Wednesday, February 17, 2010

FREEDOM!


The big task since we've been back from MI was to get Emmit to take a bottle. Of course he has to be different from his brother and not like the bottles Gerrit used. I did some research and found a bottle that I would try, only to notice it was an expensive bottle. All par for the course with a kid who only likes the most expensive pacifier out there! But after we visited friends this weekend (friends who had a son very similar to Emmit with reflux), she said her kids like the Playtex bottle and she sent one home with us. We tried it and he took it better than the Avent ones but still made it very painful and long. So I went out and bought a supply of the Playtex bottles and am working on getting the system down seeing these take a drop in liner. Tonight was the first time Emmit took the bottle w/o a struggle! I will now open and wash the other bottles!! More importantly, I feel I can leave Emmit and not worry about a phone call because he won't eat!

Sunday, February 14, 2010

Happy Valentine's Day!

Gerrit made us this lady bug card at daycare:

Notice the word after love....that is Gerrit's signature. I didn't realize his name was that long!
(I asked him the other day what his name starts with and he said "G=R=T".

Happy Valentine's Day from Gerrit and Emmit!

Saving Grace

Emmit has finally taken a pacifier!
We tried 3 different ones we had in the house and he didn't like any of them. So, I went back to the store and found one that we hadn't tried. Of course it was the most expensive one, all natural, and needs to be replaced every 4-5 weeks! But he likes it so it is worth it - no more sucking on our pinky!
Yee ha!

FEAR

The only thing Gerrit is really afraid of:

A ZuZu pet he received from the neighbors for Christmas...

Rock Climber

Not really rock climbing, but gate climbing is more like it! Gerrit can climb over his gate so we decided to raise it. (Its our way of keeping him in his room at the beginning of bed time.) We thought we were pretty creative in raising the gate...well that lasted a few days because Gerrit was more creative (or daring).

One night he climbed over the raised gate! He hurt himself doing it but made it and was proud to be on the other side of the gate. During nap time today, I raised it higher - well he went under! So much for that idea. So I put 2 gates up which didn't last long because I noticed the top gate laying on the floor when I went up to check on him! Luckily he gave up and didn't fight trying to get 'out'!

Multitasking


Facelift

Gerrit thought we needed a little pizzaz in the bathroom:

Thanks Aunt Cara and Uncle Bill!