So I refuse to blog in-depth about potty-training or related issues generally because, um, nobody really wants to read that...but I don't want to say things are going great for fear of jinxing myself or whatever. Let's just say that this is day 2 of somebody napping with big girl panties on. Why does that feel risky? LOL! And I am like totally ready for a giant set-back in a few weeks with new baby-related regression...but here's to hoping!
Oh, and I thought we were done with naps for awhile, and maybe we were. Maybe she is having a growth spurt? I measured her. She is 42 inches. Good lord! She is so tall! I know she is also cutting all 4 of her 2 year old molars. She is the slowest teether ever. Does teething make them more tired or is that my imagination? She has been taking great long naps and still sleeping solidly at night. This is not bragging. This is just stating the facts because I am confused. Who knows. Nobody will ever figure out this sleep thing.
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Friday, March 5, 2010
Tuesday, February 23, 2010
30-30-30
So I recently turned 30. So unexciting. Josh turned 30 the next day. Also unexciting. But what was slightly exciting to a dork like me was that I was 30 weeks pregnant the day I turned 30 and Claire was 30 months old. WOW! Now what is the chance of that???!!!
I haven't blogged in some time. I promise I haven't been slacking on purpose. In fact, I am preparing you for me to go missing when the new baby arrives. LOL! Nah, I just have been busy. Josh's mom was here for a whole week. We managed to go out not once, but twice in her time here. We didn't do anything super fancy, but eating out at a sit-down place without a 2 year-old is a feat in itself. We went to Steak-and-Shake one night and I can't even remember where we went the other time, but it was someplace local and equally unexciting. I just was thrilled to order a milkshake for my drink. I didn't have to share it. And I didn't have to worry about Claire wanting to just eat a milkshake and no food. :)
Having back-t0-back birthdays kinds of sucks. LOL! That's why we got married in the summer so at least our anniversary is by itself. So we have both our birthdays and Valentine's Day all in a row. PLUS, Josh asked me to marry him on Valentine's Day, so that's sort of another "holiday" that is piled in there. We usually get one another an ice cream cake. Like one year I'll get Josh one, and the next year he'll get me one. Ritter's and DQ are favorites. I got him one from Culver's this year and, well, it kind of sucks, which surprised me. It'll probably be sitting in our freezer for awhile. :) If you come over, ask to try some!
Then, this past Friday morning I went with Claire to look at a Preschool. I'm totally for her going to preschool. I remember LOVING preschool and school and of course all my teachers all the way through. I'm just torn if I should start her NOW this fall or wait one more year. She will be a young 3, just turning 3 at the end of July. But I think that she'll be more than ready. I have to remind myself that's several months away, too!
Then after looking at the Preschool, we zipped up to Valpo for no reason at all, really. Well, I want her to continue seeing my parents a lot so if she is with my mom for a few days when the new baby is born, she'll be fine, but I think she would be anyways.
Well, anyways, it's back to our regular routine. I'm trying to limit our days out of the house to 3 per week. That leaves me 2 week days to catch up on laundry, grocery shopping, and nesting. Ack. It's hard because I'd like to take Claire somewhere everyday or have others here to play daily, but there are just not enough hours in the day to get it all done.
Perhaps for the first time ever, I'm back after 2 nights away and have actually unpacked everything and done the laundry...now it's just time to fold!
On my to-do list: WRITE A TO-DO before the new baby is born list!
In other exciting news Claire has started a "Tumbling Tots Gymnastics" class with a few little friends. Class size is limited to 8 with 3 teachers. Good ratio! It will run through the end of March, so my goal is to not have the baby any earlier than April 1st. :) I feel REALLY REALLY REALLY HUGE!
I think I said that before. I never ever felt this big with Claire. I feel like I did the day she was born. I like can't even sit how I'd like to. I have to sit forward or I can't breathe. :) Is this normal for 2nd pregnancies? Good lord.
Some funny things Claire has said lately:
Other Claire news... She was incredibly cranky yesterday. I was like, hmm, I wonder if she's getting her top two 2-year-old-molars. Sure enough...they are both peeking through her gums! Yay! I'm glad that all her teeth will be through before April!!!
She has been sleeping great lately...it only took her like, um, 30 months to sleep through the night. And I don't mean like the 4 hours stretch, I mean like, go to sleep at night and not wake up till morning. ;) I think God is giving me a little sleep-vacation before baby boy arrives. Well, I do have to get up and pee, like, um hourly, but at least I can go right back to sleep without soothing anyone. I've heard that is common though for kids who don't sleep through the night (despite extended nursing or not) to not sleep through the night until about 2 1/2 or until all their teeth have been cut. So does that mean...PERMANENT TEETH TOO??? That would explain 6 and 7 year olds still wanting to crawl into bed with parents!
And what's the big deal about turning 30 anyways? I hope to God that I'm getting older. I wouldn't want to be 21 with 2 kids. ;)
I haven't blogged in some time. I promise I haven't been slacking on purpose. In fact, I am preparing you for me to go missing when the new baby arrives. LOL! Nah, I just have been busy. Josh's mom was here for a whole week. We managed to go out not once, but twice in her time here. We didn't do anything super fancy, but eating out at a sit-down place without a 2 year-old is a feat in itself. We went to Steak-and-Shake one night and I can't even remember where we went the other time, but it was someplace local and equally unexciting. I just was thrilled to order a milkshake for my drink. I didn't have to share it. And I didn't have to worry about Claire wanting to just eat a milkshake and no food. :)
Having back-t0-back birthdays kinds of sucks. LOL! That's why we got married in the summer so at least our anniversary is by itself. So we have both our birthdays and Valentine's Day all in a row. PLUS, Josh asked me to marry him on Valentine's Day, so that's sort of another "holiday" that is piled in there. We usually get one another an ice cream cake. Like one year I'll get Josh one, and the next year he'll get me one. Ritter's and DQ are favorites. I got him one from Culver's this year and, well, it kind of sucks, which surprised me. It'll probably be sitting in our freezer for awhile. :) If you come over, ask to try some!
Then, this past Friday morning I went with Claire to look at a Preschool. I'm totally for her going to preschool. I remember LOVING preschool and school and of course all my teachers all the way through. I'm just torn if I should start her NOW this fall or wait one more year. She will be a young 3, just turning 3 at the end of July. But I think that she'll be more than ready. I have to remind myself that's several months away, too!
Then after looking at the Preschool, we zipped up to Valpo for no reason at all, really. Well, I want her to continue seeing my parents a lot so if she is with my mom for a few days when the new baby is born, she'll be fine, but I think she would be anyways.
Well, anyways, it's back to our regular routine. I'm trying to limit our days out of the house to 3 per week. That leaves me 2 week days to catch up on laundry, grocery shopping, and nesting. Ack. It's hard because I'd like to take Claire somewhere everyday or have others here to play daily, but there are just not enough hours in the day to get it all done.
Perhaps for the first time ever, I'm back after 2 nights away and have actually unpacked everything and done the laundry...now it's just time to fold!
On my to-do list: WRITE A TO-DO before the new baby is born list!
In other exciting news Claire has started a "Tumbling Tots Gymnastics" class with a few little friends. Class size is limited to 8 with 3 teachers. Good ratio! It will run through the end of March, so my goal is to not have the baby any earlier than April 1st. :) I feel REALLY REALLY REALLY HUGE!
I think I said that before. I never ever felt this big with Claire. I feel like I did the day she was born. I like can't even sit how I'd like to. I have to sit forward or I can't breathe. :) Is this normal for 2nd pregnancies? Good lord.
Some funny things Claire has said lately:
I spilled milk/cereal down my shirt the other day. Claire scowled at me and goes, "What you getting on my baby brother?!?"
Eating lunch with my brother Rich in Valpo and talking about the advantages/disadvantages of preschool. During a lull, with perfect timing in the conversation, Claire chimes in with "BABY POWER!" It was hilarious.
We were shopping with my mom on Sunday, and my mom was asking me about some item. Claire scowled at her and stated, "Oma, you no need that. Put that back." That was hilarious because she's never said that to anyone before. But apparently she's heard me say that before! :)
Today, I watched 2 other little almost 2 year old girls. Claire was trying to "talk" to them, but they weren't responding to her liking. So she said, "Mommy, Catrece can't talk. I'll teach her to talk." I thought this was really cute. And Catrece can say more than plenty for her age, by the way!
Other Claire news... She was incredibly cranky yesterday. I was like, hmm, I wonder if she's getting her top two 2-year-old-molars. Sure enough...they are both peeking through her gums! Yay! I'm glad that all her teeth will be through before April!!!
She has been sleeping great lately...it only took her like, um, 30 months to sleep through the night. And I don't mean like the 4 hours stretch, I mean like, go to sleep at night and not wake up till morning. ;) I think God is giving me a little sleep-vacation before baby boy arrives. Well, I do have to get up and pee, like, um hourly, but at least I can go right back to sleep without soothing anyone. I've heard that is common though for kids who don't sleep through the night (despite extended nursing or not) to not sleep through the night until about 2 1/2 or until all their teeth have been cut. So does that mean...PERMANENT TEETH TOO??? That would explain 6 and 7 year olds still wanting to crawl into bed with parents!
And what's the big deal about turning 30 anyways? I hope to God that I'm getting older. I wouldn't want to be 21 with 2 kids. ;)
Tuesday, January 19, 2010
ANOTHER tooth!
And we have another tooth! I discovered about 1/4 of her bottom lower right hand 2-year old molar upon flossing Claire's teeth tonight. Crap that came in fast!!! It's so strange...she got almost all of her teeth in pairs within mere days of each other. I wonder if that's common.
Among other recent excitements, she can now sing the alphabet perfectly. There are a couple letters she doesn't pronounce perfectly, but you can tell what they are...now I just need to get a video of that posted!
But perhaps the most exciting thing is that I left her in the church nursery Sunday without a single tear, and she played happily the whole time!
Among other recent excitements, she can now sing the alphabet perfectly. There are a couple letters she doesn't pronounce perfectly, but you can tell what they are...now I just need to get a video of that posted!
But perhaps the most exciting thing is that I left her in the church nursery Sunday without a single tear, and she played happily the whole time!
Friday, January 15, 2010
New Tooth
FINALLY! One of Claire's 2 year-old molars has broken through! I kind of hope she gets the other 3 before April...I mean come on!!! Some kids have had theirs for a year by her age! I noticed she was eating a lot less and waking up more...and earlier. YUCK! Plus she was being a little more clingy and cranky. Just for fun, I felt around on her gums...and there was a tooth!!!! It's her bottom lower left one of the bunch!
Friday, April 17, 2009
Walking Upright on our busy day!
Today, Claire and I were heading upstairs for the evening. I opened the babygate, and she stepped onto the bottom step upright, and then continued up 3 more steps upright while only hanging onto the wall, not me! I was very impressed! I think she started learning this while at my parents house as the bottom 1/4 of their stairs has a banister that she could use to walk up their steps upright at the last visit. It majorly freaked me out though, as she can fit her head between the rungs still. And if her head fits, that means that her whole body fits. I tried it. I passed her whole body through. She still fits...eep.
This morning we went to a local LLL toddler group, which was as always informative and fun. Claire gets to socialize with other kiddos, and I get to converse with other mommies. The topic was "Weaning" for the monthly series meeting, which is always interesting. Some of the things discussed were criticism for nursing a toddler and how to handle that, as well as why society pressures breastfeeding moms to wean at a year. Of course, the advantages of breastfeeding a toddler were also discussed. All of those things that are so awesome and beneficial to a baby, continue into toddlerhood if the nursing continues like fewer illnesses which are less serious like diarrhea, ear infections, allergies, asthma, respiratory infections, even future chances of diabetes and cancers, etc. Plus, they help mom out too, by decreasing her chances of getting edometrial, breast, ovarian cancers.
I wonder if any research has been done on cancers nowadays since the big formula push of the 1950s to see if there is a formula risk factor involved. Or maybe if it's not the formula itself that has caused cancers that are appearing, but BPA in the bottle plastics or other impurities in the water or something. There was also some talk about how the World Health Organization (WHO) recommends breastfeeding until age 2 or as long as mutually desired (no cow milk needed if this is the case), but the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) only says until age 1 or as long as mutually desired. There was some mention of the AAP needing to change their age from 1 to 2. I don't know if that would really change anybody's opinions or choices.
But I do know that I'm glad on days when Claire is being picky and will eat only fruit or a "Cherrio-only" day that she still gets balanced nutrition from my milk. I weighed her yesterday. Our scale said 29 lbs. WOW. That can't be right. I know she's had a big growth spurt and is pushing the length limit on her 24 month jammies...but wow! We have a weight check next week. I'm going to be pretty smug when I tell Dr. W. that I did not put her on cow's milk or pediasure. I just let her body follow it's natural pattern.
I was also thinking of how glad I am that she still nurses in the event of a serious illness...god forbid...but how would they hook up an IV to a toddler without her ripping it out! I know even if she was not able to hold down any food, she could hold down my milk.
Another toddler advantage...sippy boobs...in the event of a forgotten or lost sippy cup...there would be no need for a tantrum while trying to find a drinking fountain or a place to buy something to drink. Enough about nursing...
Well Claire popped another tooth last night! Yay! It is tooth 13! Unlucky number but that explains why she woke up 37,000 times last night. What is worse...when your child wakes up for a long block of time and won't go back to sleep or wakes up several times, but will go back to sleep reasonably quickly? And how many teeth should she have at almost 21 months? I must do some online searching if you don't leave me a good detailed comment!
Claire and I enjoyed a nice long walk after her nap this afternoon. She walked about half of the big loop! Then we played bubbles. Holly gave me the bubble machine she used at her wedding. SCORE! The 3 neighbor girls enjoyed it too! :) Claire still insisted for me to "Mommy, Blow more bubble!" even though the machine was cranking them out...sigh. Tomorrow I will leave the bottle of bubble inside and just let the machine do all the work! Claire also had fun riding on Amelia's little tricycle and was able to push herself forward and backwards with her feet. I need to convert her little green walker into a car again for her to try outside!
Claire also had her first ride on a Power Wheels with Olivia. She loved it! Oh...and I hit up 3 garage sales on my way home from the LLL meeting. I added 6 books to my must read shelf for only $1.50. What a deal! Claire had fun carrying around my wallet at the garage sales while shouting, "My WALL-et" which was quite funny because she puts a huge emphasis on the "Wall" part of the word. I'm hoping to snag some great riding toys like a trike or wagon sometime soon!
Overall, it was a good day. It was made even better by reading about these funny bacon products. Here, have a laugh: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/scienceandtechnology/science/sciencenews/5118283/Bacon-sandwich-really-does-cure-a-hangover.html AND http://www.vosgeschocolate.com/product/bacon_exotic_candy_bar/exotic_candy_bars Seriously...what is the deal with bacon!
This morning we went to a local LLL toddler group, which was as always informative and fun. Claire gets to socialize with other kiddos, and I get to converse with other mommies. The topic was "Weaning" for the monthly series meeting, which is always interesting. Some of the things discussed were criticism for nursing a toddler and how to handle that, as well as why society pressures breastfeeding moms to wean at a year. Of course, the advantages of breastfeeding a toddler were also discussed. All of those things that are so awesome and beneficial to a baby, continue into toddlerhood if the nursing continues like fewer illnesses which are less serious like diarrhea, ear infections, allergies, asthma, respiratory infections, even future chances of diabetes and cancers, etc. Plus, they help mom out too, by decreasing her chances of getting edometrial, breast, ovarian cancers.
I wonder if any research has been done on cancers nowadays since the big formula push of the 1950s to see if there is a formula risk factor involved. Or maybe if it's not the formula itself that has caused cancers that are appearing, but BPA in the bottle plastics or other impurities in the water or something. There was also some talk about how the World Health Organization (WHO) recommends breastfeeding until age 2 or as long as mutually desired (no cow milk needed if this is the case), but the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) only says until age 1 or as long as mutually desired. There was some mention of the AAP needing to change their age from 1 to 2. I don't know if that would really change anybody's opinions or choices.
But I do know that I'm glad on days when Claire is being picky and will eat only fruit or a "Cherrio-only" day that she still gets balanced nutrition from my milk. I weighed her yesterday. Our scale said 29 lbs. WOW. That can't be right. I know she's had a big growth spurt and is pushing the length limit on her 24 month jammies...but wow! We have a weight check next week. I'm going to be pretty smug when I tell Dr. W. that I did not put her on cow's milk or pediasure. I just let her body follow it's natural pattern.
I was also thinking of how glad I am that she still nurses in the event of a serious illness...god forbid...but how would they hook up an IV to a toddler without her ripping it out! I know even if she was not able to hold down any food, she could hold down my milk.
Another toddler advantage...sippy boobs...in the event of a forgotten or lost sippy cup...there would be no need for a tantrum while trying to find a drinking fountain or a place to buy something to drink. Enough about nursing...
Well Claire popped another tooth last night! Yay! It is tooth 13! Unlucky number but that explains why she woke up 37,000 times last night. What is worse...when your child wakes up for a long block of time and won't go back to sleep or wakes up several times, but will go back to sleep reasonably quickly? And how many teeth should she have at almost 21 months? I must do some online searching if you don't leave me a good detailed comment!
Claire and I enjoyed a nice long walk after her nap this afternoon. She walked about half of the big loop! Then we played bubbles. Holly gave me the bubble machine she used at her wedding. SCORE! The 3 neighbor girls enjoyed it too! :) Claire still insisted for me to "Mommy, Blow more bubble!" even though the machine was cranking them out...sigh. Tomorrow I will leave the bottle of bubble inside and just let the machine do all the work! Claire also had fun riding on Amelia's little tricycle and was able to push herself forward and backwards with her feet. I need to convert her little green walker into a car again for her to try outside!
Claire also had her first ride on a Power Wheels with Olivia. She loved it! Oh...and I hit up 3 garage sales on my way home from the LLL meeting. I added 6 books to my must read shelf for only $1.50. What a deal! Claire had fun carrying around my wallet at the garage sales while shouting, "My WALL-et" which was quite funny because she puts a huge emphasis on the "Wall" part of the word. I'm hoping to snag some great riding toys like a trike or wagon sometime soon!
Overall, it was a good day. It was made even better by reading about these funny bacon products. Here, have a laugh: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/scienceandtechnology/science/sciencenews/5118283/Bacon-sandwich-really-does-cure-a-hangover.html AND http://www.vosgeschocolate.com/product/bacon_exotic_candy_bar/exotic_candy_bars Seriously...what is the deal with bacon!
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