Nora has developed a new obsession: oral hygiene. Brushing teeth is of course a part of Nora’s bedtime routine and has been ever since her first tooth. She gets her teeth brushed right after I change her into her pajamas and before I read her a story. In the beginning she loved it when we held her and rubbed her teeth and gums with the finger toothbrush. By the time we moved up to the regular tooth brush she was a professional. She was so good when I brushed her teeth that I decided to reward her and let her have a turn after I brushed her teeth. Boy was that a mistake! Now SHE wants to be the ONLY one to brush HER teeth. She screams and cries and wiggles and jiggles if I try to brush her teeth. Oh boy. I’ve had to force the issue (and brush
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I never thought I would detest changing diapers for any reason other than the general unpleasantness of what a diaper contains, but I almost prefer to deal with that rather than Sayle’s antics while I’m changing him. As soon as he detects the possibility of going on his changing table, he gets his game plan ready. After he finishes screaming his protests to having his diaper changed (how dare I change his diaper-the nerve of me), he allows me to take off his clothes, just biding his time before he puts his little plan into full effect. Sayle waits for me to undo his diaper and then immediately starts twisting his body in an attempt to roll over. I used to find it difficult to unfold the diaper one-handed as I was using the other hand to keep him still, so I got smart and unfolded the diaper before putting
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Now that Nora is toddling around, she has been falling more frequently. I learned while babysitting that if you react/act scared or worried when a baby falls they will cry. If you don’t react they keep moving like nothing happened. I’ve been trying to implement this strategy into my own life –but let me tell you it’s a lot easier said than done with your own baby! I think I do a pretty good job in this video. Watch! What do you say when your baby falls?
Aha, did my title trick you into thinking this was a post about Isaac learning to balance or walk or at least crawl? Fooled you…this is not the case at all. This post, in fact, is about me attempting, with a HUGE emphasis on the word attempting, to find some sort of balance between work and home. I NEED HELP! Please? I am so frustrated that this is difficult for me, as I really didn’t think going back to work would be this big of a deal. I am used to getting over any obstacle that I set my mind to, so this feeling of possibly failing at something is new to me. (Except math, I am atrocious at math! I barely passed in high school and sometimes have trouble helping my 5th grader with her homework, arg!) Hmmm…sorry for that very random tangent (: Also I don’t want to
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Am I the only one who DREADS going to the grocery store if I have to take my kids? I remember being a kid and going with my mom to the grocery store and she always made the event so fun for everyone. I don’t really remember her being stressed, or dripping with sweat, or freaking out over what was put where in the cart. Why am I like this?! I usually try to get to the grocery store on Saturday mornings when Austin is home and can stay with all the kids. I enjoy the peace and quiet when I shop alone. I can take my time. I can browse. BUT, on the rare occasion I end up having to take one, two or FIVE of my children with me and when that happens, I. GO. INSANE. I feel like I’m on a timer because I know Isaak and
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Most nights Sayle goes to sleep easily; however, there are some nights he simply refuses to go down. He is visibly exhausted with his sleepy eyes and massive yawns, but he will fight sleep till the end in order to show me he is “not tired.” I have tried snuggling with him and rocking him, but he turns this into play time by twirling my hair or “chatting” to me. I figure these are the typical things babies do to show their parents how inaccurate their assessment of exhaustation is, as the baby is actually “not tired.” I have found that if I put Sayle somewhere that keeps him from crawling around, he will settle down to the point he falls asleep easily. This video was taken after 30 minutes of my unsuccessful attempt to get Sayle down. We were trying to eat dinner, so we put Sayle in the highchair next to us. He sat there about three minutes before this starting happening. He was obviously “not
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