Feb
04
Baby’s First Header off the Bed: Monday “Did you get dropped on your head when you were a baby?” “As a matter of fact, I did.” Poor Theo. I stupidly, carelessly, recklessly set Theo up on the twin bed in his room as I stood next to him and selected his clothes from the dresser. [...]
Jan
28
Today, Theo and I went to Costco, and on the way home he fell asleep. Fifteen minutes into his nap, we were home. I tried to quietly transfer him in his car seat into the house without waking him. When my key entered the lock on the front door, his eyes popped open. Oh, well. [...]
Dec
31
Theo has made great strides in the past week. Christmas He loved every one of the gifts our kind friends and family gave him for Christmas. Thank you so much! Click on any image below for a larger version: Teeth Theo started showing signs of a third tooth a few days ago, and it’s now [...]
Dec
22
This morning, Theo and I went to see Doctor Sue in the Physical Therapy department at Kaiser. We were referred there by the doctor who saw him two weeks ago in the preemie screening clinic (again, he was a full-term baby but had a low Apgar score of 5, 6, 8.) I have come home [...]
Dec
21
In my last post I described our experience going to get Theo’s development checked out at six months. I had misremembered that this was scheduled because he was in NICU. It was instead because his Apgar score was only 5, 6, and 8 (his airway was clogged with a mucus plug when he was born.) [...]
Nov
30
On Saturday, we went for our first formal portraits as a family of three. Theo demonstrated his fledgling skill for sitting by himself on the floor. As luck would have, Santa Claus was at the same mall! So Theo got to meet the Jolly Old Elf and sit on his lap. Click on a thumbnail image [...]
Nov
26
We had an untraditional Thanksgiving yesterday. Our little family went to the area near Sly Park to let the baby experience snow. We walked through snow on the shore of Jenkinson Lake. We ate delicious Italian turkey sandwiches from the Safeway in Pollock Pines for lunch. We came home and fed Theo his first meat [...]
Nov
25
He Has My Teeth Lately, Vlady and I have suspected that Theo’s two bottom teeth are off-center. The photo I took yesterday seems to confirm this. Not to worry! His mommy has the same thing (see below.) That is, I have three incisors between the canines on the bottom row, rather than the typical four. [...]
Nov
14
Squirmy Last night, Theo turned from his back to his tummy by himself for the first time. He did it three times. Unfortunately, it was all in his crib when he was supposed to be sleeping. He can’t get back onto his back from his tummy yet, so he started crying each time. One of [...]
Nov
10
New House At the end of October, hubby and baby and I moved into our beautiful new house. Theo now has his own room and has adapted very well. He now has his own little set-up with crib, changing table, and a twin bed for visitors such as mommy or daddy when T has a [...]
