Sick baby and mommy

It is official Owen is in the middle of his first cold. I seem to have it worse than him which I hear is typical of a breastfed baby... Thankfully. Last night he woke himself up with a little cough from his runny nose down the back of his throat. Poor thing was so uncomfortable laying down that he let me hold and snuggle him and he fell asleep in my arms in the rocking chair.

He doesn't look to sick, but laying his head on me is a sign he is tired and not feeling good.

Owen : 8 months

mama's happy baby!

check me out I am sitting up!

• You have started talking
• first you say na-na-na for night night; we think this means "I want to be in my crib with my woombie"
• then one night you said clear as day "I love you" back at daddy! (people may not believe me but you did!!)
• when we were driving to the beach you said "na na na na mama and dada na na na" this was the first time you said dada; broke daddy's heart that we had to keep driving and not get you to your crib like you needed.

so sleepy

sleeping on his belly

• Sleep:
• You have learned to sleep without your swaddle around you; you are still clutching it and sucking on the fabric.  When I hand your woombie you kick and squeal with happiness!
• You like your room nice and toasty when you sleep...if its not you like to let us know!
• You can go some days with only 2 naps, but then you do still need 3 naps

• Eating:
• you will eat just about everything I will give you some new things you have tried are:  lasagna, refried beans, cake, puffs, spinach, but you don't like baby food with textures!  That stuff you will gag and spit back out.  
• You still like fresh food best...the baby food that I make for you...or our food now! 

You are such a good baby!  Have I mentioned that?  Sometimes we are so busy and you only get one nap and still you are so good for mama.  I try to make our days at home special and low key so that you can make up that much needed sleep for growing.

Owen playing on the floor

I know it is long, but I couldn't edit it down...so just enjoy all 3 glorious minutes of my funny little boy! 

cleaning old books

I have a huge list of projects for around the house,

Next up was cleaning up my old childhood books-

Little Golden Books

Dr. Seuss

Disney Books


Some books that were my moms...Owen's Neanna's Books!


The problem is they were dusty and smelled horrible they had that mildew STINK.  After scouring the internet I think I found my solution!


First, I wiped the books with one of those prewet disposable wipes. 

Then, I tried the microwave trick, its goal is to remove the moisture and therefore the stink....well, little golden books do have some metal in that gold finish!  So they make some crazy sparks if you are not careful.  Big fat FAIL!


Success came when I did the following:

place dryer sheets between the pages of each book 

put the books into gallon freezer bags

 

put the bags in the freezer for a week

took them out of the bags and put into the sun for an afternoon

 

I am amazed that they now don't stink like mildew....maybe a little too much like laundry, but they are definitely up to par for my standard of acceptable smelliness!