July 23-27, 2012 - First Week on My Own

July 23-27, 2012
First Week on My Own

Jason's paternity leave is over, Grandma headed home last Saturday so Monday was my first day home alone with both boys.  Henry was on his best behavior most of the day and Sam mostly ate and slept.  By 2pm I had both boys in their rooms and taking naps!  Not sure I'll ever be able to do that again but I'm hoping.

Trying to do what we can do get Henry to eat lately (other than the all carb diet he likes to eat) so I bought some divided trays to see if that would be more appealing for him and would keep everything divided since certain foods aren't allowed to mix.  He liked it at first but still wasn't all that interested in eating dinner.

Some days are better than others.  Henry has been fighting naptime and Wednesday decided he absolutely wasn't napping.  No Nap Henry makes for a very grumpy boy until bedtime.

Thursday - Had to cancel Sam's playdate with Harrison due to AT&T repairman needing to come out and fix our TV and internet.  It finally all works again!  Jason took Henry to the pool for the first time this year and he was a bit more adventurous in the water than last year when I took him.  Instead of staying on the ledge in only a few inches of water, he'd walk from the 2' deep section to deeper water until it would get up to his lips and he couldn't breathe anymore.  As many times as Jason would take him back to the shallow water he'd keep heading out to the deep water.  It might be time to start up swim lessons again.

Friday - We met up with the RR MOMS 2 year old playgroup.  It was great to get out of the house and meet up with some other moms with kids the same age.  Henry had fun with all the toys at the house but is horrible at sharing.  Typical 2 year old rules, if I touched it, it's mine.  If I see it, it's mine. If I had it but stopped playing with it, it's still mine and I want to play with it NOW!  Somehow Sam was able to sleep through most of the noise and chaos of 10 kids playing.

The first week went better than I expected.  Coordinating the two boys takes some balance and everyone's needs aren't fulfilled the moment they need it but we are figuring it out.  I love the Care Calendar that was set up for us for a few weeks of meals after Sam was born.  We've been getting dinners delivered from the RR MOMS and Baby Mama friends on Monday, Wednesday and Friday nights, and having someone else plan dinner for us has been so wonderful.  Soon I'll have to start planning and making our dinners, snacks and such.