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July 27, 2012 - Henry is 28 months
July 27, 2012
Henry is 28 months
Loves books and has many of them memorized. Very Hungry Caterpillar, Very Very Busy Spider, I Can Read with My Eyes Shut by Dr Seuss and many others
only certain foods - orange foods lately - mandarin oranges, mac and cheese, cantaloupe, carrots and sweet potatoes
Doesn't like apples or bananas this month
Speaking more clearly and putting together 3 word sentences
Henry is 28 months
Loves books and has many of them memorized. Very Hungry Caterpillar, Very Very Busy Spider, I Can Read with My Eyes Shut by Dr Seuss and many others
only certain foods - orange foods lately - mandarin oranges, mac and cheese, cantaloupe, carrots and sweet potatoes
Doesn't like apples or bananas this month
Speaking more clearly and putting together 3 word sentences
Henry - 27 months
Here is the list I put together for our neighbor or my mother for when they had to take care of Henry while I was in the hospital.
Henry's schedule
Wakes up around 7-8am (closer to 8am lately)
Immediately wants Cheerios and his water cup (which he sleeps with and always has with him, usually wedged between the bed and wall if missing)
Will eat fruit (bananas, peeled apples, grapes, berries) must peel banana in front of him, no strings attached, will inspect fruit for faults and say no no no and hand it back if it doesn't pass inspection, pancakes, toast/bagel/english muffin with butter, donut holes... he's a bottomless pit somedays and will eat multiple bananas or apples, if you give him berries first that is all he will eat even if other fruit is available
Lunch - sometimes before sometimes after nap depending on how much he eats for breakfast, we tend to graze on breakfast most of the morning.
Nap (with a fight to get there) after a story or three, an animal and water cup around 1 or 1:30 for 2-3 hours. He will cry/fuss for maybe 5 minutes then head to sleep or babble reading his books for a while. If he doesn't succumb to sleep after 30 minutes and still fussing/upset let him be awake and try again later (after feeding him if you didn't do lunch before) or he falls asleep in some random place while playing. He has been waking up grumpy from naps. Usually wants a bit of cuddling time in my lap, not sure how this will work with someone else.
snacks - peeled apples, bananas, Cheerios, goldfish crackers, triscuits or yogurt drops and he always has water in his cup (red, blue or yellow topped playtex sippy)
Dinner - depends on the night, we try to have him eat what we eat. Cannot mix foods in his bowl. Otherwise hotdogs or meatballs cut up, steamed carrots, heated frozen peas or corn, black beans, slices or cheese (yellow only) or bread/dry toast. It's a toss up some nights and he will eat up to a cup of peas (or other single food group) and nothing else or a bit of everything. He doesn't like wearing a bib lately and we don't give him glass anything except for shot glass for juice or milk (tablespoon at a time) or milk and juice(watered down at least 50%) can go in the blue with green caps see through cups only, not his water cups.
Bedtime - 8:45-9pm, tell him it's "jammie time", change diaper, pjs, brush teeth (if you want that challenge, if not it's okay), read 2 books (one will be "I Like to Learn Numbers"), shut off lights and put in bed with his water cup, usually one of his books, one of his animals (bear, tiger or elephant), cover with blanket and head out of room. Some nights he'll go right to sleep or babble with his animals others he'll fuss for a few minutes, possibly kick at the wall but head to sleep soon after. Easier than nap time.
TV (favorites are Signing Time, Mickey Mouse Clubhouse, Blues Clues), toys, puzzles, books are great distractions for him. He also loves to color but we only allow him to color in his highchair with the washable crayons since he won't stay on the paper at all times. He will go through multiple pieces of paper per sitting.
Henry's schedule
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.
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.
July 21, 2012 - Weekend and Sam is 3 weeks old
July 21, 2012
Weekend and Sam is 3 weeks old
Oh the exciting weekends we have. Jason spent most of the day replacing the screens on the front of the house that were damaged during the crazy hail storm we had a week ago. Sam spent most of the day eating with a few naps in between. Henry had his normal weekend pancake breakfast, playing dinosaurs and Legos and watching Bubble Guppies morning, a 3 hour nap with brats for dinner and some time outside on his playgym.
Henry was very funny this evening while brushing his teeth. Every few brushes he would lean over the sink and pretend to spit. I think he's watched Jason or I brush a few times and is trying to imitate us.
Sam - 3 weeks old
Sam's - eats for about 20 minutes during night feedings around 1am, 4am and 6-7am, wakes up around 9am and will either go directly back to sleep for an hour after eating or have some awake time (about 2 hours) with Henry and I. During his awake times we try to put him on a blanket on the floor to play and some tummy time. Henry usually will sit or lay near Sam on the blanket during these times patting his back or talking to "Baby Sam". He loves the swing and will fall asleep in it. During the day he eats and naps about every 3 hours with another awake time period around 5pm. The last two days he seems to be eating much more often, growth spurt? He's nearly out of newborn size clothes but still in newborn size disposable diapers. He rarely cries unless he's hungry, needs to burp or has somehow peed outside of his diaper. Today I put him in his first cloth diaper. I can't wait to get him in them full time so that I can not spend over $70+ a month putting him in disposable diapers. We've gone through at least 200 diapers in 3 weeks (maybe 300, I can't remember how many boxes I've bought). He's also developed a bit of baby acne in the last two days. Other than random naps, last night was Sam's first night sleeping in his room rather than in the portable crib in our room.
Weekend and Sam is 3 weeks old
Oh the exciting weekends we have. Jason spent most of the day replacing the screens on the front of the house that were damaged during the crazy hail storm we had a week ago. Sam spent most of the day eating with a few naps in between. Henry had his normal weekend pancake breakfast, playing dinosaurs and Legos and watching Bubble Guppies morning, a 3 hour nap with brats for dinner and some time outside on his playgym.
Henry was very funny this evening while brushing his teeth. Every few brushes he would lean over the sink and pretend to spit. I think he's watched Jason or I brush a few times and is trying to imitate us.
Sam - 3 weeks old
Sam's - eats for about 20 minutes during night feedings around 1am, 4am and 6-7am, wakes up around 9am and will either go directly back to sleep for an hour after eating or have some awake time (about 2 hours) with Henry and I. During his awake times we try to put him on a blanket on the floor to play and some tummy time. Henry usually will sit or lay near Sam on the blanket during these times patting his back or talking to "Baby Sam". He loves the swing and will fall asleep in it. During the day he eats and naps about every 3 hours with another awake time period around 5pm. The last two days he seems to be eating much more often, growth spurt? He's nearly out of newborn size clothes but still in newborn size disposable diapers. He rarely cries unless he's hungry, needs to burp or has somehow peed outside of his diaper. Today I put him in his first cloth diaper. I can't wait to get him in them full time so that I can not spend over $70+ a month putting him in disposable diapers. We've gone through at least 200 diapers in 3 weeks (maybe 300, I can't remember how many boxes I've bought). He's also developed a bit of baby acne in the last two days. Other than random naps, last night was Sam's first night sleeping in his room rather than in the portable crib in our room.
July 19th - Everybody Naps!
July 19th
Everybody Naps!
Horray horray!! Everybody took a nap today.
After dinner the whole family went up to the park. Sam wasn't too impressed and napped in the carseat the whole time. Henry hadn't been to the park in a while so had lots of fun climbing, sliding and swinging while being chased around by Mom and Dad.
Everybody Naps!
Horray horray!! Everybody took a nap today.
After dinner the whole family went up to the park. Sam wasn't too impressed and napped in the carseat the whole time. Henry hadn't been to the park in a while so had lots of fun climbing, sliding and swinging while being chased around by Mom and Dad.
July 18, 2012-No Nap Day 2, Lawn care and Sam update
July 18, 2012
No Nap Day 2, Lawn care and Sam update
Today is Day 2 of Henry seriously fighting and winning the battle of the afternoon nap. After playing outside for a while in the morning, then a bit on the playground after lunch and falling asleep in the car again (for a few minutes).... the second he is put on his bed he wakes up and has endless energy. He fought the nap for almost 2 hours before Jason and I just gave up and let him out of his room (after going in a few times to read stories, take away books and animals and to make sure he had a clean diaper.
While we had some cloud cover and waiting for our dinner to be delivered from one of the Round Rock MOMS club members we put Henry to work on the lawn, edging, sweeping and weeding. He was most happy weeding and then running to the trash to throw them out.
Sam Update
Sam has had some jaundice since he was born and diagnosed with breastfed jaundice (just takes longer to clear up) at his first pediatrician appointment. He went in today for a quick nurse's appointment so they could draw some blood and get another bili-count to make sure the jaundice is starting to go away. His bili-count is going down, at an 11 this week from 14 last week. It should be in the 4-8 range but doctor isn't worried because he's eating plenty and not having any other problems. He's gained 12 ounces since last week's appointment, now weighing in at 8lbs 7oz.
No Nap Day 2, Lawn care and Sam update
Today is Day 2 of Henry seriously fighting and winning the battle of the afternoon nap. After playing outside for a while in the morning, then a bit on the playground after lunch and falling asleep in the car again (for a few minutes).... the second he is put on his bed he wakes up and has endless energy. He fought the nap for almost 2 hours before Jason and I just gave up and let him out of his room (after going in a few times to read stories, take away books and animals and to make sure he had a clean diaper.
While we had some cloud cover and waiting for our dinner to be delivered from one of the Round Rock MOMS club members we put Henry to work on the lawn, edging, sweeping and weeding. He was most happy weeding and then running to the trash to throw them out.
Sam Update
Sam has had some jaundice since he was born and diagnosed with breastfed jaundice (just takes longer to clear up) at his first pediatrician appointment. He went in today for a quick nurse's appointment so they could draw some blood and get another bili-count to make sure the jaundice is starting to go away. His bili-count is going down, at an 11 this week from 14 last week. It should be in the 4-8 range but doctor isn't worried because he's eating plenty and not having any other problems. He's gained 12 ounces since last week's appointment, now weighing in at 8lbs 7oz.
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