Monday, 29 June 2009
Saturday, 27 June 2009
Baby Tip #1: How to Unclog Nasal Passages
What you will need:
A small medicinal syringe
A few cc's of breastmilk
What to do:
Gently squirt a small amount of breastmilk into your baby's nostril using the medicinal syringe. Wait a moment. Your baby should be cleared up in a few minutes. Repeat on second nostril when baby is ready.
I learned this tip from a friend. It works really well, much better than a bulb syringe or Q-tips. And Madelynn cries a whole lot less.
Friday, 26 June 2009
The long awaited Warmth of Summer
Summer is finally here with perfect 75 degree (F) weather. The lilacs have bloomed this week (they are a summer flower here), along with the lupins, buttercups, bluebells, hawkweed, apple trees and so many others I don't know the name of yet.
Madelynn has grown another chin (this is her third). I had to use the booger sucker (bulb syringe) on her last night for the first time. :( Babies don't like them very much. This past week we've also started cloth diapers. They are so tiny! But they look alot more comfortable than disposable diapers.
The other two kids have been enjoying the sunshine, the pool, their new water squirters (as opposed to water guns), and their shorts with no long johns underneath.
We are hoping to go strawberry picking sometime after the Fourth. No jam this year, we're just going to freeze them whole and use them next winter.
Tonight Daddy and Joshua are going camping and then going fishing tomorrow. This will be Joshua's first fishing trip. We bought him his own fishing pole this week and he is SO excited to use it. They will be going with John and his son Boston, who is Joshua's good friend. Pictures to come!
Madelynn has grown another chin (this is her third). I had to use the booger sucker (bulb syringe) on her last night for the first time. :( Babies don't like them very much. This past week we've also started cloth diapers. They are so tiny! But they look alot more comfortable than disposable diapers.
The other two kids have been enjoying the sunshine, the pool, their new water squirters (as opposed to water guns), and their shorts with no long johns underneath.
We are hoping to go strawberry picking sometime after the Fourth. No jam this year, we're just going to freeze them whole and use them next winter.
Tonight Daddy and Joshua are going camping and then going fishing tomorrow. This will be Joshua's first fishing trip. We bought him his own fishing pole this week and he is SO excited to use it. They will be going with John and his son Boston, who is Joshua's good friend. Pictures to come!
Wednesday, 24 June 2009
What are they Doing?
Here's some updates on the kiddos:
Madelynn turns three weeks old Friday. She is turning out to be a really good sleeper, a pretty quick eater-(though she swallows air as she nurses and isn't very good about burping so we've had a few wet and smelly episodes throughout the day and night.) She's a good pooper. (So best three out of four isn't bad.) She has big blue eyes and brown hair that is about a 1/2 inch long. She has long fingers and toes, a wonderfully fat double chin with two large cheeks, and looks like Joshua did at this age. I await her first real smile with great anticipation.
Rachel is slowly learning new words: pie, sticky, pool, up, down, stool. She is up to par with her weight. Hurrah! The gluten free diet has really done the trick. She has grown so much in the past six months, about one pound/month. She is definitely taller, too and outgrowing her clothes quicker. She is becoming a typical two year old: learning how to communicate her needs, how to control her emotions, when to say please and thank you. She can now count to the number two and recognizes the letter O. If you are wondering, potty training is on the back burner right now, we are taking a break until life becomes more manageable and Rachel ages a bit.
Joshua talks Mommy's ears off and asks lots of questions trying to figure out his world and why things are the way they are. A common phrase that strangers will hear from him: "I'm four and I can hold the baby all by myself." His vocab is growing everyday. He loves to talk about God, Jesus and the Holy Spirit. He is learning to obey, to share, to let others be first, to be polite, and not talk to strangers (hard to do when you live in a small town). He helps Mommy with Madelynn, watches over Rachel, and teaches Rachel how to sound out words. Joshua is looking forward to his first fishing trip with Daddy.
Mommy is a mommy trying to adjust to having three needy children instead of just two. Her days are bit more full though somehow she is finding time to still blog, email, and facebook. Sustaining grace is within her, laundry and dishes are kept up though cleaning is lacking. Postpartum depression has been nil, though her patience is continually stretched past its limits. She's loving the sunshine and the 75 degree summer days. Joel has been great about watching the kids so Mommy can go on a bike ride and keep up with her gardening.
Joel is doing well. Jobs still keep popping up here and there. Right now they are thirty minutes away framing a cabin and hopefully will be able to do all the finish work.
Madelynn turns three weeks old Friday. She is turning out to be a really good sleeper, a pretty quick eater-(though she swallows air as she nurses and isn't very good about burping so we've had a few wet and smelly episodes throughout the day and night.) She's a good pooper. (So best three out of four isn't bad.) She has big blue eyes and brown hair that is about a 1/2 inch long. She has long fingers and toes, a wonderfully fat double chin with two large cheeks, and looks like Joshua did at this age. I await her first real smile with great anticipation.
Rachel is slowly learning new words: pie, sticky, pool, up, down, stool. She is up to par with her weight. Hurrah! The gluten free diet has really done the trick. She has grown so much in the past six months, about one pound/month. She is definitely taller, too and outgrowing her clothes quicker. She is becoming a typical two year old: learning how to communicate her needs, how to control her emotions, when to say please and thank you. She can now count to the number two and recognizes the letter O. If you are wondering, potty training is on the back burner right now, we are taking a break until life becomes more manageable and Rachel ages a bit.
Joshua talks Mommy's ears off and asks lots of questions trying to figure out his world and why things are the way they are. A common phrase that strangers will hear from him: "I'm four and I can hold the baby all by myself." His vocab is growing everyday. He loves to talk about God, Jesus and the Holy Spirit. He is learning to obey, to share, to let others be first, to be polite, and not talk to strangers (hard to do when you live in a small town). He helps Mommy with Madelynn, watches over Rachel, and teaches Rachel how to sound out words. Joshua is looking forward to his first fishing trip with Daddy.
Mommy is a mommy trying to adjust to having three needy children instead of just two. Her days are bit more full though somehow she is finding time to still blog, email, and facebook. Sustaining grace is within her, laundry and dishes are kept up though cleaning is lacking. Postpartum depression has been nil, though her patience is continually stretched past its limits. She's loving the sunshine and the 75 degree summer days. Joel has been great about watching the kids so Mommy can go on a bike ride and keep up with her gardening.
Joel is doing well. Jobs still keep popping up here and there. Right now they are thirty minutes away framing a cabin and hopefully will be able to do all the finish work.
Monday, 22 June 2009
Thunder Boomer
The other night we had a thunderstorm. This was the first one this year for us here in the cold northland. Of course the kids were scared. Rachel still does not have too many words, so she made up a "sign" for thunderstorm- clapping her hands with a wide clap and saying "way!" Way as in Away. Go away. Come back another day. Well, eventually it did, much to Joshua and Rachel's relief (and me and Joel's).
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