My little sunshine was 9 months yesterday. I just can’t believe it. He continues to look more and more like his daddy, which I just think is the best thing ever!

He has quite the little personality -

… and makes JK and I laugh frequently. Oh, and just like his daddy, he is quite the talker. He newest word is “mama, mama.” I have been trying so hard to teach him “mama.” His first word was “dada,” of course. But just this past Saturday morning I came downstairs to find JK feeding John breakfast and when I walked into the dining room John started saying, “mama, mama.” I was elated! I don’t know if it was coincidence or genius, but it is a new word!

]]> http://classiccableknits.com/blog/2010/05/lil-john-9-months/feed/ 1 http://classiccableknits.com/blog/2010/05/total-melt-down/ http://classiccableknits.com/blog/2010/05/total-melt-down/#comments Tue, 11 May 2010 18:56:57 +0000 Christina http://classiccableknits.com/blog/?p=546 Oh, my goodness, parenting definitely gives you some weird adventures. But this one led me to a total melt down this afternoon…

You would think that because I lived over in Africa fungal infections and weird skin lesions wouldn’t bother me – I mean, hey, I’ve done that, seen that, had that happen.

Well, John has a fungal/yeast/whatever infection in his diaper area. I am told that it isn’t because I don’t bath my baby – I do. This fact is helping me through the “I’m a bad mom” scenario.  Never the less, this “whatever” infection has me in tatters. I’m freaked out by it as well as in tears because he seems to be really irritated by it.

I guess this is fairly common with disposable diapers!? I never thought I would hear myself say this, but I am ready to go out and buy cloth diapers AND I am hunting around on the internet for good soaker patterns!

My melt down stopped when I realized that I had the ability to make a “cloth” diaper this very afternoon and therefore give the creams the air and time to work.

I was given a bunch of the old style, cheese cloth looking diaper liner thingies at a baby shower. The lady said that she used them for burp cloths. I was also given some old fashion diaper pins – they were used for decoration at that particular shower. AND, Nancy L, made me a wonderful soaker that I have used for decoration, since I wasn’t ever going to touch a cloth diaper — ha, ha! NEVER SAY NEVER!

So, here he is in his make-shift cloth diaper.  How does he look?  Mary F — are you out there? Can you believe it? He’s wearing a soaker! Now I’m off to hunt down some cute soaker patterns — I think I really like the one Nancy L made.

Is this turning into a baby blog? Perhaps, but I do have some knitting to post soon!

Baby John turned 5 months this past Saturday. JK and I got out his little outfit that my mother in law ran out to purchase after he was born. He was too small for all the newborn clothes I had packed in our hospital bag.

Just look at Baby John now! I couldn’t believe he’s grown that much in 5 months! I really do feel like he grows every time he goes down for a nap and is visibly changed when I pick him up out of his crib. Oh, my sweet little boy. I’m soaking up these baby days with him.