Tuesday, February 8, 2011
UNDERS!!!
Just had to share quickly before bed. In hopes of getting Everett to use the potty, we bought him some "unders." We told him that he can wear the unders when he goes on the potty. We always ask if he wants to sit on the potty before bed and tonight he did and actually went! We did our happy clapping and cheering and he went screaming from the bathroom, flailing his arms in the air, yelling "UNDERS!!!!" and grabbed a pair off his dresser and started putting them on (backwards, but hey). We let him wear them while he brushed his teeth, but obviously we couldn't leave them on for the night. He was so disappointed that we had to take them off and put on a diaper for bed, but we hugged him and told him he did a good job and that tomorrow after daycare if he goes on the potty again, he can wear his unders. Time to get out the little green machine and carpet cleaners.... :)
Monday, February 7, 2011
37/38 week check up
Males beware. This post concerns matters involving the female body and its progression toward labor. Turn away now if you don't want to know way too much about icky girl details.
Well, we've made some progress towards outside baby, but not a whole lot. At 37 weeks, 5 days, we're now sitting here at 4cm (yeah, that mark that is supposed to indicate active labor....4cm? Not my boys....they like to make me sit around at 3-4 cm for weeeeeks before being born.). 50% effaced and a -2. -2. Seriously? The boy is pushing on my cervix so much, it doesn't seem possible to be at a -2 station! (FYI, -2 is like one step away from actively floating around in there. Like, not really sitting deep in the pelvis yet.) Just for comparison, at this point with Everett (1 day off, but hey), I was at a full 3cm, 80% effaced and a -1 station. So way more effaced and low. This child is not giving me hope that he'll decide to be born before 39 weeks, 6 days. Probably because I still don't have a name fully decided on, the carseat is not installed, the curtain is not up in the nursery, and the wool diaper covers are not lanolinized. Maybe once I get all of this done, he'll come. Right? Hmmm...
In other news, the packers won the super bowl, eh? We went to a friend's house for a massive party and had a fantastic time! Everett stayed up for the whole game, running around with all the other little kids. He loved that everyone was wearing "huppa!" shirts (translates to football, obviously) and there were lots of yummy things to munch. We only had a couple breakdowns and he zonked out as soon as we drove away in the car. He was still tired today and fell asleep on the way to a playdate, and again on the way back and I managed to completely undress and rediaper him and put him in bed without him waking up. And now he's still asleep. Maybe I should have used this precious time to take a nap, but instead I sewed up a pair of wool longies and a wool soaker for new babe (to do lists, people!). I did manage to get a full 8 hours of sleep last night since Everett was so zonked out, he didn't wake up knocking! Glorious! And now he's waking up, so I'd better go tend to him.
Well, we've made some progress towards outside baby, but not a whole lot. At 37 weeks, 5 days, we're now sitting here at 4cm (yeah, that mark that is supposed to indicate active labor....4cm? Not my boys....they like to make me sit around at 3-4 cm for weeeeeks before being born.). 50% effaced and a -2. -2. Seriously? The boy is pushing on my cervix so much, it doesn't seem possible to be at a -2 station! (FYI, -2 is like one step away from actively floating around in there. Like, not really sitting deep in the pelvis yet.) Just for comparison, at this point with Everett (1 day off, but hey), I was at a full 3cm, 80% effaced and a -1 station. So way more effaced and low. This child is not giving me hope that he'll decide to be born before 39 weeks, 6 days. Probably because I still don't have a name fully decided on, the carseat is not installed, the curtain is not up in the nursery, and the wool diaper covers are not lanolinized. Maybe once I get all of this done, he'll come. Right? Hmmm...
In other news, the packers won the super bowl, eh? We went to a friend's house for a massive party and had a fantastic time! Everett stayed up for the whole game, running around with all the other little kids. He loved that everyone was wearing "huppa!" shirts (translates to football, obviously) and there were lots of yummy things to munch. We only had a couple breakdowns and he zonked out as soon as we drove away in the car. He was still tired today and fell asleep on the way to a playdate, and again on the way back and I managed to completely undress and rediaper him and put him in bed without him waking up. And now he's still asleep. Maybe I should have used this precious time to take a nap, but instead I sewed up a pair of wool longies and a wool soaker for new babe (to do lists, people!). I did manage to get a full 8 hours of sleep last night since Everett was so zonked out, he didn't wake up knocking! Glorious! And now he's waking up, so I'd better go tend to him.
Friday, February 4, 2011
Slobbery kisses
I've learned of another aspect of parenthood that makes you realize you hadn't felt absolute joy yet. Toddler kisses are such a beautiful, loving thing, you can't help but feel your heart swell with love and joy and smile to yourself. Everett has recently discovered kisses. We've always hugged and kissed him but he just figured out how to kiss us back in the last month or so. He started out by giving kisses to the baby (which a heart melter all on its own), and progressed to bestowing kisses upon his mama and daddy. Just like I can't say no to a request for a "hugger" (yep, he still calls them that!), I can't say no to a "mwah!" (What can I say? The boy can convey what he needs to.)
At first, daddy was put off by the idea of kisses and would only plant one on the boy's cheek or forehead. The boy, however, had different ideas. He knows what lips are and he knows they are for kissing. He will lay a big wet one right on mama's lips, so daddy should be no different, right? When he was directing the smooch, he would aim it right for daddy's lips and sometimes correct daddy and make him re-kiss if he got the cheek or forehead. I think daddy's now come around and realized just how precious, and likely fleeting, these expressions of love are and lets E man smooch away.
Having grown up in a house where hugs and kisses weren't necessarily a daily (or hourly) affair, it's different having this boy constantly hugging on me and nightly requesting at least two "mwahs!" but I love it more than words. I enjoy this outward show of the affection that I've always seen in my little guy. He's such a kind-hearted boy (you know, when he's not slapping babies in the face....ahem....anyway...) and I hope he keeps giving his mama huggers and mwahs for a long time to come.
On a completely different, entirely irrelevant, and not at all sentimental note, I was the victim yesterday of targeted marketing. Whilst watching Teen Mom 2 (shush you!), there was a commercial for this new product. It was being touted as something to use for your hair on days that you don't wash it. Well, knowing myself and knowing just how hard it's going to be to try and shower on a daily basis with TWO little boys taking up all my time and attention, I thought to myself, "self, this is an amazing idea. They created this dry shampoo for ME! I must buy some." After I finished those thoughts, the more rational side of my brain said, "you realize that Tresemme knows exactly who watches Teen Mom 2 (silly moms who don't always have time to wash their hair and feel frumpy) and they're trying to trick you into paying $5 for a bottle of shampoo when you could just wash your hair, put it in a ponytail, or not care, right?" Silly rational side of the brain. Of course I know that! Then we went to Wal-Mart yesterday. And I just decided to see if maaaaybe they had this new, interesting product. They did. So I read the bottle.....it still sounded kind of intriguing....and it wasn't THAT expensive....and I don't want to be super frumpy......so in the cart it went! I tried it this morning and here's the result. It is not some miracle cure that makes your hair bouncy, shiny, and amazing, but it did do something. It actually seemed to pull out some excess oil and I felt a little less icky going to work with day old hair. So there! Not sure if I'll buy another bottle when this one's gone, but I don't regret the purchase!
At first, daddy was put off by the idea of kisses and would only plant one on the boy's cheek or forehead. The boy, however, had different ideas. He knows what lips are and he knows they are for kissing. He will lay a big wet one right on mama's lips, so daddy should be no different, right? When he was directing the smooch, he would aim it right for daddy's lips and sometimes correct daddy and make him re-kiss if he got the cheek or forehead. I think daddy's now come around and realized just how precious, and likely fleeting, these expressions of love are and lets E man smooch away.
Having grown up in a house where hugs and kisses weren't necessarily a daily (or hourly) affair, it's different having this boy constantly hugging on me and nightly requesting at least two "mwahs!" but I love it more than words. I enjoy this outward show of the affection that I've always seen in my little guy. He's such a kind-hearted boy (you know, when he's not slapping babies in the face....ahem....anyway...) and I hope he keeps giving his mama huggers and mwahs for a long time to come.
On a completely different, entirely irrelevant, and not at all sentimental note, I was the victim yesterday of targeted marketing. Whilst watching Teen Mom 2 (shush you!), there was a commercial for this new product. It was being touted as something to use for your hair on days that you don't wash it. Well, knowing myself and knowing just how hard it's going to be to try and shower on a daily basis with TWO little boys taking up all my time and attention, I thought to myself, "self, this is an amazing idea. They created this dry shampoo for ME! I must buy some." After I finished those thoughts, the more rational side of my brain said, "you realize that Tresemme knows exactly who watches Teen Mom 2 (silly moms who don't always have time to wash their hair and feel frumpy) and they're trying to trick you into paying $5 for a bottle of shampoo when you could just wash your hair, put it in a ponytail, or not care, right?" Silly rational side of the brain. Of course I know that! Then we went to Wal-Mart yesterday. And I just decided to see if maaaaybe they had this new, interesting product. They did. So I read the bottle.....it still sounded kind of intriguing....and it wasn't THAT expensive....and I don't want to be super frumpy......so in the cart it went! I tried it this morning and here's the result. It is not some miracle cure that makes your hair bouncy, shiny, and amazing, but it did do something. It actually seemed to pull out some excess oil and I felt a little less icky going to work with day old hair. So there! Not sure if I'll buy another bottle when this one's gone, but I don't regret the purchase!
Thursday, February 3, 2011
Newborn Knitting
I finally took some pictures of my recent projects and wanted to share!
Newborn stuff - so tiny!!!
Coming home hat and booties:
Swirly hat:
I've also made another pair of wool longies, but they are still missing their elastic, so I haven't taken a picture yet.
And here we are at full term! 37 weeks, 1 day! (My face looks tired, my hair is messy, and the thermostat on the wall looked like it was attached to my head....so headless it is!)
Newborn stuff - so tiny!!!
Coming home hat and booties:
Swirly hat:
And here we are at full term! 37 weeks, 1 day! (My face looks tired, my hair is messy, and the thermostat on the wall looked like it was attached to my head....so headless it is!)
Wednesday, February 2, 2011
37 weeks - TERM!
How far along? 37 weeks, aka full term, aka baby can be born time!
Total weight gain/loss: Not sure
How big is baby? Baby's now around 6 1/3 lbs and somewhere around 19 inches long. Like swiss chard, apparently.
Maternity clothes? Of course. Although I do still wear my plaid fleece pajama pants every evening!
Stretchmarks? Yep.
Sleep? Decent! Everett even slept all night last night, which was glorious! Don't get me started on how he slept through the night at a young age and very recently decided that it's fun to wake up once or twice every night and knock on his door, calling for us.
Best moment this week? Got our room organized, the crib set up to sidecar, desk upstairs, diapers prepped, hat finished.....woohoo!
Movement? Still a bunch. And he's big. If we go to 40 weeks, I really think he'll be bigger than Ev.
Food cravings? I made a chocolate cake yesterday. To celebrate January 31....or something.... Does that tell you anything?
Bellybutton? Not quite as "popped," more "stretched" now.
Boy/Girl? Boy, although people keep trying to convince me "he" will come out a "she" and I won't know what to do.
Labor signs? Not a lot. He's low (my own judgment) and I think he'll come before 40 weeks.
What I miss? Being able to run up and down stairs without getting totally out of breath. Not a lot. I'm enjoying these last weeks!
What I am looking forward to? Getting the rest of the baby to-do and daycare to-do lists done!
Milestones: TERM!!!
And just as a sidenote: my doctor is ill. Like, mono ill. So that's not so awesome.
Total weight gain/loss: Not sure
How big is baby? Baby's now around 6 1/3 lbs and somewhere around 19 inches long. Like swiss chard, apparently.
Maternity clothes? Of course. Although I do still wear my plaid fleece pajama pants every evening!
Stretchmarks? Yep.
Sleep? Decent! Everett even slept all night last night, which was glorious! Don't get me started on how he slept through the night at a young age and very recently decided that it's fun to wake up once or twice every night and knock on his door, calling for us.
Best moment this week? Got our room organized, the crib set up to sidecar, desk upstairs, diapers prepped, hat finished.....woohoo!
Movement? Still a bunch. And he's big. If we go to 40 weeks, I really think he'll be bigger than Ev.
Food cravings? I made a chocolate cake yesterday. To celebrate January 31....or something.... Does that tell you anything?
Bellybutton? Not quite as "popped," more "stretched" now.
Boy/Girl? Boy, although people keep trying to convince me "he" will come out a "she" and I won't know what to do.
Labor signs? Not a lot. He's low (my own judgment) and I think he'll come before 40 weeks.
What I miss? Being able to run up and down stairs without getting totally out of breath. Not a lot. I'm enjoying these last weeks!
What I am looking forward to? Getting the rest of the baby to-do and daycare to-do lists done!
Milestones: TERM!!!
And just as a sidenote: my doctor is ill. Like, mono ill. So that's not so awesome.
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