Really quick, I have mentioned my hatred for the pediatrician's office that I take Landry to...I love the doctor,....but I hate the office. It is poorly run and I cant stand it. So I tried to find another one that I liked...and when time ran out I decided that I would go back to this office just one last time...just to buy me another 2 months before her next immunizations...So I call to make the appointment last week and they tell me I have to wait until Thursday Dec. 17 to make the well child visit. WHAT??????? I dont understand, so I try calling this morning...they open at 8 I started calling at 8:15. BY 9:00 I call JR and get him to start calling as well...Neither of us could get through...."All circuits are busy" is all we heard.....so I call the insurance provider in hopes of finding another primary care provider through them...of course, now Landry is already 2 months old and noone is taking appointments until the new year.....JR FINALLY gets through, and makes the appointment for Jan. 6 Grrrr...Meanwhile I find another Pediatrician who will see her tomorrow at 3:30. I hate to go to an office that I haven't staked out yet, but I really want to get her immunizations done ASAP! So I am going to try it out and see how it goes...UGHHHHH!
By the way - Landry slept for 8 hours straight last night! Although, I still woke up at about 4:30 due to a massive headache! Ughhh! Looks like we may be moving her to her crib soon....I figure if she sleeps through the night for at least 4 nights in a row, then she is ready! We will see tonight if it was just a fluke!
Shopping - Last night JR and I went to do our Christmas shopping....we got what we needed and got home. I am glad that part is over....except that we didn't buy any bags or wrapping paper! LOL oops! Just as well though, I will do it tomorrow - I am nervous to have gifts under the tree...I think Logan would open them! Ha
Now back to Landry - I spent the day yesterday trying to give her a bottle....I think I tried every brand .....I gave her "the First Years -Soothie" "Parents Choice" Evenflo" Advent, Dr. Brown's and Ventaire..........I am going to stick with the ventaire and Dr. Browns...only because she seemed to do semi - okay on those. She HATES bottles! We are going to a Christmas Party on Saturday night and the kids are going to the sitter, so it is kind of important for her to get the whole bottle thing down....The biggest draw back to this is that it means that I am pumping again! I haven't been pumping for about 2 1/2 weeks....So now I have to pump, save the milk, and thaw milk from the stock pile! THe good news is that I am replacing the milk that I use with "newer" milk. Less Waste! So I am going to keep at it today and tomorrow and all day Saturday until we drop her off! Hopefully today goes better! I am still nursing her at night, though last night there wasn't much nursing....She nursed at 12:30 and didn't wake up again until 8:30...I nursed her then too....but now it is back to the bottle!
Thursday, December 17, 2009
Wednesday, December 16, 2009
What the new year will bring!
Every morning this week , Logan comes in to my room and gets in bed with me at about 7:00. Thus, waking myself and Landry! Then I have to get up with Landry and by 9:00 when she finally starts to drift off....Logan wakes up! Grrrrrr! I am sleepy. I love it though....not the being sleepy part, but the part that I get to spend time with JUST Landry, and then when she goes to bed its JUST Logan and me. I love that they each get their individual "Mommy time".
I realized last night that I am definitely leaning towards having another baby. Not any time soon, but maybe in about three years! Landry is so sweet, I love this stage. I remember getting so frustrated waking up in the night with Logan... not all the time but I remember it being harder. Of course Logan was sleeping through the night by 4 weeks. Landry is nearly nine weeks old and still gets up for a feeding in the night/early morning. She can sleep about 5 hours straight....six every once in a while! I think I was frustrated with Logan because I had to get up, feed him a bottle of breastmilk, and then go pump, which took about 30 minutes because I only had a single electric instead of a double. So I was much more tired back then. Getting up with Landry doesn't even bother me....I am only awake for about 10-15 minutes. Anyway, she is just so sweet, and so happy. She smiles all the time...she is cooing a little bit, but not much...when I talk to her she just smiles...I love it. I love watching her smile in response to JR.
Anyway - I was thinking about this past year and what events took place and what the new year will bring. This year, I was married, took my first trip to Vegas, spent an entire week away from Logan (twice), had a beautiful baby, lost my grandfather, moved to a new house in a entirely different part of the city, made new friends, potty trained my son (still in progress), and while the list doesn't seem like it is that long for 12 months...it is plentiful. 2009 brought so much joy and some heartache as well, but I am excited about the new year to come. I have some amazing news to share, but that will have to wait for at least another week or so.....(nope, I am not pregnant! ARE YOU CRAZY - it is WAY to early for that...I said in three years!) When I think about this time next year, I think about the fact that Logan will be almost 4 - can you believe it? Why does 4 seem like such a bigger number than 3? Tears actually come to my eyes when I think about my baby boy being a 4 year old! I still can't say that he is almost 3...I always say 2 1/2...LOL! Landry will be a year old and will probably be walking all over the place...I imagine her even now....Her hair braided or in a ponytail or pigtails with a big bow, with JR and I hanging on her every move, totally enamored with our princess. Logan helping his sister with presents and getting irritated with her too. (I am not delusional!) While I can't wait, I also just want to enjoy every second with my kids and my family. Logan is growing up so fast, he can be such a stinker, but so full of love as well.
I can't believe JR and I will be celebrating our one year wedding anniversary in March, or even our 4 year anniversary Feb. 2. CRAZY! This is going to be an amazing year...I just can't wait. We have so many plans....plus I think that financially we will be in a better place. In March we will be getting rid of two major bills...due to our income tax return....we get to pay off some debt - which will be awesome!
Well - I am done with this crazy blog....if you cant tell - I am super excited about the coming year!
I realized last night that I am definitely leaning towards having another baby. Not any time soon, but maybe in about three years! Landry is so sweet, I love this stage. I remember getting so frustrated waking up in the night with Logan... not all the time but I remember it being harder. Of course Logan was sleeping through the night by 4 weeks. Landry is nearly nine weeks old and still gets up for a feeding in the night/early morning. She can sleep about 5 hours straight....six every once in a while! I think I was frustrated with Logan because I had to get up, feed him a bottle of breastmilk, and then go pump, which took about 30 minutes because I only had a single electric instead of a double. So I was much more tired back then. Getting up with Landry doesn't even bother me....I am only awake for about 10-15 minutes. Anyway, she is just so sweet, and so happy. She smiles all the time...she is cooing a little bit, but not much...when I talk to her she just smiles...I love it. I love watching her smile in response to JR.
Anyway - I was thinking about this past year and what events took place and what the new year will bring. This year, I was married, took my first trip to Vegas, spent an entire week away from Logan (twice), had a beautiful baby, lost my grandfather, moved to a new house in a entirely different part of the city, made new friends, potty trained my son (still in progress), and while the list doesn't seem like it is that long for 12 months...it is plentiful. 2009 brought so much joy and some heartache as well, but I am excited about the new year to come. I have some amazing news to share, but that will have to wait for at least another week or so.....(nope, I am not pregnant! ARE YOU CRAZY - it is WAY to early for that...I said in three years!) When I think about this time next year, I think about the fact that Logan will be almost 4 - can you believe it? Why does 4 seem like such a bigger number than 3? Tears actually come to my eyes when I think about my baby boy being a 4 year old! I still can't say that he is almost 3...I always say 2 1/2...LOL! Landry will be a year old and will probably be walking all over the place...I imagine her even now....Her hair braided or in a ponytail or pigtails with a big bow, with JR and I hanging on her every move, totally enamored with our princess. Logan helping his sister with presents and getting irritated with her too. (I am not delusional!) While I can't wait, I also just want to enjoy every second with my kids and my family. Logan is growing up so fast, he can be such a stinker, but so full of love as well.
I can't believe JR and I will be celebrating our one year wedding anniversary in March, or even our 4 year anniversary Feb. 2. CRAZY! This is going to be an amazing year...I just can't wait. We have so many plans....plus I think that financially we will be in a better place. In March we will be getting rid of two major bills...due to our income tax return....we get to pay off some debt - which will be awesome!
Well - I am done with this crazy blog....if you cant tell - I am super excited about the coming year!
Monday, December 14, 2009
'Tis the Season
Man...I had a busy weekend! Friday night JR had his company Christmas party, but for some strange reason they did employees only...STUPID! So my friend Tina and I took our kids to see Planet 51! I have been aprehensive about taking Logan to the theater, but I decided that he could handle it and was very impressed! HE was wonderful! He has gone before but he was much smaller and he didn't really grasp the whole concept of a movie! So this was his first "Real" theater experience. I cant wait to take him again...Alvin and the Chipmunks comes out Dec. 23 - He is so excited...we will be there.
Because of the movie, he went to bed a little later...about 10:30 - but I figure its the weekend so oh well.....big mistake....he was such a cranky butt!
Luckily...I didn't have to deal with him. Saturday morning I got up, got Landry and myself dressed and we headed to Galveston. My mom was there visiting my grandmother so we went to visit as well. I didn't leave until almost 7 so I was there all day pretty much. We had plans to meet up with some friends for dinner, but they fell through. JR had taken Logan to some other friends house (Brendan and Beano) so I ended up driving over there to hang out for a bit. We left around 11:00 - So this was night #2 that Logan didn't go to bed a bedtime:( He fells asleep before getting out of the neighborhood...but still...off schedule!
ON Sunday I went to the mall and got a shirt for Logan for our Christmas pictures, came home - set up the camera and took the pics. They didn't really turn out as well as I had hoped...but it was really hard to get the kids to both be looking at the camera. Logan is such a clown that that made it harder. When I take pictures of him - he always wants to be doing something funny, so it is difficult to get him to just sit still and smile! He kept saying cheeeeeeeeeese and then would laugh histerically! Grrrrr. Oh well! After picture we went to dinner with JR's brother and his wife and son. At 8:45 I said ----AHHHHHH! we gotta go...we hurried home to get Logan into bed...missing bedtime by about 20 minutes! Which didn't matter because he REFUSED to stay in his bed....I stayed calm for most of the night, JR and I taking turns taking him back to his bed over and over and over again. But when JR turned in for the night and Landry started crying, it was too hard to do both! I was carrying her around, trying to drag Logan to his room! I finally put her in her swing and let her cry while I laid with Logan for about 10 minutes. I had hoped she would stop crying....NOPE. so I got up to get her, and Logan got up behind me...I tried to lay with both of them but Landry couldnt stop crying. Finally I got Logan to lay still in his bed and I got Landry to fall asleep. It was nearly 2:00 when I got in bed...ahhhhh!
Because of the movie, he went to bed a little later...about 10:30 - but I figure its the weekend so oh well.....big mistake....he was such a cranky butt!
Luckily...I didn't have to deal with him. Saturday morning I got up, got Landry and myself dressed and we headed to Galveston. My mom was there visiting my grandmother so we went to visit as well. I didn't leave until almost 7 so I was there all day pretty much. We had plans to meet up with some friends for dinner, but they fell through. JR had taken Logan to some other friends house (Brendan and Beano) so I ended up driving over there to hang out for a bit. We left around 11:00 - So this was night #2 that Logan didn't go to bed a bedtime:( He fells asleep before getting out of the neighborhood...but still...off schedule!
ON Sunday I went to the mall and got a shirt for Logan for our Christmas pictures, came home - set up the camera and took the pics. They didn't really turn out as well as I had hoped...but it was really hard to get the kids to both be looking at the camera. Logan is such a clown that that made it harder. When I take pictures of him - he always wants to be doing something funny, so it is difficult to get him to just sit still and smile! He kept saying cheeeeeeeeeese and then would laugh histerically! Grrrrr. Oh well! After picture we went to dinner with JR's brother and his wife and son. At 8:45 I said ----AHHHHHH! we gotta go...we hurried home to get Logan into bed...missing bedtime by about 20 minutes! Which didn't matter because he REFUSED to stay in his bed....I stayed calm for most of the night, JR and I taking turns taking him back to his bed over and over and over again. But when JR turned in for the night and Landry started crying, it was too hard to do both! I was carrying her around, trying to drag Logan to his room! I finally put her in her swing and let her cry while I laid with Logan for about 10 minutes. I had hoped she would stop crying....NOPE. so I got up to get her, and Logan got up behind me...I tried to lay with both of them but Landry couldnt stop crying. Finally I got Logan to lay still in his bed and I got Landry to fall asleep. It was nearly 2:00 when I got in bed...ahhhhh!
Thursday, December 10, 2009
Schedules and Vacations
So JR and I have talked many times about setting a schedule for Logan....not so much an all day schedule, but a definite sleep schedule. ONe thing about having more than one kid, is that you get to look back and say...hmmm, I would really like to do this differently. Dont get me wrong, I have no regrets, and I know that I did the best I could and I am in no way ashamed or feel as though I did something WRONG...I just want to do it different! Bedtime, is one of those things. I have never had a set bedtime for Logan, nor a set nap time. He sleeps when he is tired and thats it. Yes, that means there have been nights that he goes to bed at 3 in the morning and doesn't wake up until 1 in the afternoon. (rarely...but it has happened) Anyway, I have had insomnia pretty bad lately and it finally caught up with me last night...so I said hey, seems like a good time to start this bedtime thing we have been putting off! So we all went and got in bed at 8:00 did our night night rituals..story time, cuddle time and by 8:30 Logan was OUT! It was a nice evening we watched "Shrek the Halls" with Logan...and I recorded it, so when we got in bed at 8 we let him watch it in our room AGAIN for cuddle time! Then off he went to his room and off to sleep! IT was great...JR and I stayed up until 9:15 and went to bed as well. Logan got up at 11 last night and wanted to play...I guess he thought he was just taking a nap. I kept all the lights off and I laid in bed listening to him until he was silent (about 12). THen I went to check on him and he was still awake, but he was laying in bed with his covers on watching a movie...I guess he figured out that no one was getting up! By 1:00am he was in bed with us...GRRRRR! At 3:45 JR picked him and took him to his own bed...at 3:50 he was back in our bed GRRRRR! JR decided to sleep in his room! LOL Now last night was a little early...I would like his bedtime to be at 9, which means that we have to move everything up...such as dinner and bath time and story time and cuddle time. But if we set bedtime at 8, then JR has very little interaction with the kids! HE doesn't get home until 6, so it would just be more practical to do it at 9.
We went to dinner over at our friends Bryan and Tina's house on Tuesday night and I was amazed at how at 8:50 Bryan told his kids to go brush their teeth and get ready for bed...and off they went, They came back in for kisses in the their pj's and at 9 he said "Bedtime" and off they went again! Kyler, their 7 year old son, was pretty good about staying in his room...he kind of yelled out that he couldn't fall asleep, and Bryan told him to just lay there with his eyes closed! LOL Kaylee, there 5 year old daughter, was a little more brave about getting out of bed and coming into the living room....She needed kisses, and then she needed some water, and then she forgot to get a hug! IT was pretty funny to here her excuses for coming in the living room! I asked Tina if it was like that every night, and she said NO...only when they have company...other than that they go straight to bed....I thought...I want that!
Now, moving on to Vacations! JR and I have decided that we cant wait until our anniversary to go gambling. So we are planning a trip to go very soon...we are just having to save some money first, but I think its doable. We are planning on doing a day trip to either Coushatta or L'auberge....THere is a place down the road from where we live (they actually have 3 locations) and do casino trips...you pay $5 for the trip there and $5 for the trip home and they give you a $10 food voucher! Awesome...it leaves at 9:00 in the morning, but I dont know what time it comes back....but hey...no hotel, no gas....and several hours of fun...not to mention...you can drink as much as you want because you dont have to drive back! Woohoo! I think we may get a group of friends together. Dont know yet....first we have to come up with about 4-5 hundred dollars! Honestly, I could probably go with just $100...It would most likely last me the entire day...JR would probably need about 3oo! His philosophy is spend money to make money...and my little 5 and 10 dollar bets dont really go together! But I just want to have fun...and I would hate for us to both lose all our money and then just be sitting there waiting for the bus to come get us! LOL!
We went to dinner over at our friends Bryan and Tina's house on Tuesday night and I was amazed at how at 8:50 Bryan told his kids to go brush their teeth and get ready for bed...and off they went, They came back in for kisses in the their pj's and at 9 he said "Bedtime" and off they went again! Kyler, their 7 year old son, was pretty good about staying in his room...he kind of yelled out that he couldn't fall asleep, and Bryan told him to just lay there with his eyes closed! LOL Kaylee, there 5 year old daughter, was a little more brave about getting out of bed and coming into the living room....She needed kisses, and then she needed some water, and then she forgot to get a hug! IT was pretty funny to here her excuses for coming in the living room! I asked Tina if it was like that every night, and she said NO...only when they have company...other than that they go straight to bed....I thought...I want that!
Now, moving on to Vacations! JR and I have decided that we cant wait until our anniversary to go gambling. So we are planning a trip to go very soon...we are just having to save some money first, but I think its doable. We are planning on doing a day trip to either Coushatta or L'auberge....THere is a place down the road from where we live (they actually have 3 locations) and do casino trips...you pay $5 for the trip there and $5 for the trip home and they give you a $10 food voucher! Awesome...it leaves at 9:00 in the morning, but I dont know what time it comes back....but hey...no hotel, no gas....and several hours of fun...not to mention...you can drink as much as you want because you dont have to drive back! Woohoo! I think we may get a group of friends together. Dont know yet....first we have to come up with about 4-5 hundred dollars! Honestly, I could probably go with just $100...It would most likely last me the entire day...JR would probably need about 3oo! His philosophy is spend money to make money...and my little 5 and 10 dollar bets dont really go together! But I just want to have fun...and I would hate for us to both lose all our money and then just be sitting there waiting for the bus to come get us! LOL!
Tuesday, December 8, 2009
My wonderful Life...
So what's going on with me??? Let me tell you... I am enjoying my wonderful life!
Logan is 95% potty trained...at least when it comes to peeing...we haven't even hit on the pooping thing! LOL That will come! He is getting bigger and bigger. He is such a sweet big brother. He still has his moments and can be a giant pain in the butt sometimes, but he is in that terrible two's phase. Although he is only terrible when he is throwing a fit! He is learning compassion, which I think is great. He knows that when Landry is crying she is sad and he wants to help. He loves helping with the dishes and laundry...as much as I love him helping...I dont particularly like it when he helps fold the laundry...because he usually just unfolds it. He is still whiny, but we are working on it!
I am waiting for Landry to be 13 pounds...which is according to literature and her pediatrician, the weight that babies are capable of sleeping through the night. She still sleeps in our room...I dont want to move her to her bed until she can sleep through the night. I have insomnia right now which keeps me up all night and then I barely get any sleep, and then I am tired all day, but I STILL cant go to bed at a descent hour...it is crazy! I haven't been pumping at all lately..In fact the last time I pumped was 5 days ago. Its nice because I finally have my milk supply to exactly what it needs to be for Landry, so I dont have a whole lot of excess..but I kind of like the idea of excess. Landry still eats every 3-4 hours, which has me wondering if maybe I should pump on the last feeding of the day, and give her formula...or maybe do half formula half breast milk from a bottle...I think it would keep her full longer and maybe stretch her sleeping pattern a little bit??? The problem with this, is that she doesn't drink from a bottle very well. I know that I have mentioned this before. I keep saying I am going to try to get her used to it, but that would mean that I have to pump and stop breastfeeding...and I dont want to do that. I guess I could pump on every other feeding and let her have a bottle...the thing is, that when I give her a bottle, and she doesn't take it (and believe me I can try for 20 minutes) I end up having to give her the boob...and if I pump, well there isn't any milk in the boob! I know I know....try the bottle, first, then pump after she eats...
Anyway, JR and I are in the hole again...not really - we are about dead even...meaning we have no spare money, which I consider "in the whole"! This means Christmas will be scarce! Luckily, I talked to my mom about it and we are in agreement, Christmas will be for the kids ONLY this year. JR and I are going to do Christmas cards for friends and family and get the kids gifts. I have to get to the mall soon, so that I can go to Hallmark...I need to get Landry a "Baby's First Christmas" ornament.
JR and I are also planning our one year anniversary!!!! It is still 4 months away....but we cant wait, and any extra dime we have is going to our trip! We thought about going back to Vegas...we would love to, but that will be put off for another time...or another anniversary. We thought about going on a cruise..but that too will be put off for another time. Instead we decided to pay off my ring.....and go to L'auberge Du Lac in Louisiana. We really want to gamble and I have never been there...plus it will be much less expensive - hence we will be able to pay off my ring...with the help of our income tax return, of course! We have been paying on the ring for over a year and a half and we still owe nearly $2,000 so it will be nice to not hve that monthly payment anymore! I have been thinking about what I want to do for our anniversaries to come....Next year I want to go to Ruidoso and go snow skiing....there is also a great casino at Inn of the Mountain Gods! Maybe we can do a cruise for a 3 year... we will have to find something for the 4th and maybe go back to Vegas for the 5th! Hmmmmm......I might be getting ahead of myself!
Anyway, I know it is still 4 months away, but I am super excited!
Logan is 95% potty trained...at least when it comes to peeing...we haven't even hit on the pooping thing! LOL That will come! He is getting bigger and bigger. He is such a sweet big brother. He still has his moments and can be a giant pain in the butt sometimes, but he is in that terrible two's phase. Although he is only terrible when he is throwing a fit! He is learning compassion, which I think is great. He knows that when Landry is crying she is sad and he wants to help. He loves helping with the dishes and laundry...as much as I love him helping...I dont particularly like it when he helps fold the laundry...because he usually just unfolds it. He is still whiny, but we are working on it!
I am waiting for Landry to be 13 pounds...which is according to literature and her pediatrician, the weight that babies are capable of sleeping through the night. She still sleeps in our room...I dont want to move her to her bed until she can sleep through the night. I have insomnia right now which keeps me up all night and then I barely get any sleep, and then I am tired all day, but I STILL cant go to bed at a descent hour...it is crazy! I haven't been pumping at all lately..In fact the last time I pumped was 5 days ago. Its nice because I finally have my milk supply to exactly what it needs to be for Landry, so I dont have a whole lot of excess..but I kind of like the idea of excess. Landry still eats every 3-4 hours, which has me wondering if maybe I should pump on the last feeding of the day, and give her formula...or maybe do half formula half breast milk from a bottle...I think it would keep her full longer and maybe stretch her sleeping pattern a little bit??? The problem with this, is that she doesn't drink from a bottle very well. I know that I have mentioned this before. I keep saying I am going to try to get her used to it, but that would mean that I have to pump and stop breastfeeding...and I dont want to do that. I guess I could pump on every other feeding and let her have a bottle...the thing is, that when I give her a bottle, and she doesn't take it (and believe me I can try for 20 minutes) I end up having to give her the boob...and if I pump, well there isn't any milk in the boob! I know I know....try the bottle, first, then pump after she eats...
Anyway, JR and I are in the hole again...not really - we are about dead even...meaning we have no spare money, which I consider "in the whole"! This means Christmas will be scarce! Luckily, I talked to my mom about it and we are in agreement, Christmas will be for the kids ONLY this year. JR and I are going to do Christmas cards for friends and family and get the kids gifts. I have to get to the mall soon, so that I can go to Hallmark...I need to get Landry a "Baby's First Christmas" ornament.
JR and I are also planning our one year anniversary!!!! It is still 4 months away....but we cant wait, and any extra dime we have is going to our trip! We thought about going back to Vegas...we would love to, but that will be put off for another time...or another anniversary. We thought about going on a cruise..but that too will be put off for another time. Instead we decided to pay off my ring.....and go to L'auberge Du Lac in Louisiana. We really want to gamble and I have never been there...plus it will be much less expensive - hence we will be able to pay off my ring...with the help of our income tax return, of course! We have been paying on the ring for over a year and a half and we still owe nearly $2,000 so it will be nice to not hve that monthly payment anymore! I have been thinking about what I want to do for our anniversaries to come....Next year I want to go to Ruidoso and go snow skiing....there is also a great casino at Inn of the Mountain Gods! Maybe we can do a cruise for a 3 year... we will have to find something for the 4th and maybe go back to Vegas for the 5th! Hmmmmm......I might be getting ahead of myself!
Anyway, I know it is still 4 months away, but I am super excited!
Friday, December 4, 2009
Snow!
It is snowing tremendously outside! I can't believe it! I am loading a video on facebook! I can not believe how much is coming down and how quickly it is doing it! IN just 8 minutes all the houses and cars in the neighborhood were covered in snow! I will post some pics later when we go play, but first I wanted to post this one of Logan in his pajamas and house shoes...I took it this morning when we got up! He is so funny! He loves these little house shoes! They were a good buy!
Thursday, December 3, 2009
Progress and Colic
So here is some more about my kids! Lately we have been working on words, colors, animals and their sounds, and asking instead of whining. Logan's vocabulary has expanded immensely and I am very proud of him - sorry for the bragging but....it has taken him a really long time to talk, which has been something I have seriously worried and worried and worried about this. Anyway, I am very proud of him. We have bought these little leap frog movies and flashcards and it seems to really be working. The hardest part is making sure that we work on it every day. Sometimes it is hard to find the time, but somehow I always do...I have only missed one day in the last 20, not too bad. Next, his colors. He is doing well with the colors, but he does better with green, red, and blue, which is fine...we just keep working on it...this week he seems to be really getting black and white! His animals are coming along but the sounds are a little harder...he knows dog, cat, duck, cow....thats about it. Last, Logan has a horrible habit of whining when he wants something...he will go to what he wants and stand there and whine and if we ignore him he will come to us and whine in our face!! So we have been working on him asking for what he wants instead of whining....we are making progress...THANK GOODNESS. Now a new thing he started doing without us teaching him or trying is singing...or humming. This is absolutely ADORABLE! I tried to teach him the words...and we are still working on it, but his favorite song is "Row, Row, Row your boat" He can say Row and Boat...the word "Merrily" is a little harder. His next favorite is Twinkle, Twinkle little star....he says "Winkle, Winkle 'hum' STAR, 'hummmmmmm' ARE, hummmmmm SKY..." pretty cute!
On a side note - The other day I was in the kitchen in which I had a major mishap - and I said very loudly "Fu**, Fu**, Fu**" in which my child came behind me and repeated the word! UGhhhhhh. I very quickly apologized for saying it and told him that was a big people word and he couldn't say it. Luckily he hasn't! Obviously, I need to be more careful about the words that I say, however, I dont believe in completely not using bad words. Growing up I remember my mom cursing all the time...not so much my dad, but every once in a while he would let one slip...but we always knew that we weren't allowed to say the words and we didn't. I remember the first time I ever cursed and actually knew what I was doing, I was in 8th grade. Anyway, I do think that my child is a little young to differentiate between big people words and kid words, and I do believe in watching what you say...I definitely dont want every other word out of my mouth to be a curse word, and I will definitely be trying my hardest not to say them at all...but I know that one will slip here and there, and I hope I can teach my children the difference between words they can say and words they cant.
Now...on to Landry - (this is shorter) Yesterday I kept Landry awake at the beginning of the day, then let her back to her sleeping. I woke her up 15- 20 minutes early than what she usually wakes up and I pushed her bath time back about an hour and I did it before a feeding instead of after...to my pleasant surprise she went to sleep so easily! On a down side, Logan took a two hour nap and didn't go to bed until 11:30! I read some suggestions on how to quiet a colicky baby (which is what I have diagnosed Landry- Colicky) Anyway, they seemed to work last night...now lets see if they can continue to work! JR went to bed last night at 7:45 so I better get to sleep in this weekend! HA
On a side note - The other day I was in the kitchen in which I had a major mishap - and I said very loudly "Fu**, Fu**, Fu**" in which my child came behind me and repeated the word! UGhhhhhh. I very quickly apologized for saying it and told him that was a big people word and he couldn't say it. Luckily he hasn't! Obviously, I need to be more careful about the words that I say, however, I dont believe in completely not using bad words. Growing up I remember my mom cursing all the time...not so much my dad, but every once in a while he would let one slip...but we always knew that we weren't allowed to say the words and we didn't. I remember the first time I ever cursed and actually knew what I was doing, I was in 8th grade. Anyway, I do think that my child is a little young to differentiate between big people words and kid words, and I do believe in watching what you say...I definitely dont want every other word out of my mouth to be a curse word, and I will definitely be trying my hardest not to say them at all...but I know that one will slip here and there, and I hope I can teach my children the difference between words they can say and words they cant.
Now...on to Landry - (this is shorter) Yesterday I kept Landry awake at the beginning of the day, then let her back to her sleeping. I woke her up 15- 20 minutes early than what she usually wakes up and I pushed her bath time back about an hour and I did it before a feeding instead of after...to my pleasant surprise she went to sleep so easily! On a down side, Logan took a two hour nap and didn't go to bed until 11:30! I read some suggestions on how to quiet a colicky baby (which is what I have diagnosed Landry- Colicky) Anyway, they seemed to work last night...now lets see if they can continue to work! JR went to bed last night at 7:45 so I better get to sleep in this weekend! HA
Wednesday, December 2, 2009
Silly Kids!
So I finally went to bed around 1:20 - I could barely keep my eyes open and I was so frustrated. I woke JR up and he took the next shift with Landry. He said he was up for about 45 minutes. He said he tried everything under the sun and finally decided to swaddle her and let her cry! He swaddled her and just walked around with her while she screamed and tried to free her arms and about 3 and a half minutes later she was asleep. We really dont swaddle her very often and about 3 weeks ago she seemed to not like it, so I stopped doing it completely. THe thing is that I dont want her to rely on any one thing...I dont want to set up a habit that I have to break later...but this little princess is stubborn! Just like her dad and brother! LOL Anyway, she slept from 2 until 6:30, but luckily I was able to get some sleep. Poor JR, he also slept from 2 - 6:30, but he also got an hour before I woke him up...still 5 1/2 hours just isn't enough. I would love to say that we will go to bed early tonight to make up for it, but I know that wont happen. So maybe I will let him get extra sleep this weekend! I hate to walk around with her, or rock her, I would like for her to find her own way to go to sleep...again I dont want to start any of these habits! JR asked me last night if she was too young to "cry it out" I said yes...I am not ready for that yet, but I am running out of options! Tonight I will try the binky I guess....I am really at a loss. She has absolutely no problem going down during the day...in fact she can fall asleep anywhere...her crib, my arms, her swing, the sling....virtually anywhere, with no assistance, but something changes in her at night!
Logan is doing great...but - he has a hard time being quiet. He can sometimes be very loud which is a problem when he is yelling right next to Landry. We certainly dont keep it quiet around the house during the day, which is something else I have thought of (maybe it is too quiet at night when she is going down for bed time?) But he can yell and wake her up...at night it is the other way around...Logan goes to sleep in his own bed, then Landry wakes him up with her screaming and he goes and gets in bed with JR! Ughhhh...It is becoming a pain....literally, I have a crick in my neck!
So I am working hard to keep Landry awake today...I thought back on when Logan was an infant and I remember him going through this same crying thing, except that his started at 4:30 and lasted until about 6:30. I dont mind the crying, I know sometimes we just need to cry but I wish Landry would pick a different time of day to do it!
Logan is now addicted to cereal!!! He eats 2- 4 bowls every morning, we got him cheerios because we didn't want him to get all sugared up! Ha. It really is insane how much he likes it! My biggest issue is that I dont want him eating cereal all day...I would like him to eat other foods, but at the same time I want him to eat! He still eats a good dinner so I am not too worried about it, but he usually skimps on lunch...then again he eats a lot of cereal at around 10:15 so by 1:00 he probably is still full! I dont know if I am doing the right thing or not...I guess that is the hardest part of being a mom....Am I doing it right? I question myself all the time. I know that I have done the best that I can though and I guess as long as I can say that, then I am doing it right!
Logan is doing great...but - he has a hard time being quiet. He can sometimes be very loud which is a problem when he is yelling right next to Landry. We certainly dont keep it quiet around the house during the day, which is something else I have thought of (maybe it is too quiet at night when she is going down for bed time?) But he can yell and wake her up...at night it is the other way around...Logan goes to sleep in his own bed, then Landry wakes him up with her screaming and he goes and gets in bed with JR! Ughhhh...It is becoming a pain....literally, I have a crick in my neck!
So I am working hard to keep Landry awake today...I thought back on when Logan was an infant and I remember him going through this same crying thing, except that his started at 4:30 and lasted until about 6:30. I dont mind the crying, I know sometimes we just need to cry but I wish Landry would pick a different time of day to do it!
Logan is now addicted to cereal!!! He eats 2- 4 bowls every morning, we got him cheerios because we didn't want him to get all sugared up! Ha. It really is insane how much he likes it! My biggest issue is that I dont want him eating cereal all day...I would like him to eat other foods, but at the same time I want him to eat! He still eats a good dinner so I am not too worried about it, but he usually skimps on lunch...then again he eats a lot of cereal at around 10:15 so by 1:00 he probably is still full! I dont know if I am doing the right thing or not...I guess that is the hardest part of being a mom....Am I doing it right? I question myself all the time. I know that I have done the best that I can though and I guess as long as I can say that, then I am doing it right!
Tuesday, December 1, 2009
HELP!
OKay, so it is 12:39 and I am still awake! I am having a very hard time getting Landry to bed. The thing is, she is wonderful ALL Day and early evening, but starting at 10:30...ahem, bedtime!...she turns into something else. We usually keep her awake from 7:30 to 10:30 and then we all go to bed. Correction - JR and Logan go to bed, Landry and I are up until around 2..she sleeps for about 3-4 hours, sometimes 5 on awesome nights! She eats and goes right back to sleep. She does this until about 11 - 11:30. So my idea is to try to keep her awake after her 9:00 feeding...which is when I usually spend my cuddle time with Logan and I am very skeptical about moving this. This is designated "Logan" time! But I dont know what to do. It seems like she just has to have this crying period but....and I swear...she can be totally fine in the dark in the living room, but the minute I take her to the bedroom and lay down the screaming starts! IT is driving me crazy...I want to go to bed with the rest of my family! I have read two books since Friday...I am running out of things to keep me awake.
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