Today was my last day of maternity leave :-( Where did the time go?!? I really can't believe it's been 3 months already. Seems like just yesterday we were headed to the hospital! The last few weeks with Keaton have been especially enjoyable since he's been smiling and interacting. This week I've been able to get quite a few giggles out of him by playing patty cake. I don't know what it is about that, but he just loves it so much and gets really tickled when we play it! I got a cute video of him giggling but I can't get videos to upload on here!
I think dropping him off tomorrow is going to be rough but I don't think it will be nearly as bad as with Alexa since I know he'll be okay. I've really just been trying not to think about it. I think I'm going to be super busy at work so I probably won't have time to think about it!
We didn't really do anything too special on our last day. We took one last weekly trip to Target. I'm sure Keaton is not going to miss those! The rest of the day we just hung out together. I know we'll still have the weekends but it's going to be so hard going from spending the entire day together to only getting to see him for a couple of hours! I will say it definitely makes you cherish the time you do have!
I'm hoping he will do well at daycare. I'm not sure what to expect since it's a different daycare than the one Alexa went to when she was little. The teachers are a little bit older than the ones that were at Alexa's daycare but that's not to say they won't take care of him just as well! Hopefully he'll still eat okay and take good naps there and still sleep through the night for me! Alexa will be in the room right across the hall from him too but I don't think they'll see each other. That's probably a good thing because she'd probably be trying to keep people away from him all day!
I'll update at the end of the week on how everything went!
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Tuesday, November 29, 2011
Saturday, November 26, 2011
Decking the Halls
I love Christmas and I love decorating for Christmas. Unfortunately Brian does not share this passion so it usually ends up being me decorating by myself. I was so excited this year for Lexi to be able to decorate with me since last year she was way too young. I think I must have been delusional though to think it would be fun decorating a Christmas tree with a 2 year old and 2 1/2 month old.
In the first couple of minutes Lexi spilled hot chocolate on herself and started screaming her head off. I was freaking out because I knew it was really hot and it probably hurt pretty bad! We got through it though after a few minutes of crying and moved on to decorating the tree. Brian assembled the tree last night and I "fluffed" it so all we had to do tonight was put on the ornaments which I thought Lexi could handle. She was into it the first 5 minutes but she wasn't really hanging the ornaments, more so setting them on the tree. We found a better role for her though where she brought me the ornaments Brian had finished putting hooks on. This seemed to be much more efficient. She got bored with this role after a few minutes though and wanted to play with the camera instead. Then she started whining about something (can't remember what) and Brian asked if they should just watch a movie downstairs. I was getting frustrated at this point and Lexi was still whining so I said "go, get out of here" to Lexi. As she's getting ready to walk down the stairs with Brian she says "Bye Mommy" and looked at me with her big puppy dog eyes. Wow, I felt like the worst Mom of the year! I gave her a hug and I just felt so bad! I then decorated the rest of the tree by myself :-)
I guess we got a few memories of our first year decorating the tree together! Maybe next year will go more smoothly..with a 3 year old and 1 year old...right!
In the first couple of minutes Lexi spilled hot chocolate on herself and started screaming her head off. I was freaking out because I knew it was really hot and it probably hurt pretty bad! We got through it though after a few minutes of crying and moved on to decorating the tree. Brian assembled the tree last night and I "fluffed" it so all we had to do tonight was put on the ornaments which I thought Lexi could handle. She was into it the first 5 minutes but she wasn't really hanging the ornaments, more so setting them on the tree. We found a better role for her though where she brought me the ornaments Brian had finished putting hooks on. This seemed to be much more efficient. She got bored with this role after a few minutes though and wanted to play with the camera instead. Then she started whining about something (can't remember what) and Brian asked if they should just watch a movie downstairs. I was getting frustrated at this point and Lexi was still whining so I said "go, get out of here" to Lexi. As she's getting ready to walk down the stairs with Brian she says "Bye Mommy" and looked at me with her big puppy dog eyes. Wow, I felt like the worst Mom of the year! I gave her a hug and I just felt so bad! I then decorated the rest of the tree by myself :-)
I guess we got a few memories of our first year decorating the tree together! Maybe next year will go more smoothly..with a 3 year old and 1 year old...right!
Thanksgiving
This was Keaton's first Thanksgiving and Lexi's 3rd Thanksgiving. On Thursday we went to Brian's parents house and celebrated with his Mom's side of the family. We had a great time seeing family but having two kids to look after is definitely exhausting! Lexi was being particularly ornery and we realized a lot of the things we think are cute at home aren't so cute around other people! By the end of the night we were ready to go to bed when the kids went to bed! We attempted to get a family picture but I made the mistake of waiting until the end of the night when everyone was tired and cranky! As you can see no one was really cooperating for the pictures. The last picture will go down as a classic!
Luckily we were able to get some solo pics with Keaton earlier in the day. Lexi just doesn't cooperate for pictures so trying with her is hopeless!
Friday we went to my Aunt Theresa's house for round 2. It was a smaller crowd and Lexi seemed to be more well behaved which made the night a lot less stressful! Although she was still her usual anti-social self she at least kept busy playing in the toy room. Keaton was good as usual so all in all it was a great night! I'm already looking forward to next Thanksgiving when Keaton will be able to enjoy the food with us!
We really do have so much to be thankful for this year. I try to stop and remember this even when it's not Thanksgiving!
Luckily we were able to get some solo pics with Keaton earlier in the day. Lexi just doesn't cooperate for pictures so trying with her is hopeless!
Friday we went to my Aunt Theresa's house for round 2. It was a smaller crowd and Lexi seemed to be more well behaved which made the night a lot less stressful! Although she was still her usual anti-social self she at least kept busy playing in the toy room. Keaton was good as usual so all in all it was a great night! I'm already looking forward to next Thanksgiving when Keaton will be able to enjoy the food with us!
We really do have so much to be thankful for this year. I try to stop and remember this even when it's not Thanksgiving!
Keaton Week 10 & 11
I'm a little behind on my weekly updates but we've been busy! I can't really remember why I've been busy but I just know I've been busy :-)
Keaton
There's actually not a ton that's changed in the last two weeks with Keaton. Although we have made great progress with naps. He will still fuss a couple of times during his nap but for the most part he is sleeping a pretty good stretch for both 2 hour naps. He's really been such a good boy lately and I just LOVE his smiles! I think he's going to be a pretty laid back little boy which will be a nice compliment to Lexi :-)
I go back to work in 3 days :-( It sure is going to be hard leaving my little man. I feel like we're really starting to bond and things are just getting fun! I have a feeling he's going to be a mommy's boy and I am also predicting his big sister is going to boss him around a lot but he'll still look up to her :-)
I've been getting a lot of comments lately from strangers on how big he is. The funny thing is that for the most part when people have said this all they can see is his face. So I just have to tell them that he's not really big, my kids just carry all their weight in their cheeks! He's actually small in terms of height and perfectly average for weight!
Lexi
Potty training has gone fairly well. She pretty much consistently goes first thing in the morning and right before bed. When she's home all day with us she rarely goes in her diaper (except for poop, which we can't get her to do in the toilet, see previous post!). She isn't really telling us she needs to go potty though. It's more that we're taking her around the same times. If we forget to ask her if she needs to go she will still go in her diaper. Some days are better than others but I think we're making progress. She gets really excited when she does go and while she's peeing she'll say "I need to go tell Daddy" if I'm in there with her or "I need to go tell Mommy" if Brian's in there with her. Then she comes up to us and says "I did it! Give me a high five!"
Recently Lexi has starting singing a lot. I just think this is the cutest thing in the whole world to hear her cute little voice singing songs! Her favorites are Twinkle Twinkle, the ABCs, the Wheels on the Bus, and the song from the movie Tangled. The only words she knows to the song from Tangled are "wondering, wondering, wondering" so she just walks around the house singing those words over and over.
Lexi is now starting to get into dress up. She has a few skirts that actually are regular clothes but they look kind of like dress up clothes and when she puts them on she spins around in circles saying "la la la, la la la".
She definitely has multiple sides to her though because she also loves to "fix" things. She's so curious and whenever she sees me or Pa with tools she always wants to help out. She knows her toys need batteries and if we say anything is broken she'll say "It needs batteries?" I bought her a tool set for Christmas and I just know she's going to love it!
Some of Lexi's quotes and crazy antics this week:
Before Lexi used to randomly add an "A" to the end of some words, like "drop-a". Now she has started adding an "ed" to some of her words. For example, anytime she tells us to "stop" it is "stop-ed it".
"I am Buzz Lightyear." "To infinity and beyond." "To the rescue." - These are all from Toy Story of course!
"Stop killing me!" - I have no idea where she got this from. I'm going to guess one of her movies but who knows!
"Get out of my room!" - Sometimes when Brian puts her down for a nap or to bed at night she tells Oscar to get out of her room. Then she'll tell Brian to get out too. Bossy little girl!
"Put my hood up." - She insists on wearing her winter coat even if it's not that cold out. And whenever she puts it on she says "put my hood up."
The other day Brian gave me a hug and Lexi did not like it! She started yelling "Get off of her!" We played it up of course :-) She was wearing a backpack and she took the backpack off like she was ready to rumble. Then she goes up to Brian and yells at him "Be nice to her! That's my Mommy!". She kept scolding him and yelling "Be nice to her!" Then she would come over to me and touch my hand very gently like she was comforting me. A few minutes later Brian hugged me again and she started punching him and doing karate kicks, like she was literally spinning and kicking. I have no idea where she learned this from! We told her it wasn't nice to kick but I could barely hold back my laughter! I was also a little proud that she had such good moves :-) - UPDATE - After writing this post I realized where she got her moves from. Kung Fu Panda!
Week 10/11 Pictures:
Keaton
There's actually not a ton that's changed in the last two weeks with Keaton. Although we have made great progress with naps. He will still fuss a couple of times during his nap but for the most part he is sleeping a pretty good stretch for both 2 hour naps. He's really been such a good boy lately and I just LOVE his smiles! I think he's going to be a pretty laid back little boy which will be a nice compliment to Lexi :-)
I go back to work in 3 days :-( It sure is going to be hard leaving my little man. I feel like we're really starting to bond and things are just getting fun! I have a feeling he's going to be a mommy's boy and I am also predicting his big sister is going to boss him around a lot but he'll still look up to her :-)
I've been getting a lot of comments lately from strangers on how big he is. The funny thing is that for the most part when people have said this all they can see is his face. So I just have to tell them that he's not really big, my kids just carry all their weight in their cheeks! He's actually small in terms of height and perfectly average for weight!
Lexi
Potty training has gone fairly well. She pretty much consistently goes first thing in the morning and right before bed. When she's home all day with us she rarely goes in her diaper (except for poop, which we can't get her to do in the toilet, see previous post!). She isn't really telling us she needs to go potty though. It's more that we're taking her around the same times. If we forget to ask her if she needs to go she will still go in her diaper. Some days are better than others but I think we're making progress. She gets really excited when she does go and while she's peeing she'll say "I need to go tell Daddy" if I'm in there with her or "I need to go tell Mommy" if Brian's in there with her. Then she comes up to us and says "I did it! Give me a high five!"
Recently Lexi has starting singing a lot. I just think this is the cutest thing in the whole world to hear her cute little voice singing songs! Her favorites are Twinkle Twinkle, the ABCs, the Wheels on the Bus, and the song from the movie Tangled. The only words she knows to the song from Tangled are "wondering, wondering, wondering" so she just walks around the house singing those words over and over.
Lexi is now starting to get into dress up. She has a few skirts that actually are regular clothes but they look kind of like dress up clothes and when she puts them on she spins around in circles saying "la la la, la la la".
She definitely has multiple sides to her though because she also loves to "fix" things. She's so curious and whenever she sees me or Pa with tools she always wants to help out. She knows her toys need batteries and if we say anything is broken she'll say "It needs batteries?" I bought her a tool set for Christmas and I just know she's going to love it!
Some of Lexi's quotes and crazy antics this week:
Before Lexi used to randomly add an "A" to the end of some words, like "drop-a". Now she has started adding an "ed" to some of her words. For example, anytime she tells us to "stop" it is "stop-ed it".
"I am Buzz Lightyear." "To infinity and beyond." "To the rescue." - These are all from Toy Story of course!
"Stop killing me!" - I have no idea where she got this from. I'm going to guess one of her movies but who knows!
"Get out of my room!" - Sometimes when Brian puts her down for a nap or to bed at night she tells Oscar to get out of her room. Then she'll tell Brian to get out too. Bossy little girl!
"Put my hood up." - She insists on wearing her winter coat even if it's not that cold out. And whenever she puts it on she says "put my hood up."
The other day Brian gave me a hug and Lexi did not like it! She started yelling "Get off of her!" We played it up of course :-) She was wearing a backpack and she took the backpack off like she was ready to rumble. Then she goes up to Brian and yells at him "Be nice to her! That's my Mommy!". She kept scolding him and yelling "Be nice to her!" Then she would come over to me and touch my hand very gently like she was comforting me. A few minutes later Brian hugged me again and she started punching him and doing karate kicks, like she was literally spinning and kicking. I have no idea where she learned this from! We told her it wasn't nice to kick but I could barely hold back my laughter! I was also a little proud that she had such good moves :-) - UPDATE - After writing this post I realized where she got her moves from. Kung Fu Panda!
Week 10/11 Pictures:
Thursday, November 24, 2011
Oh Sh*t!
I can't believe I'm posting about this again! I really thought the poop incidents were over with the last one being Lexi smearing it all over her room. I was wrong....
On Saturday I was preoccupied pumping and I left Lexi by herself to play in her playroom. Normally she'd be fine but for some reason I didn't really think about the fact that she wasn't wearing a diaper, underwear, or any bottoms for that matter. This was her choice by the way! Sometimes she prefers to go commando! So as I'm pumping in the bedroom I can hear Lexi in the hallway and it sounds like she's just messing with the gate at the top of the stairs. Then she shouts out "Mommy, I poopied." I figured this meant she actually peed because she says this when she pees her pants. So I stopped pumping and headed to the hallway fully expecting that there would just be some pee I'd have to clean up from the carpet. As I get closer to Lexi I see something brown on her lip and she's holding her hands up like she's got something on them. And then I see it (you might want to stop reading if you're squeamish!). A big round ball of poop sitting on the stairway ledge...oh, and there's corn pieces in it too to top it off! Ha ha! So I'm looking around for other traces of poop and I don't see any except for what's on the ledge and on Lexi's mouth and hands. That leads me to only one conclusion, she pooped into her hand! How that's possible, I don't know, but since there's no other traces of poop, I can't come up with any other theories. Luckily this clean up was not nearly as bad as the last one!
Now every time I leave her alone or she takes a nap I'm terrified of finding poop somewhere. On Sunday when I put her down for a nap I went in her room twice to check on her because I could hear her talking to herself in her room. When I went in the first time she was just laying in her bed and I scared her when I opened the door because she wasn't expecting me! The second time I went in there she was again just laying in her bed and she told me to shut the door! Luckily she eventually went to sleep and there were no poop incidents to report. However on Tuesday we were not so lucky.
Tuesday night I heard Oscar pacing. Since it was the middle of the night it didn't really register right away what might be happening. Then my brain finally clicked on but it was too late. I sat up and smelled it. Deja vu. I woke up Brian and he turned the light on to find 4 large piles of poop on a brand new rug we had just purchased the day before! I'm beginning to think Oscar is trying to send me a message. He has never done this before Keaton was born!
To recap, in the last 10 weeks, both Lexi and Oscar have each had two poop incidents and Keaton's had one. I'm sure Keaton has another one coming and I'm really just hoping it ends there! When telling my Aunt Martha about the previous poop incidents she pointed out that Brian and I are the only ones in the house that haven't had a poop incident. Let's hope it stays that way!
On Saturday I was preoccupied pumping and I left Lexi by herself to play in her playroom. Normally she'd be fine but for some reason I didn't really think about the fact that she wasn't wearing a diaper, underwear, or any bottoms for that matter. This was her choice by the way! Sometimes she prefers to go commando! So as I'm pumping in the bedroom I can hear Lexi in the hallway and it sounds like she's just messing with the gate at the top of the stairs. Then she shouts out "Mommy, I poopied." I figured this meant she actually peed because she says this when she pees her pants. So I stopped pumping and headed to the hallway fully expecting that there would just be some pee I'd have to clean up from the carpet. As I get closer to Lexi I see something brown on her lip and she's holding her hands up like she's got something on them. And then I see it (you might want to stop reading if you're squeamish!). A big round ball of poop sitting on the stairway ledge...oh, and there's corn pieces in it too to top it off! Ha ha! So I'm looking around for other traces of poop and I don't see any except for what's on the ledge and on Lexi's mouth and hands. That leads me to only one conclusion, she pooped into her hand! How that's possible, I don't know, but since there's no other traces of poop, I can't come up with any other theories. Luckily this clean up was not nearly as bad as the last one!
Now every time I leave her alone or she takes a nap I'm terrified of finding poop somewhere. On Sunday when I put her down for a nap I went in her room twice to check on her because I could hear her talking to herself in her room. When I went in the first time she was just laying in her bed and I scared her when I opened the door because she wasn't expecting me! The second time I went in there she was again just laying in her bed and she told me to shut the door! Luckily she eventually went to sleep and there were no poop incidents to report. However on Tuesday we were not so lucky.
Tuesday night I heard Oscar pacing. Since it was the middle of the night it didn't really register right away what might be happening. Then my brain finally clicked on but it was too late. I sat up and smelled it. Deja vu. I woke up Brian and he turned the light on to find 4 large piles of poop on a brand new rug we had just purchased the day before! I'm beginning to think Oscar is trying to send me a message. He has never done this before Keaton was born!
To recap, in the last 10 weeks, both Lexi and Oscar have each had two poop incidents and Keaton's had one. I'm sure Keaton has another one coming and I'm really just hoping it ends there! When telling my Aunt Martha about the previous poop incidents she pointed out that Brian and I are the only ones in the house that haven't had a poop incident. Let's hope it stays that way!
Friday, November 11, 2011
Keaton Week 9/Lexi Fun
Not a ton in the way of updates for Keaton. He's getting bigger by the day but he's still so tiny next to Lexi! Just makes me really realize how much she's grown in the last two years. It's hard to believe she was that little and hard to believe he'll be that big in just a couple of years! He's finally fitting nicely into his 0-3 month clothes and I will probably be retiring all of his newborn clothes (he got a good 2 months out of them!). I think he'll be in the 0-3 month size for at least another couple of months. Some of them are super small and some of them are super big. Wish the manufacturers could all get together and come to an agreement on sizes!
Sleeping
He is still "sleeping" through the night, although I put sleeping in quotes because lately he's been fussing quite a bit through the night. This is primarily due to me no longer swaddling him, which I started on Sunday night. I just remember it was very difficult to break Alexa from the swaddling and I thought if I started sooner with Keaton it might not be as bad. I was wrong! First night not swaddled he fussed a little. Second night was the worst! Third night was a little better. Fourth night I gave in and loosely swaddled him and he slept through without a peep. I think I'm going to continue to loosely swaddle him at least for a little while. After all, he's still a tiny little baby and just doesn't have any control over those little arms of his!
Again on naps we have made little progress. He just does not like sleeping in his crib for naps! I don't swaddle him so that could be part of the problem. It's funny though because the last week Brian's parents have been watching him in the morning for a couple of hours while I go to the gym and he's been sleeping great over there! Granted he sleeps on his tummy in a big comfy bed over there though :-) He does seem to be sleeping a little longer stretches during his naps without waking up and crying (about 10 to 15 minutes whereas before he was crying every couple of minutes!) but we haven't had a nap yet where he slept the entire way without crying. I have 2 1/2 weeks before I go back to work so we are going to keep at it and hopefully he'll get the hang of it!
Feeding
He seems to be getting a little faster at eating his bottles, usually taking around a half hour instead of the previous 45 minutes to an hour. One thing he started this week with his nighttime bottle is stopping halfway through and just staring at me and smiling. It makes every frustration I had during the day just go away when he does this! He literally won't take a sip and will just sit there with the bottle resting in his mouth staring at me and smiling. I think he would do this for several minutes but eventually I look away so he can finish eating his bottle! One of those great Mommy moments!
Interaction
I can definitely tell he is becoming much more aware of his surroundings which makes it easier to entertain him when he's awake. He still prefers to be held most of the time but he will lay on his playmat for a few minutes and look at the lights and colorful toys. We also played in the playroom with Lexi the other night and he seemed to like looking at the toys and all the colors. I think he is starting to distinguish between people too. He's still happiest in the mornings and his favorite thing is when I kiss his checks and rub my nose against his! This usually will get a little laugh out of him. I can't wait because I know within the next month or so he'll be giggling!
Lexi Fun
Potty training has actually gone fairly well this week. She's been peeing as soon as she wakes up in the morning almost every day this week and every night before she goes to bed. We even got her to poop a tiny bit in the toilet twice! I won't be able to work on it that much tomorrow with her because Brian's gone and it's very difficult to deal with peeing and pooping in her underwear while also taking care of a 2 month old! We'll try our best though!
As usual Lexi continues to crack us up every night with her funny phrases and antics. Here's the latest:
"What the heck" - I am guilty of providing her with this phrase...but hey, it could be worse!
"Leave him alone" - She's told me a couple of times to leave Keaton alone. Protective much!
"Do it" - If she wants your help with something she will command you to "do it". She has also used this phrase if she wants you to do something that we've previously told her not to do. So for example, Lexi throws food on the floor for Oscar and Brian tells her no. She will then look to me, grab my hand and bring it towards the food and say "Do it Mommy." Like somehow it's okay if she uses my hand to commit the crime instead of hers!
"Rapunzel, Rapunzel, Rapunzel!" - Lexi is OBSESSED with movies and in particular the movie Tangled (as well as Toy Story). We've been letting her watch movies way too much but anyways the other night she was running around the house yelling "Rapunzel! Rapunzel! Rapunzel!" over and over again for probably a good 5 minutes!
"One little turtle" - So I mentioned above that Lexi pooped a tiny bit in the toilet and both times Brian said something about one little turd. She thought he was saying turtle so she comes out of the bathroom saying "Mommy, one little turtle."
"I love him!" - I don't know where she learns this stuff but the other night she was scolding me for playing with Keaton and she would get right in my face and tell me "Don't do it again." She did the same thing to Brian, only she grabbed his shirt like she was getting ready to knock him out! Then while she was scolding me she yelled "I love him!" in my face. It was so cute!
"Stupid head" - I seriously do not know where she picked this one up because it's definitely not anything Brian or I have ever said. I can't remember what happened to make her say this but the other night she said it about 5 times. We tried to tell her it was a bad thing to say as we're both dying to hold our laughter in!
"Hey cowboy" - This was a new one last night. Something she picked up from school maybe? It's so funny to hear her say this and the way she says it!
"You just painted?" - Last week I did some touch up paint (which included painting over the poop smeared walls in her room!) and when she got home that day she immediately put her hand on one of the walls going up the stairs. So I said to her "Oh no, don't put your hands on the walls, I just painted." Since then, every time we go up the stairs she says "You just painted?"
Counting - Lexi can count to 11. It goes like this: "1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 8, 9, 10, 11" For some reason the 6 is always missing and she repeats 8, 9, 10, 11 after she reaches 11.
Week 9 Pics:
Sleeping
He is still "sleeping" through the night, although I put sleeping in quotes because lately he's been fussing quite a bit through the night. This is primarily due to me no longer swaddling him, which I started on Sunday night. I just remember it was very difficult to break Alexa from the swaddling and I thought if I started sooner with Keaton it might not be as bad. I was wrong! First night not swaddled he fussed a little. Second night was the worst! Third night was a little better. Fourth night I gave in and loosely swaddled him and he slept through without a peep. I think I'm going to continue to loosely swaddle him at least for a little while. After all, he's still a tiny little baby and just doesn't have any control over those little arms of his!
Again on naps we have made little progress. He just does not like sleeping in his crib for naps! I don't swaddle him so that could be part of the problem. It's funny though because the last week Brian's parents have been watching him in the morning for a couple of hours while I go to the gym and he's been sleeping great over there! Granted he sleeps on his tummy in a big comfy bed over there though :-) He does seem to be sleeping a little longer stretches during his naps without waking up and crying (about 10 to 15 minutes whereas before he was crying every couple of minutes!) but we haven't had a nap yet where he slept the entire way without crying. I have 2 1/2 weeks before I go back to work so we are going to keep at it and hopefully he'll get the hang of it!
Feeding
He seems to be getting a little faster at eating his bottles, usually taking around a half hour instead of the previous 45 minutes to an hour. One thing he started this week with his nighttime bottle is stopping halfway through and just staring at me and smiling. It makes every frustration I had during the day just go away when he does this! He literally won't take a sip and will just sit there with the bottle resting in his mouth staring at me and smiling. I think he would do this for several minutes but eventually I look away so he can finish eating his bottle! One of those great Mommy moments!
Interaction
I can definitely tell he is becoming much more aware of his surroundings which makes it easier to entertain him when he's awake. He still prefers to be held most of the time but he will lay on his playmat for a few minutes and look at the lights and colorful toys. We also played in the playroom with Lexi the other night and he seemed to like looking at the toys and all the colors. I think he is starting to distinguish between people too. He's still happiest in the mornings and his favorite thing is when I kiss his checks and rub my nose against his! This usually will get a little laugh out of him. I can't wait because I know within the next month or so he'll be giggling!
Lexi Fun
Potty training has actually gone fairly well this week. She's been peeing as soon as she wakes up in the morning almost every day this week and every night before she goes to bed. We even got her to poop a tiny bit in the toilet twice! I won't be able to work on it that much tomorrow with her because Brian's gone and it's very difficult to deal with peeing and pooping in her underwear while also taking care of a 2 month old! We'll try our best though!
As usual Lexi continues to crack us up every night with her funny phrases and antics. Here's the latest:
"What the heck" - I am guilty of providing her with this phrase...but hey, it could be worse!
"Leave him alone" - She's told me a couple of times to leave Keaton alone. Protective much!
"Do it" - If she wants your help with something she will command you to "do it". She has also used this phrase if she wants you to do something that we've previously told her not to do. So for example, Lexi throws food on the floor for Oscar and Brian tells her no. She will then look to me, grab my hand and bring it towards the food and say "Do it Mommy." Like somehow it's okay if she uses my hand to commit the crime instead of hers!
"Rapunzel, Rapunzel, Rapunzel!" - Lexi is OBSESSED with movies and in particular the movie Tangled (as well as Toy Story). We've been letting her watch movies way too much but anyways the other night she was running around the house yelling "Rapunzel! Rapunzel! Rapunzel!" over and over again for probably a good 5 minutes!
"One little turtle" - So I mentioned above that Lexi pooped a tiny bit in the toilet and both times Brian said something about one little turd. She thought he was saying turtle so she comes out of the bathroom saying "Mommy, one little turtle."
"I love him!" - I don't know where she learns this stuff but the other night she was scolding me for playing with Keaton and she would get right in my face and tell me "Don't do it again." She did the same thing to Brian, only she grabbed his shirt like she was getting ready to knock him out! Then while she was scolding me she yelled "I love him!" in my face. It was so cute!
"Stupid head" - I seriously do not know where she picked this one up because it's definitely not anything Brian or I have ever said. I can't remember what happened to make her say this but the other night she said it about 5 times. We tried to tell her it was a bad thing to say as we're both dying to hold our laughter in!
"Hey cowboy" - This was a new one last night. Something she picked up from school maybe? It's so funny to hear her say this and the way she says it!
"You just painted?" - Last week I did some touch up paint (which included painting over the poop smeared walls in her room!) and when she got home that day she immediately put her hand on one of the walls going up the stairs. So I said to her "Oh no, don't put your hands on the walls, I just painted." Since then, every time we go up the stairs she says "You just painted?"
Counting - Lexi can count to 11. It goes like this: "1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 8, 9, 10, 11" For some reason the 6 is always missing and she repeats 8, 9, 10, 11 after she reaches 11.
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Friday, November 4, 2011
Keaton Week 8/Lexi Randomness
Keaton turned 2 months old this week! Oh and what a week it has been!
Sleeping
Keaton continues to do well with sleeping at night with no feedings. BUT we have made NO progress with daytime naps! In fact, I think we might be going backwards :-( He fights tooth and nail through the morning nap and sometimes the afternoon nap as well. He usually only sleeps for a 15 minute stretch in the morning nap and spends the rest of the hour fussing/crying with me going in every 3 to 5 minutes to calm him/replace his pacifier. Occasionally he'll sleep a 1 to 1 1/2 hour stretch for what's supposed to be a 2 hour afternoon nap, but lately he's been crying through that one as well. I know it's not from a lack of being tired because he'd have no problem sleeping if I were holding him...he just does not want to nap in his crib! We are not going to give up hope though!
Interaction
Keaton is finally smiling which makes all the crying worth it :-) He's definitely happiest right after his morning bottle and he likes it if I kiss his neck or face, rub my hair across his face, or make silly sounds. It's not a guaranteed smile and it looks like he's still trying to get the hang of smiling. Sometimes he just opens his mouth and the sides are just slightly turned up so you know he's trying to smile. The other night I got a laugh out of him. It was just a soft sort of coo laugh but it was so cute! These are the moments of being a Mom that I love!
He also seems to be doing better at night before his bedtime bottle. The period of fussiness seems to have diminished to just between 6:30pm and 7:00pm. He does insist on lots of attention though! Luckily Lexi helps out with that because she likes to play with him if I set him on the floor.
2 Month Stats
He had his 2 month check up today and doctor said everything looks healthy! He had to get 3 shots today and he was such a trooper! Brian came with but I actually ended up holding Keaton's hands while he got his shots. With the first shot his face turned bright red and he started crying. The other two shots were quick and I scooped him up as soon as those were done. He cried for less than a minute but then he kept making a pouty face just like Alexa used to do! I won't tell Alexa but I think Keaton has the best pouty face :-) He sticks the bottom lip out so far and it just makes your heart melt! I think it almost had Brian tearing up when he saw it! All in all, Keaton did great with the shots and I think I cried more than he did!
Here are his 2 month stats (he's a shorty!):
Weight: 11lbs 9oz (50%)
Height: 22.25 inches (28%)
Head: 15.7cm (50%)
Happy Halloween!
Monday was Halloween so we took Lexi trick or treating. This was Lexi's 3rd Halloween and 2nd time trick or treating. She went as Cinderella this year. She was less than thrilled about wearing her costume and kept saying "It's too big", which is what she says when she doesn't want to wear something. I attempted to get pictures of her but she kept running from me so I couldn't get one! Keaton didn't wear a costume since he was just hanging out in the carseat. We stopped at GG and Pa's first which ended up being not the greatest idea since Lexi lost interest in getting candy from other houses! Next year we'll hit their house up last! We only made it around the block for trick or treating and then headed home because Keaton started fussing and Lexi was over it! Maybe next year will be better! Here's some pics from the day:
Sesame Street Live
On Wednesday I took Lexi to see Sesame Street Live in Bloomington. It was fun spending some quality Mommy/Daughter time together! I think she liked the show but it was silly because they had a 15 minute intermission and the whole show was only about an hour and 15 minutes long! Part way through the show Lexi said "Mommy, I'm done with Elmo." and wanted to leave. We got some popcorn at intermission though and that refueled her for the rest of the show! Here's some pics from the show:
Potty Update
It's pretty much going to be impossible to potty train her with her going to daycare but she's making good progress. She went potty in the toilet for me twice this week, once in the morning before school and once after school. We bribe her with candy though so I doubt she'll go potty at daycare since they probably won't give her candy! We'll see how this weekend goes. Hopefully no more poopy underwear!
Poop Art
Speaking of poop, on Wednesday after Sesame Street Live I attempted to put both the kids down for a nap. Lexi didn't put up a fight and Keaton didn't either so I thought I was golden! About 10 minutes later though Keaton started fussing and I heard Lexi talking in her room. That's not totally unusual for her and most of the time she'll just talk to herself for a little bit and then fall asleep. So I didn't pay much attention to her and focused my efforts on trying to get Keaton to sleep. For some reason he didn't want to sleep though and fussed on and off for the next hour or so. About an hour and a half after I put Lexi down for her nap she came out of her room. I met her in the hallway and noticed she had something brown on her face. My first thought was "hmm...did she get into some candy?" Then I noticed her hands had something brown on them too. It still didn't really register until I walked into her room and smelled the poo! But even then it didn't fully set in because when I walked in her room all I saw was the stuffing from one of her stuffed animals sprinkled all over the floor. Then as I was picking that up that's when I noticed the poop smeared all over her white bed, her sheets, comforter, and the wall above her bed! I was completely in shock. I just kept asking her why did you do that and she responded "I poop in my pants." She had indeed! I guess it had kinda started to come out over the top of her diaper so I assume she put her hand in it and didn't know where else to wipe it except on her bed and walls. What I don't understand is why she stayed in her room for so long before coming to get me! Regardless, it was a giant disaster! I attempted to clean it up as Keaton was screaming his head off in the next room! Funny thing is that for the 10 minutes that I thought they were both going to nap without a fight I actually was thinking I could keep Lexi home from daycare for the rest of my maternity leave. As soon as this happened though I realized never again!!
Fun Quotes
As mad as I was about the poop smeared everywhere, it's hard to stay mad at her when she says such cute stuff like the things below:
She's seen me pumping and she'll ask what I'm doing so I said I was making milk. Now if she sees me pumping she'll ask "You making milk?" One day she told Brian "I making milk."
This was a conversation Lexi had while on her play phone: "Hello,hi, nice to meet you. Yeah, he hit Ted Bear. Mmmhmm, yeah. He's in my room. I need to call Mommy. Ok, bye."
When Brian and I are trying to have a conversation Lexi will say: "Hey! I talkin to Robin!" Then Brian will say: "Ok, talk to her." And Lexi will pretend she's having a conversation with me and say "ummm, chicken."
Lexi is obsessed with movies and I have to admit we have not been the best about limiting her time watching them. It's very easy to become dependent on them but the other day I did tell her no. This is how the conversation went. Lexi: "I wanna watch a movie." Me: "No movie." Lexi: "I wanna ask Daddy."
Some of her other favorite phrases currently are: "I pick one." "I wanna do it."
Sleeping
Keaton continues to do well with sleeping at night with no feedings. BUT we have made NO progress with daytime naps! In fact, I think we might be going backwards :-( He fights tooth and nail through the morning nap and sometimes the afternoon nap as well. He usually only sleeps for a 15 minute stretch in the morning nap and spends the rest of the hour fussing/crying with me going in every 3 to 5 minutes to calm him/replace his pacifier. Occasionally he'll sleep a 1 to 1 1/2 hour stretch for what's supposed to be a 2 hour afternoon nap, but lately he's been crying through that one as well. I know it's not from a lack of being tired because he'd have no problem sleeping if I were holding him...he just does not want to nap in his crib! We are not going to give up hope though!
Interaction
Keaton is finally smiling which makes all the crying worth it :-) He's definitely happiest right after his morning bottle and he likes it if I kiss his neck or face, rub my hair across his face, or make silly sounds. It's not a guaranteed smile and it looks like he's still trying to get the hang of smiling. Sometimes he just opens his mouth and the sides are just slightly turned up so you know he's trying to smile. The other night I got a laugh out of him. It was just a soft sort of coo laugh but it was so cute! These are the moments of being a Mom that I love!
He also seems to be doing better at night before his bedtime bottle. The period of fussiness seems to have diminished to just between 6:30pm and 7:00pm. He does insist on lots of attention though! Luckily Lexi helps out with that because she likes to play with him if I set him on the floor.
2 Month Stats
He had his 2 month check up today and doctor said everything looks healthy! He had to get 3 shots today and he was such a trooper! Brian came with but I actually ended up holding Keaton's hands while he got his shots. With the first shot his face turned bright red and he started crying. The other two shots were quick and I scooped him up as soon as those were done. He cried for less than a minute but then he kept making a pouty face just like Alexa used to do! I won't tell Alexa but I think Keaton has the best pouty face :-) He sticks the bottom lip out so far and it just makes your heart melt! I think it almost had Brian tearing up when he saw it! All in all, Keaton did great with the shots and I think I cried more than he did!
Here are his 2 month stats (he's a shorty!):
Weight: 11lbs 9oz (50%)
Height: 22.25 inches (28%)
Head: 15.7cm (50%)
Happy Halloween!
Monday was Halloween so we took Lexi trick or treating. This was Lexi's 3rd Halloween and 2nd time trick or treating. She went as Cinderella this year. She was less than thrilled about wearing her costume and kept saying "It's too big", which is what she says when she doesn't want to wear something. I attempted to get pictures of her but she kept running from me so I couldn't get one! Keaton didn't wear a costume since he was just hanging out in the carseat. We stopped at GG and Pa's first which ended up being not the greatest idea since Lexi lost interest in getting candy from other houses! Next year we'll hit their house up last! We only made it around the block for trick or treating and then headed home because Keaton started fussing and Lexi was over it! Maybe next year will be better! Here's some pics from the day:
Sesame Street Live
On Wednesday I took Lexi to see Sesame Street Live in Bloomington. It was fun spending some quality Mommy/Daughter time together! I think she liked the show but it was silly because they had a 15 minute intermission and the whole show was only about an hour and 15 minutes long! Part way through the show Lexi said "Mommy, I'm done with Elmo." and wanted to leave. We got some popcorn at intermission though and that refueled her for the rest of the show! Here's some pics from the show:
Potty Update
It's pretty much going to be impossible to potty train her with her going to daycare but she's making good progress. She went potty in the toilet for me twice this week, once in the morning before school and once after school. We bribe her with candy though so I doubt she'll go potty at daycare since they probably won't give her candy! We'll see how this weekend goes. Hopefully no more poopy underwear!
Poop Art
Speaking of poop, on Wednesday after Sesame Street Live I attempted to put both the kids down for a nap. Lexi didn't put up a fight and Keaton didn't either so I thought I was golden! About 10 minutes later though Keaton started fussing and I heard Lexi talking in her room. That's not totally unusual for her and most of the time she'll just talk to herself for a little bit and then fall asleep. So I didn't pay much attention to her and focused my efforts on trying to get Keaton to sleep. For some reason he didn't want to sleep though and fussed on and off for the next hour or so. About an hour and a half after I put Lexi down for her nap she came out of her room. I met her in the hallway and noticed she had something brown on her face. My first thought was "hmm...did she get into some candy?" Then I noticed her hands had something brown on them too. It still didn't really register until I walked into her room and smelled the poo! But even then it didn't fully set in because when I walked in her room all I saw was the stuffing from one of her stuffed animals sprinkled all over the floor. Then as I was picking that up that's when I noticed the poop smeared all over her white bed, her sheets, comforter, and the wall above her bed! I was completely in shock. I just kept asking her why did you do that and she responded "I poop in my pants." She had indeed! I guess it had kinda started to come out over the top of her diaper so I assume she put her hand in it and didn't know where else to wipe it except on her bed and walls. What I don't understand is why she stayed in her room for so long before coming to get me! Regardless, it was a giant disaster! I attempted to clean it up as Keaton was screaming his head off in the next room! Funny thing is that for the 10 minutes that I thought they were both going to nap without a fight I actually was thinking I could keep Lexi home from daycare for the rest of my maternity leave. As soon as this happened though I realized never again!!
Fun Quotes
As mad as I was about the poop smeared everywhere, it's hard to stay mad at her when she says such cute stuff like the things below:
She's seen me pumping and she'll ask what I'm doing so I said I was making milk. Now if she sees me pumping she'll ask "You making milk?" One day she told Brian "I making milk."
This was a conversation Lexi had while on her play phone: "Hello,hi, nice to meet you. Yeah, he hit Ted Bear. Mmmhmm, yeah. He's in my room. I need to call Mommy. Ok, bye."
When Brian and I are trying to have a conversation Lexi will say: "Hey! I talkin to Robin!" Then Brian will say: "Ok, talk to her." And Lexi will pretend she's having a conversation with me and say "ummm, chicken."
Lexi is obsessed with movies and I have to admit we have not been the best about limiting her time watching them. It's very easy to become dependent on them but the other day I did tell her no. This is how the conversation went. Lexi: "I wanna watch a movie." Me: "No movie." Lexi: "I wanna ask Daddy."
Some of her other favorite phrases currently are: "I pick one." "I wanna do it."
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