So a few updates:
We need schedules. We have been winging it the last couple of weeks and doing super fun things it seems like everyday. Where this gets us in trouble is naptimes. If we sleep in the car, it’s not a great sleep and it’s not as long as if we were in our little beds. Not only that, but I can not put them back down for naptime after they take cat naps in the car. Which makes me not want to do anything before naptime only after naptimes. Which should be fine because all our therapies are now in the mornings. However, the AZ weather has been GORGEOUS these last couple of weeks and we have been outside all day long. I know these times are short-lived so I guess I should just roll with the flow and we can get more on a schedule when it’s too blazing hot to do anything. The other day we missed our nap, I tried really hard to get them down, but after an hour of babbling and screwing around in their beds it’s obvious it’s not going to happen. Anyways, Paige was extremely tired and fussy but she was not sleeping. So we all headed back downstairs and I have to carry big D downstairs because he can go up the stairs but not down. Paige tripped and fell down the last three stairs. I tried to make light of it and said “geez Paige, you tumbled!”. She then thought tumbling was super cool and headed back up the stairs almost to the top and launched herself into a tumble down the stairs. I think I lost my mind with that episode. I yelled so hard at her I think the neighbors were ready to call CPS. Sometimes these kids do things they’re not supposed to do just to get a reaction so now I’m afraid next time she’s tired or irritable she’ll try it again just to piss me off. This was on Wednesday and we’re now at Sunday and she hasn’t repeated it so we’ll see.
Something else that’s been going on. We’ve been using our strollers less and less. We love to walk everywhere (plus it wears them out so I encourage it whenever possible). If I go out by myself I usually take a double stroller and walk a toddler. One of my toddlers is totally on-board with this plan, my other toddler will rip her own arm out of the socket if I ask her to hold my hand. The tantrums she has with hand-holding is mindblowing. I refuse to give in to her and let her walk free because I do not feel she would listen if she got in trouble (like walking in front of a car). Eric has ordered us those animal backpacks where the tails are “leashes”. We’ll see if she’ll even wear the backpack. I think it’s one of those things where we just need to keep wearing her down until she relents to holding our hands. Break ‘em to build ‘em back up.
Drew is on whole milk. I know he didn’t make it to 12 months but I talked to Cole’s GI doc about switching to whole milk as well as our peed’s office. GI said we could make the switch anywhere between 9-12 months and our peed said after 11 months. Drew will be 11 months on Wed. He still isn’t completely off the boob, but I seriously doubt that that faucet is more than a trickle at this point. Drew loves milk. We read that you are supposed to give only one feeding the first day of milk then if tolerated switch completely over the next day. Drew chugged that milk like he was downing a shot at a fraternity party. I still need to write a blog about the beauty of breastfeeding and pat myself on the back for sticking with it for this long. But another day. Drew still isn’t walking independently, but he’s getting closer. He now knows “how big?” and it’s cute to see all three kids raise their hands when asked “how big are you?”.
Cole lost his voice yesterday. He doesn’t act sick so it may be an allergy thing. Uncle Greg is in town staying with us again. We LOVE Uncle Greg. This is not biological Uncle Greg…but Adopted Uncle Greg. Cole and Greg were inseparable yesterday. Greg helped out with our swim lesson so Daddy could stay with Drew and then we went to an Easter Egg Hunt that Greg told us about. The kids were not impressed with the hunt because it was plastic eggs everywhere. No challenge in finding those eggs. Then we didn’t let them eat the candy, so where was the fun in that? The fun for Cole was meeting the Easter Bunny and both P and C were able to sit in a police car. That was cool. Paige still hates all animals, even fake animals in costumes. We are doing one more Easter egg hunt next weekend at our church, so this weekend was good practice.
Paige is super tall. She would have outgrown her crib if we still had her in one, so it’s good that she’s in her toddler bed. She is still doing great in her toddler bed. She used to crawl out several times a night, then it became a couple times a night. Now she’s lazy and doesn’t climb out at all, but she’ll wake up several times a night again and yell until someone comes to check on her. Uugg. Can’t this girl just sleep? Oh well. At least she’s staying in her bed. Back to her being super tall….she now knows how to unlock and open the front door. Yikes!!!! We have the high safety lock on the inside of the door, but I’m afraid I’ll forget to lock it and she’ll come along and open the door and then Drew will head to the street. Something to give me nightmares. Paige can also turn the lights on and off at will now. Uugg. I’m going to have to get firm with rules here soon. I’ve ordered the Supernanny books off Amazon because I think Jo is a Goddess. According to what I’ve learned from the show, if you don’t have a game plan set and stick exactly to it, don’t bother with discipline. It has to be super consistent and precise. Which is why I don’t want to start it until Eric and I have done the readings. But we need to start discipline STAT!
Eric and I went on another date last Friday. I know what everyone is thinking. Geez…that’s like 3 dates in the last three months for you guys. We’re making up for the last 2+ years. We went to a Spring Training game with every other person in town it seemed. It was awesome to be out in the sun with my babe, beer, hotdogs, and baseball. I think it’ll be awesome when I can take the kids to the ballpark too. Oh, good times.
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