How far along: 28 weeks
Total weight gain: 14 pounds
General disposition: Good
Sleep: What sleep? I can't wait until I'm up all night with a sweet little baby instead of just being awake for no reason!
Best Moment: We finalized our names!!! So exciting and a big relief because Nick and I are so different when it comes to name preferences. Oh and of course passing the glucose test!
Movement: Oh yeah, this is one hyperactive baby...wonder where he/she gets that from? ;)
Labor signs/body changes of note: I feel the baby much higher now so it's getting a little more difficult to tie my shoes.
What I miss: My clothes! I know that sounds silly but I only have a few maternity pieces and they aren't that exciting.
What I'm looking forwad to: Hearing back from the scheduler at the OB's office confirming our tentative date of May 20th.
Monday, February 28, 2011
Potty Training SUCCESS...so far
Jackson has been potty trained during the day for about a year and a half now. He stopped wearing a pull-up during naptime about a year ago but nighttime was a different story. He was consistently waking up with a full or overflowing diaper. The strange thing was that he never drank that much later on in the day so there wasn't much we could do to limit his liquid intake. We weren't too worried about it because one pull-up at night isn't that big of a deal and he's not even four yet.
A few weeks ago we decided to just give it a shot...a casual one. So we took off the door knob cover on the inside of his door and told him he to try to keep his pull-up dry and go potty in the bathroom during the night. He never went, literally NEVER! After a couple weeks I decided to try waking him up to go, he would go to sleep at 7 or 7:30, Nick would take him to the bathroom around 10 before Nick went to sleep and then I would take him in the middle of the night (when baby would wake me up to go, ha!). We quickly realized, he only needed to go once a night and he was waking up dry. I wasn't sure what my next step was going to be until I realized I only had 6 pull-ups left. I had to give it a shot and quickly before I had to buy another pack and before our weekend trip to Atlanta!
Sunday morning when he woke up dry, I asked Jackson if he wanted to sleep in underwear. He was thrilled which was good because I didn't want to force it. He told everyone we saw yesterday that he was going to sleep in underwear for the first time, his excitement was super cute :) He got ready for bed the same as every other night minus the pull-up. This morning when he came in my room before 7am, I was a little worried that he was coming to tell me he was wet but HE WAS TOTALLY DRY!!! I know we'll have accidents and obviously we'll have to figure out how to get him to learn to wake himself up but it's a step in the right direction and I'll take it!
Since it was still early Jackson got in bed with me to cuddle and put his head on my chest. After laying there for a while, he sat up and said, "The baby is kicking my ear!" I told him it wasn't the baby, he was hearing my heart beating.
A few weeks ago we decided to just give it a shot...a casual one. So we took off the door knob cover on the inside of his door and told him he to try to keep his pull-up dry and go potty in the bathroom during the night. He never went, literally NEVER! After a couple weeks I decided to try waking him up to go, he would go to sleep at 7 or 7:30, Nick would take him to the bathroom around 10 before Nick went to sleep and then I would take him in the middle of the night (when baby would wake me up to go, ha!). We quickly realized, he only needed to go once a night and he was waking up dry. I wasn't sure what my next step was going to be until I realized I only had 6 pull-ups left. I had to give it a shot and quickly before I had to buy another pack and before our weekend trip to Atlanta!
Sunday morning when he woke up dry, I asked Jackson if he wanted to sleep in underwear. He was thrilled which was good because I didn't want to force it. He told everyone we saw yesterday that he was going to sleep in underwear for the first time, his excitement was super cute :) He got ready for bed the same as every other night minus the pull-up. This morning when he came in my room before 7am, I was a little worried that he was coming to tell me he was wet but HE WAS TOTALLY DRY!!! I know we'll have accidents and obviously we'll have to figure out how to get him to learn to wake himself up but it's a step in the right direction and I'll take it!
Since it was still early Jackson got in bed with me to cuddle and put his head on my chest. After laying there for a while, he sat up and said, "The baby is kicking my ear!" I told him it wasn't the baby, he was hearing my heart beating.
Tuesday, February 22, 2011
The first of hopefully many
Today Jackson received his first school acceptance letter! Yes, I realize it is preschool and not that competitive, but I'm still proud. He will be going to St. John Neumann Catholic School. I have been there for an informational tour and Jackson and I went to their Christmas breakfast with Santa in December. At both visits I was very impressed and pleased with all the teachers and students I met. Once they assign students to their classes, the respective teacher will come to our house to meet him this summer. Unfortunately, we will only be in Columbia for one more year so he will only be there for preschool.
Wednesday, February 16, 2011
The doubting begins...
Last night over dinner Jackson announced they were going to have cupcakes at school the next day for Valentine's Day. Nick corrected him and told him that Valentine's Day was Monday. Jackson turned to me to ask me and said Mrs. Maria (his teacher) said they were having cupcakes the next day and I too told him Valentine's Day had passed but maybe they were having cupcakes for another celebration or a birthday. He quickly got frustrated and looked back and forth from Nick to me and very adamantly stated the following:
"Mrs. Maria said we were having cupcakes for Valentine's Day and Mrs. Maria speaks the truth!"
As funny as it was, it was also a realization that Jackson no longer thought his Mommy and Daddy knew everything...apparently now only Mrs. Maria does, ha!
"Mrs. Maria said we were having cupcakes for Valentine's Day and Mrs. Maria speaks the truth!"
As funny as it was, it was also a realization that Jackson no longer thought his Mommy and Daddy knew everything...apparently now only Mrs. Maria does, ha!
Thursday, February 10, 2011
It's the beginning of the end :(
Before I get into the complaining portion of this post, let me start off by saying I am grateful that Jackson has for the most part, always been a good sleeper and napper. But now everything is changing. For the last six months to a year he has randomly skipped his afternoon nap but it's not consistent so it wasn't a huge issue. In the last two weeks he has only napped three times and it's safe to say, I'm devastated! I wish I could say he's fine and he's just outgrown the nap but he's so tired the rest of the day that we now have a super cranky Jackson almost every evening. I wish he would just cut down on the length of his nap instead of dropping it all together but I know it's out of my hands at this point.
On top of not napping, we have recently removed the door knob cover from the inside of his room allowing him to open the door whenever he wants. Jackson doesn't have a bathroom in his room so we did this to allow him access to use the bathroom at night in hopes of finally potty training him at night. I know night training is totally different than daytime but I figured it was worth a shot. Unfortunately, Jackson uses this new found freedom to "escape" as much as possible and of course come and tell me about it in the middle of the night. Let's just say I've been woken up to Jackson's face in very close proximity to my own quite often lately. The bad thing is he isn't using the bathroom. He will tell me he has to go but he doesn't, he's already gone in his pull up so he just stands/sits on the toilet and pretends. It's obviously just an excuse to get up and out of his room but what can you do? I'm hoping he'll get over the excitement of the freedom SOON and then we can really work on the potty training. And I guess on the bright side I'd rather him come wake me up now multiple times a night versus when the baby is trying to sleep too.
I'm done with the self pity party, I'll keep you posted but I'm pretty sure the naps are gone for good *sigh*
On top of not napping, we have recently removed the door knob cover from the inside of his room allowing him to open the door whenever he wants. Jackson doesn't have a bathroom in his room so we did this to allow him access to use the bathroom at night in hopes of finally potty training him at night. I know night training is totally different than daytime but I figured it was worth a shot. Unfortunately, Jackson uses this new found freedom to "escape" as much as possible and of course come and tell me about it in the middle of the night. Let's just say I've been woken up to Jackson's face in very close proximity to my own quite often lately. The bad thing is he isn't using the bathroom. He will tell me he has to go but he doesn't, he's already gone in his pull up so he just stands/sits on the toilet and pretends. It's obviously just an excuse to get up and out of his room but what can you do? I'm hoping he'll get over the excitement of the freedom SOON and then we can really work on the potty training. And I guess on the bright side I'd rather him come wake me up now multiple times a night versus when the baby is trying to sleep too.
I'm done with the self pity party, I'll keep you posted but I'm pretty sure the naps are gone for good *sigh*
Tuesday, February 1, 2011
Baby Update 24 Weeks
How far along: 24 weeks
Total weight gain: 7 pounds
General disposition: Feeling good
Sleep: It's ok, the back pain is starting much earlier this time. My doctor told me yesterday that's normal with the second child and I should start stretching every night for 15 minutes.
Best Moment: I think this will always be the best moment of my updates, hearing the heartbeat!
Movement: All the time! And Nick finally was able to feel it last week :)
Labor signs/Body changes of note: Much bigger and rounder now. It happened almost overnight, one day I was out and about looking like everyone else and the next day strangers were commenting on my pregnancy!
What I miss: Nothing really
What I'm looking forward to: Scheduling my cesarean section! I know it's still months away but I'm such a planner, it will be nice to have a date in mind. Unfortunately, I also have to have the glucose test at the next visit, yuck!
Total weight gain: 7 pounds
General disposition: Feeling good
Sleep: It's ok, the back pain is starting much earlier this time. My doctor told me yesterday that's normal with the second child and I should start stretching every night for 15 minutes.
Best Moment: I think this will always be the best moment of my updates, hearing the heartbeat!
Movement: All the time! And Nick finally was able to feel it last week :)
Labor signs/Body changes of note: Much bigger and rounder now. It happened almost overnight, one day I was out and about looking like everyone else and the next day strangers were commenting on my pregnancy!
What I miss: Nothing really
What I'm looking forward to: Scheduling my cesarean section! I know it's still months away but I'm such a planner, it will be nice to have a date in mind. Unfortunately, I also have to have the glucose test at the next visit, yuck!
Thursday, January 27, 2011
Jacksonisms
This is a super short post but I thought I'd share. Each time we ask Jackson to do something usually cleaning up his playroom, he responds with, "But it's going to be a really hard work." We aren't sure where he got that from but it's pretty funny.
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