 3.5 hours straight, as loud as he could, until his voice gave out. When he couldn't scream any longer, he croaked and whined. After that, it was back in the bed with Mommy and Daddy for a few hours.

Last night was little better. Before putting Gaius down, we stuffed him full of oatmeal (it's the right thing to do, and the right way to do it) and 6 ounces of formula. Also, when we put him to bed, we went back to swaddling him. These approaches seemed to have a positive effect. Gaius only woke up 3 times over 9 hours, which means Mommy and Daddy got some much needed rest.

We'll have to wait and see what tonight brings. I'm all about patterns, and the pattern has been that once we figure out something that works, Gaius changes his mind about that thing working.

So, no more predictions from me about the night devils departing and the such.