Out Little Pumpkin

With Halloween fast approaching Quinn decided to go out into the pumpkins to get her first real taste of Halloween when we visited Downey's market. It is funny that next year we will probably be running after her all over the place.

Quinn just gave birth to her 6th tooth! The last 2 teeth have the greatest comparison. The 5th tooth was by far the worst one of the bunch and conversely the 6th one was probably the easiest. Either way she had her moments but all in all took it very well.

Because we felt left out of all the teething issues that Quinn was having we both decided to feel the need to have some of our own oral issues that require dentist attention. We didn't take it as well as Quinn did!

Quinn still hasn't figured out how much fun splashing water is, or she just really doesn't care. In the bath and at swimming she seems to be just trying to figure things out instead of trying to get as many people as she can wet. I guess we should be thankful. She does have her own "Quigs Look". It isn't so much of a "I'm pissed at you" look but more of a "Who the hell are you" look. She seems to save her smiles for only special people. So you all should consider yourself extremely lucky if you have had the chance to experience it!

With Halloween coming up we have to plan our candy purchases with better forecasting. A couple years ago we were way off and the split was: 50% trick or treaters and 50% us. We will hopefully slant that way more in the favour of the kids this year!

Catching some rays....

We have started to get Quinn down to a specific schedule around bedtime. We work in a bath, feed, tummy time, and a story all in an intricate process to get her into bed and asleep. We have seem some positive results so we are enthusiastic that we are on the right track.

Mom and Quinn attended the Global BBQ and a good time was had by all. The weather was good and the sun was warm. Dad wasn't there but knew that the sun was hot from mom's forehead. Quinn also got a little colour. Dad easily figured out what sunglasses mom was wearing from the tan lines on her face. Poor mom, she doesn't tan well at all. It would seem that dad was able to give the tan gene to Quinn.

We finally got a camcorder. It is amazing the things we can record now. We have some prime moments captured already and realistically we couldn't have waited another week to get it. Quinn is doing new stuff every day.

Science Experiment

Quinn had a relaxing day. We have decided she is our little science experiment. We experiment with different nipples, formula vs. breast milk, swaddled or no swaddle, swinging chair vs. inclined bassinet vs. regular bassinet. The variables are infinite!!
The main thing we are trying tonight is giving her antibiotics early instead of in the middle of the night and see how that affects her sleep.
We found a nipple that she seems to like and it really doesn't give her much air at all. It is the NUK nipple (Gerber) that fits the bottles we have. We also discovered she will not take a bottle that is too cold. She lets us know pretty quick that is not happening.

Hopefully tonight we will find a good mix so mom and dad get some sleep and Quinn is content. She is a real night owl. We might try the evening bath and see how that goes.

This week Mom and Dad are going to get back to real living. Eating well and dad is going to get back to working out. Mom isn't quite ready for that!!

Quinn shakes it up

Just when we thought we were getting the hang of this feeding thing, Quinn throws us a curve ball. She was up to almost 3oz every 3-4 hours. As of last night (late last night or early this morning, whichever you prefer) it seems she likes just over 2oz. every 2 hours or so. Mom and Dad now will make the necessary adjustments and see how it goes.

We are pretty much reserved to the idea that Quinn doesn't cry for no reason so when she cries we will change and feed her.... She is also pretty regular with the diaper changes.

We are all ready, showered (Quinn had a bath), had breakfast (Quinn had 2 bottles), and set for Quinns appointment this afternoon. Which is a change instead of a frantic grab and go.

We are just trying to keep up with our growing princess.