Wednesday, April 14, 2010

At 13 months old Kye has now officially had his first cold. I'm really proud of the fact that my child managed to stay well for that long and I believe it's due to the breastfeeding! That and he has two parents that rarely get sick as well ;) For the past couple of weeks Kye has been having a runny nose. I didn't really think much of it as he still only has 4 teeth so he's due for some more anytime now. I also noticed that the two beside the top ones he has look like they are going to erupt at any moment so I figured the runny nose was just teething. I also figured that the little cough he came down with was just from the drainage from the runny nose from the teething. No biggie. I checked for a temperature throughout the weeks and never noticed one. On top of the runny nose and slight cough Kye also became extremely whiny and clingy. I do NOT typically have a loving child but MAN he was attached to my hip! He would crawl over to me and just lay his head pitfully ...

TLC Class

Tuesday, January 20, 2009

Labels: baby massage / baby temperature / bath time / circumcision / diaper rash / pregnancy class / sids / sleep

We are officially experts on all things baby and parenting! haha...well at least we should be after the completion of allll these classes we've taken! After a long drive back from Gatlinburg (Zach keeps saying we went to North Carolina...random) we had to get ready and go to the TLC class the same night! I was one of the only two pregnant women who attended the class. Our largest class was the epidural one and the smallest was the one on actually caring for the baby! Kinda ironic! While we didn't enjoy the postpartum class so much this one was MUCH more beneficial and I'm glad it was the last class as it covered more of the fun aspects of parenting instead of so much gross-ness. Things we learned in this class included: The bulb syringe needs to be pushed in before placing it in the baby's cheeks and nose then release it to get the gunk out. We need to sterlize the syringe every 24 hours by putting it in boiling water. There shouldn't be any blankets or s...

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