612/07: Day 332 (Tues.) Back to School

Another restless night for Evan (and his parents)! His forehead still felt a bit warm, but I got him ready for daycare anyway. Serena took his temperature when we got there and he was good (99 degrees). It seems like the worst is over for now. I still can't feel where he has teeth coming in; so I dread the day when they do break through.

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Chronological age: 47 weeks and 4 days
Adjusted/developmental age: 8 months, 3 weeks and 6 days
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6/11/07: Day 331 (Mon.) Playing Hooky Again

Poor Ev-man...had to play hooky again due to a fever. We were hoping his fever would have broken by now, but he was still pretty warm this morning. What a perfect day to stay home from school with all the rain. We had one of those odd June days where is rained almost all day. It was cloudy and dreary; which is a nice change from the typical Arizona weather.

Evan was in a pretty good mood despite his fever. We split the shift today with me taking the morning shift and T taking the afternoon shift. I had some running around to do, so Evan came along for the ride. I had to stop by work to drop off my laptop so my co-workers could use our shared printer. Evan had a good time hanging with the office crew for a little bit.

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Chronological age: 47 weeks and 3 days
Adjusted/developmental age: 8 months, 3 weeks and 5 days
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6/10/07: Day 330 (Sun.) Teething Again?

Evan might have some more teeth cming in. He's been running a fever since last night, but isn't acting super-fussy about it. He just wants to be held all the time. The drool is coming down like a waterfall! If he is still running a fever tomorrow morning, we won't be able to take him to daycare. In that case, T and i will have to each take off half a day to watch him at home.

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Chronological age: 47 weeks and 2 days
Adjusted/developmental age: 8 months, 3 weeks and 4 days
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6/9/07: Day 329 (Sat.) Riding With Dad

T needed to get some miles on his bike during the break-in period...so we followed him down to the Coronado National Monument south of Sierra Vista. It was about a 50 mile round-trip ride.








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Chronological age: 47 weeks and 1 day
Adjusted/developmental age: 8 months, 3 weeks and 3 days
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6/8/07: Day 328 (Fri.) Weird Week

It's been an odd week in daycare. As of my last post, both of Evan's daycare teachers were to switch with the 2-year old teachers. Ariana had already done the switch to transition with the other teacher. Now, instead, Ariana came back to the infant room and just Jenny switched. So it's Ariana and Serena now...at least both teachers didn't switch.

I don't know if it was the teacher switch, but Evan had some good days and some bad days. His daytime naps were really erratic as was his eating. When he came home in the evening he would just be wiped out and sleep for 3+ hours...get up to drink a bottle and then go right back to sleep.


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Chronological age: 47 weeks and 0 days
Adjusted/developmental age: 8 months, 3 weeks and 2 days
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6/4/07: Day 324 (Mon.) Bye Bye to Miss Ariana :-(

Another case of the Mondays! ;-) Actually, Evan did fine, the rest of the babies in the infant room were not having a good morning. This was the first morning with one of the new teachers, I think Sarina is her name. She seems nice, but I didn't get to talk to her long. Jenny will be getting her up to speed on all the kids this week.

Ariana is already in the 2-year-old room training up with the other teacher who will be coming to Evan's class. Ariana really had a good way with Evan, so she'll be missed. She promised to come see him when she can.

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Chronological age: 46 weeks and 3 days
Adjusted/developmental age: 8 months, 2 weeks and 5 days
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6/2/07: Day 322 (Sat.) The New Toy

T's been having a good time breaking in his new toy. He's been driving around the neighborhood to get a feel for the bike. We stopped by the bike shop to get a tank protector so his jacket won't scratch the fuel tank. I set Evan on a little dirt bike...he looked cute on it (still a long ways away from riding)! They even have these cute little quads for kids.

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Chronological age: 46 weeks and 1 days
Adjusted/developmental age: 8 months, 2 weeks and 3 days
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6/1/07: Day 321 (Fri.) Switching Teachers

Today we were bummed to hear that the teachers in Evan's class will be switching with the 2-year-old teachers. :-( From what one of his teacher's told me, the 2-year-old class is a bit out of control and they hope Jenny and Arianna can help. They'll start the transition next week.
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Chronological age: 46 weeks and 0 days
Adjusted/developmental age: 8 months, 2 weeks and 2 day2
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5/28/07: Day 317 (Mon.) Memorial Day

Despite this being a holiday weekend, it wasn't very relaxing for us. T was taking a motorcycle safety course Saturday and Sunday. This is in anticipation of buying his crotch-rocket motorcycle this week. I spent the weekend repainting a room. Evan was a real trooper and did well with me not giving him 100% attention. Now that he can sit up pretty well, it's easy to leave him in playpen with all his toys.

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Chronological age: 45 weeks and 3 days
Adjusted/developmental age: 8 months, 1 weeks and 5 days
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5/26/07: Day 315 (Sat.) Hangin' With My Buddy Max

Evan and Max have become quite the pair recently.








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Chronological age: 45 weeks and 1 day
Adjusted/developmental age: 8 months, 1 weeks and 3 days
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5/25/07: Day 314 (Fri.) The Elusive Two Bottom Teeth

I was trying to get a picture of his two bottom teeth, it didn't work too well!






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Chronological age: 45 weeks and 0 days
Adjusted/developmental age: 8 months, 1 weeks and 2 days
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5/23/07: Day 312 (Wed.) Not My Child!

O.k...I thought maybe Evan not sleeping well Monday night was a fluke...but he did it again last night. Monday morning he decides to be wide awake at 5:00am, throwing the whole morning routine off.

Last night he woke up numerous times crying and I had to put him on the futon with me to comfort him. He eventually would fall asleep, but then wake himself in a whimper. Very strange! I am now certain my perfect night-sleeping child has been abducted by aliens!

His sleeping music for tonight, The Best of the Commodores. We'll see how much he sleeps!
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Chronological age: 44 weeks and 5 days
Adjusted/developmental age: 8 months, 1 weeks and 0 days
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5/20/07: Day 309 (Sun.) Lovin' Oatmeal

Today was the first day Evan was excited about eating his breakfast. All this past week he's been experimenting with bananas and did pretty well with them. I switched him to oatmeal with bananas and he was loving it! He was finally opening his mouth when the spoon came his way (instead of me tricking him into opening his mouth).

I tried to get a picture of his two bottom teeth that have come in, but he caught on to what I was doing...hence, the look on his face...





At lunchtime Evan ate a mix of rice cereal and squash (yummy). He chased it down with 5 oz. of formula, so he's still drinking his normal amount on top of the "solid" food. More calories, more calories!

Evan's bedtime music selection was the Best of Billie Holliday.


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Chronological age: 44 weeks and 2 days
Adjusted/developmental age: 8 months, 0 weeks and 4 days
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5/15/07: Day 304 (Tues.) Latest Vitals

Yesterday I forgot to post his latest vitals. Not much changed, just his weight (his head circumference and height were about the same as at the beginning of the month). Looking through a baby book I have, it says Evan's current weight/height are right on track for a 5-month old!

We started Evan on bananas this week. Last week was squash (which he wasn't too fond of). He seems to like the bananas much better. At daycare, they are also working with him on eating baby food. Today, he ate 1 tablespoon of rice cereal and 1 table spoon of squash.

Evan's evening sleeping music, Mazzy Star (I know that's a little eclectic, but it's mellow music).


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Chronological age: 43 weeks and 4 days
Adjusted/developmental age: 7 months, 4 weeks and 1 days
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5/14/07: Day 303 (Mon.) 10 Months Old!

Today is Evan's 10-month birthday! Time is just flying! He had his last Synagis shot to the season today. He weighed in at 14 lbs. 3 oz...finally over the 14 lbs. mark! We were worried he was going to be 13 pounds forever! He did so good with the shot, he only cried for about 5 seconds and that was it. Next time we see the doc will be for his 1 year old check-up. Hmmm, let me guess, we'll have shots with that visit?

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Chronological age: 43 weeks and 3 days
Adjusted/developmental age: 7 months, 4 weeks and 0 days
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