Tonight is A's first night in her crib. Yes, I know she's 5 and a half months old....but I LOVE LOVE LOVE her being in bed with us! I love knowing that she is safe and feels safe sleeping right next to us. Cooper slept in our bed till he was 6 months old, so we are right on track with A. Honestly, I think she could sleep in our bed for a lot longer than C, except for one thing....she rolls around like crazy!
So today we began naps in the crib. Honestly she is such an easy sleeper and child that it doesn't take much to put her in her crib, or anywhere else for that matter. It is completely opposite from what we did with C (bouncing, swaying, back patting....forever!).
Tonight we decided to try the crib out and see how long she would sleep. Well, it's been almost 2 hours and she's still sleeping very well. I'm almost sad that she hasn't woken up yet. And truthfully, I can see myself bringing her into our room for the rest of the night!
She's also eating cereal and bananas now. I used to think (and still do) that baby food in general is not needed. There is NO nutritional value in them and C hated the thought of eating anything else but the liquid GOLD that I produced! Again, different baby though....A reaches for our food, plates, cups, etc all the time. She is so excited to eat her cereal. We even brought back the "singing and dancing" routine that we used to do to get C to open his mouth for food. We had a ton of fun and C joined in on the dancing!
It is such a blessing to watch them interact more and more these days. There are more "No, Aubrey, that is my toy" or "Aubrey, you're too little for that" and "It's okay Aubrey, I'm right here."
Life is Great and God is Good! (now to check on A) :)
Sunday, January 31, 2010
Saturday, January 23, 2010
Big Truck Coming
I'm not sure what it is about the age 2 years and 8 months that requires repetition in EVERYTHING that is said! I love hearing C talk and I love having conversations with him. I enjoy the fact that he WANTS to learn more and find out how and why something works a certain way. It really does make me smile.
Today was a great day. Aunt Jessi and Uncle Larry are here visiting and we all LOVE it! A smiles at Larry all the time and C loves playing and painting with Jessi. So instead of sitting around the house, we went to play at the Family Fun Center. After building a great Tic Tac Toe game at Lowes, we headed to Spring Branch. We had so much fun and are all TIRED!
C was so tired that when we got home and were outside grilling, he repeated "there's a big truck coming" over and over and OVER! It was funny. I find myself asking him different questions when he repeats things so that he is always having to think of the next answer. It's so much fun hearing his response.
Both kids are out now...hopefully we will have a great nights sleep! Off to enjoy the Wii and a glass of wine! Cheers!
Today was a great day. Aunt Jessi and Uncle Larry are here visiting and we all LOVE it! A smiles at Larry all the time and C loves playing and painting with Jessi. So instead of sitting around the house, we went to play at the Family Fun Center. After building a great Tic Tac Toe game at Lowes, we headed to Spring Branch. We had so much fun and are all TIRED!
C was so tired that when we got home and were outside grilling, he repeated "there's a big truck coming" over and over and OVER! It was funny. I find myself asking him different questions when he repeats things so that he is always having to think of the next answer. It's so much fun hearing his response.
Both kids are out now...hopefully we will have a great nights sleep! Off to enjoy the Wii and a glass of wine! Cheers!
Tuesday, January 19, 2010
This is far too familiar!
I remember talking with Cooper's old Pedi Urologist on the phone asking why it was so necessary for him to have another invasive VCUG done when he had had no complications with UTI's or Kidney infections. I remember ending the conversation thinking that the urologist was some sort of "Ego-Centered" person, honestly! He had made one comment to me that bothered me:
"Well, since Cooper has reflux then your baby (I was pregnant at the time) has a 1/3 chance of having reflux as well."
Now this sentence bothered me because he didn't want to look at the positive side of it, that the baby could have a 2/3 chance of NOT having reflux, but instead wanted to scare me into the thought of "what if's".
Isn't that how most of the medical world is. I feel that they are always looking at health, life, and death as such a negative topic. Why is it for example that birth is such an "AWFUL experience" and the only thing that some OB's and nurses talk about is the pain of childbirth? Childbirth is a wonderful time when you are welcoming your baby into the world...it's not supposed to be scary and horrible. I think we could all use a more positive spin on health and medicine and how the two should HELP each other, not hurt each other.
SO....all that to say that Aubrey ended up with a UTI a few months back. Part of me wishes I wasn't an aware parent who recognized this and got her to the doctor (although I'm very happy that I am an educated, informed, and responsible mother). After debating with the pedi if I REALLY thought we should do the VCUG on Aubrey, I finally agreed to it. It was awful, there's no way of putting that nicely. It's just an awful test. And the results were not that great either.
When the Radiologist began explaining what I was seeing, I went right back to remembering seeing it for the first time when we had Cooper's VCUG done. She explained everything as if she had it memorized from all of the patients who end up having reflux. It was far too familiar. Aubrey has Grade 2 Bilateral Bladder Reflux. To me this means that we get to add one more thing to the list to debate about with the pediatrician! Good thing she knows my thoughts about invasive medicine. She will most likely out grow it just like Cooper has probably already outgrown his (I wouldn't know, I nicely declined all of the attempts to re-test him).
All this to say....BE POSITIVE! Things happen for a reason. You might not know the reason, but who cares....God is still in control! There is ALWAYS a reason, even if it was just so that you could be a witness with the smile on your face and your 5 month olds face to the person sitting next to you in the waiting room that day. There is ALWAYS a GOOD reason for things to happen, because God is in control!
"Well, since Cooper has reflux then your baby (I was pregnant at the time) has a 1/3 chance of having reflux as well."
Now this sentence bothered me because he didn't want to look at the positive side of it, that the baby could have a 2/3 chance of NOT having reflux, but instead wanted to scare me into the thought of "what if's".
Isn't that how most of the medical world is. I feel that they are always looking at health, life, and death as such a negative topic. Why is it for example that birth is such an "AWFUL experience" and the only thing that some OB's and nurses talk about is the pain of childbirth? Childbirth is a wonderful time when you are welcoming your baby into the world...it's not supposed to be scary and horrible. I think we could all use a more positive spin on health and medicine and how the two should HELP each other, not hurt each other.
SO....all that to say that Aubrey ended up with a UTI a few months back. Part of me wishes I wasn't an aware parent who recognized this and got her to the doctor (although I'm very happy that I am an educated, informed, and responsible mother). After debating with the pedi if I REALLY thought we should do the VCUG on Aubrey, I finally agreed to it. It was awful, there's no way of putting that nicely. It's just an awful test. And the results were not that great either.
When the Radiologist began explaining what I was seeing, I went right back to remembering seeing it for the first time when we had Cooper's VCUG done. She explained everything as if she had it memorized from all of the patients who end up having reflux. It was far too familiar. Aubrey has Grade 2 Bilateral Bladder Reflux. To me this means that we get to add one more thing to the list to debate about with the pediatrician! Good thing she knows my thoughts about invasive medicine. She will most likely out grow it just like Cooper has probably already outgrown his (I wouldn't know, I nicely declined all of the attempts to re-test him).
All this to say....BE POSITIVE! Things happen for a reason. You might not know the reason, but who cares....God is still in control! There is ALWAYS a reason, even if it was just so that you could be a witness with the smile on your face and your 5 month olds face to the person sitting next to you in the waiting room that day. There is ALWAYS a GOOD reason for things to happen, because God is in control!
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