Just the two of us

Quintin's first bicky. What a mess!

Yes he can fit 2 dummys in his mouth! 4th March 2005

he loves his jolly jumper 2 february 2005

24 march 05

Also taken today. He has a habbit of getting into this position and then falling straight back.

Quintin today. The mark on his head is from him falling on the TV cabinet. Notice the razor sharp teeth!

8 months going on 80!

I have had lots of people comment that i haven't blogged for awhile, so here it is!
I don't know where to start.... Quintin has changed so much. He crawls like a soldier and at 8 months and 3 days old, he stood up on his own. He managed to pull himself up on a chair. He can now walk holding onto furniture. The worst part about him walking is that he sometimes just lets go and falls backwards. Then he cries like his heart is broken. It's so sad!

His list of words is also growing, including a few that i wish he hadn't learnt!
As i write he is laying in bed saying NanNanNan and a few other words that i can't understand but they mean a lot to him.
He also has teeth, 7 of them and THEY HURT! He's almost drawn blood a few times.

The story about John (Quintin's Dad)
John isn't on the scene anymore. Unfortunately he doesn't even have any contact with Quintin. He was having trouble knowing what was real and what wasn't, so he decided to go back to Townsville so that he could get help with his family's assistance. Once back there he and I had a falling out because i had a go at him for not calling to check on Quintin. He said he and Lorna couldn't afford it. I asked him if they were together and he go so upset and so things just went downhill from then. He has moved back in with his ex girlfriend Bec and their son Cai. Apparently things are going well there.
So anyway the last thing he said to me was that from now on we will talk through his solicitor. i hope he comes to his senses, for Quintin's sake.

I will try and write more often, but being a mum, student and girlfriend takes up more time than i'd like.
xoxoxo

Changes in Quintin

My little man is growing up!!!
He has already said his first word- that being 'allgood'. He tries other words and can pronounce letters like G but otherwise he hasn't said anything else.
He smiles all the time and cracks up laughing at least once every 15 minutes.
Unfortunately he is now sucking his thumb. It's funny cause when i'm laying in bed i can hear him through the monitor sucking away.

Medically he hasn't been doing the best. Last week just before xmas, Quintin had some kind of fits. His stared straight ahead, he wasn't moving and he didn't respond to me saying his name or shaking him roughly. It was the most horrifying moment of my life! We went to hospital and saw 2 paediartric neurologists and they did an eeg on him but it was inconclusive even though he had a fit while it was happening. They offered to put him on anti-convulsants but since the fits aren't causing any damage and the drugs have side effects, i said no. If his fits end up becomming something that resembles epilepsy, then i'll definately have him on medication. We have a follow up appointment with the neurologist on the 14th.

Quintin and his dad have been going really well together. John has looked after Quintin a few times and he is getting a lot better at the father thing. I know it is pretty hard for him because he never really had contact with children before, but he's really trying.

I have a boyfriend (Bugsy) and he and Quintin get on like a house on fire. It could be because they are of the same mentality.... They make eachother laugh constantly and that's what counts.

It looks like i wont be going to uni 1st semester next year because Mum is too sick and its impossible to get childcare. I'm finding this pretty hard to deal with but Quintin does always come first.

Anyways better get back to the motherly duties....

1st time he used a teething ring.

He loves his big bath

Aint he cute!!!

Quintin with a mohawk

Quintin xmas morning

Quintin's 1st xmas. Trying to open a present.

His first "big" bath

An update

Well Quintin is doing really well in his development. He can lift his head and shoulders and support their weight for a couple of minutes.
He pronounced the letter G really well ( that could have something to do with the fact that his Dad plays with him by saying Grrrr a lot).
He laughs like a maniac even when he's looking at nothing.
He loves being in a big bath, he constantly kicks and slashes.
He's getting really heavy. He has more than doubled his birth weight.

And finally the unfortunate teething has begun but we cant use bongela/seda gel for another month because he is too old! So i'm trying the panadol/teething ring solutions but they aren't really doing enough. Any hints out there in cyber land????

Even after a needle, he smiled!

Today Quintin got his immunisation for 2 month old. I was so scared that i wouldn't be able to cope, but surprisingly i didn't cry. Quintin was smiling at the nurses right up until she stuck a needle in each thigh, then after about 5 minutes he was smiling again. His thigh is a bit red tonight but it doesn't seem to be bothering him.

Quintin has been sleeping really well now for about a week. He gets around 9 hours sleep straight. So after i've stayed up for a bit i end up getting about 6 hours straight.

We went to a rainbow picnic on Sunday. We were there for 6 hours and Quintin was passed around a lot, but being the amazing baby he is, it didn't bother him. I was so surprised that he behaved so well because there were hundreds of people there and it was really noisy.
Erin made Quintin 2 badges. 1 said rainbow baby and had the flag on it and the other said 'my mum is single'. It got a few laughs, but alas no date :o(

Tomorrow (wednesday) we have a woman from the star newspaper coming over to do an interview and take a pic for the newspaper. It should be a lot of fun.

Then on Thursday (my birthday) we have to go to Port Macquarie for my court appearance for the car accident. yay NOT!!

Well it looks like there has been a delay on our house. The current owners don't want to settle for about 4 weeks so we just have to wait.

Quintin has been growing way to quickly. He is now in a 00 and even his nappies that are suppose to be up to 8kg are getting small. Each time my Dr has seen him, she calls him 'bonny'. I guess thats a nice way of saying he's huge!

Our new house (thanks Grandma and Grandad)

Quintin's first night in the cot 29-09-04

Weird happenings in the life of Quintin

Well it looks like my son is a Treckie at 6 weeks old. Last night everyone was watching star trek in the movie room, even Quintin. When Mum (Grandma) picked up Quintin he cried his little heart out, but when she put him back down so that he could see the screen, he was happy again. He did it again today!!! He really likes his TV so i'm ordering the baby einstein DVD set. It has colours, shapes and really nice music. I think its about time i started encouraging him to watch shows that are age appropriate insted of star trek.

The other change is his size. He is now out of 000 and is in 00. I had to put him in the cot to sleep because he no longer fits in the cradle. If Jo hadn't given us bag loads of clothing we'd be in real trouble.

Quintin has been smiling since he was about 2 weeks old, been giggling since he was 4.5 weeks old and can crawl about 1.5mts when put on his tummy.
Next week Quintin is bringing home his life partner and the following week they'll be having children (well that's how it feels anyway).

Quintin's dad John is moving here in under a month. It's going to be great for Quintin to finally meet him.

We went for Quintins hearing test today and everything is perfect, but i could have told them that.

Photo taken on Ged's camera phone

Sim, Quintin and Jinky

Quintin with Gran 28-08-04

Quintin and Mavis

Quintin and Gill at the beach

Quintin's first time at the beach

Bath time

My poor boy!!

Quintin has been so hungry since the day he was born. When i was breast feeding, he would eat/drink for hours at a time and still act hungry. So after 2 weeks i decided to put him on the bottle. Unfortunately he was drinking over a litre a day and Joanne suggested i try another formula that was thicker. We changed to SMA on Sunday and then last night (Tuesday) Quintin had the worst constipation i've ever seen. His poor little bottom was bleeding from the incredibly solid poo's he was trying to push out. After ringing a children's health line and trying all the suggestions, i sent Dad to the chemist at 10pm (yes he had to change out of his PJs) to buy some infant supositries. I had the horrible honour of trying to administer one and it was not easy! While my poor boy was lying there screaming in agony, i was standing next to him sobbing hysterically. Even Mum had a cry.
Today he is doing a lot better (thank goodness) and everything appears to be back to normal. It makes me really glad that he wasn't born sick because there is no way i could handle it.