Jealous of animals

Charles-Winston loves animals, just looking at a puppy he'll start giggling and smiling. He loves to cuddle them, he talks and yells at them, he even likes to pet them, (but it looks more like he's groping their fur). When we put him in his highchair to eat, the dog stands underneath and eats up the drooled bits of bananas - but now that Charles-Winston knows she's down there, he'll only look down and talk to her; when we try to sit him upright, he gets so frazzled he doesn't know what to do with himself.

     Did I mention he growls? I don't think I've ever seen something less intimidating or cuter. He smiles while he growls, but only at the dogs. He doesn't growl at people (anymore). 

     He even likes my fish and though he doesn't talk to or growl at them, he does stare at them for long stretches of time and he seems to be fascinated by the fact that they appear to float.

     Charles-Winston has the funniest quirks and such a big personality already, I can't wait until he can talk because (even though I doubt he'll ever shut up) then he can tell me everything that he thinks about and why he does all the hilarious things he does. I wish I knew what was going on in his little mind all the time. He's probably a baby genius.

Homeopathic medicine

We traveled to St. George, Utah yesterday (the southern-most city in the state), to see my father-in-law over father's-day weekend.

     It was a terrible idea since Charles-Winston has an ear infection. All he did the whole ride down was cry and sleep. He'd cry himself to sleep and then wake up screaming and either Benjamin or I would have to climb into the back seat to calm him down. We maxed his dose on infant acetaminophen and homeopathic infant ear drops; he was still upset. He ate a great deal less, had a slight fever and didn't fall asleep until 11pm - although he did sleep through the night (until 5:45) so that was good and he seems to be doing significantly better today than he was yesterday. It's a much needed improvement.

     I can testify that the homeopathic ear drops worked very well, he seems to be pain free after using them for two full days and only bothers his ear every once in a while instead of incessantly. I'm glad we didn't take him to the doctor and get prescribed antibiotics since it seems to be clearing up on it's own. Now that his ear is better, our only problem is teething. He's a happy baby now and back to his normal self.