Thursday, March 15, 2012
I revise Callum's stats
I saw a post on one of my forums recently with a little boy's one year stats that were smaller than Callum's but with higher percentiles. So I went and plotted his info on the CDC growth chart and I got that he is in the 80th percentile for weight and the 95th for height. Now THAT sounds more like my boy. :)
Sunday, March 11, 2012
Crawling back out of a hole
Well. I was going to write a comprehensive, thoughtful summary of my real food challenge week and then Wednesday at midnight the plague hit us. Ok, not the plague, but close to it. I spent midnight Wednesday through Thursday mid-morning being puked on, and then 3 pm Thursday, it hit me. I am JUST NOW finally starting to feel normal again. I cannot believe kids. Everett threw up once, watched a lot of tv, and was back to normal in no time. Callum's still a bit whiny, but that kid can puke all over and then get up and run across the house. Brian got sick for an evening and a day and is off skiing today. Me? I spent an entire evening in lying on the bathroom floor, a night of tossing, turning, and sipping water, and then 2 days of lying around barely moving because when I moved I got hit by a wave of nausea. Woe is me. Anyway. Yeah. So now we're all nearly better and the house isn't a complete disaster thanks to husband and I being sick on just barely overlapping schedules.
Everett's watched enough tv to last him a month, but luckily he got out of the house to go swimming with nana, playing outside in the gorgeous weather with Uncle Benj, and now skiing with Daddy and his buddy Ry. He gets to try out his new skis today that are 30cm bigger than his first pair! We're hoping he does ok. He started on 70cm and by his height, we think he should be on about 85-90cm. Well, we didn't want to waste money since he'll just grow more this summer, so we went with a great deal on ebay for a pair of 100cm. He's working on his "french fry" turns so he doesn't get so tired from "making pizza" all day long.
And that's that. We're all still alive. The house is standing. And I'm folding the fifth(?) load of laundry this weekend. Oh yeah, the washer repair guy showed up right as I started getting sick but at least we got to wash pukey sheets that evening!
Everett's watched enough tv to last him a month, but luckily he got out of the house to go swimming with nana, playing outside in the gorgeous weather with Uncle Benj, and now skiing with Daddy and his buddy Ry. He gets to try out his new skis today that are 30cm bigger than his first pair! We're hoping he does ok. He started on 70cm and by his height, we think he should be on about 85-90cm. Well, we didn't want to waste money since he'll just grow more this summer, so we went with a great deal on ebay for a pair of 100cm. He's working on his "french fry" turns so he doesn't get so tired from "making pizza" all day long.
And that's that. We're all still alive. The house is standing. And I'm folding the fifth(?) load of laundry this weekend. Oh yeah, the washer repair guy showed up right as I started getting sick but at least we got to wash pukey sheets that evening!
Wednesday, March 7, 2012
Real Food Challenge - Days 6 & 7
Breakfast:
-Scrambled eggs with spinach
-Orange juice
-Coffee with Coffeemate Natural Bliss Vanilla creamer
Snack:
-Chocolate Cherry Torte Larabar
Lunch:
-Salad: lettuce, cucumber, tomato, chickpeas, sunflower seeds, Newman's Own ranch dressing. Checked out the croutons in the pantry -OMG. SMOKE FLAVOR?!?! TBHQ?? ICKY! So no croutons to me and I think I'll be tossing the package.
Snack:
-Homemade cheese cracker
-Mixed nuts
Dinner:
-Leftover lentil soup
-Buttered bread
Dessert:
-Some Equal Exchange (organic and fair trade) dark chocolate with almonds
WEDNESDAY
Breakfast:
-Oatmeal with brown sugar
-Toast with butter and organic apricot spread
-Coffee with Coffeemate Natural Bliss Vanilla creamer
Snack:
-Chocolate chip brownie larabar
Lunch:
-Nachos: Bearitos organic tortilla chips, black beans, cheese, Muir Glen organic salsa, Daisy sour cream
-skim milk
Dinner:
-Potato leek soup
-Homemade biscuits
-Skim milk
And then we're done, right? Right? Right!
So I shared a platter of hot wings with a buddy after volleyball. :)
Other participants:
-Scrambled eggs with spinach
-Orange juice
-Coffee with Coffeemate Natural Bliss Vanilla creamer
Snack:
-Chocolate Cherry Torte Larabar
Lunch:
-Salad: lettuce, cucumber, tomato, chickpeas, sunflower seeds, Newman's Own ranch dressing. Checked out the croutons in the pantry -OMG. SMOKE FLAVOR?!?! TBHQ?? ICKY! So no croutons to me and I think I'll be tossing the package.
Snack:
-Homemade cheese cracker
-Mixed nuts
Dinner:
-Leftover lentil soup
-Buttered bread
Dessert:
-Some Equal Exchange (organic and fair trade) dark chocolate with almonds
WEDNESDAY
Breakfast:
-Oatmeal with brown sugar
-Toast with butter and organic apricot spread
-Coffee with Coffeemate Natural Bliss Vanilla creamer
Snack:
-Chocolate chip brownie larabar
Lunch:
-Nachos: Bearitos organic tortilla chips, black beans, cheese, Muir Glen organic salsa, Daisy sour cream
-skim milk
Dinner:
-Potato leek soup
-Homemade biscuits
-Skim milk
And then we're done, right? Right? Right!
So I shared a platter of hot wings with a buddy after volleyball. :)
Other participants:
Monday, March 5, 2012
Real Food Challenge - Day 5
Breakfast:
-Kashi autumn wheat organic biscuit cereal with skim milk
-Coffee with Coffeemate Natural Bliss Vanilaa creamer
Snack:
-Chocolate chip brownie larabar
Lunch:
-Sandwich: sun-dried tomato turkey, extra sharp cheddar, organic spinach, yummy local bread
-Bearitos tortilla chips
-Steamed sweet potato with butter
Snack:
-Organic darjeeling tea
Dinner:
-Pan-roasted chicken with lemon-garlic green beans
Snack:
Fail. I couldn't help myself. I had a dark chocolate Dove promises chocolate which lists "natural and artificial flavors." Where the heck did this sweet tooth/need for chocolate come from? Mom, do you have any ideas? ;)
Other participants:
-Kashi autumn wheat organic biscuit cereal with skim milk
-Coffee with Coffeemate Natural Bliss Vanilaa creamer
Snack:
-Chocolate chip brownie larabar
Lunch:
-Sandwich: sun-dried tomato turkey, extra sharp cheddar, organic spinach, yummy local bread
-Bearitos tortilla chips
-Steamed sweet potato with butter
Snack:
-Organic darjeeling tea
Dinner:
-Pan-roasted chicken with lemon-garlic green beans
Snack:
Fail. I couldn't help myself. I had a dark chocolate Dove promises chocolate which lists "natural and artificial flavors." Where the heck did this sweet tooth/need for chocolate come from? Mom, do you have any ideas? ;)
Other participants:
Callum's one year check-up
On Friday, Everett and I took Callum in for his one year check-up. To day that he impressed the doctor and nurse might be an understatement. They couldn't believe how big he was and how well he was walking (running) and jabbering. What can I say, I have a genius child, right?
The official measurements actually put him at quite a normal size.
He was 31 1/4" tall (75th %ile), 23.5 lbs (75th %ile), and host head was18 1/4" (again, 75th %ile).
He got his first HepB shot and his first dose of MMR. He was a total champ. I just held his arms, the nurse gave him the shots, he yelled at us and then was back to himself. Poor baby is also cutting his fourth tooth right now.
Oh, and excluding last night, he has been sleeping through the night since mid last week! My little baby is growing up. I feel no more rested but am missing my baby snuggles.
Such is life though, eh? Babies grow up. Dang it.
The official measurements actually put him at quite a normal size.
He was 31 1/4" tall (75th %ile), 23.5 lbs (75th %ile), and host head was18 1/4" (again, 75th %ile).
He got his first HepB shot and his first dose of MMR. He was a total champ. I just held his arms, the nurse gave him the shots, he yelled at us and then was back to himself. Poor baby is also cutting his fourth tooth right now.
Oh, and excluding last night, he has been sleeping through the night since mid last week! My little baby is growing up. I feel no more rested but am missing my baby snuggles.
Such is life though, eh? Babies grow up. Dang it.
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