More teeth!

This will be tough to photograph, but Cam's got his top and bottom molars through on the left side. This kid has had ALL his teeth come through in sets of two. The right side is red on the top and bottom; looks like they'll be through any time now. Phew…these molars have been tough!

Tomorrow Cam has his appointment to get his annual shots - have to decide on doing the MMR or postponing it (going into the fall/winter season, the likelyhood of Cam getting sick from daycare is HIGH). There have been outbreaks of measles in CA :( Not sure what we'll do but we'll figure it out before we get there!

A visit from Uncle Pat!

Kevin's best friend Pat is visiting with us for a couple of days (he's been working in Macau, China for the past year) and Cam is LOVING him :) He's usually a little shy around people he doesn't know, but he took right to Pat, grinning and laughing away with him.

We were a bit worried Cam might be cranky after not getting much sleep at daycare today, but he was thrilled to have Pat here to play with :) Wanted to share this photo of the two of them but also to show Cam's funky sox from Trumpette - they have the coolest baby socks!!)

Tooth update: two more on the bottom! While Cam was smiling at Pat today, K saw them. We totally missed those white bumps! They had been there a few weeks ago, but we've been all about the double ear infection....wondering if the two are related...

ps: Someone turned 9 months yesterday!!

Tooth update

Two on the bottom (big enough to look - and feel - like real teeth) and three on top with one more about to break through. No other whitish bumps on his gums, so after #6, maybe we'll get a break for a little while :)

Car seats and teeth!

The new carseat for Cam arrived today. My good friend Evelyn has asked us several times to come visit her in the Bay area (her son Garrett is 5 months older than Cam) but since Christmas, taking Cam out in the car for more than 10 minutes didn't go too well. Just *getting* him into the carseat was typically a tearful battle - not just for Cam.

So when Evelyn sugguested that Cam's carseat might be too small for him, the lightbulb went off. On our first trip up to the Bay area in more than 3 months a couple of weeks ago, we got a chance to test out Garrett's Britax Marathon and were sold. Tried to buy one locally but our only choices were pink butterflies and a black carseat: not a good color to have in a place where the summer temps can be triple digit. We ordered ours at Albee Baby and got a great price, as well as free shipping. Kevin installed into his car before I went to pick up Cam at daycare, and for the first time in a loooooong time, Cam didn't struggle when put into his car seat. We even took a little drive around the neighbourhood with Cam playing happily with his rattle, and not trying to get out of the carseat! It was amazing!!

This weekend we're going to try a trip up to Pleasanton to go visit my baby boy D'artanyn (the black horse, and not a baby as he'll be 8 in August!), as I just found out he'll be moving with his new mom and family up to Oregon in July. He's come along amazingly with Suzanne, and I can't wait to see him and introduce him to Cam. Perhaps even a riding lesson for us both :)

ps
you can see Cam's bottom teeth in his photo :)

Tooth update

One of his front teeth has broken the surface, finally! We will keep trying to get a picture but we might just photograph the teeth marks on our fingers instead :) The other white bumps up on top of his mouth aren't quite as red as they were a couple of days ago, so maybe the teeth will give us all the weekend off to get caught up on some sleep! (wouldn't that be nice!)

Cam did AWESOME last night: he slept from 7pm to 6:45am. We tried to wake him up at 10:30pm to give him a bottle. He never opened his eyes, but he did eat the 6oz and crashed right back out, only fussing a little when he rolled out of his blankets and got cold. I'm not sure he'll ever be able to sleep in a bed without rails - this kid moves around a lot in his sleep!

This explains all the drool...

Turns out Cam has not one, not two but FIVE teeth coming in up on top. No wonder the poor kid has been having a tough time sleeping/eating the last few days.

He did much better last night, though, slept from 11pm to 5am, which is the best he's done in a week. One of his top teeth is now a sliver of real white tooth; the others are close to pushing through. Buy stock in Anbesol!!

Mango Man :)

We had gotten a little off track with Cam's solids when he was sick a couple of weeks ago and having been working our way back on to the track. Last night I cooked up some mango (which he tried before and loved) and he CHOWED. So great to have his appetite back!

Now that he's got a couple of teeth coming in on the bottom, his new favourite thing to do is to bite down on the spoon as I'm trying to bring it out of his mouth. He thinks is the funniest thing in the world; I'll post some video below of Mr. Funny Mango-Man!

Of course, ignore the fact he's trying to put the end that doesn't have any food into his mouth :) Never said he was a genius - just a cutie-pie!!

Someone is feeling better!

After the longest week in our lives (so far), Cam-a-lam-a-ding-dong is on the road to recovery. This is Cam yelling at the dogs to pay attention to him OR he's yelling at daddy to give him the camera that he really really wants to stick in his mouth :)

We've been enjoying the beautiful spring-like weather here, although we're ready for some cooler weather and a bit more rain. Cam is cutting at least one other tooth - they sure take a long time to look like teeth and not little razors, which is what they feel like on our knuckles, which Cam is taking particular joy in gnawing on these days.

Stroller-a-go-go

I really should think more before I take photos! Cam looked so cute in his hat, but all the stripes are just mommy's bad fashion choice :)

Hard to find hats to fit his melon-head; trying to win an auction on eBay for a sunhat in the 12-18 month size; can't find anything like it around here in Paso, despite how freakin' sunny it is!! Already have sunblock - no sunburns for the Caminator.

The amoxicillin is doing its job; Cam seems to be feeling better and that little lingering cough is now gone (yay!). There is a new twist to his life this week; he's in the process of cutting his first tooth. (of course) Its breaking through and as soon we can figure out how to get him to not stick his tounge out while we're trying to take a photo of his mouth, we'll share the picture :)