Hmmm....let's see. Where do I start?
Ok, the last post was about Sarah's sleeping. So, let's go there. We decided to make her cio and learn to not need mommy so much. She did well. Then on Sat night everything went wrong. Both kids have been sick with coughs (Dh too). When I checked on her at midnight - OMG! The smell!! She had thrown up all over her crib and herself. There was tons and it was everywhere! Mick & I changed her and I had Mick hold her while I started the laundry. Then I held her. Ugh - the smell. We had to wash her hair quickly. She stunk. Ends up that Mick heard her coughing hard around 10pm. Then her thought he heard her throw up. But he dismissed it. So, after 2 hours or rolling around in her own vomit, it had dried all over her hair. So, anyway, I kept trying to put her back down to sleep but she wouldn't let me. And I didn't want her to cio, since no matter what she wasn't feeling well. Around 2:30 am I attempted for the 4th time to put her in her crib. She wasn't as mad as before. I ended up telling her I'd stay and lie on her floor. Thus began my attempt to escape!
I felt like a fool trying to escape from my daughter's room. Truth be told, I was exhausted and could have slept on her floor, but the smell and sight of all the vomit had made me feel really sick to my stomach. So..
I inched my body towards the door. First inch. Sarah lifts her head to see me. Crap! Two minutes later, second inch. Sarah lifts her head to see me. Good grief. I was trying to be so quiet. Third inch. Sarah lifts her head to see me. Fourth inch. Nothing from Sarah. Hmmm.... My escape took 25 minutes. I ended up pulling myself along the hardwood floor (once I got off the rug) like an army crawl. I ended up outside her room. I stood up. I wanted to pee. Sarah sat right up to see me. Oh crap. I leaned against the wall so she couldn't see me. I didn't breathe. I inched my way into the bathroom. I peed. Then later when I went to close her door, she heard and got mad. Crying. Oh crap. It was now after 3am. I was so tired. I ran to my room and watched her on the monitor. She cried for a couple minutes but that was it. Thank God!
After that she would freak out when I went to put her in her crib for nap or bedtime. It took her several days to get over it. Luckily she did.
Hmmm....
Playgroup today was interesting. It was at Sarah's house. Amy, Suzy and I were there. Amy's son hit his head on the doorjam and bleed -- a LOT! We had to call 911. He had to go to the ER. Her other son had to stay behind at Sarah's. It was an interesting event to say the least. I felt so bad for Amy. She couldn't help but freak out. It was awful.
Hmmm.....
Justin's conversation with me on the way home from playgroup:
J: Mommy, Sarah is my twin.
Me: Really? Your twin?
J: Yes, that was the name I decided to call us. Do you like it?
M: Yes Justin, that is very nice.
Hmmm...
lately Justin keeps telling me we need another baby. When I ask why, he answers "So that Sarah can have a baby to play with."
Hmmm...
I hosted Cooking Club last week and Justin was so funny. There were 2 crawling babies. And Justin took it upon himself to "babysit" them. His word. He was so cute. One of the moms asked for something to put behind the baby to spot her sitting on the floor. I got 2 blankets and then Justin showed up with his blankets from his bed. So sweet.
Hmmm...
Sarah had her first time out last week. Now Justin wants to put her in a time out all the time. It is annoying. Funny. But annoying.
Hmmm...
I can't think of anything else right now.
Wednesday, February 28, 2007
Tuesday, February 20, 2007
Some photos just because
Here is Justin doing one of his "tricks." He is constantly calling me to come and see one of his tricks. I started taking pictures now so I can do a scrapbook page about it.
Here is Sarah's newest fun thing. She puts on her hat, a glove and comes to me yelling "snowman!" Um, no Sarah, we are not going out to make a snowman. Watch some tv! lol Oh, and she found this kindermusic bunny puppet and is in love with it!
Mommy!!! I crying!!!
Yes, those are the words Sarah yelled for about 35 minutes last night - starting at 9:45.
Sarah has never been a good sleeper, except when she was a very small baby and still sleeping in her carseat every night. Now she is an awful sleeper. Somewhere along the way, probably when she had a cold, I took her to the recliner so I could rest. Now that happens a lot. Probably 3.5 nights out of 7. Yup. It is awful.
I love the moments of snuggling with Sarah. I really do. When she just falls back on me and falls right asleep, I love every second of it. But then there are night when she wiggles and rolls around on me and never settles. Those moments suck. But, either way, I am losing sleep and it takes a toll on me. Physically and mentally.
Along the way, Sarah has had things that make her a bad sleeper. She has digestive problems and that can really make her gassy at night. And every tooth that has come in meant at least a week or two of bad sleep. And then there are the colds that cause her not to be able to breathe and the episodes of croup. Ugh!
Have I mentioned that I never had any of this with Justin? Not once did I have to sleep with Justin. Once he did sleep with us though. The next day we brought him to the doctor and sure enough it was an ear infection. But other than that, we never had any of this.
But Sarah....
So anyway, no she has had a cold again and got croupy again. Last night when she started crying I thought I was going to lose my mind. I didn't hear the croupy cry, so I just quickly got ready for bed in case. Then I went to bed and watched her on the monitor and listened in case she got croupy. No croup. But lots and lots of "Mommy! I crying!!!!" This girl knows what she's doing, huh? She is killing me. I love her to death. But, omg. That is so cruel to do to a momma. But, I didn't give in. I let her CIO. Now, in the past, when Sarah CIO, she has cried for over 3 hours. And the CIO thing is so tricky b/c it can often wake up Justin, which just sucks when it's 3 am and 2 of them are crying. So, back to last night....she cried and cried but finally stopped after 35 minutes or so. I was shocked. And I watched and waited. She was awake. She rubbed her lovey and moved around a little. But only gave out a few more whimpers. Amazing. And then I never heard from her again.
So, I know I need to do this. I know I need to let her learn to sleep without me. But I know it will be hard.
On the nights she wakes Justin, I probably have no choice but to hold her.
On the nights she's sick, I will have to hold her.
But oh how I hope we can get her to be a normal sleeper.
Wish me luck!
Oh, and Sarah, Yes, I know you are crying!
Sarah has never been a good sleeper, except when she was a very small baby and still sleeping in her carseat every night. Now she is an awful sleeper. Somewhere along the way, probably when she had a cold, I took her to the recliner so I could rest. Now that happens a lot. Probably 3.5 nights out of 7. Yup. It is awful.
I love the moments of snuggling with Sarah. I really do. When she just falls back on me and falls right asleep, I love every second of it. But then there are night when she wiggles and rolls around on me and never settles. Those moments suck. But, either way, I am losing sleep and it takes a toll on me. Physically and mentally.
Along the way, Sarah has had things that make her a bad sleeper. She has digestive problems and that can really make her gassy at night. And every tooth that has come in meant at least a week or two of bad sleep. And then there are the colds that cause her not to be able to breathe and the episodes of croup. Ugh!
Have I mentioned that I never had any of this with Justin? Not once did I have to sleep with Justin. Once he did sleep with us though. The next day we brought him to the doctor and sure enough it was an ear infection. But other than that, we never had any of this.
But Sarah....
So anyway, no she has had a cold again and got croupy again. Last night when she started crying I thought I was going to lose my mind. I didn't hear the croupy cry, so I just quickly got ready for bed in case. Then I went to bed and watched her on the monitor and listened in case she got croupy. No croup. But lots and lots of "Mommy! I crying!!!!" This girl knows what she's doing, huh? She is killing me. I love her to death. But, omg. That is so cruel to do to a momma. But, I didn't give in. I let her CIO. Now, in the past, when Sarah CIO, she has cried for over 3 hours. And the CIO thing is so tricky b/c it can often wake up Justin, which just sucks when it's 3 am and 2 of them are crying. So, back to last night....she cried and cried but finally stopped after 35 minutes or so. I was shocked. And I watched and waited. She was awake. She rubbed her lovey and moved around a little. But only gave out a few more whimpers. Amazing. And then I never heard from her again.
So, I know I need to do this. I know I need to let her learn to sleep without me. But I know it will be hard.
On the nights she wakes Justin, I probably have no choice but to hold her.
On the nights she's sick, I will have to hold her.
But oh how I hope we can get her to be a normal sleeper.
Wish me luck!
Oh, and Sarah, Yes, I know you are crying!
Thursday, February 15, 2007
Snow! (and more)
We got snow! We actually got snow! Before this week we had only had a couple 1/2" "storms". Well, Happy Valentine's Day! Not sure how much we got, but we got a lot. Maybe 16", maybe 20". Hard to tell with all the snow drifts. But, it meant a snow day on Valentine's Day and another snow day today. Didn't think it would happen. Yeah snow! Unfortunately, it was too cold to really play in it. We are hoping that it will be warm enough to play Saturday.
Justin - He didn't mind when I was outside shoveling. But he freaked when he saw daddy outside. He needed to be outside helping daddy.
Sarah - She loves being outside. It gets highly annoying. She constantly comes and brings me a glove, her coat, a boot.
We went out for a short time yesterday. Justin had fun. As usual, he had a great time shoveling and using his lawnmower was his snowblower. Sarah had a great time but she kept falling. Then she tried to run into the backyard. Then her gloves fell off. Time to go in. Time for Sarah to scream. And boy can she scream. She screamed for 10 minutes after we came in. She didn't stop until I helf her for 10 minutes, while she had her binky and her lovey and let her watch Diego.
Then today she woke up on the wrong side of her crib. She screamed a lot this morning. And she screamed every single time her daddy went near her. She scream and yell for "Mommy! Mommy! Mommy!" Not sure what the problem was but it took her quite a while to get over it.
Justin - He didn't mind when I was outside shoveling. But he freaked when he saw daddy outside. He needed to be outside helping daddy.
Sarah - She loves being outside. It gets highly annoying. She constantly comes and brings me a glove, her coat, a boot.
We went out for a short time yesterday. Justin had fun. As usual, he had a great time shoveling and using his lawnmower was his snowblower. Sarah had a great time but she kept falling. Then she tried to run into the backyard. Then her gloves fell off. Time to go in. Time for Sarah to scream. And boy can she scream. She screamed for 10 minutes after we came in. She didn't stop until I helf her for 10 minutes, while she had her binky and her lovey and let her watch Diego.
Then today she woke up on the wrong side of her crib. She screamed a lot this morning. And she screamed every single time her daddy went near her. She scream and yell for "Mommy! Mommy! Mommy!" Not sure what the problem was but it took her quite a while to get over it.
Thursday, February 01, 2007
Justin's progress
My little man has come a long way lately.
We stopped his naps. This is difficult as he gets so whiney and tired. But he wasn't going to sleep until 10:30 if he napped. Now he doesn't do a nap and gets to bed by 8:15ish. Much better for everyone. Hopefully he'll get less whiney in time.
We started a reward chart and it's working. Justin has never been one that sees a reward and wants it. But I finally decided on something that seems to be working. He gets a sticker for : brushing his teeth, pooping on the potty, trying his dinner, and staying in bed without crying. We added the brush the teeth one so that we knew he'd get some stickers. After 10 stickers, he gets to watch a movie with daddy. It's working. He's now pooping on the potty. He even went poop at a friend's house yesterday. I was so proud. Before this he was either going in his pull-up at nap time or in his pants while he hid somewhere. But he's doing so good now. And he has been trying his dinner every night. He doesn't always eat it, but he will try it now. And there have been several meals he's eaten that he would not have before. So proud.
In many other areas right now though he is just testing me all the time. Oh well...I guess that is what the age of 3 is all about - testing what you can get away with. He's still a good kid, but he can drive me insane at times.
We stopped his naps. This is difficult as he gets so whiney and tired. But he wasn't going to sleep until 10:30 if he napped. Now he doesn't do a nap and gets to bed by 8:15ish. Much better for everyone. Hopefully he'll get less whiney in time.
We started a reward chart and it's working. Justin has never been one that sees a reward and wants it. But I finally decided on something that seems to be working. He gets a sticker for : brushing his teeth, pooping on the potty, trying his dinner, and staying in bed without crying. We added the brush the teeth one so that we knew he'd get some stickers. After 10 stickers, he gets to watch a movie with daddy. It's working. He's now pooping on the potty. He even went poop at a friend's house yesterday. I was so proud. Before this he was either going in his pull-up at nap time or in his pants while he hid somewhere. But he's doing so good now. And he has been trying his dinner every night. He doesn't always eat it, but he will try it now. And there have been several meals he's eaten that he would not have before. So proud.
In many other areas right now though he is just testing me all the time. Oh well...I guess that is what the age of 3 is all about - testing what you can get away with. He's still a good kid, but he can drive me insane at times.
Sarah phrases
Sarah says so much that I could never begin to remember everything worth remembering, but I want to jot down a few here.
"I stuck!"
We hear this from Sarah so often. Usually it is said over and over until someone helps her. She gets stuck trying to get on and off some of the ride on toys. She gets stuck when Justin is on top of her. LMAO But my favorite is that she gets stuck when you put her mittens on. She isn't a big fan of mittens. Makes sense since the mittens make it impossible to rub her lovey. If I put mittens on her, she takes them off fairly quickly. So I often put her in the fleece snowsuit thing that has the flap over mitten cuffs. But everytime we have to hear her complain "I stuck! I stuck!"
"I Love you!"
Of course we love this one. She says it quite a bit. But the best is when she yells it in the market. We'll be seperated form daddy and Justin and she'll yell "I love you Daddy!" Very loudly. Beyond cute.
"Oh Toodles!"
She loves to yell "Oh toodles" with the Mickey Mouse clubhouse gang. The best part though is that every time she yells it she puts her hands up to her mouth.
"I want Cookie!"
We heard that one a lot tonight. We had to stop at a Stewarts to bring Justin potty. I bought a box of animal crackers since I had to pee and run. lol So back in the van, Justin was sharing his cookies with Sarah. And over and over we heard Sarah letting Justin know she was done with her "I want cookie!" It was very cute.
"I want Cheese!"
I hear this one a lot too. Usually it's being said while Sarah is either pulling on my leg to get my attention or while she's trying desperately to get into the fridge.
I know there are so many many more, but I can't think of them right now. She loves phrases, loves sentences and always have them in context.
"I stuck!"
We hear this from Sarah so often. Usually it is said over and over until someone helps her. She gets stuck trying to get on and off some of the ride on toys. She gets stuck when Justin is on top of her. LMAO But my favorite is that she gets stuck when you put her mittens on. She isn't a big fan of mittens. Makes sense since the mittens make it impossible to rub her lovey. If I put mittens on her, she takes them off fairly quickly. So I often put her in the fleece snowsuit thing that has the flap over mitten cuffs. But everytime we have to hear her complain "I stuck! I stuck!"
"I Love you!"
Of course we love this one. She says it quite a bit. But the best is when she yells it in the market. We'll be seperated form daddy and Justin and she'll yell "I love you Daddy!" Very loudly. Beyond cute.
"Oh Toodles!"
She loves to yell "Oh toodles" with the Mickey Mouse clubhouse gang. The best part though is that every time she yells it she puts her hands up to her mouth.
"I want Cookie!"
We heard that one a lot tonight. We had to stop at a Stewarts to bring Justin potty. I bought a box of animal crackers since I had to pee and run. lol So back in the van, Justin was sharing his cookies with Sarah. And over and over we heard Sarah letting Justin know she was done with her "I want cookie!" It was very cute.
"I want Cheese!"
I hear this one a lot too. Usually it's being said while Sarah is either pulling on my leg to get my attention or while she's trying desperately to get into the fridge.
I know there are so many many more, but I can't think of them right now. She loves phrases, loves sentences and always have them in context.
I See You!
I love those 3 little words right now.
I have a little thing I do with Sarah. When it's time to get her out of her crib, I open her door a crack. Every time, without fail, she hears me and looks to the door. Lately she looks to the door, smiles and says "I see you!"
It cracks me up so much because it makes her so happy.
It also cracks me up b/c I still can't believe that she is actually able to see me.
I love my girly so much!!!
I have a little thing I do with Sarah. When it's time to get her out of her crib, I open her door a crack. Every time, without fail, she hears me and looks to the door. Lately she looks to the door, smiles and says "I see you!"
It cracks me up so much because it makes her so happy.
It also cracks me up b/c I still can't believe that she is actually able to see me.
I love my girly so much!!!
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