Baby Moments

I’ve got a lot of complains that I don’t write anymore. And a lot of new things happened in the meantime. So…maybe I should start sharing them with you:

17th of April- Saturday My first top tooth is out. It involved a lot of drooling and not that much crankiness. Now I can say that I can, if I want, to get chunkier things to chew like cucumbers or toast, which I looove. Sometimes I don’t want anything else to eat except some toast. Of course, mommy takes care to get my vitamins from the fruit juices. I get 3 of them daily : apples or pears for breakfast, carrots and celery or strained soup for lunch and grapefruit or orange for dinner. Today also I managed to climb on daddy from my bum to my  feet. Yeeeey!!!

19′th of April-Monday My second top tooth came out. Now, I think, I can be relaxed. No more teething for a while. But the problems are not over. We had Bubu sick with a very ugly ear infection. And in the past 2 nights I didn’t want to sleep at all, so mommy took my temperature and I had 38C. That’s not good. She presses my ear to see if I have the same infection, but I didn’t react at all. Maybe it is because of my new tooth… She took me to the doctor anyway. The doctor checked my everything and I looked fine. She said that there is roseola going around and it might be it. That means, after the fever is gone, a big rush will come out to end the suffering. Today I was really determined to see what is so attractive to those blinds beside my bed, so, I made sure that nobody watched and I got up from my bum to my feet. By myself. Well… nothing interesting about them, just some noise, but the thing that I did… far more interesting.

24th of April- Saturday After Monday I was OK with my fever and my moods, but for the last 2 nights… again I didn’t sleep. I just cried, and cried, and cried. So they took me to the doctor to learn that I have the same wonderful ear infection that Bubu had (he is much better now). I’m taking now Amoxicillin for 10 days, 5ml twice a day an I HATE it with every part of my body. You should see how my mouth is perfectly sealed only at the sight of the antibiotic syringe.. At least they found out what I have and they are doing something to ease my suffering. I’ll be in perfect shape until Tuesday when my grandparents (Lidia and Mitica) will come. I can’t wait to show them all my new tricks.

27th of April-Tuesday Today I’ll have visitors and I am still sick I didn’t sleep…again, I cried and cried and cried… again and I went to the doctor… again. I found out that my body and my immune system are really strong and I became resistant to the antibiotic so she switched to Cepfrozil (the same as Bubu) 3,5ml twice a day for another 10 days. Maybe this time it will work. This one taste muuuch better than the first one. And we got mommy sick too. With the same thing. This is the perfect moment for my grandparents to come and take care of us

4th of May-Tuesday My doctor’s day! With my lack of eating and sleeping, mommy was worried that I lost all my fluffiness, but I managed to grow somehow. I am 10.2 kg and 74.5 cm. My antibiotic works well. I am much better now. The eating… not so much. I like bread. No. I love bread. Toasted or just like that I never say no. And I also love any other food than mine. It is tasty; mine is… bleah.

In the mean time I am glad that my food is starting slowly to taste better and stronger and I am happy. I am doing a lot of things. I like to take mommy’s glasses off and give them back to her to put them on and I do it again and again and again. I was doing the same thing with Bubu with a bath sticker. He put it on his chest, I got it off and give it back to him to put it on his chest… I love those things. I also like when people take turns in making sounds. One of these days this happened between Lidia and Mitica. I didn’t let either one of them to get twice in a row with the same sound. Every time one made the sound I would turn to the other one to get the sound. Smart

My assisted walking is already pretty good and fast. A few days ago, mommy took me for a walk around the house (apparently outside is winter again ) and I walked happily back and forth until I realized that is music coming to my ears from somewhere. When I discovered the source (daddy was listening at the basement) I froze on top of the stairs, cause I couldn’t see nothing from that spot. But I looked at mommy and her smile told me that I could go there (with her). I started slow and I got faster when I recognized the place where I love to sit with daddy and just listen to music together. This time it was Tchaikovsky. I showed him a face… I don’t think he will go soon without me in this spot.

Around 9th of May I started… crawling. Well… more like a caterpillar, but, as daddy said, I started functioning pretty well and fast. And I am so happy. Now I can get wherever I want. Especially at that place with a lot of buttons called TV, computer and other stuff. I looooove it. But they won’t let me go there and I don’t get why. Aren’t the buttons made to be pushed? Or turned? Because I got moving so fast, they put up a gate so I can’t go down too fast to the basement and hurt myself. I didn’t discover it yet. We’ll see.

Today I discovered the door stop. It is like a string and if you hit it slowly it vibrates and makes a really funny sound. I’ll try to go around to find out what other goodies they hid from me till now.

Now that I slept with mom and dad again, of course I didn’t let them sleep. I was that anxious to start my new normal routine that at 6 I woke up fresh and showed myself  with my big eyes in the peek-a-boo corner of my bed. Mommy couldn’t believe it so she took me on her chest and she held me tight and rocked me until I fell asleep again forgetting about my fresh early start. I slept until 8.30. Bubu stayed home again cause he had fever so we didn’t get out at all.

Today, for the first time, I had my first attempt to push myself up on my feet. I was on my bum, I leaned on the ottoman and pushed myself on my hands. I didn’t move at all, not even a centimeter, but the idea and the hand move were there. Now that I know it, I’ll practice it more often, cause today I got a little bit frustrated, so I have to succeed fast to go wherever I want.

I finally had my bath… Mmmmm….. Sooo good. Now, I have to have a good sleep. Good night!

I had  a better night. Maybe because Kati slept with me so mommy and daddy can have a whole night of sleep. They deserve it after what I did to them 2 nights ago. My eyes look much clearer and my energy level is back to normal. And of course I’m back. Today I had mommy, Kati and Bubu to take care of me. Poor Bubu had to stay home, because this light cold was trying to get him too, but he is the strongest and toughest brother in this world. My day was actually a wonderful day, except I didn’t go outside. I miss that, but mommy promised me if I have a good night, tomorrow I’m going out. (like she has any choice. She has to take me to drop Bubu at the bus )

She also got me some baby snacks that I loooooove. She tasted them and they seem pretty bland, but what does she know? They are for babies, not adults. She also got some baby yogurt and mixed it with the cheese & rice meal. Yummmm!!!

Tonight I’m going again to bed without my wonderful bath

I can’t wait for my normal day with my usual walks and bath. But I’m more than sure that tomorrow is that day. I’ll tell how it went.

I don’t feel well at all. I had a horrible night and I didn’t let anybody rest. I woke up suddenly screaming for countless times and, taking turns, mom and dad took me on their tummies to comfort me. I can’t breathe properly and I don’t let anybody clean my nose, even though is running like a shower. They had to change me once because I sweaty (I guess it’s a good thing to sweat when you have a cold); in the morning mommy put on my chest a “Fever bug” (sticker thermometer. It’s not really accurate, but it’s doing its job roughly) and it showed somewhere between 37-38 C degrees so mommy gave me again some Tempra drops. Bleah!!! I have no idea why did they make them with such a strong flavour when we have to have our food almost bland.

I told you that I don’t let anybody touch my nose. Well, you already know that I love my nose treasures. They are mine and only mine. Until I sneezed . And they escaped. You should see mommy’s face when she saw them. I almost got dizzy after, that much air I could breathe in.

I need sleep to recover, so I slept with help pretty well during the day. I am thirsty most of the time but water is a big NO NO. I want juices, tasty juices and I am not in the mood to wait for mommy to make them so I kind of giving her a hard time. But she’s smart. She called Kati to help her out. He he he!!! I am smart too. I have 2 persons to bug now.

It’s a good thing that Kati is here because I’ll stay inside today to recover and let mommy go get her schedule with Bubu with no problem.

I think my top teeth are trying to come out. They start to show trough my gums, but they didn’t break through yet. So this is another reason for my moods, I think.

I wish to have a good night, to breathe easily.

… and I don’t like it at all. I am cranky if nobody holds me or if they dare to put me down. But I can’t say that this was my worst day. No. My appetite was fine, my naps as well. The evening was a really runny one around my nose, so daddy decided to put me in bed without my bath. They gave me some Tempra, my milk and sweet dreams. I will stay during the night with a mini fan from Neo Citron that will clear my airways and help me breathe and heal easier. Maybe sleep the whole night… Who knows? We’ll see.

Every time we go out I fall asleep right away. Not today. Mommy and Bubu took me out for a walk, hoping that I’ll fall asleep, but I didn’t. So, after they walked and walked they decided to stop at a playground to let Bubu play a little. But I got bored, so mommy took me out of the stroller and put me in a swing. Oh boy, that was fun. I was laughing as hard as I could, that much fun I had. We met a girl about my age in the next swing, Katia, and we played together. After swings we went on the slides. Fun too, not as much as the swings. Because I was a little absent, mommy put me back into the stroller and went again for a walk. I was so curious of surroundings that I decided to lift myself from the recliner, comfortable position into a sitting one. For the first time. It was pretty exhausting and I fell asleep soon enough.

At dinner time I was a little cranky and mommy gave me a piece of cucumber to calm me down a bit until my juice was done. I was fascinated by it and it actually was quite tasty.

I made my first steps! With mommy holding me, of course, but for the first time I knew what I am supposed to do with my legs, meaning… steps. Yeeeeee!!!! Soon I’ll be independent and I won’t need anybody to carry me where I want, if they can understand where I want.

The rest of the day… nothing new to tell you. I am the happy baby, until I want something. And I make myself heard. I still don’t eat well, drink is OK, and still don’t sleep the whole night.

I had a rough week. And the nights were even worse. Why? Because for some reason during the day I refuse to eat everything, but my body says that I have to grow and makes my stomach growl of hunger so I wake up 2-3 times a night for 6 oz of milk. OK, maybe I refuse to eat, but to drink… I like the juices or the soups that mommy gives me in my lovable bottle.  The most curious thing is that even though I don’t eat a thing, I fill my diapers with nice treasures really, really successfully.Today around 3 mommy was so desperate that I just glued my lips in front of the spoon, that she took me on her laps and tried to give an yogurt (Yoptimal, vanilla) with one of their teaspoons. And I ate it all. And maybe I wanted more, but she didn’t give me another one. After that she just gave me a piece of bread in my hand which was very tasty too. By evening I was grumpy and hungry again. Mommy tried some puree fruits and I start eating very well. But she wasn’t prepared for that, meaning that I didn’t have my bib on. So daddy put my bib between the spoons. When I felt it on I just glued my lips. They took it off, the puree was amazingly tasty. What do you say about that? Conclusion: I am allergic to my bib. It’s depressing. I am a big boy, I don’t have to wear it. Do you wear a bib when you eat? See? So from tomorrow I’ll try to eat without any bib. We’ll see how my clothes will look like after. I think those fruits opened my appetite ’cause at sleep time I wanted 8oz of milk. We’ll see how I’ll sleep.

A few days ago we celebrated Easter. And everybody worked around and nobody had really time for me. I was as usual a bit good, a bit grumpy (of hunger) and granny Kati decided to give me to try a dill stem. Actually she was curious what I would do with it. And oh my God, that was tasty! I kept it in my hand and sucked it until it had not even a drop of juice left in it. In another day, they tried with celery stalks. Good too. Not as good as the dill though.

Enough with the food. The highlight of my day (beside the arrival of Bubu and daddy home) is my bath time. I like to play with my toy, especially an orange crab. But mostly I like when Daddy rinse my hair. I am fully relaxed with maximum of satisfaction on my face. It feels really good. AAA!!!! Today, for the first time, ups, I produced myself a jacuzzi. You know. The bubbly, noisy, smelly one. I was so proud of myself. It must have been a funny thing cause everybody laughed, so I have to try it again.

I am a pretty lazy guy. I don’t want to crawl or get myself on my bum, but I can clap my hands really cute. And I like to talk a lot and lately to scream as high and hard as I can. Just for fun. I am in love with a remote control that I try to keep it close especially when I try to sleep. Gives me comfort with all those buttons.

That’s about it, I think about my last week. See you next time.

A! If you tell me that I am handsome, I will answer you instantly “DA” (yes) Well, of course I am and I am a modest person. I will show you my 2 bottom teeth as well.

My last 2 days were much better. Maybe because I got back to my routine with mommy. Who knows? Even tough this morning I showed her my strong personality with a big crisis at breakfast that she didn’t know what to do with me after she tried to feed, kiss, hug, hold………….. me and she put me in my playard with my toys and left me there. After not even a minute I was happy. No idea what happened at my meal time. After that I was almost OK. I am doing my exercises, that means that I stay a lot in a push up position trying to get up. Maybe I have to figure first how to get up by myself on my bum and after straight on my legs. I’m still working on my strategies.

Mommy is trying to give me my meals pureed with the fork. I like them, but after a few bites I don’t want that food anymore even if she blends is really smooth. So, maybe it’s not the time yet. Instead, their food looks much more appealing to me than mine. And they don’t want to give it to me. Soon. You’ll see. Soon.

The bed time…. harsh for everybody. I just don’t want to settle down. I cry and I move and I want out of bed. In the last few nights I slept only after daddy held me into his arms for a bit. I love and I want to be close to him for a bit, what can I say?

My days are pretty rough lately. I don’t want to eat, but mostly I don’t, under any circumstances, want to sleep nor during the day nor night. Mommy looks like a ghost already, but I am still very grumpy. It might be the teething or something else, but I don’t want to calm down. Well… maybe for an hour but after that, I’m back. Last week Kati was here to help mommy to get some rest. Did she get it? Ha ha ha! No no no. I was even worse during the night. I fell asleep very hard and woke up a few times during the night. Hungry or not, I was up crying. The peak was Friday night after Kati left. At bed time I had a very strong crisis and I didn’t want to sleep, but crying and yelling and trying to escape from the bed. But after mommy held me tight in her arms I fell asleep finally sighing for half an hour after she put me in bed. And because I don’t eat well during the day, I wake up a few times in the night to eat. And I eat. Last night I woke up at 12 to eat 6 oz, after I had my 6 oz at bed time (9-ish). At 1 I start crying. Obviously not of hunger but something else, so mommy held me again until I calmed down and put me back in bed. At 4 the hunger stroke again and at 5 I just didn’t want to stay in my bed anymore. Mommy took me in their bed and put me on her tummy. I think I slept on and off for an hour when I decided: that’s it! I want up! We went today to Nana’s to celebrate “Floriile” and when I got there I was again very whiny and grumpy until I got really red on right part of my face and I got a broken blood vessel into my right corner of my right eye. Mommy got really scared. But after about 10 minutes I got back to normal… being a happy baby. After that everything was fine. I even fell asleep in Nana’s arms in a very weird and in the same time very comfy position and woke up… home.

Now… those were the downs of this past week. But I had a lot of ups too.

I like to dance. A lot. I have my signature move which is side to side accompanied by the biggest smile. If mommy moves a little bit this way, or if I hear some tunes, or even If I am at my lunch I start dancing really happy. I also like to talk. Very loud. Everybody has to hear whatever I have to say. I start to show my strong personality through my dance, but mostly trough my speeches. Especially in the very early hours of a new day.

Once at my afternoon nap, Kati didn’t know what to do to make me sleep and she put to my ear her phone playing Mozart. I fell asleep almost instantly making specific faces (you know, those important faces that people make when they listen classical music to show that they love it).

At bath time (my daddy time) I like to play with my new little toys, but daddy showed me a much more interesting thing. He turned on the water with me in the bath tub. WOW!!! That water coming making noise and splashes all over. And it feels SO good if you put your hand trough it… And the teeth brushing with Bubu. I love to bite his finger. And as much as he complains of pain, I bite and laugh harder.

My food…

As you know I like strong tasting foods. Today because we left for the whole day, Mommy didn’t have time to cook my lunch and dinner, so she bought Heinz jars. One with turkey and veggies for lunch (was so so) and one with broccoli and cheese. When she opened it, it smelled so stinky, that everybody said: if you don’t like it, I feel you! But, what do you know? I ate the whole thing with no problem. When they sat at the table I wanted to try something from whatever they had. Today apparently they had to have fish. My favourite. Daddy gave me about 1 tsp of fish barely mashed between fingers. Yum! And I chewed it with no problem. I don’t have teeth for nothing. I have to use them at something, beside biting Bubu’s finger. When we came home daddy was hungry and he made himself a mixture of yogurt (Astro) and biscuits. If that didn’t look yummy… I don’t know what does. I stared at his bowl until he gave some. I started shivering of pleasure and I reached and opened my mouth for another and another and another and…well you know… like a little baby bird waiting for its mommy to bring the goodies. Yum Yum Yum.

See you some other time with more ups than downs, I hope. Take care!