Thursday, June 10, 2010
So long, farewell
Today, Daddy P and I leave on vacation without Kate... radio silence until our return in a week... good luck everyone!
Friday, June 4, 2010
This Must Be a Joke
Kate came to me grabbing her diaper today. I thought she needed a diaper change but I tried to get her to sit on the potty just in case. I left the room for a second to get her some medicine for a bug bite and as I re-entered the potty sang it's little potty song (no really, it plays music when you pee in the potty). Kate looked stunned and clearly wanted to do it again. Let's home this is the real deal!
Thursday, June 3, 2010
Weight Check
Kate gained 1.5 pounds in a month! In other words, she's gained 1.5 pounds since January! Go Kate!
Wednesday, June 2, 2010
The 2 minute update
NYC last weekend for bro-in-law's wedding.
Fun in CT on Monday.
Flew home solo with baby on Tuesday.
Flights delayed, baby tired and beat from the weekend, and a mom that gets airsick.
Make it home and baby is finally in bed asleep at 9pm. Ouch.
Mom wakes up with a nasty cold.
Baby is exhausted from traveling, day is spent with rapid switches between happy and sad/angry.
Drove 1.5 hours to pick up and return with dog from boarding kennel.
Went to grocery store, library (had to), and did laundry (also had to). Tried to lay on floor while baby played but she wanted to bounce on my stomach.
Baby in bed very early and out cold until insanely loud thunderstorms occasionally wake her in hysterics.
Going to bed less early than I wanted because I rented a stupid sad movie that made me bawl so I had to watch something funny afterwards.
Very adorable pictures to come...
Fun in CT on Monday.
Flew home solo with baby on Tuesday.
Flights delayed, baby tired and beat from the weekend, and a mom that gets airsick.
Make it home and baby is finally in bed asleep at 9pm. Ouch.
Mom wakes up with a nasty cold.
Baby is exhausted from traveling, day is spent with rapid switches between happy and sad/angry.
Drove 1.5 hours to pick up and return with dog from boarding kennel.
Went to grocery store, library (had to), and did laundry (also had to). Tried to lay on floor while baby played but she wanted to bounce on my stomach.
Baby in bed very early and out cold until insanely loud thunderstorms occasionally wake her in hysterics.
Going to bed less early than I wanted because I rented a stupid sad movie that made me bawl so I had to watch something funny afterwards.
Very adorable pictures to come...
Tuesday, May 18, 2010
Don't Jinx It
But Daddy P and I keep stealing glances at each other and smiling because Kate seems to be a new person. Or more correctly, her (very) old self. The baby we lost sometime in January. She wakes up smiling (and has slept through the night 80% of the nights this past week), is HAPPY when I get off of work, and goes to bed without a struggle.
Her language seemed to explode overnight. She's using (or trying to use) words constantly and stopped grunting as much to get her needs.
We had been really worried about choosing to sleep with her in her room for three weeks. I anticipated a huge blowback when it was time to stop this. But she seemed to take it all in stride. The first few nights we would put her down, go in and check after 2 then 4 then 6... minutes. Now we go in, tell her we'll come back to check on her, she says "yeah", and when we pop in randomly some time later she's out cold.
To our credit, we did put some effort into the whole transition. Although I credit probiotics (the cause of good sleep and well-formed poops -- and yeah, absorption of food) and pediasure for these remarkable changes, we did make some strategic changes. We put her back on a regular nighttime routine, involving both of us when possible. I stopped scheduling clients for before naptime, so we have lunch the three of us and then I put her down for nap before going to work. And, we are making a big effort to have more family time in our free time whereas before both Daddy P and I tended to want "me" time to get errands and chores done. I think all this family time and routine has helped her feel secure enough to relax, enjoy, and sleep!
Her language seemed to explode overnight. She's using (or trying to use) words constantly and stopped grunting as much to get her needs.
We had been really worried about choosing to sleep with her in her room for three weeks. I anticipated a huge blowback when it was time to stop this. But she seemed to take it all in stride. The first few nights we would put her down, go in and check after 2 then 4 then 6... minutes. Now we go in, tell her we'll come back to check on her, she says "yeah", and when we pop in randomly some time later she's out cold.
To our credit, we did put some effort into the whole transition. Although I credit probiotics (the cause of good sleep and well-formed poops -- and yeah, absorption of food) and pediasure for these remarkable changes, we did make some strategic changes. We put her back on a regular nighttime routine, involving both of us when possible. I stopped scheduling clients for before naptime, so we have lunch the three of us and then I put her down for nap before going to work. And, we are making a big effort to have more family time in our free time whereas before both Daddy P and I tended to want "me" time to get errands and chores done. I think all this family time and routine has helped her feel secure enough to relax, enjoy, and sleep!
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