Watch out for those socks!

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Last night from around 6pm onwards, Connor was fussy right up to bedtime (around 9pm). I couldn't figure out what was wrong... and then I noticed he still had his tight little blue socks around his chubby feet and ankles. As soon as I took them off he was all smiles and nursed blissfully to sleep!

I have a bunch of stuff I've been wanting to blog about but it's been hard to make time to do it with Christmas shopping, putting up the tree, and the family being sick. Topics include cloth diapering - which I just started trying out yesterday; increasing milk supply, plantar fasciitis, wrist pain, and the ongoing sleep training. Will try to blog these soon.

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Noteworthy Family Recalls of 2008/ 2007: Check your home for these recalled baby and kid products

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Here's a good list of recalls from Babyzone.com ... the list includes photos of each product.

Having kids means buying stuff—toys, furniture, clothing, medicine, and more. But sometimes that stuff is later deemed unsafe by the Consumer Products Safety Commission (CPSC), the nation's resource for protecting families against unsafe pr

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It Happened to Me: Accident Survival Stories

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These stories are scary for Mommies !!

Spills, falls, and other accidents are all a part of parenting. Share your safety stories to help make other parents aware of what could happen so they can keep their children safe.

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My first cold!

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I've been sick... I think it was a cold... it started on Monday, I had a little cough, and at first Mommy didn't even think I was sick. By Thursday I felt horrible, I vomited a couple of times in the morning for three days straight, I had the sniffles and you could hear I was wheezing a bit.

Since I should not be having medication until after I'm 2 years old (or doctor's orders of course. like baby Tylenol for fevers), Mommy tried to relieve my congestion by running hot water in the bathroom and we hung out there for a few minutes. That helped a little. She also bought a warm mist humidifier and added the vapour stuff to it and I think that's helped too. By today I was better, I didn't vomit in the morning, I was not as stuffed up nor coughing as much. She also bought some saline drops today but since I was better we haven't needed to use it.

Now Mommy and Daddy and also Po Po are sick too! Ellie's Mommy Amy is also sick. I hope Ellie doesn't end up catching it!

Here are some neat photos Daddy took of us while we were spinning around the room... this was before we got sick.

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Modelling

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Check it out, Mom's trying to make me a model:

http://www.newfaces.com/connorallen

Visit me lots, it increases my searchability ranking...

Mom's been trying to find modelling places in Vancouver but has only found one that is accepting baby models. She says she can't find much information online at all about baby modelling. There are a few sites like the newfaces.com, so she might post me there too. She told me not to get my hopes up. Oh well I have my own fans already - Po Po, Gung Gung, Mah Mah, Yeh Yeh, etcetera, etcetera!!

Here are some more pics of me posing! I like this one with my tongue sticking out. :D

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