step 2 complete.....

well i'm sure you can tell that dane didn't make it past the second round, jeff and i are convinced that we just didn't know enough people...... oh well--

in other news, it's on! we have rented out our house and moved in with jeff's parents (yeah i know, its weird living with the parents again but at least we aren't in a basement!) so we having nothing stopping us from going to the OBX! we are planning on leaving in february. jeff is flying back in jan to get us a place to live---- i just can't believe its really happening....

go vote now!!!!

he made it to the top 250, now go vote again to get him in the final round!!!!!

http://www.kube93.com/pages/baby_battle_2008.html?feed=309391&article=4504602

VOTE NOW!!!!

i'm exploiting my child but hey why not? i put him in a cute baby contest, there are 3 rounds of voting and we are in round one..... vote for dane b----

http://www.kube93.com/pages/baby_battle_2008.html?feed=309391&article=4504602


we put this pict of him up

i'm hoping we win some $$$$ mama could use the dough.....

happy halloween--- a little late

or maybe i should say happy day after election day, however for some of us not so happy =( i finally finally posted some picts in here!

we are just chugging along, danger has now decided he WILL NOT take a bottle anymore or a pacifier. the pacifier thing you would think would be great cause then i wouldn't have to wean him off but he wants to nurse to sleep ALWAYS, so i'm trying to get him to take it. it seems he just wants to chew on it and forgot that you are suppose to suck, same thing with the bottle, so maybe he is starting to get teeth....

many of you know about the all out scream fest that the car seat induces, so we went and got a new, next size up car seat and it seems to help. i'm not declaring victory yet but things are much better. thank you for the early xmas present, grandma and cappy!

he's growing so fast, he's now 14 pounds and about 25 inches long. here are some picts from the last few weeks...

aaaaahhhh look how comfy he looks! love those little feet

my first friend the vacuum cleaner!

with grandma and cappy!

at the halloween get together of my baby classes, dane is bottom in the pattern jammies, the little guy in the striped pants is dane's first baby friend, he just figured out he existed yesterday. however jack didn't reciporcate his enthusiasm.

happy halloween! in our halloween outfit!danger the dinosaur!!!!

i'm slacking---

it's been awhile! no picts today but i do have a ton to post, plus the two month octopus pictures. it seems our little guy is growing up, just in the last two days he is grabbing at things, babbling quite a bit, and has started drooling. he is starting to sleep quite a bit more at night, usually till about 4am, and i think we are going to start putting him to bed earlier so that probably means that 4am will now be 3ish.

for more dramatic news, jeff and i are 90% sure we are moving to the outer banks, north carolina in february. its no secret that working in construction sucks right now and jeff is running out of work, so why not go be beach bums and try to figure out how to make it work, if its good then we've taken a huge adventure and get to live out by the ocean, if its bad we'll pretty much be taking a year long vacation and come home a bit poorer than before. we're trying to rent the house so if you know anyone please send them our way!

yes, we have been there once! we went in may while i was pregnant, its pretty neat out there. big vacation area so it'll be interesting to be townies. its a barrier island off the coast, so on one side is sound and on the other is ocean, there are bridges that connect you in. and of course the surf there is great =) what about me and a&o, well it could be a great opportunity its a huge destination wedding area, and my research shows that they don't have any stationers in the area. i am redesigning my site and adding some 'ready to mail' options..... i'll link it when i get finished!

2 month shots!

poor little guy!!!!! he tried to suck it up but half way through the second shot he had had enough. it's a little traumatizing holding his little arms while the nurse holds his legs and sticks him in the the thighs--- he has done pretty good all day but i think he might be starting to run a fever and i don't even want to know what that is like at this point so i gave him some tylenol. little guy is sleeping peacefully!

as far as his check up everything looks good, he's now 12 pounds 6 ounces and growing normally. all of his measurements are in the 50% so i think we are going to escape the kid with the giant head phenomenon that seems to happen as they grow.

since he has been doing so well on the acid reflux meds, which when the doc had perscribed she put him on a really high dose to get him normal so i wouldn't loose my mind, we are going to start to pull back on one of the meds and hope that only have one kind will be enough. so the next few weeks will be interesting!

i do have birth announcements, and guess where they are? sitting on my coffee table, i swear i will get them out one of these days..... that magical day when i can get a shower and leave the house in one day....

probiotics......

sooooooo the saga continues! he is actually doing a lot better, finally but i'm crossing my fingers. one of my clients put me in touch with a doula she met and the doula (who wasn't all hippy, i was a bit worried when i called but i will try anything) recommend that we put munchi (his most used nickname from me and jeff has picked it up too) and me on probiotics. i guess she had a son who had all the stuff munchi but they weren't diagnosing that stuff yet and probiotics got rid of the acid reflux, and it has worked for quite a few of her clients too. i have been taking them for about a week or so and it seems to be helping him. the brand she recommend for him i can not find anywhere, oh well sorry i could order it from target but then i would have to order a whole case and it would cost me $500.

probiotics, are the good bacteria in your stomach that help with digestion, and since he gets all of his food from me if i'm all out of whack so is he. apparently i needed some work, after some research i found out that antibiotics can mess you all up so i'm wondering if the antibiotics i got in labor contributed to some of this. but who knows, i found a website that claims probiotics can help treat autism.... not too sure about that one but the theroy was interesting:if you have messed up stomach flora you won't get the nutrients you need, cause lack of brain development. when a child is tiny the breast milk provides these flora for the baby, i see several holes in the this theroy, but none the less---

he is still hanging on to a bit of the absolute hatred of the car seat, but less so now. it isn't an all out scream fest when he is in there but there is quite a bit of fussing and crying usually till he falls asleep, which makes me feel horrible!

if anyone can find probiotics in a drop form called Bio Gio, please please please let me know!

update!

so we are on our third try of a med concoction, and it seems to be working..... i am also not eating dairy, soy, eggs, or caffeine and at this point i'm not too sure what i can eat! i had some soy yesterday and he was cranky all afternoon so i'm thinking he is actually sensitive to it. i will do anything to make him stop screaming! so how are you eating cereal you ask (everyone should know how much i love cereal) almond milk, yup they make milk out of almonds and it is actually edible-


i'm typing with one hand so this is going to be short so added a bunch of picts

heaven help me---

short version of the story:

munchkin started screaming all day for two days straight

took him to a new pediatrician

think he has reflux (makes them act like they have colic)

started zantac (yes, you can give a baby zantac)

next day like a new kid

sunday not so good

yesterday back to screaming

called doc now giving him a higher dose of zantac and i'm not eating dairy

had mental breakdown last night

today is questionable, quite fussy however he put himself to sleep and is sleeping without having to be held........

to be continued........

he's a pig, i'm a cow

and i guess that makes jeff the farmer---

starting friday night we had more projectile puking and screaming, which lasted almost the whole weekend. our baby seemed to be in serious pain but luckily usually only after eating. we were able to take him on his first boat ride which he dug until he got wet.... another story for another day-

so i called the poor nurse on labor day weekend, i felt so bad. we made an emergency trip to walmart to buy gas drops (the first 1/2 hour jeff and i have been alone in 3 weeks while grandma watched danger) and were told to come in to the doc's on tues. the appointment goes like this: we get there and dane is screaming, naturally. he gets weighed and is now TEN POUNDS, i knew he was getting bigger but holy crap. the doc comes in and does all the checks. i tell him the baby is hungry, he says ok feed him and we will talk. then the next thing out of his mouth is your feeding him too much, as i'm sitting there nursing him. i thought nice timing.... anywho i guess he is getting too much milk so he is puking out what he doesn't need. i have an oversupply issue and according to the doc i would be the perfect mom for twins. he is eating himself sick and is now acting colicky because of it (oh the irony! scroll down a bit and read the other entries, you will notice i am scared to death of a colicky baby) now i have to trick my body into thinking i'm weaning the kid, so i don't feed him to death

moral of the story: having too little milk is bad, having too much is painful for the mom and baby and anyone else in earshot

if found please return:

my mellow child i brought home!!!

sorry again (i think i might be apologizing a lot these next few months) for not getting back to all of you who have called, emailed, and wanted to get together--- we've had quite a week! but hopefully (please god!) we have figured out the issue.

starting about a week ago danger thought it would be fun to scream after almost every time he was fed, being that this is every 2 to 3 hours, you can only imagine the fun that was. then on saturday we had a projectile puking incident, literally had to wash the sheets and wipe down the night stand. i freaked out and stared at him for the next hour thinking he was going to die and then finally gave in and called the pedi's nurse. i so didn't want to be THAT mom calling the nurse.... but it was very helpful, i guess my body is pretty good at this whole baby making/supporting business and i'm making crazy amounts of milk. feeding him for 20 min was too long so now i only feed him for 10. its seem to decrease screaming fits quite a bit, although they still occur and are usually sprinkled with some puking. i have also given in the last 2 nights and have put him in bed with us, since he is happy to be awake and laying there, where as if he is on his own by himself = not happy. you have no idea how awesome being woken up every 2 hours (i think he is starting his growth spurt) for only 10 minutes is compared to up every 3 to 4 for an hour or 2.

and to make this week a little crazier, i'm trying to work (ya, i know, i'm a dumbass) so if i can find time where i am able to keep my eyes open i need to finish two weddings and manage the coding of a website...... (if you were sitting next to me you would have heard me let out a big sigh) and for the record, i didn't plan it to be like this it just happened--

so no picts today as i need to work since the monster is asleep and i can see straight... (sorry jenny!)

2 weeks today!

holy crap! can't believe it has been two weeks, it seems to be that when you only get sleep in 3 hours chunks at the most it all just feels like one long day. i often find myself waking up for our 2 am feedings thinking about iced americanos (should that be spelled with an oes?) or paying someone to wake up for me, i'm thinking i would offer quite a generous sum.

apparently newborns kick in at around 2 weeks, they call it wakefulness, which really they should call a cranky period. needless to say our little danger baby has been quite cranky the last few days. i'm scared to death he will be colicky, but i guess there is nothing i can do about it if he is. we also discovered last night that he opens his eyes when he sleeps, exorcist style. we spent forever trying to get him to pass out yesterday evening, after i took over for jeff i realized that he was still sleeping just opening his eyes and rolling them back into his head, totally freaky.

anyway i know i have promised a birth story and i have more pictures but alas the little monster is waking up again. i WILL i swear it get that stuff up this weekend, i have to work a bit so it will be a nice break. (yes, i am going to work, i don't really know how and i hope the client proofed her stuff really good cause i sure as hell will be no use there)

moby wrap

this is the best thing ever! if you are a mom you NEED one of these! one of my many discoveries in the last few days, its a long piece of fabric that you wrap around your body so it holds the munchkin right up against your chest. then you got both of your hands free, very handy!


anyway i'll get off my product plug kick---- heading to the cabin to get some air conditioning, danger's first trip! hopefully all goes well!

pictures, pictures, pictures

better late than never!!


thanks for everyone's calls/emails! i promise we will get back to you someday =)

it has def been an adjustment! i spoke waaaaayyyy too soon about him being quiet---




progression of the hospital trip--- ummm my water broke!:
make sure the important stuff is done:

red bull pitstop!

6 hours later, dane is here!




and now just some picts of our little guy: (not in any particular order)







does this pose look familiar?

2 years ago....

so i promise, pictures tomorrow! i know i said today to a few of you but it didn't quite work out that way.....


funny to think as jeff is changing a screaming baby that 2 years ago to the day we were probably walking back down the aisle.....

He's OUT!

he finally decided to join us! Dane is here--- born 8.7.08, 7lb 13oz, 22in---

he's doing rather well, and is (so far) a quiet little guy.... we are getting out of the hospital tomorrow at some point

the story and picts to come soon!

One week left----

Here I sit so close but yet so far.... We are anxiously awaiting his arrival, me more so than Jeff. Not knowing what to expect each little twinge, pull, and cramp I wonder is this it? Is this the start?

Dane and I have had many conversations about his stay and how it has come to an end but it he never responds, and it seems as though he isn't listening.

Not feeling so good today, hopefully that means something, it should mean something right?

So I'll post some picts for your enjoyment

The Nursery:











dane-ger himself:

he has his dad's lips, no?