The Diary of Sprout http://thediaryofsprout.org New parents and our journey of discovery with our little Sprout, Aaron Sat, 31 May 2008 05:38:51 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 en 826784http://www.feedburner.com Bubbling baby http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TheDiaryOfSprout/~3/301685803/ http://thediaryofsprout.org/2008/05/31/bubbling-baby/#comments Sat, 31 May 2008 05:38:48 +0000 Paul http://thediaryofsprout.org/?p=105 SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Bubbling baby", url: "http://thediaryofsprout.org/2008/05/31/bubbling-baby/" });]]> We had a good laugh last night with Aaron. He has started blowing raspberries and has started putting sounds together in what sound a little like words. My brother was holding him last night when he went into a bubble blowing session. He had us in hysterics even though he was clearly very serious about this whole bubble/motorbike sound/spit thing:


Aaron’s bubbles from Paul Jacobson on Vimeo.

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]]> http://thediaryofsprout.org/2008/05/31/bubbling-baby/feed/ http://thediaryofsprout.org/2008/05/31/bubbling-baby/ Starting solids (well, kinda) http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TheDiaryOfSprout/~3/251617359/ http://thediaryofsprout.org/2008/03/14/starting-solids-well-kinda/#comments Fri, 14 Mar 2008 20:55:56 +0000 Paul http://thediaryofsprout.org/2008/03/14/starting-solids-well-kinda/ SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Starting solids (well, kinda)", url: "http://thediaryofsprout.org/2008/03/14/starting-solids-well-kinda/" });]]> We decided to start Aaron on rice cereal earlier this week. The bottles just didn’t seem to be doing it for him (well, the natural method is difficult to measure and we could see how much he was drinking from the bottles). Gina started feeding him the rice cereal on Monday and he didn’t really know what to do with it.

This morning he suddenly started opening his mouth to the spoon and, hey presto, food was going in. We gave him some cereal this evening with one of his feeds too and I got this video of Gina feeding him.


Messy eater from Paul Jacobson on Vimeo.

He is getting better at taking it in although he still has a way to go before he can keep it in his mouth (as opposed to his chin).

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]]> http://thediaryofsprout.org/2008/03/14/starting-solids-well-kinda/feed/ http://thediaryofsprout.org/2008/03/14/starting-solids-well-kinda/ Love that giggle! http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TheDiaryOfSprout/~3/250944816/ http://thediaryofsprout.org/2008/03/13/love-that-giggle/#comments Thu, 13 Mar 2008 19:31:38 +0000 Paul http://thediaryofsprout.org/2008/03/13/love-that-giggle/ SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Love that giggle!", url: "http://thediaryofsprout.org/2008/03/13/love-that-giggle/" });]]>
Playing with Aaron from Paul Jacobson on Vimeo.

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]]> http://thediaryofsprout.org/2008/03/13/love-that-giggle/feed/ http://thediaryofsprout.org/2008/03/13/love-that-giggle/ 42 seconds http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TheDiaryOfSprout/~3/250778291/ http://thediaryofsprout.org/2008/03/13/42-seconds/#comments Thu, 13 Mar 2008 14:06:16 +0000 Paul http://thediaryofsprout.org/2008/03/13/42-seconds/ SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "42 seconds", url: "http://thediaryofsprout.org/2008/03/13/42-seconds/" });]]>
42 seconds of me and Aaron from Paul Jacobson on Vimeo.

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]]> http://thediaryofsprout.org/2008/03/13/42-seconds/feed/ http://thediaryofsprout.org/2008/03/13/42-seconds/ A video montage http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TheDiaryOfSprout/~3/248456673/ http://thediaryofsprout.org/2008/03/09/a-video-montage/#comments Sun, 09 Mar 2008 18:40:45 +0000 Paul http://thediaryofsprout.org/2008/03/09/a-video-montage/ SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "A video montage", url: "http://thediaryofsprout.org/2008/03/09/a-video-montage/" });]]> I have a couple short video clips and decided to put them together into a video montage of our little angel. Here it is, let me know what you think?


Aaron - a montage from Paul Jacobson on Vimeo.

By the way, I put the video together using iMovie ‘08 on my MacBook. Lots of fun doing that!

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]]> http://thediaryofsprout.org/2008/03/09/a-video-montage/feed/ http://thediaryofsprout.org/2008/03/09/a-video-montage/ Things you learn when you have boys http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TheDiaryOfSprout/~3/248220226/ http://thediaryofsprout.org/2008/03/09/things-you-learn-when-you-have-boys/#comments Sun, 09 Mar 2008 06:33:47 +0000 Paul http://thediaryofsprout.org/2008/03/09/things-you-learn-when-you-have-boys/ SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Things you learn when you have boys", url: "http://thediaryofsprout.org/2008/03/09/things-you-learn-when-you-have-boys/" });]]> I got this from Gina in an email and had to share!

  1. A king size waterbed holds enough water to fill a 200 m2 house to a depth of 10 cm.
  2. If you spray hair spray on dust balls and run over them with roller blades, they can ignite.
  3. A 3-year old Boy’s voice is louder than 200 adults in a crowded restaurant.
  4. If you hook a dog leash over a ceiling fan, the motor is not strong enough to rotate a 20 Kg boy wearing Batman underwear and a Superman cape. It is strong enough, however, if tied to a paint can, to spread paint on all four walls of a 6m x 6m room.
  5. You should not throw cricket balls up when the ceiling fan is on. When using a ceiling fan as a bat, you have to throw the ball up a few times before you get a hit. A ceiling fan can hit a cricket ball a long way.
  6. The glass in windows (even double-glazed) doesn’t stop a cricket ball hit by a ceiling fan.
  7. When you hear the toilet flush and the words ‘uh oh’, it’s already too late.
  8. Brake fluid mixed with bleach makes smoke, and lots of it.
  9. A six-year old Boy can start a fire with a flint rock even though a 36-year old Man says they can only do it in the movies,
  10. Certain Lego’s will pass through the digestive tract of a 4- year old Boy.
  11. Play dough and microwave should not be used in the same sentence.
  12. Super glue is forever.
  13. No matter how many jelly crystals you put in a swimming pool you still can’t walk on water.
  14. Pool filters do not like jelly crystals.
  15. VCR’s do not eject ‘BL&T’ sandwiches even though TV commercials show they do.
  16. Garbage bags do not make good parachutes.
  17. Marbles in petrol tanks make lots of noise when driving.
  18. You probably DO NOT want to know what that smell is.
  19. Always look in the oven before you turn it on; plastic toys do not like ovens.
  20. The fire department in Brisbane, Qld, has a 5-minute response time.
  21. The spin cycle on the washing machine does not make earthworms dizzy.
  22. It will, however, make cats dizzy.
  23. Cats throw up twice their body weight when dizzy.

80% of Women will pass this on to almost all of their friends, with or without kids.

80% of Men who read this will try mixing the bleach and brake fluid.

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]]> http://thediaryofsprout.org/2008/03/09/things-you-learn-when-you-have-boys/feed/ http://thediaryofsprout.org/2008/03/09/things-you-learn-when-you-have-boys/ Scenes from a cot http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TheDiaryOfSprout/~3/243164843/ http://thediaryofsprout.org/2008/02/29/scenes-from-a-cot/#comments Fri, 29 Feb 2008 06:57:48 +0000 Paul http://thediaryofsprout.org/2008/02/29/scenes-from-a-cot/ SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Scenes from a cot", url: "http://thediaryofsprout.org/2008/02/29/scenes-from-a-cot/" });]]> We shot a couple photos of Aaron yesterday while he was sleeping. He was even cuter than usual!

(I am also trying out Google’s PicasaWeb service out of curiosity. You can see the album I have created for photos of Aaron here).

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]]> http://thediaryofsprout.org/2008/02/29/scenes-from-a-cot/feed/ http://thediaryofsprout.org/2008/02/29/scenes-from-a-cot/ Our little charmer http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TheDiaryOfSprout/~3/236630819/ http://thediaryofsprout.org/2008/02/17/our-little-charmer/#comments Sun, 17 Feb 2008 21:04:18 +0000 Paul http://thediaryofsprout.org/2008/02/17/our-little-charmer/ SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Our little charmer", url: "http://thediaryofsprout.org/2008/02/17/our-little-charmer/" });]]> We went off to a picnic today for Jared’s birthday and I shot a short video of Aaron on his quilt while Gina went for a walk. He was a little preoccupied with the phone but gave me a few smiles towards the end. I also shot a short video of Gina playing with him and he had a couple things to say to her too.

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]]> http://thediaryofsprout.org/2008/02/17/our-little-charmer/feed/ http://thediaryofsprout.org/2008/02/17/our-little-charmer/ Isn’t he a cutie http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TheDiaryOfSprout/~3/229496335/ http://thediaryofsprout.org/2008/02/05/isnt-he-a-cutie/#comments Tue, 05 Feb 2008 10:29:57 +0000 Paul http://thediaryofsprout.org/2008/02/05/isnt-he-a-cutie/ SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Isn’t he a cutie", url: "http://thediaryofsprout.org/2008/02/05/isnt-he-a-cutie/" });]]> It has been a while since we posted here. Life has been a bit of a whirlwind the last few months. Anyway, I just had to share this photo of our little guy:

Aaron's outing to the Health Cafe - 10

Isn’t he a cutie? This is one of my favourite photos of him.

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]]> http://thediaryofsprout.org/2008/02/05/isnt-he-a-cutie/feed/ http://thediaryofsprout.org/2008/02/05/isnt-he-a-cutie/ 6 (and a little bit) week doctor visit http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TheDiaryOfSprout/~3/205156607/ http://thediaryofsprout.org/2007/12/23/6-and-a-little-bit-week-doctor-visit/#comments Sun, 23 Dec 2007 15:17:54 +0000 Gina http://thediaryofsprout.org/2007/12/23/6-and-a-little-bit-week-doctor-visit/ SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "6 (and a little bit) week doctor visit", url: "http://thediaryofsprout.org/2007/12/23/6-and-a-little-bit-week-doctor-visit/" });]]> We took Aaron for his 6 week check up on Thursday.

Dr was very happy with the Sprout.  He now weighs 4.5kg (9.9 pounds) and is 57cm (22.4 inches) long. 

We actually thought he would be a little heavier than that, closer to 5kg.  We are going to get our shots tomorrow so he will be weighed again and we will see how much he has gained in 4 days.

We still haven’t had our first smile yet but its coming, we see the dimple more and more.

So all in all Aaron is doing great and besides the lack of sleep (we are still not really sleeping longer than 3 hours at a time) mom and dad are doing great too.

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