Those darn immunizations!!

So Blake has had an off few days since his immunizations. For his 2 month shots I gave him Tylenol before his appointment and this time I didn't. But I will definitely be doing it from now on!! He's still okay, just had a bit of a fever and was pretty clingy for awhile. I don't mind the clinginess though - just means more cuddles and rocking, which I love!! He has grown 3 cm in the past month, but has not gained any weight at all. He's now just below the 50 percentile for weight. The health nurse said it was a little odd that he didn't gain any weight, but that he looks healthy and seems healthy and content so she is not too concerned. She wants us to bring him back in 1 month though just to make sure he does gain. I told her that our pediatrician recommended giving him rice cereal at 3 months to help with his reflux and that I hadn't done that so far and she said to try it out, that it wouldn't hurt. So we'll probably start that this weekend. I'm not so excited to start solids, even though it's just rice cereal for now!! It seems too fast and I want him still be a little baby!! Aren't I pathetic!? LOL! Time is just flying by way, way too fast ...

Tracy :)

An Amazing 4 Months ...

Wow! Tomorrow Blake is 4 months old. These past four months have been some of the best of my life!! It has amazed me how much Blake has affected me! Might sound silly, but I knew life would be different, what I didn't understand was all of the emotions and feelings and love that having a child brings into your life! I fall in love all over again every time I look at him and have a new deeper love for Cal. He is such a fantastic Dad and it just brings tears to my eyes seeing them together! We have had a busy four months and Blake has became quite the traveller! This past September long weekend we went camping in Jasper with my parents and their friends Erica and Dion. We did a lot of sight seeing and a black bear visited us in our campsite! I posted a picture of us at the hot springs. We had tons of fun!! The trip there on Friday night was not a good one!! The evening is not a good time to travel with Blake!! His evening's usually consist of eating, bathing and bedtime and he really did not like being in the car seat for 4 hours! Near the end of the trip I finally crawled in the backseat with him. I was confused because just a few weeks before I'd drove to Fort McMurray with him and all was fine! But then we realized most of the travelling we'd done had been in the a.m. So sure enough the next few days when we were driving around during the day all was good!! Lesson learned! We're going to visit Cal's family in Grande Prairie in a few weeks, so we are going to travel during the day! Tomorrow Blake has his 4 month shots, so he will be weighed and measured then too. I'm guessing he is near 16 lbs, but we'll see! Blake is still really close to rolling from his back to his stomach and his neck is getting a lot stronger. He doesn't seem to mind tummy time as much as he used to. He is looking all over the place now and yesterday I took him for a walk around the neighbourhood in our heart-to-heart sling so he could face out and see the world around him!! The position he sits in is called the Buddha position! It's pretty cute! Hope everyone had a wonderful summer, we can't believe it's over already :( Oh well, let's hope the winter is mild! Take care!

Love Tracy
XOXOX