I'm so sorry it has been so long since my last post. But things have gotten really hectic around here. I started a home sales business and am excited to be doing it. Check out all the ADORABLE personalized gifts, purses, totes, bibs, stationery, etc. that I have available at my website: www.mythirtyone.com/nancyb - you can order from there anytime you want!
Now after that shameless plug....back to my kids! They have both been wonderful and it is so hard to believe that Brayden is almost 6 months old. He is getting closer and closer to sleeping through the night, but it only seems to happen about once or twice a week at this point. Hoping that will get to be more and more! He is a pretty happy baby overall - as long as it's not his witching hour in the evening where he pretty much wants to eat every hour on the hour! Makes it difficult to make dinner, eat dinner, play with Kaylin, etc. But it's getting better and his adorable smiles and giggles are TOTALLY worth it! He adores his big sister (but who wouldn't:) and is grasping and chewing his rattle and enjoying his exersaucer (somewhat) these days. He still can't sit up in it real well, so he pretty much slumps over and whatever is right there at eye level seems pretty entertaining to him! Kaylin seems to have just as much fun with it as she did when she was a baby. She still wants to sit in there like Brayden (and would probably fit) but I have to draw the line somewhere. She already fits in his Bumbo (and I know some 6 month olds whose legs are too chubby to fit!) so I let her get by with that one.
Kaylin is also doing well. I wish I had a further potty training story for ya, but she kind of stopped the obsession. This is kind of a double edge sword for me. I wasn't quite ready to tackle that one when she decided it was time, but I took it on and went with it as best I could having a newborn. However, having a newborn, I cannot lie, I'm kind of glad she let off for now and I feel like once Brayden gets a few weeks older and is sleeping more I will have more patience to really tackle the potty training. The last time she was doing it - a few weeks ago - I tried the ole' trick of putting her in her big girl panties with no diaper or pull up underneath. My understanding is that the wet feeling is supposed to be uncomfortable to them and, so, makes them want to go use the potty and not go in their pants. Hmmmmm....didn't quite happen for us. Kaylin soaked hers and when I asked her about it she said "they don't bother me, Mommy". OK - obviously not the tactic that's going to work for us. So I think to resume we are going to have to go back to "party on the potty" every time she goes, possibly throw in some candy or lollipops, and see what happens. As far as going #2 though - not sure we will EVER get there! This poor girl has been constipated for so long (pretty much over a year) and struggles so much with it already, that I just don't know if we'll ever get her going in the potty.
And I know this will embarass her in a mortifying way when she gets older and reads this.....but what is the obsession with kids wanting to look at poop???? Do any of you run into that with your kids?! She wants to look at bird poop, my poop, daddy's poop, and the other day she was squatting down in the yard directly behind our dogs behind watching him poop!!! DISGUSTING! What is up with that? And every time we change her poopy diaper she says "I want to see"! What - why do you want to see?! I could go with not ever seeing poop again and be perfectly happy (though that is a long way off with a 6 month old!) I just don't get this. I just keep telling her that the only way she gets to see her poop is if she goes poo-poo in the potty. That may be the motivation she needs to do it! Never would have thunk that one!
OK - so now that I have probably grossed you out and you had to put down the donut and Starbucks you were snacking on, I should probably go ahead and sign off and try to get something done around the house. I am posting pictures of the March of Dimes March for Babies we attended last weekend. Nana and B-pa came and walked with us and that is no small feat! It's quite hilly in downtown Austin and I was so proud of them and so happy they joined us. At one point, B-pa was pushing the stroller with Brayden in it, wearing the backpack on his back and carrying Kaylin all at the same time. Mom and I finally realized what was going on and helped out but it was quite a sight! March of Dimes is such a great cause and we love to support it - especially now that we have had TWO preemies! OK - I will try to post again much sooner than last time. Sorry!
Now after that shameless plug....back to my kids! They have both been wonderful and it is so hard to believe that Brayden is almost 6 months old. He is getting closer and closer to sleeping through the night, but it only seems to happen about once or twice a week at this point. Hoping that will get to be more and more! He is a pretty happy baby overall - as long as it's not his witching hour in the evening where he pretty much wants to eat every hour on the hour! Makes it difficult to make dinner, eat dinner, play with Kaylin, etc. But it's getting better and his adorable smiles and giggles are TOTALLY worth it! He adores his big sister (but who wouldn't:) and is grasping and chewing his rattle and enjoying his exersaucer (somewhat) these days. He still can't sit up in it real well, so he pretty much slumps over and whatever is right there at eye level seems pretty entertaining to him! Kaylin seems to have just as much fun with it as she did when she was a baby. She still wants to sit in there like Brayden (and would probably fit) but I have to draw the line somewhere. She already fits in his Bumbo (and I know some 6 month olds whose legs are too chubby to fit!) so I let her get by with that one.
Kaylin is also doing well. I wish I had a further potty training story for ya, but she kind of stopped the obsession. This is kind of a double edge sword for me. I wasn't quite ready to tackle that one when she decided it was time, but I took it on and went with it as best I could having a newborn. However, having a newborn, I cannot lie, I'm kind of glad she let off for now and I feel like once Brayden gets a few weeks older and is sleeping more I will have more patience to really tackle the potty training. The last time she was doing it - a few weeks ago - I tried the ole' trick of putting her in her big girl panties with no diaper or pull up underneath. My understanding is that the wet feeling is supposed to be uncomfortable to them and, so, makes them want to go use the potty and not go in their pants. Hmmmmm....didn't quite happen for us. Kaylin soaked hers and when I asked her about it she said "they don't bother me, Mommy". OK - obviously not the tactic that's going to work for us. So I think to resume we are going to have to go back to "party on the potty" every time she goes, possibly throw in some candy or lollipops, and see what happens. As far as going #2 though - not sure we will EVER get there! This poor girl has been constipated for so long (pretty much over a year) and struggles so much with it already, that I just don't know if we'll ever get her going in the potty.
And I know this will embarass her in a mortifying way when she gets older and reads this.....but what is the obsession with kids wanting to look at poop???? Do any of you run into that with your kids?! She wants to look at bird poop, my poop, daddy's poop, and the other day she was squatting down in the yard directly behind our dogs behind watching him poop!!! DISGUSTING! What is up with that? And every time we change her poopy diaper she says "I want to see"! What - why do you want to see?! I could go with not ever seeing poop again and be perfectly happy (though that is a long way off with a 6 month old!) I just don't get this. I just keep telling her that the only way she gets to see her poop is if she goes poo-poo in the potty. That may be the motivation she needs to do it! Never would have thunk that one!
OK - so now that I have probably grossed you out and you had to put down the donut and Starbucks you were snacking on, I should probably go ahead and sign off and try to get something done around the house. I am posting pictures of the March of Dimes March for Babies we attended last weekend. Nana and B-pa came and walked with us and that is no small feat! It's quite hilly in downtown Austin and I was so proud of them and so happy they joined us. At one point, B-pa was pushing the stroller with Brayden in it, wearing the backpack on his back and carrying Kaylin all at the same time. Mom and I finally realized what was going on and helped out but it was quite a sight! March of Dimes is such a great cause and we love to support it - especially now that we have had TWO preemies! OK - I will try to post again much sooner than last time. Sorry!
