My shirt says it all!

A nurse at one of the hospitals I work at gave this onesie to Amelia. It is perfect for her!! But funny how she always has a bow in her hair, except for this picture!!

1st ear infection

Our poor baby had her first ear infection. The week started on Monday with Amelia not really wanting to eat much or take a nap. Tuesday was fine. But Tuesday night it started. She woke up 3 times during the night. That is totally out of character! She would just fuss and toss around, but I honestly was not suspecting an ear infection. She was not running a fever or anything. On Wednesday, my mom said she only napped for 45 minutes and as the day went on, she went from fussy to miserable. Still no fever, but we gave her Tylenol anyway. She responded great to the Tylenol and perked up a bit. The pediatrician couldn't see her that day, so we continued with Tylenol every 4 hours and went to the doctor Thursday morning. We saw the nurse practitioner. We had noticed that Amelia was hitting her head on the left side, so I suspected a left ear infection. Wrong! Her left ear was perfect, but her right ear was badly infected! She was given a prescription for amoxicillin for 10 days. The amoxicillin is not pink and yummy like when I was a kid. She is doing better and sleeping a lot! We will go back for a recheck in 2 weeks.

Welcoming Baby Jack Dewing

We had a couples baby shower for Jennie and Steve Dewing to welcome baby Jack. He is due the end of February and we can't wait. The theme of the shower was "Cute as a Button". It was at Meghan and Jon's house and it was nice to see everyone. It had been a while since we had all been together. Mike and Stacie couldn't be there though, they were in NYC for a weekend getaway!

We played a few games at this shower because at our shower, all the guys kept asking to play games. The first game was for the guys only! They had a drinking race...beer in baby bottles! Matt won by a landslide, but later revealed he had cut the tip off the nipple. Cheater!

The second game was putting a diaper on a stuffed animal. It was a game for 2 partners. The one partner sat in a chair and held the stuffed animal. The other partner was standing behind with their eyes closed and was directed by the seated partner on how to put the diaper on. Nicole and Jen won!

While opening the presents, Matt had a little surprise for Jennie and Steve. Apparently he received a message from Baby Jack and wrote it on his undershirt and delivered it to Jennie and Steve. It said "Dear Mom and Dad,  No more sleep for you!  Sincerely, Jack".  He can be quite the character.

It was a fun way to prepare for Jack and we can't wait for him to arrive!

Eating in a high chair

Amelia is now eating in a high chair...and loving it! Thanks to Aunt Di, Amelia got an early Valentine's Day present. She loves sitting in the high chair and playing in it while I get her food ready. We wheel her into the kitchen or next to the table while we are eating. She looks like such a big girl. She has even fallen asleep in it while eating!

Sleeping 12 hours

Amelia has been sleeping well since 9 weeks, but we have been waking her at 10:30 for a final feed to get her through til morning. Since she has been eating cereal in the evenings before her 6:30 bottle, she hasn't been so interested in her 10:30 bottle anymore. Matt and I discussed dropping it, but wanted to wait until a weekend. So last night, we dropped the 10:30 feed and Amelia slept from 7pm until 7:15 this morning! Goooo Amelia! Although Matt says he is happy he won't have to do the 10:30 feed anymore, I think he will secretly miss that quiet time with Amelia.

Sitting up...well, trying!

Amelia is trying so hard to sit up. The other night she was able to hold herself up for a few minutes. I couldn't leave her side to get my camera so I snapped a quick picture with my phone. Where is my little baby going??

Cereal with bananas

Now Amelia is eating cereal. The first couple of bites were not exciting, but then she loved it! And hasn't looked back!!