Life sure is fast paced these days. It makes me wonder what I did before Jack came along. DH and I keep saying we are in this rut of work, eat, play with Jack, sleep and do it all over again each day.
I am really loving this age. He just seems to get better and better. So much personality and such a loving little boy. He is cruising at daycare and loves being home with me Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays. I feel he has the best of both worlds. He has made some really cute friends and is happy each morning when I wave goodbye.
Jack loves puzzles and using his mind. He will sit for ages stacking things and putting the shapes into the tupperware ball. He is not an overly physical child. He can walk and is certainly mobile but things like ridding his bike has not happened yet. Not forwards anyway. I have friends kids who are cruising on their bikes at his age but he is content to drag it around or go backwards He always gets there in the end. So I am certainly not worried. He is almost starting to run. He has always been a bit slow to use his gross motor skills, but I love it as he seemed a baby a bit longer. I can tell him to go get his blue blankey out of his cot and bring it to me and he will. He can pull his highchair over to the table and set it up when I ask him to. If there is a ball and a book and cars on his bedroom floor I can ask him for the ball and he will bring it to me.
His eating is going well. He does watch Bubble Guppies on the tablet when he eats but I am not fussed as long as he eats. He feeds himself vegies with his spoon most nights and then eats his finger foods and finishes of with desert. We are almost cutting out the bottles. He only has about 60ml three times a day. Sometimes he doesn't even have the middle bottle. He loves one first thing in the morning and when he is going to bed a night. I have had to buy the bigger size nappies for night times as he was soaking through and waking up around 5am. Now he is sleeping till around 7.30am sometimes 8.15am and i have to wake him for daycare. Jack has one sleep a day now. Down at 1.00pm and I wake him at 3.30pm if he has not woken himself.
Still only 6 teeth but I think another 2 are on their way. I have started Christmas shopping for him. So much fun I am really looking forward to this Christmas. Last year was fun but this year will be great!
How is everyone else going? What are your babies up to???
jack sounds like a mellow little thing, vic. you sound like you have a lot of fun together.
ds is going well also, just one nap a day too. overnights he is mostly doing 6.30-7pm-4.30-5.30am. he will come in our bed for another hour or so if we are lucky, especially if its more like a 4.30am wakeup. today he only napped from 10-11am, all day... so he crashed at 5.30pm. he's eating well, just not a fan of dairy still. im not pushing him, I figure his body knows best. still bfÃ*ng, just 1-2 times a day now. for the past few days he's skipped his morning one bf... just wanted to get up & go! im hoping he'll wean himself over the next month as I will be doing ivf in jan & I need to take meds, which means no bfÃ*ng. or that ill magically get pregnant naturally & he can continue if he wants.
he is quite active little, doesn't stay still for very long. he is climbing a lot atm, on top of large plastic containers & standing up & grinning. gives me a slight heart attack. on our walks he loves pointing out all the rubbish bins, bikes, buses, dogs, cats & rubbish bins. did I mention rubbish bins??! he is obsessed. he also loves to collect rubbish at the park & put it in the bin. or just play with the pram, pull my bag & its contents out etc. I have to scoop him up & take him to the equipment myself to get him to actually play! he loves water, squeals when he gets to play with the tap, hose etc. he loves hiding & chasing atm which is hilarious. he has 8 teeth now, 4 top, 4 bottom.
it does feel a little bit like groundhog day sometimes, but usually its when we haven't made plans/not socialising enough. we have a bit of a weekly plan now so I know what im up for each week. before then we would just wing it, potter around & make last minute plans. I guess if im lucky & manage to get pregnant again I wont have time to get bored...?
Vic, Dd has only just been confidently walking around everywhere for the past 2-3 weeks. And she certainly wouldn't be riding a bike at this stage. Well one with pedals anyway! Actually I don't think many bubs I know are at this age. We also let dd eat in the lounge room so she can see the tv. But I don't think she really cares if it's on or off anyway, I suspect a lot of parents do! Once you stop all bottles he might not wet through the nappies, this happened for us. Does he have sippy cups with meals too? Sounds like Jack is doing fantastically
Andie, haha bin obsessed! It's so nice when they recognize all the different things out and about. Ivf in Jan? exciting for you. You could try expressing into a cup to wean. Then just dilute it with cows milk (or whatever milk you are using) I diluted all dd cows milk after bottles were finished. That way hopefully he won't even notice! FX you just fall naturally though, I know the struggle. I am not sure if we will have another at this stage. And my cycles have gone from 60-100+ days to every month now. So I suspect it wouldn't take 3 years this time. Just my luck hey.
Everything is going well here Still working 3 days, 4 as of next week till xmas. DD is finally walking confidently! I bought her first pair of shoes the other day. She doesn't crawl at all anymore, just walks, it's sooo cute. She is saying so many words, must be about 15 different words now. She tells the dog to 'shoosh!" when he barks hahaha. Still sleeping like a log day and night. 7:45 bed time 7:30-8 wake up. She has one day nap down at 12 and wakes at 3pm. Still trying to sort out having a life and getting her that nap, it's hard. And if I wake her she is very very grumpy. And if she only has small naps she is also grumpy! lol. So if I'm hanging local I get everything done in the morning and get her in bed at home. 12 teeth, molars are fully through and I suspect her canines are about to cut through, overall been pretty good with the teething though. Just seen the time and i gotta go!! Hope you are all well
Andie your little one sounds like such a cutie. Good luck with your January cycle. I will be stalking
Jack has proving to be quite challenging these last two weeks. A perfect angel at day care but cracks it the minute he walks in the door at home. He is being fussy, starting to throw temper tantrums, quite teary and very clingy. We are currently in leap 10 and its 31 days till we come out of it and I am sure feeling this one. Some days I wonder where my sweet little boy went He gets frustrated quickly and picks up thing just to throw them down. He has two new teeth and has felt them both coming in. He was awake from 5am this morning rolling around and come 6am i (stupidly) went in to put his dummy back in as I could see he was looking for it and decided that he was getting up. He has mostly been sleeping till 7am - 7.30am so he was not ready to get up. Consequently he got up and grizzled and sooked until 7.30am when I decided enough was enough and gave him a warm bottle and put him back to bed. He went straight back to sleep. Great, except today is work/ daycare day. Lucky DH can rearrange his day and stay home with him till he wakes up and then take him to daycare.
So far my patience has held out. DH has been a bit frustrated with him, but I just tell him to walk away and I will deal with him. I find if I put a smile on my face and get him laughing it can switch the whole household mood. I always thought to myself that the terrible 2's start from 18 months. I think its earlier in our house hold.
He is still very precious and I know its just a stage so we just have to ride it out.
Vic, we are having the same problem here, have been for a while. The minute I put her in the car from daycare she will crack it. Not every night, but at least once a week. She will sook and sook all night till bed some days. So your definitely not alone there x
I must've missed your birth somehow peeks, congratulations! Doesn't sound like things went as smoothly as you'd hoped. Fingers crossed your little one comes home soon & you can all start relaxing in to your new family. Xx
I hope you all had a lovely Christmas! Best Christmas present here was having Ruby home - she came home on day 8. She's 3 weeks old today and doing really well How did all the little ones enjoy Christmas? Emily really got into unwrapping her presents this year!
Christmas was more fun this year, took a few presents for ds to get in to it but he was a pro by the end. We didn't get him much bc I knew he'd end up with too much from family/friends (which he did!). He got a trike thingy this year, with a handle at the back for mum or dad to push him around in. He loved it until he saw his little cousins which was pink, then he wanted hers! We had a lovely time at the beach yesterday, he loves the water. :-)
Merry belated xmas ladies. It sounds like all the bubbas had a great day. Jack was spoilt but it was all things he will use and play with for years to come. We put a fence up in our front yard as our backyard has no grass and our vehicles drive out the back so we got lots of things for Jack to play with in the yard. He also got an Ikea kitchen and he loves it.
The day was lovely and Jack was so well behaved. He loves to be social. We too him to the local pool yesterday and he didnt love it. He doesn't really like the beach either. It will be interesting next year as we are going to Bali next year so I think we need a lot more trips to the beach and the pool.
Emily isn't overly keen on the water either. We went to a water park with sprinklers and spraying water etc, but she only cried! Admittedly it was back in November so wasn't as hot then. Last summer she went in the pool at my Dad's house a few times, but this year she is happy to just run around the back yard and chase the dog while the boys have a swim. We don't go to the beach, maybe once a year. I can't stand the sand!!!
How are you feeling, Andie? What is your EDD?
vic, nice to hear the kitchen was a hit - it's on our list for Emily's 2nd birthday
Merry Christmas and happy new year! Hope everyone enjoyed the break.
Yes, we have way too much stuff in our tiny home now! Dd's pink electric quad bike is her fave, she flicks the switch and revs the pedal while standing up on it, it's hilarious We went to the local pool yesterday and put her in her floaty in the big pool with us. She loves the water, but have only been to the beach once. Not a fan of no trees and sand everywhere. Need to get a proper floaty vest too.
Has anyone started toilet training yet? My mum says me and my brother were trained at 2 yrs old. I'm not sure I can see that happening. She will sometimes tell me 'pooooohs' while waving her nose which I used ti always say. But not very often. What do you do?
I will be leaving the toilet training until spring. I have noticed the boys in our family take a bit longer to train than the girks so we wont be rushing into it. I would rather wait a few months and make it a painless journey for us both. I am not looking forward to it. The next thing on our list will be a big bed for his birthday. I am looking forward to designing a big boy room for him.
I just went and bought Jack some summer pj's as his ones from last summer obviously dont fit lol. I ended up with a size 2 and shopping in the boy section. It felt so weird not to be in the baby section. Sigh...where did my bubba go....
good news, vic! it's amazing what a good nights sleep can do for you. :-)
I have to put ds to bed atm, I hold his hand until he drifts off. while he was bf'ing he would just fall asleep on me & is pop him in to bed. so I'm kind if teaching him to be in his bed awake again, which is going well, just taking a while. he'll get there. next step is to just sit next to his cot without hand holding. ;-)
Morning Girls. Jack is back to daycare today. Thank goodness! Life can return to normal. Its stressful having only 1 person to call on to babysit whilst we are both working. My BFF is awesome but its limiting. I walked into the nursery this morning and his team leader has left whilst we have been away. We knew it was coming and sad by it. The new team leader seems nice (she is from the kindy room) and has definately made her mark on the room. Everything has changed and now it feels weird in there. Jack was fine, I was having more of an issue. I am sure it wont take me long to get the new system down. Its like missing the first day of school and feeling all out of it.
And to top it off, they had a confirmed case of German Measles last week I did google and see that Jack should be ok since he has had 2 lots of immunisation of MMR. Fingers crossed. I really dont want him to get that!
glad jack is feeling better, vic. poor little guy. I need to get ds's immunisations, there's a session this week ill try to get to. he's a month overdue already.
ds is going through a clingy couple of weeks, wont let dh help with dinner, getting him up, comforting him when he falls etc. poor dh, hopefully it doesn't last for long. on the upside I am getting all the cuddles, kisses & attention... which I love! except when I am trying to cook dinner, read a book, clean my teeth etc. then all I hear is 'mamma, mamma, MAAAAMA!'. he's just learnt to yell, which is both hilarious & loud.
Good to see Jack is well again Vic The only con of daycare is the germs But they just love it so much it's worth it.
Andie, oh the yelling drives me nuts dd is sooo loud it leaves my ears ringing. Your poor dh missing out on all the action!
DD is fine (apart from the meltdowns, which we ignore now) Every time I play with her I realize how smart she is getting and all the things I thought she didn't know, she knows! I keep forgetting how big she is getting now
I agree tasha, they are getting so smart & I am surprised at some of the stuff he can do/try to do. The other day while dh was in the shower, ds went over to the toilet, pretended to pull his pants down & squatted as if he was going to the toilet! Lol, I wished I'd seen it. :-)
He's trying to put his shoes & socks on, wish frustrates him no end, but he tries. He's always getting my things (undies, shoes, tops) and bringing them to me & trying to put them on me... so gorgeous. :-)
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He always gets there in the end. So I am certainly not worried. He is almost starting to run. He has always been a bit slow to use his gross motor skills, but I love it as he seemed a baby a bit longer. I can tell him to go get his blue blankey out of his cot and bring it to me and he will. He can pull his highchair over to the table and set it up when I ask him to. If there is a ball and a book and cars on his bedroom floor I can ask him for the ball and he will bring it to me.
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He gets frustrated quickly and picks up thing just to throw them down. He has two new teeth and has felt them both coming in. He was awake from 5am this morning rolling around and come 6am i (stupidly) went in to put his dummy back in as I could see he was looking for it and decided that he was getting up. He has mostly been sleeping till 7am - 7.30am so he was not ready to get up. Consequently he got up and grizzled and sooked until 7.30am when I decided enough was enough and gave him a warm bottle and put him back to bed. He went straight back to sleep. Great, except today is work/ daycare day. Lucky DH can rearrange his day and stay home with him till he wakes up and then take him to daycare. 
We went to the local pool yesterday and put her in her floaty in the big pool with us. She loves the water, but have only been to the beach once. Not a fan of no trees and sand everywhere. Need to get a proper floaty vest too.
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