Tara snapped this recently...a rare moment when Addison wasn't chattering!Saturday, September 19, 2009
Friday, September 18, 2009
Our calm boy and chatty girl
It's been quite awhile since I've updated! Life with two young children is keeping me from updating as frequently as I'd like. Sorry!
Will:
What a sweet angel he is. He's calmed down tremendously. And the best part of all: NO MORE SCREAMING CAR RIDES! The static strip is working! Thanks to my friend, Janet, who recommended it to me! Apparently it's a common remedy for car sickness in Canada, she said you can buy them at the local hardware store. At first I was skeptical, thinking he was going to cry at any moment, but after the 3rd, 4th, 5th car ride with NO crying, I'm a believer now! We've had two meltdowns since we installed it, but one was because the bright sun was shining right in his face, and the other was because I strapped him in right when he was due to eat. Mean Mommy. I'm just so happy now that I'm not dreading putting him in the car anymore. Who knows, things could change at any moment, but for now, I'll take it!
Will continues to be our solid sleeper...at 11 weeks old, he's sleeping 10 hours straight at night! Unbelievable! He goes down for the night around 7:30, and his first waking is around 5:30 or 6! Addison turned out to be a good night time sleeper, but not this good, this early. The kicker is, he's not a great napper....he will take a pretty good morning nap (2 hours) but the afternoons are hard, he won't sleep for more than 2o minutes at a time. He's our little cat napper. It's hard for me to get anything done around the house, like laundry and the dishwasher....those things are sometimes impossible to do!
Will is full of smiles right now, and lots of leg kicking! He can really get those legs going! I came home from school today, and he was sitting in his bouncy seat, and when he saw me, he started cooing like crazy and pumping his legs back and forth! He knows his Mama!
As for the sour milk smell in his mouth...GONE! I think the Zantac has taken care of it. He's MUCH happier, not that he was super fussy to start with, but he had a slight edge to him before, like he was always on the verge of having a melt down, and now that has disappeared.
Addison:
Where do I begin? Let's start with the NON-STOP talking. Her mouth does not stop moving. Seriously. She's either asking a million questions, singing, or talking to herself....it doesn't stop. Her language continues to amaze us. She doesn't seem like a toddler anymore. She is talking in full sentences, and using correct grammar, which as a teacher, is so thrilling for me! Language development is so intriguing for me. I love listening to Addison put sentences together, trying out new ways of saying things and asking questions about certain words, etc. Her pronounciations are hysterical sometimes...helicopter is "heli-doctor" and diaper is "di-chur." When she starts pronouncing certain words correctly, I get kind of sad because she's growing up and I love her cute little pronounciations. :(
We're still dealing with some of the typical "jealous big sister" stuff...but things are getting better. Her latest is "Mommy, give Baby Brother to Daddy." She wants me to be free to play with her, read to her, etc.
We started our Kids in Motion class (we call it "jumping class") on Wednesday, and Toddler Group (co-op pre-school) on Thursday. I'll post some pictures later and give a "school" update.
All in all, we're doing well. Chris' new day schedule is nice, I feel like a normal person having him at home at night! Our camera is being fixed right now (UGH) so we've been snapping some still shots with our video camera, so I need to figure out how to get those posted. Soon!
Will:
What a sweet angel he is. He's calmed down tremendously. And the best part of all: NO MORE SCREAMING CAR RIDES! The static strip is working! Thanks to my friend, Janet, who recommended it to me! Apparently it's a common remedy for car sickness in Canada, she said you can buy them at the local hardware store. At first I was skeptical, thinking he was going to cry at any moment, but after the 3rd, 4th, 5th car ride with NO crying, I'm a believer now! We've had two meltdowns since we installed it, but one was because the bright sun was shining right in his face, and the other was because I strapped him in right when he was due to eat. Mean Mommy. I'm just so happy now that I'm not dreading putting him in the car anymore. Who knows, things could change at any moment, but for now, I'll take it!
Will continues to be our solid sleeper...at 11 weeks old, he's sleeping 10 hours straight at night! Unbelievable! He goes down for the night around 7:30, and his first waking is around 5:30 or 6! Addison turned out to be a good night time sleeper, but not this good, this early. The kicker is, he's not a great napper....he will take a pretty good morning nap (2 hours) but the afternoons are hard, he won't sleep for more than 2o minutes at a time. He's our little cat napper. It's hard for me to get anything done around the house, like laundry and the dishwasher....those things are sometimes impossible to do!
Will is full of smiles right now, and lots of leg kicking! He can really get those legs going! I came home from school today, and he was sitting in his bouncy seat, and when he saw me, he started cooing like crazy and pumping his legs back and forth! He knows his Mama!
As for the sour milk smell in his mouth...GONE! I think the Zantac has taken care of it. He's MUCH happier, not that he was super fussy to start with, but he had a slight edge to him before, like he was always on the verge of having a melt down, and now that has disappeared.
Addison:
Where do I begin? Let's start with the NON-STOP talking. Her mouth does not stop moving. Seriously. She's either asking a million questions, singing, or talking to herself....it doesn't stop. Her language continues to amaze us. She doesn't seem like a toddler anymore. She is talking in full sentences, and using correct grammar, which as a teacher, is so thrilling for me! Language development is so intriguing for me. I love listening to Addison put sentences together, trying out new ways of saying things and asking questions about certain words, etc. Her pronounciations are hysterical sometimes...helicopter is "heli-doctor" and diaper is "di-chur." When she starts pronouncing certain words correctly, I get kind of sad because she's growing up and I love her cute little pronounciations. :(
We're still dealing with some of the typical "jealous big sister" stuff...but things are getting better. Her latest is "Mommy, give Baby Brother to Daddy." She wants me to be free to play with her, read to her, etc.
We started our Kids in Motion class (we call it "jumping class") on Wednesday, and Toddler Group (co-op pre-school) on Thursday. I'll post some pictures later and give a "school" update.
All in all, we're doing well. Chris' new day schedule is nice, I feel like a normal person having him at home at night! Our camera is being fixed right now (UGH) so we've been snapping some still shots with our video camera, so I need to figure out how to get those posted. Soon!
Sunday, September 6, 2009
2 Months
A bit late on the 2 month update! We're doing well! Will is such a sweet boy, we're so in love with him! He's kind of stingy with his smiles, but he loves to smile for Mommy! He gives me tons of smiles on his changing table, it's the perfect height to get a clear line of vision of my face and he's all smiles whenever I lie him down on it. His 2 month appointment went well, for the most part. The bottom line is he's healthy and growing well, so that's the good part. He weighed in at 11 lbs 11.5 oz, which is awesome! Addison was over 3 months old when she finally weighed 11 lbs! My concerns at the appt. were:
1. Sour milk smell in his mouth. He's not a huge spitter, nor is he excessively fussy. He gets the hiccups once or twice a day, but nothing out of the ordinary. The Dr. said that since he's gaining weight well, and there weren't other obvious symptoms, he wasn't positive that it's reflux, but he is tiny bit fussy, and maybe it is a mild form of reflux. He prescribed Zantac, and he said we would notice a difference in a week or so. After 5 days, I don't smell the sour smell as much, and he's been very "chill" lately. I'm not sure if I buy it though. We'll keep him on it for another week or so, and go from there. I'm now wondering if the formula that he's on is just really stinky, and it lingers in his mouth?
2. CAR RIDE HELL. Will haaaaaaates the car. He screams uncontrollably, to the point that he sounds like he's going to pass out. He turns a deep, deep red, with veins popping out of his head, and he sweats bullets. The sweat is so bad that he's soaking wet when we pull him out of the car seat. I'm at my wits end with him. I feel so badly for him, I want to make it better! We've tried every trick in the book, aside from getting a new car seat. The Dr. even heard the after effect of the car ride when we arrived at the office...Will was in hysterics when we walked in the door. After observing him a bit and listening to our description of what it's like for Will in the car, the Dr. thinks Will suffers from motion sickness. He said it runs in families, and what do you know, MOMMY gets horribly motion sick. I told the Dr. how when I lived in New York, I couldn't ride the subway or commuter trains sitting backward. I have to sit forward, looking in the direction that I'm traveling. I can hardly bend down to pick something up off the ground when I'm in the car, and heaven forbid, I CAN'T read a book! The unfortunate thing for Will is there's not much we can do for him. He MUST sit backwards in the car seat until he's 20 lbs and one year old. I have a friend who recommended something called a "static strip"...you put it on your car and it reduces car sickness. Chris thinks it's crazy, but he'll be thanking me for ordering it when it WORKS!! I'm waiting for it to arrive, so I'll post soon once we get it installed and give it a whirl.
3. The SWEAT. The Dr. also watched Will has he got very reved up because he was hungry, turning red, screaming and sweating. I've been concerned about his sweating. He doesn't sweat when he sleeps, but he does sweat when he gets worked up. The Dr. said it's nothing to worry about, he's just a sweater! He said it's part of the fight or flight reaction in the body when presented with stress, and Will's threshold is very low! He goes from zero to 60 in NO TIME at all!
All in all, we have a very healthy boy. We are very blessed to have two healthy children. Just a couple little quirks! I have to have something to worry about, don't I? ;)
Tuesday, September 1, 2009
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