5 Month Check Up

This past week Ian went in for his 5 month check up. Everything's fine. He's in excellent health. He's a little less than 14 lbs and about 26 inches tall.
He's been teething and that's been bothering him a lot. It's still probably awhile before he gets his first tooth but the pressure on his gums makes him miserable sometimes. We've tried holistic teething pills, oral jel and baby tylenol when it gets really bad, but none of it seems to help that much. Sucking on some ice sometimes can calm him down when it's really bad.

He's been waking up more than usual too. Not every night, but enough to tire Kara out. He's was sleeping most of the night with only one middle of the night feeding, but recently it's been two and it's been hard to get him back to sleep. It might be the controlled chaos of our remodelling, the teething or just a phase he's going through. We don't know, but for Kara's sake I hope it doesn't last.


Speaking of the remodelling the work is probably 75% done. For those that don't know, we are having our basement redone. Ian's room used to be the guest room so right now we don't have an actual guest room. That will soon change. There will be a nice new guest room in the basement along with a new bathroom-complete with a rainfall shower and steam. We (or should I say "I") broke down and also upgraded the shower and toilet in the bathroom upstairs as well.
Kara's parents are coming for a visit later this week for Labor Day--we don't know how much of the remodelling work will be done by then. And my dad, Cor, my uncle Dirk and his partner, (my honorary uncle) Chi will all be visiting later this month to see the baby and the house. My dad will be staying at least some of the time at the house and will be breaking in that new guest room and bathroom downstairs. We're all looking forward to it.
That's it for now. Off to work. :)