I want to start off this post by announcing that you ate vegetables yesterday! First it was at HEB. You ate 2 bites of zucchini at the samples station. And then at dinner, you had a whole slice of veggie quiche (Which had spinach, zucchini, bell peppers and tomatoes, but you didn't like those). So then we had it again for lunch today and you took only a few bites and was not interested. But you weren't really hungry in general, so I'm keeping my fingers crossed that this trend continues.
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| Nathan helping to make veggie quiches. Added ingredients and mixed them with the egg. Great job! |
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| Clapping (or signing "more") for yummy veggie quiche! |
Thursday night, you woke up right as we were about to go to sleep and it took us about 1.75 hours to finally get you back asleep. The normal bedtime routine re-do just didn't cut it, so Daddy had to step in and he tried rocking you to sleep. After about 15 minutes of rocking and you still not falling asleep, he put you in your crib. You cried for about 5 minutes and just as I was about to go upstairs to give you more cuddles, you stopped crying and in a few minutes, fell asleep. It turns out you were feeling pretty bad because the next day, you were coughing like crazy. Luckily, it didn't last too long because after a night of turning the humidifier on in your room, your persistent dry cough progressed to a very occasional loose cough the next day.
On Monday, I decided to do a test run on potty training. Here's a picture to document this momentous occasion.
We even got you a few training underwear, a new potty and a potty book. For one afternoon, I had you just wear the training diapers and throughout the afternoon, I would ask you if you needed to use the potty. I found out that the training pants don't work too well for you because they feel too much like your cloth diapers, so you just went #1 in them. Luckily, this happened while I was mopping so I was able to easily clean everything up.
Afterwards I just had you run around sans diaper for the rest of the afternoon. While we had many successful pees, there were a few accidents. You would start to go and then I would whisk you onto your potty. You would finish, point, and insist on pouring the contents into the big toilet. (you do this by pointing to the potty and then pointing to yourself).
Final verdict on potty training readiness. I think we still need to wait a bit for #1. You are starting to get better at telling us when you need to go #2, but you still need to understand the sensation of having to go #1. You can hold it once you realize, but I think you need more bladder control before we go down to intense potty training. For now, I will just continue to have you go #2 in your potty and depend on diapers for the other stuff.
As far as naps go, you are down to one 1.25 hour nap each day. You will go down at around 1:15 and wake up around 2:30. This doesn't give me much time to get things done, but it seems like it's easier for me to do chores while you are awake these days anyways. You usually play by yourself, or you are helping me.
Yesterday, we met up with your cousin at the library. Unfortunately, there was no story time, but we were able to go to the park and play a bit before lunch time. You cousin is very affectionate and was hugging and kissing you on the cheek the whole time. Sometimes you enjoyed it, sometimes you pushed her away. It's not nice to push.
It's so amazing to see how big you are getting. When I take a peek at you through the baby monitor, I no longer see a little baby, I see a little (or to me, big) boy.
Well, that's it for this week. We'll see how things go this next week.
Mommy
Update on Honeybun II: Things are going well. I'm getting more energy and recently have desired to nap less. I'm still taking Zumba classes 1-2 times a week and have resumed lifting weights once again. The prenatal yoga class that I went to was not challenging enough for me, so I'm going to a body flow class at the gym. Many of the poses that we do are great for pregnancy. I'm thinking I will be going to this afternoon class from now on.
I'd have to admit that I'm not eating as healthy as I was when I was pregnant with Nathan. I've definitely upped my sugar intake (with Nathan I avoided sugar like the plague), but I think I need to reduce it for the little one's sake. I'm eating more junk food like chips and ice cream, but I'm also making sure I'm eating healthy foods too...so I guess that's ok. So far, I'm up about 9-10 pounds from when I started.
The new nursery has not even been painted. I need to go and find some fabric to help me coordinate the colors of the nursery. I'm hoping to do a purplish sheep room, but not too girly. We'll see if I can make it happen.
Here's a bump pic from today, at 23.5 weeks
It's cool to see how I'm carrying lower this time around. Even though these pictures are one week apart, this belly is a bit bigger.
So, my goal for this week is to consume less sugar... after I finish this papaya smoothie.
On Monday, I decided to do a test run on potty training. Here's a picture to document this momentous occasion.
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| First try |
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| Cute Training Whitey Tighties |
Afterwards I just had you run around sans diaper for the rest of the afternoon. While we had many successful pees, there were a few accidents. You would start to go and then I would whisk you onto your potty. You would finish, point, and insist on pouring the contents into the big toilet. (you do this by pointing to the potty and then pointing to yourself).
Final verdict on potty training readiness. I think we still need to wait a bit for #1. You are starting to get better at telling us when you need to go #2, but you still need to understand the sensation of having to go #1. You can hold it once you realize, but I think you need more bladder control before we go down to intense potty training. For now, I will just continue to have you go #2 in your potty and depend on diapers for the other stuff.
As far as naps go, you are down to one 1.25 hour nap each day. You will go down at around 1:15 and wake up around 2:30. This doesn't give me much time to get things done, but it seems like it's easier for me to do chores while you are awake these days anyways. You usually play by yourself, or you are helping me.
Yesterday, we met up with your cousin at the library. Unfortunately, there was no story time, but we were able to go to the park and play a bit before lunch time. You cousin is very affectionate and was hugging and kissing you on the cheek the whole time. Sometimes you enjoyed it, sometimes you pushed her away. It's not nice to push.
It's so amazing to see how big you are getting. When I take a peek at you through the baby monitor, I no longer see a little baby, I see a little (or to me, big) boy.
Well, that's it for this week. We'll see how things go this next week.
Mommy
Update on Honeybun II: Things are going well. I'm getting more energy and recently have desired to nap less. I'm still taking Zumba classes 1-2 times a week and have resumed lifting weights once again. The prenatal yoga class that I went to was not challenging enough for me, so I'm going to a body flow class at the gym. Many of the poses that we do are great for pregnancy. I'm thinking I will be going to this afternoon class from now on.
I'd have to admit that I'm not eating as healthy as I was when I was pregnant with Nathan. I've definitely upped my sugar intake (with Nathan I avoided sugar like the plague), but I think I need to reduce it for the little one's sake. I'm eating more junk food like chips and ice cream, but I'm also making sure I'm eating healthy foods too...so I guess that's ok. So far, I'm up about 9-10 pounds from when I started.
The new nursery has not even been painted. I need to go and find some fabric to help me coordinate the colors of the nursery. I'm hoping to do a purplish sheep room, but not too girly. We'll see if I can make it happen.
Here's a bump pic from today, at 23.5 weeks
The same shot from Nathan's pregnancy at 22 weeks.
It's cool to see how I'm carrying lower this time around. Even though these pictures are one week apart, this belly is a bit bigger.
So, my goal for this week is to consume less sugar... after I finish this papaya smoothie.
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