Quinn Aiden Eli Baker

And then a Quinn was born

Quinn is born

Here's Quinn and Granny on his second day (which started 65 minutes after he was born). He's about 16 hours old in this photo.

Quinn and Granny

And Granddad & Granny Marcia visited on day 3

Quinn gets a sunbath on day 4

25 Nov 2010 to 16 Dec (Giraffe House outing+ Clare's bday + photos with Bella & Daddy)

10 May 2018. Quinn told me that his favourite song is DesPacito (Teagon an Alyssa played it for him), he wants to own an amusement park, and to become a parliamentarian/president..
23 Dec 2017. Quinn fractures his elbow, during at holiday at Frog Mountain, whilst jumping on a trampoline he fell off onto the ground (the trampoline was on a slope). Karen, I and Lynn drove him through to Swellendam hospital, where a Dr anethetised him and sets his arm into plaster.
9 Feb 2017. Quinn managed to start himself on his bike today, and cycle unassisted. I think we can now say that he's learned to ride a bike.
8 Feb 2017. I took the training wheels off Quinn's BMX a couple of weeks ago, and we've been practising cycling with me holding at the back. Today, he managed to cycle unassisted for about 10 seconds.
12 Jan 2017. Quinn now knows how to put on and take off his bicycle helmet, by himself.
26 Nov 2016. For the first time, Quinn was left on his own at home (for a short while). Karen was dropping Bella off at a party, and I had to drop Ali off at a party, and took Jonnie with me.
7 Nov 2016. Quinn's birthday card invite.

12 Sep 2016. Quinn's loose tooth fell out today whilst at school. His music teacher, Ms Levett, gave him an envelope to place it in.
11 Sep 2016. Quinn got his first loose tooth today. One of his bottom front teeth on the right.
16 Jul 2016. Today Quinn had his first sleepover away from home. Quinn & Bella went to stay at the Oosthuizens house in Brooklyn; to sleepover with Julian and Ferne.
31 Dec 2014. Quinn did the monkey bars by himself for the first time, today
17 Dec 2014 After Naz left at 6pm, Quinn suggested we play, so I said "how about a swim". Quinn replied, "Daddy, you're a genius" (it's awesome being a father!)
? Nov 2014. I drove Quinn and his classmate from Kids at Home, Luke, to the Giraffe House for a school outing - they're both in Crystel's class - the Squirrels. Quinn was on my shoulders a lot of the way, and when we stood outside the fence where Gerry, the giraffe was, Gerry leant over and grabbed Quinn's hat off his head...after Gerry dropped the hat, Daddy retrived it; and the event made for an exciting story to tell Mommy. Also, Quinn and I helped to hold a large snake (there were 3 Dads and some 4 kids involved in holding this massive snake - Quinn stroked its tail).
? Nov 2014. It was Quinn's year-end nativity play cum theatre. Quinn was dressed as a sheep, and him and his sheep buddy were engaged in their own friendly play as the nativity went on.
5 Nov 2014. Quinn celebrated his birthday at Kids at Home. Karen, I and Ali joined them to sing Happy Birthday. Here's a photo of Ali (left, partial view), Quinn, Inge and Crystal.

2 Nov 2014 Today Quinn, went down the fireman's pole by himself, for the first time. He only needs a little help in getting across the monkey bars.
16 Jul 2014 Quinn and I watched a Youtube clip showing how to make an Origami dinosaur; which I managed to complete today (the first one I've ever made!). We are going to have to go shopping for a piggy bank, as Quinn reminded me again today that he wants one.
14 Jan 2014 Quinn went to school for the first time today. I dropped Bella off first. Then while driving Quinn to school, I told him how it would work, and he said "Robert, don't leave me alone". We went to Kids at Home, and then Ali and I played with Quinn with play dough. Then I hugged him goodbye, and he said: "Robert, I want to show you the bunnies" (he'd been there before and knew there were bunnies). We went outside the class and looked at them. After looking at them for a while, I said let's go back in the class, as we were walking Quinn said: "Robert, I'm getting my school bag and then we can go home". Wendy, the teacher, came and took Quinn inside and played with him a bit. Myself and Ali quietly went out. I felt heart-broken, I knew Quinn didn't want to be left at school alone, yet I had to do this. When he was picked up, Quinn was fine. And the next day I dropped him off, he was perfectly ok with it.

30 Aug 2013	Quinn wore underpants for the first time day
28 Jul 2013	Quinn made his first wee in the potty today. We were Skyping James in New Zealand, and chatting to him and Lynn, when I showed them that Quinn didn't have a nappy on and told them we were trying to potty train him...on hearing this Quinn wandered off to the potty to make his first wee in it!
23 Apr 2013	Quinn is getting into first names, and spends time reciting who is who: "Robert is Daddy, Karen is Mommy, my sister is Bella, my brother is Ali"
7 Apr 2013	Quinn was saying to me "Woo", as we worked outside, I couldn't figure out what he was on about. I'd say "moooo like a cow", then he'd close my mouth with his hand to show I was getting it wrong. Eventually he said "swing", and then I remembered, that I would shout "woooooooo" in a fierce voice whilst running under the swing, and that was what he wanted!
Jan 2012	Quinn's first word that he understands is saying "Bye bye", except he says "Daai Daai", and waves his hand.
4 Jan 2012	I was throwing the ball to Quinn, saying "1,2, 3" and then throwing, and for the first time he caught the ball.
2 Nov 2011	Quinnie said Da Da for the first time today. He started saying "De" about a week ago, and we play games where I say De then he says De then I say De. I started encouraging him to say Da Da, and today for the first time he did :)
28 Oct 2011	Quinn has just about learned to walk now. He takes about 2 steps and then he falls down.
7 Aug 2011	Whilst at the Montagu Country Hotel, Quinn ate part of the soap. He was quite teary and wouldn't drink milk, but then I entertained him with a game where he pulled the light switch (one of those drop-down switches) on and off. Eventually he fell asleep whilst playing the game.
1 Jul 2011	Quinn's 5th and 6th teeth have started coming out (now we understand why he was awake most of last night!). The teeth are adjacent to his front top teeth.
29 Jun 2011	Quinn has picked up an ecoli infection on his junk, and was crying unconsolably until we figured out hat it was and started treating it.
Jun 2011	Quinn loves lifting himself up on coffee table to peer over the edge, or lift himself up on whatever arrives. Unfortuanately that means that he falls a lot too, and inevitably hits his head...there's lots of picking him up and comforting him after he hits his head (he especially calms if we take him outside).
26 May 2011	Quinn's top-left tooth started coming out, and he likes making an awful grounding sound with his top and bottom teeth.
18 Apr 2011	Quinn's started taking an interest in my laptop. This morning I got my laptop out and started doing some work in bed. Quinn repeatedly pulled the power point out of the laptop. Perhaps the blue light on it attracted him.
9 Apr 2011	We realised why Quinn had been out of sorts for a couple of days (not sleeping as well, crying more than usual), because we felt his first tooth growing, at the bottom middle right side.
1 Mar 2011	Ouch! Quinn fell off the bed for the first (and hopefully the last) time today. Luckily it was off Bella's "special bed" (onto a wooden floor), which is lower than our bed. But it was very traumatic and he cried for about 10m. Karen phoned the hospital, and they said to look out for vomiting, and reassured her that they don't know a baby which hasn't fallen off a bed.
16 Feb 2011	Quinn spotted himself in the mirror today, and laughed and laughed.
15 Feb 2011	Quinn rolled over all the way for the first time today. He was lying on top of the table in the lounge, when he decided to roll.
10 Feb 2011	Quinn has today become noticably more adept at using his hands. When he breastfeeds, he now holds Karen's shirt. If you put his hands near something (like hair), he holds on to it.
29 Jan 2011	Quinn goes on his first flight today, a Kulula flight from Cape Town to Durban, where we'll be cruising on the MSC Sinfonia to the Portuguese Island & Maputo.
Quinn is really into drinking his milk - slurping and grunting - it's easy to tell when he's drinking.
25 Jan 2011	After 4 or 5 visits to Home Affairs on Cape Town's foreshore, we finally got a temporary passport for Quinn. We initially applied on 1 December 2010, and when we checked in January, they said the photo was either too light or too dark. Eventually we applied for a temporary passport, as we were getting worried that the official passport wouldn't be ready in time for the cruise (we fly Kulula to Durban on the 29th January).
2 Jan 2011	We noticed Quinn had a bit of a dry cough, his first cough.
13 Nov 2010	The Oosthuizens visit.
11 Nov 2010	Real milk arrives (no more colustrum)