Something smells

like poop that is. I swear that the new baby smell has morphed into the who made a poopy smell already.

I remember when little S's doo-doos were sweet/musky smelling. The smell of a full bellied boobie baby. I could lift my little guys bum right under my nose and breath in the smell and not gag. Just give a little Pew U and change him up. I even threw the diapers right in the trash, not needing the diaper pail as the smell was not overwhelming.

Now, however, the doo-doos have turned into crap, poop, the big brown smell. They are big boy poops and stink to high heaven! The aroma can stop me the minute I enter the bedroom. I don't need to raise his little bum up near my nasal passages to distinguish whether he crapped in his diaper, there is no questioning it anymore.

Heres hoping to early potty training!

Who is that handsome boy from B-town?

Sam the Man!

So I have asthma...err, I knew I had asthma, it has just gotten to the point where ignoring it isn't working. I have been struggling for a few months now but it finally got to the point where something needed to be done. A trip to the doc was in order.

Not only have I been ordered to use the mother of all inhalers, but I was told I would be going on a 10 day course of prednisone(steroid) too! I told the doctor that I was still breastfeeding but he said that he has to treat me and my symptoms, and that the positives far outweigh the negatives if I don't take them. Seems my airways are in a constant state of constriction now and the medicated inhaler is not enough to clear them up. I am very concerned with this. Both the prednisone and the inhaler have warnings on them to not take while breastfeeding and I am struggling with the idea of using them while nursing Sam still.
I have yet to start the prednisone(am suppose to start Monday) and am not using the inhaler since I picked it up yesterday, but I know I must.

Anyone else going through this? Or just have asthma and can sympathize? I have been using the peak flow meter as well and would like to know what falls in the normal range and what others get for a number when used.

Just another picture post

My little guy got his first haircut tonight. A little too much was tooken off the top if you ask me but he was long overdue for a trim. Just a few pics, showing off his super handsomeness. :)

Its going by too fast....

my little guy's first year of life. I brought him in for his 1 year check up at the doctors today. He is still pretty much a midget. He weighed 17 pounds on the dot and was 29 inches long. He had 3 shots, he was suppose to get 4, but they were out of the HipB vacc. We are on the waiting list for when their stock is replenished.
He was not happy about any of it of course, neither was I. I was also told that they needed to check his iron levels (new state law) and something else, via blood work. I couldn't hear over Sam's screeching.
Of course, the lab techs were awesome but Sam was wiggly and upset so they had to stick him more than once. He now has a giant bruise that covers half his little arm. Okay, I exaggerate but it was horrible and his arm looks terrible.
Hope he doesn't spike a huge fever :(

Edited to add a pic of my big/little guy today.

Random funny

My little guy, Thomas, still needs help washing his hair in the tub every night. Tonight, after washing his hair, he lays back in the tub and asks me what color his weenie is. I laugh and say why?
He says that it looks like a little buoy when it floats in the tub and he wanted to paint his buoys that color! lol
Only from the mouth of a true Mainah!

Dr.Seuss'ish'

These pics I took earlier of Sam reminded me of a Dr.Seuss book, not sure why.

I can play with a bowl in bed

I can play with a bowl on my head

Did you hear what I said

I said, I like to play in bed!

My lumpy boy

I have always called my little man a lump. He is 10 months now and is still has chosed the land of immobility. I worry about him but then I look at him and see that he is thriving and progressing, just maybe not as quickly as the rest of the babies his age.

As you can tell by the picture above, he is quite happy and I have always said that his social development is phenomenal! Keep an eye out for an overload of pics soon.