Update:
Wesley is still not eating solids. I haven't given it much attention until now. He's 9 months old. His gag reflex is sooo sensitive ... anything textured that goes in there triggers big time gags. Any pureed bite that is too large as well. Most days he eats maybe a tsp or two of something, some days I don't even bother trying. I'm going to get him set up for a 'feeding assessment' through the Speech Language Pathology dept at RUH. Apparently they may have some tips for me to help Wesley with his texture issues.
I'm proud to say that I have reached my 'long term' goal of pumping my milk until Wesley was 9 months old. However, now my picky little guy won't drink anything else. Previously frozen milk? Nope. Formula? No way. I would like to slow down on the pumping and get my life back ... but I feel like I don't have the energy for the effort required to get him to drink something else. And the fact that he's not eating anything makes me feel like I should pump a little longer.
We have a crawler! Mixed emotions about this milestone :) Gone are the days of playing nicely in one spot. By no means is he an Usain Bolt, but he gets to where he wants to be. Which sometimes ends up being sandwiched under the coffee table, and then mom ignores his cries for help because she's busy doing something else in the kitchen and thinks that he's just being whiney. Whoopsies.
He's a pretty good sleeper at night. Much better than his older sister who has been frequenting our bed in the wee hours of the morning fairly regularly these days. However, I am reliving the rather-than-sleep-I'm-going-to-stand-up-in-my-crib-and-think-I'm-awesome technique that he is starting to display at naptime. That's fun.
Julie is full of spunk, as per usual. I am amazed at the giant spectrum of emotions that this kid (well, both kids) can trigger. Every day I experience any combination of amazement, laughter, impatience, and frustration. What a learning experience this whole parenting thing is!
Julie is an ipad addict. I'm trying to break her addiction. The first thing she asks for in the morning, besides her mini wheats, is the ipad so she can watch 'cartoons'. She mostly surfs YouTube and watches Caillou videos, sometimes in random non-english languages. It's ok in the morning, because I'm busy pumping and feeding Wesley, but I like for it to be put away for most of the rest of the day so we can do other things and she's not staring at a computer screen all day. I try to hide it, but she'll ask for it periodically throughout the day. Gah!
I'm amazed and humoured with her imagination and the things she does. The other day I was looking for our cheese grater and couldn't find it. Lo and behold, I finally found it in her play stroller. She had taken it from the dishwasher and tucked it into the seat belt of her stroller and was pushing it around like a baby. Interesting. Other passions include putting on my shoes and announcing that she's off to 'school', finding 'scary monsters' around the house, and dancing. She's got mad skills. Auntie Robbyn should be proud!
Things around the house have been settling down a bit since summer. I'm looking forward to snuggling in for the winter and enjoying the last 3 months of my mat leave. I'm also mentally preparing myself for the first snowfall. Can't believe Christmas is only 2 months away!!
