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My mother in law takes her dog to a groomer who has a child the same age as Xander. She says that the baby is always in there sitting 5 feet away from where the dogs get groomed. GROSS!! I'm all for bringing your kid to work but REALLY?

my smarty pants

Xander had a screening yesterday with our Parents as Teachers educator. He topped the charts in all areas; gross motor skills, communication, problem solving,

The one and only thing that he is not doing at this time that he shoud be starting soon is getting into a crawl position (on all fours). My little man is a genious!!!



It must be my parenting skills.

sleep well deserved

Well last night was night #4 of baby boot camp (aka: Xander needs to sleep in his crib). He did GREAT!!! I got a little worried that he hadn't woke up at all so I very quietly snuck into his room at 5am this morning (there is nothing quite about sneaking into that room after the door creaks open and the floor groans under your foot) and accidentally woke him up. He was so hungry when i picked him up that he latched on to my bare shoulder and started sucking. So I nursed him back to sleep and he slept another 2 hours!!!! So today I am well refreshed with a nice hickey on my shoulder.

6 month check up

Well, Xander hasn't outgrown his car seat as I had so fearfully thought. The sumo baby weighed in at 19 lbs 15 ounces. 2 pounds till he out grows that seat. Thank goodness. I dread the day that I have to pick a sleeping baby up out of his car seat and stick him into a hard metal shopping cart. The pumpkin seats are so convenient in many ways. I'll miss the days that i can snap him into the stroller and he faces me. I get to see him smiling at me and slowly dozing off as the sounds of nature lull him to sleep. Why weren't all strollers made so the baby faces you? But once he outgrows that baby seat, I'll have to strap him into the stroller facing forward and take him out of the car sleeping or not. Being a big boy has it's price. Maybe once he starts walking he'll slim down a bit. it cracks me up when I get updates about friends kids who say "Little Jessica is 15 months old and weighs 22 pounds!!" I want to say "really? maybe you should feed her!" Xander is my pleasantly plump little turkey and I love him so much.