Quack, Quack!

Turner's current favorite toy is his talking duck that Great Grandma and Grandpa Swartzel gave him for Christmas. He loves to play with Mister Duck in his crib. Unfortunately for Mommy, Mister Duck only sings two songs, which get stuck in my head. "I quack to say hello, my friends are passing by. And when it's time to go I quack to say bye-bye . . .quack, quack!"

Mommy's Big Bed

Turner loves to play on Mommy's big bed - supervised of course. If he's having a fussy spell, sometimes we hang out there and all is well. He also likes to pull on Lucy's tail while on Mommy's bed, or anywhere else for that matter. So far, Lucy has been a good girl about this, but I am going to have her tail cut short to try to cur"tail" (ha!) Turner's pulling.

Turner Loves His Sippy Cup

A few weeks ago my sister told me it was time to bust out the sippy cup for Turner. I couldn't believe it! Sippy cups are for big kids, not my baby! Well, I got some Take-n-Toss sippy cups and Turner loves them! Starting from day one he would drink about an ounce of milk or water if I held the cup for him. After about a week of Mommy holding the cup Big T decided he'd rather hold the sippy cup himself, only he tries to drink from the wrong end of the cup. He also enjoys playing with it and banging it on his highchair tray. He was none to happy when Mommy took it away at dinnertime tonight!

Tummy Troubles

Last week I woke up in the middle of the night with some serious tummy troubles. I won't go into details, but let's just say there was a toilet and trash can being used simultaneously. Luckily, my sister and mom came to my rescue to help with baby T since Erik had to fly out to Minneapolis for work. Iwas rendered pretty useless for three days.

My mom came over in the evening to help take care of T and me. I don't remember much of it because I was feeling pretty rough,  but I do remember telling her she needed to sing to Turner while he ate his cereal and pears. She went with two classics . . . La Cucuracha and Benny and the Jets. Of all the songs in the world, I find it hysterical that those were her choices. My sick self appreciated the comic relief as I laid on the couch.

So far, Turner has not gotten the bug, and I thought my mom and sister's family were clear, but poor Kelly Belly woke up sick from his nap this afternoon. I hope it doesn't hit the rest of the family. I don't have any pics related to this, and I'm sure no one would want to see them if I did! So, I'll end with  a picture of random Tster cuteness.

Bumpers on the Brain

I have some major anxiety over T's bumper. All the experts say not to use bumpers, as they may pose a suffocation risk. However, bumpers have been used in millions of cribs for a long time, and they are still on  the market. I am usually a by-the-book kind of gal, so I was leery of using Big T's bumper. 

That being said, he had a rough transition from his yellow bassinet thing to the crib. He loved being snuggled up in "The yellow thing," so when I transitioned him to the crib and he was not having it, I put in the bumper so he could rest his back against it. Turns out, I don't think any baby has ever loved a bumper as much as T does. He lays against his bumper, rests his arms and legs on the bumper, pats the bumper and contently investigates the stripes. He hearts his bumper!

It gives me A LOT of anxiety though. Even though my rational self knows he is old enough to roll over if his face is against it, I still worry - because that's how I am. So, last weekend I went to Babies R Us and found a BREATHABLE padded crib bumper. I know . . . I didn't believe it either! I even took it out of the package and stuffed  my face into it like a crazy person, and it's true! I could breathe through the fabric! I was super pumped, only to be disappointed when I got home and it didn't fit in T's crib correctly *sigh*. So, until I can bear to listen to Turner howl for a few nights when I take his beloved bumper away, I'll just have to keep checking on T on the regular. Here's a few pics of T and said bumper.

I'm Baa-aack!

Well, I've been MIA for three months. Oops! I didn't mean to fall off the blogging bandwagon, but I was working on finishing my master's, and I went back to work, so blogging went by the wayside. Anyhoo, I REALLY want to be better about blogging from here on out so I have memories to share with Turner when he's older. My goal is to blog every night when T goes to bed. That means hopefully I'll blog at least three days a week.
I have lots-o-topics to catch up on, including: Big Tster crawling, our bumper troubles, first foods, Christmas, sippy cups, T's favorite toys and more!

Right now I can't find the cord to my camera, so I can't upload any pics from my camera. However, I do have his 6 month pictures from Portreait Innovations already uploaded, sooooo . . . . without further ado, I bring you Mister Turner Douglas Steffen at 6 months old!

3 Month Pictures

Wednesday morning we took Turner to Portrait Innovations to have his 3 month pictures taken. Of course, I thought every one of the 94 pictures the nice picture lady took were adorably perfect, and we had a super hard time narrowing down our order. I think it's safe to say we have more pictures of Big T than we know what to do with, but come on, look at that face!