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Thursday, July 21, 2011
LOVE This Picture
I LOVE this picture of Andrew. He has the prettiest eyes. I have no idea how both my boys ended up with LONG lashes. I'm sure if I had girls they wouldn't be as long as these are.
Beating the Heat in Texas
The past couple of years we've been getting season passes to our local water park and every weekend we'd spend the day there so Sean could swim and play. Since this year we have Andrew and he's too young to put in the water and it's too hot to even hang out in the shade we decided to get what my husband calls a "white trash" pool. It's been great having it, because Sean can swim whenever and because it's smaller than an in ground pool would be the sun heats it up so it feels like a warm bath... perfect for Andrew.
Andrew's First Solid Meal
It's hard to believe Andrew is old enough to start trying solid foods. I'm doing Super Baby Food again, just like with Sean. So what's Andrew's first food... avocados. We tried it a couple weeks ago and I don't think he's quite ready. He's still doing alot of tongue thrusting so I'll try again in a week.
Sunday, July 10, 2011
Sleep Schedule
Day 6 of "sleep training" and Andrew figured it out after the first day. It's been SO much easier getting things done and planned around here. The best part has been that he's not terribly rigid about the schedule so a little deviation doesn't ruin the whole day, which is great if we want to do something.
Tuesday, July 5, 2011
Family Schedule
There is something to be said about having your family (at least the kiddos) on a schedule. Having worked for years in corporate America and being used to schedules and deadlines it helps me manage... well, LIFE. Now that I'm staying home and my "job" is solely to run this household and raise two boys, I've found putting together a schedule to be the key to my sanity.
Andrew has hit the 4 month mark and it is now physiologically appropriate to start sleep training to get him, Sean and myself on a schedule. So the next three weeks will be "lock down" around here, trying NOT to deviate from the schedule.
Day 1 (yesterday) - required the dreaded {Crying It Out} for Andrew to get on a nap schedule. I found it much easier to deal with for nap time since it was only for a 2 hour period. I used the same methodology as night time {Crying It Out}. However, after the nap time window was over, I would wake Andrew up and keep him up til the next scheduled nap time.
The morning nap was horrible. He slept for about 25-30 minutes and cried the remaining hour and a half. When the time was up, I picked him up, went through the usual "get ready for the day" routine and kept him up. I wanted him to be tired for nap time number 2 in the afternoon.
Afternoon nap went a little better. He slept for the first 30 minutes, cried for about an hour and finally put himself back to sleep. Again when the nap time window was over, I woke him up and we did stuff to keep him up.
By Andrew's usual bedtime routine he was exhausted. Once we hit the recliner for his before bed feeding he was ready. There wasn't a peep out of him when I put him in his bed. Drum roll please... he slept for SEVEN straight hours before waking up, ate, and went back to bed for another FOUR hours!!!
Day 2 - Andrew caught on quick... I got up at 6:30am to get Andrew fed and myself showered and ready. Morning nap was a family nap time because everyone in the house was feeling a little under the weather. Andrew from allergies and his 4 month shots yesterday. Sean from his allergies. Daddy from a bad sunburn and working late. Mommy from her allergies. Needless to say this was an easy nap time for Andrew, because he's going to be that kid that says "Oh, you're sleeping. Okay, I'll lay down and sleep with you."
I was worried that family nap with Andrew would set us back, but NOPE... this afternoon he cried for FIVE minutes and went to sleep. If he woke up he would scream, but he was only partially awake and was upset because he lost his binky. Since he's still too young to look for it, grab it and put it back in his mouth I have to help out a little with that. His other comfort item has turned out to be the burp clothes (cloth diapers) that I use when I nurse him (yes, we've developed another child with Wubbies - Sean's were white washcloths).
Even though it's only the second day, the great thing I've found about doing the nap time sleep training first is it allows me time to get chores done and start spending more time with Sean again. With Sean starting homeschooling at the end of the month it will be important to have both of them on a schedule.
Going this route for sleep training has kept me from feeling like a horrible mom (and being a sleep deprived one), since I know the crying is only for a fixed amount of time. Hopefully by the end of the week I can count this as a victory :)
Andrew has hit the 4 month mark and it is now physiologically appropriate to start sleep training to get him, Sean and myself on a schedule. So the next three weeks will be "lock down" around here, trying NOT to deviate from the schedule.
Day 1 (yesterday) - required the dreaded {Crying It Out} for Andrew to get on a nap schedule. I found it much easier to deal with for nap time since it was only for a 2 hour period. I used the same methodology as night time {Crying It Out}. However, after the nap time window was over, I would wake Andrew up and keep him up til the next scheduled nap time.
The morning nap was horrible. He slept for about 25-30 minutes and cried the remaining hour and a half. When the time was up, I picked him up, went through the usual "get ready for the day" routine and kept him up. I wanted him to be tired for nap time number 2 in the afternoon.
Afternoon nap went a little better. He slept for the first 30 minutes, cried for about an hour and finally put himself back to sleep. Again when the nap time window was over, I woke him up and we did stuff to keep him up.
By Andrew's usual bedtime routine he was exhausted. Once we hit the recliner for his before bed feeding he was ready. There wasn't a peep out of him when I put him in his bed. Drum roll please... he slept for SEVEN straight hours before waking up, ate, and went back to bed for another FOUR hours!!!
Day 2 - Andrew caught on quick... I got up at 6:30am to get Andrew fed and myself showered and ready. Morning nap was a family nap time because everyone in the house was feeling a little under the weather. Andrew from allergies and his 4 month shots yesterday. Sean from his allergies. Daddy from a bad sunburn and working late. Mommy from her allergies. Needless to say this was an easy nap time for Andrew, because he's going to be that kid that says "Oh, you're sleeping. Okay, I'll lay down and sleep with you."
I was worried that family nap with Andrew would set us back, but NOPE... this afternoon he cried for FIVE minutes and went to sleep. If he woke up he would scream, but he was only partially awake and was upset because he lost his binky. Since he's still too young to look for it, grab it and put it back in his mouth I have to help out a little with that. His other comfort item has turned out to be the burp clothes (cloth diapers) that I use when I nurse him (yes, we've developed another child with Wubbies - Sean's were white washcloths).
Even though it's only the second day, the great thing I've found about doing the nap time sleep training first is it allows me time to get chores done and start spending more time with Sean again. With Sean starting homeschooling at the end of the month it will be important to have both of them on a schedule.
Going this route for sleep training has kept me from feeling like a horrible mom (and being a sleep deprived one), since I know the crying is only for a fixed amount of time. Hopefully by the end of the week I can count this as a victory :)
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