All this time I've been buying bottles and soft spout sippies for Nate....and you know what it took to get him to take something? A hard spout. Are you kidding me?! Really? Do you know how hard it was to get Logan to take a hard spout? And Nate took one like it was nobodies business.
So, I've been hoping and wishing and praying he'd take something so I could wean, but now that he can, I'm thinking....Holy crap noooo! I have about 8-10 weeks left. He'll be one in 10 weeks. Gosh, time flies. So, I'm thinking I'll use it for convenience now and maybe after vacation (2 weeks) start dropping feeds over the next 8 weeks so he's fully weaned around his birthday. I can still say I breastfed for a year and he can wean onto whole milk, then I won't have to deal with that whole transition in just a few months too.
Speaking of my maybe last baby growing up. He got a new car seat the other day. He looks like such a big boy in it :( He seems to have adjusted just fine and really couldn't care less. We went to Steak N Shake yesterday after church. Kids eat free on weekends, so I went ahead and ordered Nate a meal. Why not, it's free, right? He got mac-n-cheese and applesauce. He ate 99% of it. I couldn't believe it! He also ate a couple bites of Logan's grilled cheese and part of a pack of oyster crackers. Boy can EAT! He's definitely going to be the eater of the family. He can already put away more than Logan.
Did you see where I said "maybe last baby"? Yeah, I know I've said I want a house full...but right now I'm done. We may revisit it in a year or so. At this point with Logan we already knew when we were going to start trying again. You know what my reservation is? It's not being pregnant or birth, I love, love, love those things and would be pregnant or having a baby all the time if I could...It's the first year. And more specifically about the first year, breastfeeding. It is sooooo demanding. If I didn't feel that I must breastfeed, I think I'd be pregnant again already. It seems like all my struggles and stress revert back to it. Sucks right? I need to stop being so hard on myself and having such standards set in my mind. Oh and the thought of 3 under 4. Wow.
Monday, May 30, 2011
Saturday, May 28, 2011
Almost there....
We're almost there...to a year of breastfeeding!! I can't believe it. Did I actually do it? Almost, at least. Don't get me wrong, if he'd let me quit anytime in the last 3.5 months I gladly would have. But I'm also really proud of myself for not officially losing my mind in the process. There's still time for that to happen and I teetering on the edge, but so far so good!!
Friday, May 27, 2011
Neighbor
The neighbor's husband is back!! And she hasn't had the baby yet. Bless her, I'm sure that was a rough time with him gone. It looks like it's time for several military families to be transfered. At least two families are packing up on our street. I'm anxious to see who moves in across the street. Hopefully someone with small children!
Thursday, May 26, 2011
Did I Just Say That?
So, I'm sure this will come as a monthly installment as I'm going to start writing down the funny things I say to the boys and/or the funny things they say.
There's only two that I can think of for now, but I'm sure they will get funnier and more interesting the older they get.
1. "No, no. We don't tickle pee pees." The boys had just got out of the tub. Nate always tries to roll all over when I'm getting his diaper on and/or dressed. He was getting upset so I asked Logan to help me keep him content by tickling him. Logan was saying "tickle belly, tickle belly" while tickling Nate's belly, making him laugh. Then out of no where he says "tickle pee pee" and tries to tickle Nate's pee pee. Boys and their obsession with their wieners.
2. "No, only mommy can feed baby Nate with her boobies." Logan and I were in the shower. He gets a big glob of shaving cream (he thinks it's soap) and says he's going to wash his boobies. Then he proceeds to tell me that he wants to feed Nate with his boobies. HAHAHA.
And one from Logan. Brent was singing a song. Logan starts yelling "enough daddy". When Brent asks him why, Logan said "that's terrible daddy".
There's only two that I can think of for now, but I'm sure they will get funnier and more interesting the older they get.
1. "No, no. We don't tickle pee pees." The boys had just got out of the tub. Nate always tries to roll all over when I'm getting his diaper on and/or dressed. He was getting upset so I asked Logan to help me keep him content by tickling him. Logan was saying "tickle belly, tickle belly" while tickling Nate's belly, making him laugh. Then out of no where he says "tickle pee pee" and tries to tickle Nate's pee pee. Boys and their obsession with their wieners.
2. "No, only mommy can feed baby Nate with her boobies." Logan and I were in the shower. He gets a big glob of shaving cream (he thinks it's soap) and says he's going to wash his boobies. Then he proceeds to tell me that he wants to feed Nate with his boobies. HAHAHA.
And one from Logan. Brent was singing a song. Logan starts yelling "enough daddy". When Brent asks him why, Logan said "that's terrible daddy".
Our Babies
Our babies are growing way too fast!!
Nate is crawling all over the place and pulling up on everything now. For a few weeks he would army crawl on hard surfaces, like the tile and hardwood, but crawl on his knees on the carpet and rug, but now he's on all fours all the time. He's a fast little booger too! A couple days ago I had him upstairs doing laundry. I lost sight of him and started searching. I found him in their bathroom, pulled up on the side of the tub trying to reach a bar of soap that he dropped in the bottom. Before I could get to him he toppled over head first in the tub. After I got him out and calmed down, I realized that he not only got hold of the soap but had bit a chunk out of it too. He was making the worst faces while trying to spit it out! No wonder that worked for kids with smart mouths! Today he followed me in the bathroom (cause we all know that peeing alone is out of the question), pulled up on the tub and was trying to hike his leg over to get in. Obviously, he loves bath time. Needless to say, I'm having to keep the bathroom doors shut and the toilet lids down. Ahhh, child proofing...gotta love it! Another one of his favorite things is to crawl over and try to eat the rocks in the fireplace. For now I have the couch pillows stacked in front of it, but I'm sure that won't last for long. The poor dog has to be fed outside now so he doesn't get her food and bless her heart, her favorite water bowl (the toilet) has also been cut off from her.
Nate has finally started babbling and making different sounds and words. He says mama a lot. He copies me saying boo when we play peak a boo. He's also pulling my hands (or whatever we're using) away when we play peak a boo. We're still working on clapping and waving. He'll watch me forever with a look on his face like I'm crazy but has yet to wave or clap. Silly boy. He follows Logan around everywhere and tries to play with all his toys, much to Logan's demise. Nate seems to be growing into his chunkiness and is slimming down quite a bit. He really long, too. He goes for his well check in a couple weeks, so I'll update with his stats then.
Logan is growing like a weed. I swear he grows an inch a week. He's using more connective words in his sentences (I have no idea if that's the right term, I should probably ask Callie or Laura J). Instead of saying "hurt knee", he says "I hurt my knee". He's the sweetest, loving little boy and has learned how to use it to his advantage. He'll say "I love you this much mommy (with his arms stretched out), can I have cookie??". He loves playing outside in the sprinklers and the mud they create. He gets 3-4 showers a day, and no I'm not exaggerating. He has to go in the tub every time he comes inside because he's covered with one thing or another. Most days he goes out after breakfast, I have to fight him to come in for nap, then out again after lunch and sometimes stays out til dinner time or Brent gets home, and then he sometimes goes out again after that. He loves it out there, and quite honestly, I love it too! He's using his imagination a lot and it's the funniest thing to watch. He pets imaginary cats, catches and eats (don't ask me!) imaginary birds, cows live in our downstairs bathroom. He has a baby doll that mom got him when Nate was born. The baby's name is either Nate, Ryker or Jake depending on the day. (Ryker is Brent's coworkers son that I watched for a couple hours once, Jake is my friend Taylor's baby who is just a little older than Nate). The baby sometimes gets diapers and he rocks him to sleep and pretends to feed him crackers or whatever crumb he finds laying around. He sometimes takes baby on car rides in his cozy coupe, down the slide and gives him a bath. He also does all this with his stuff animals, particularly the laughing stuffed monkey, but the monkey doesn't have a name...he's just "monkey". He's become Mommy's little helper and insists on helping put clothes in the washer, folding the wash clothes (which he's really good at), dish towels and anything else square-ish in the laundry. He helps me clean the windows and the tables, sometimes a little too much. I gave him an empty spray bottle with water in it and he's been cleaning his outside toys all day. He's getting better with Nate, although he does get pretty angry when Nate wants to play with something Logan is playing with. He helps me keep up with him and tells me when he's getting into something he shouldn't.
I cut out a lot of sugar in his diet and I can see an improvement in his behavior. He's still extremely hyper and busy but he has fewer temper tantrums and isn't literally bouncing off the walls. He's a lot easier to reason with and easier to calm down. In particular, I stopped buying fruit snacks. Not only are they absolutely nothing nutritionally, they are pure sugar. A couple weeks ago I bought a box after not having any for a while. He ate a pack and was literally running and bouncing off the wall, then to the couch, back and forth. It was amazing the difference in his behavior after just one pack of fruit snacks. I also started using sugar free syrup on his pancakes and generally get any sugar free version of anything he eats if it's available. Natural sugar, like the sugar in 100% apple juice, doesn't seem to make a difference, but refined sugar, like in apple juice cocktail, sugary drinks, I can definitely tell a difference. I'm still in the process of finding options, so he does get some sugar, but he's definitely doing better. He loves animal crackers, pop tarts, etc. which all have sugar but even the small amount I cut out has made drastic changes. I'm really glad the temper tantrums are not as frequent.
Mother's Day Out ended a couple weeks ago. The director and his teacher always praised the boys for being so happy and Logan for minding and listening. It's nice to have someone else compliment the boys. Makes me feel like I'm doing something right! Logan starts their pre-K2 program in August and Nate will continue Mother's Day Out in August as well.
Nate is crawling all over the place and pulling up on everything now. For a few weeks he would army crawl on hard surfaces, like the tile and hardwood, but crawl on his knees on the carpet and rug, but now he's on all fours all the time. He's a fast little booger too! A couple days ago I had him upstairs doing laundry. I lost sight of him and started searching. I found him in their bathroom, pulled up on the side of the tub trying to reach a bar of soap that he dropped in the bottom. Before I could get to him he toppled over head first in the tub. After I got him out and calmed down, I realized that he not only got hold of the soap but had bit a chunk out of it too. He was making the worst faces while trying to spit it out! No wonder that worked for kids with smart mouths! Today he followed me in the bathroom (cause we all know that peeing alone is out of the question), pulled up on the tub and was trying to hike his leg over to get in. Obviously, he loves bath time. Needless to say, I'm having to keep the bathroom doors shut and the toilet lids down. Ahhh, child proofing...gotta love it! Another one of his favorite things is to crawl over and try to eat the rocks in the fireplace. For now I have the couch pillows stacked in front of it, but I'm sure that won't last for long. The poor dog has to be fed outside now so he doesn't get her food and bless her heart, her favorite water bowl (the toilet) has also been cut off from her.
Nate has finally started babbling and making different sounds and words. He says mama a lot. He copies me saying boo when we play peak a boo. He's also pulling my hands (or whatever we're using) away when we play peak a boo. We're still working on clapping and waving. He'll watch me forever with a look on his face like I'm crazy but has yet to wave or clap. Silly boy. He follows Logan around everywhere and tries to play with all his toys, much to Logan's demise. Nate seems to be growing into his chunkiness and is slimming down quite a bit. He really long, too. He goes for his well check in a couple weeks, so I'll update with his stats then.
Logan is growing like a weed. I swear he grows an inch a week. He's using more connective words in his sentences (I have no idea if that's the right term, I should probably ask Callie or Laura J). Instead of saying "hurt knee", he says "I hurt my knee". He's the sweetest, loving little boy and has learned how to use it to his advantage. He'll say "I love you this much mommy (with his arms stretched out), can I have cookie??". He loves playing outside in the sprinklers and the mud they create. He gets 3-4 showers a day, and no I'm not exaggerating. He has to go in the tub every time he comes inside because he's covered with one thing or another. Most days he goes out after breakfast, I have to fight him to come in for nap, then out again after lunch and sometimes stays out til dinner time or Brent gets home, and then he sometimes goes out again after that. He loves it out there, and quite honestly, I love it too! He's using his imagination a lot and it's the funniest thing to watch. He pets imaginary cats, catches and eats (don't ask me!) imaginary birds, cows live in our downstairs bathroom. He has a baby doll that mom got him when Nate was born. The baby's name is either Nate, Ryker or Jake depending on the day. (Ryker is Brent's coworkers son that I watched for a couple hours once, Jake is my friend Taylor's baby who is just a little older than Nate). The baby sometimes gets diapers and he rocks him to sleep and pretends to feed him crackers or whatever crumb he finds laying around. He sometimes takes baby on car rides in his cozy coupe, down the slide and gives him a bath. He also does all this with his stuff animals, particularly the laughing stuffed monkey, but the monkey doesn't have a name...he's just "monkey". He's become Mommy's little helper and insists on helping put clothes in the washer, folding the wash clothes (which he's really good at), dish towels and anything else square-ish in the laundry. He helps me clean the windows and the tables, sometimes a little too much. I gave him an empty spray bottle with water in it and he's been cleaning his outside toys all day. He's getting better with Nate, although he does get pretty angry when Nate wants to play with something Logan is playing with. He helps me keep up with him and tells me when he's getting into something he shouldn't.
I cut out a lot of sugar in his diet and I can see an improvement in his behavior. He's still extremely hyper and busy but he has fewer temper tantrums and isn't literally bouncing off the walls. He's a lot easier to reason with and easier to calm down. In particular, I stopped buying fruit snacks. Not only are they absolutely nothing nutritionally, they are pure sugar. A couple weeks ago I bought a box after not having any for a while. He ate a pack and was literally running and bouncing off the wall, then to the couch, back and forth. It was amazing the difference in his behavior after just one pack of fruit snacks. I also started using sugar free syrup on his pancakes and generally get any sugar free version of anything he eats if it's available. Natural sugar, like the sugar in 100% apple juice, doesn't seem to make a difference, but refined sugar, like in apple juice cocktail, sugary drinks, I can definitely tell a difference. I'm still in the process of finding options, so he does get some sugar, but he's definitely doing better. He loves animal crackers, pop tarts, etc. which all have sugar but even the small amount I cut out has made drastic changes. I'm really glad the temper tantrums are not as frequent.
Mother's Day Out ended a couple weeks ago. The director and his teacher always praised the boys for being so happy and Logan for minding and listening. It's nice to have someone else compliment the boys. Makes me feel like I'm doing something right! Logan starts their pre-K2 program in August and Nate will continue Mother's Day Out in August as well.
Monday, May 16, 2011
Hilton Head Weekend
We decided to take a short trip to Hilton Head this weekend. Our good friends, The Bottoms, were also able to make it down.
We arrived on the island around 1:00 Saturday. The sun was out in full force while we ate lunch, but once we headed to the beach it was windy and cold. We packed up soon after we made it to the beach and went back to our room to get ready for dinner. We ate at a place called Skull Island Boathouse. My cousin, Carrie, recommended it to us and she was spot on. Great food and a fantastic atmosphere and really kid friendly. We ate on a huge picnic table right next to the water and the kids had enough room to run around and play while we waited on our food. They even had corn hole, sidewalk chaulk and hoolahoops. That evening we headed back to our hotel for some pool side fun. Logan, Tristyn and Jackson seemed to really enjoy the pool. Logan was even brave enough to jump off the side, as long as Daddy was there to catch him.
The next morning we headed to the beach for a fun filled day of sun and sand! The weather was perfect. Mid 80's, good breeze (so good we couldn't get our tent to stay up) and of course good friends! The kids enjoyed playing in the sand, looking for starfish and playing in the water. Logan was terrified of the water. I hope he gets over it when we go on vacation. Both the boys did great on the beach. Nate even enjoyed splashing in the water. When it was nap time for Nate and Jake we just loaded them up in the stroller and went for a walk and it did the trick. Nate only had 1 nap and Logan didn't nap at all and they were both still decent at dinner. Logan needed some special attention and wasn't being as good as usual, but considering he hadn't napped he was great. Brent and I are both fried. I lathered up with 30 spf at least 3 times and I'm still burnt to a crisp. It always happens, so I don't know why I'm surprised. Luckily Nate is not burnt at all and Logan just has a little bit of sun on his arms. We headed back home around 8:00 and arrived back around 11:30. We are worn out today, but it was so worth it.
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