The official 2009 Halloween Portrait!
Saturday, October 31, 2009
Thursday, October 29, 2009
Friday, October 23, 2009
Friday, October 16, 2009
Wednesday, October 14, 2009
Sleep Bootcamp is a-comin'
We have succeeded in pushing the bedtime back to 8 pm for the entire Barnyard. Yay! But that means Moo wakes up again at midnight. Boooo. And these days after his midnight awakening, he's been getting up again every few hours sometimes every hour.
Which means, the time has come for Sleep Bootcamp. Basically, we're going to make the guest room his and set up the baby monitor. We'll try to tank him up as much as possible before bedtime. When he wakes up, we'll go into his room, comfort him and then leave after a few minutes. And keep repeating the process until he understands that we're right there for him and that nightime is for sleeping. If we're lucky after a few days, it'll work and a good night's sleep will be had by all. If not, the kid will be sleeping in our bed until he goes to college.
I am dreading it. Moo has a hard time settling back down and then gets very very angry if we fail to help him back to sleep. And because we don't speak the same language yet, we usually fail. Why or why can't there be a baby translator. Then he can tell us, "I AM AWAKE, I AM VERY TIRED BUT MY FOOT ITCHES SO SCRATCH IT QUICK SO I CAN FALL BACK ASLEEP YOU IDIOTS" or "I AM AWAKE, I FEEL LIKE DANCING RIGHT NOW BUT IF YOU PAT MY BELLY ALL NICE RIGHT THIS SECOND YOU MIGHT BE ABLE TO CHANGE MY MIND." It just kills me that the solution is probably just so simple but we can only make lame attempts to try to figure it out until something works and even then I'm sure we never really get it, the kid likely just decides we're idiots and gives up.
Stay tuned.
Which means, the time has come for Sleep Bootcamp. Basically, we're going to make the guest room his and set up the baby monitor. We'll try to tank him up as much as possible before bedtime. When he wakes up, we'll go into his room, comfort him and then leave after a few minutes. And keep repeating the process until he understands that we're right there for him and that nightime is for sleeping. If we're lucky after a few days, it'll work and a good night's sleep will be had by all. If not, the kid will be sleeping in our bed until he goes to college.
I am dreading it. Moo has a hard time settling back down and then gets very very angry if we fail to help him back to sleep. And because we don't speak the same language yet, we usually fail. Why or why can't there be a baby translator. Then he can tell us, "I AM AWAKE, I AM VERY TIRED BUT MY FOOT ITCHES SO SCRATCH IT QUICK SO I CAN FALL BACK ASLEEP YOU IDIOTS" or "I AM AWAKE, I FEEL LIKE DANCING RIGHT NOW BUT IF YOU PAT MY BELLY ALL NICE RIGHT THIS SECOND YOU MIGHT BE ABLE TO CHANGE MY MIND." It just kills me that the solution is probably just so simple but we can only make lame attempts to try to figure it out until something works and even then I'm sure we never really get it, the kid likely just decides we're idiots and gives up.
Stay tuned.
Sunday, October 11, 2009
Moo - 6 months
Moo, 18 lb, 8 ounces and 27.25 inches, and wearing a form fitting outfit to outline his ample silhouette. *Snap, snap*
Thursday, October 8, 2009
Saturday, October 3, 2009
Pig - Nearly 23 months
Sigh, can't believe my little Pink Pig is nearly 2. I've been planning a birthday party for her in our favorite Baltimore museum. It's a bad time for a lot of people so we might scrap the idea and do something small at home, but we'll see. Happily, Emo (my sister) will be flying out that weekend so we may do a little birthday outing, perhaps a picnic if weather permits....
Moo - The Little Eater
It's still early to tell but I think my dream has come true....my kids may both be good eaters. I know I shouldn't but I'm already daydreaming about what this might mean. Elaborate dinners, my children content and replete after having consumed large quantities of veg and fish and grains...fighting over the last mussel...happily digging into a bowl of kan-jang gae-jang or crab marinated in soy sauce (the dish I love so much I'd marry it if I could)...standing beside me as my sous chef in the kitchen as we plan dishes and reverently handle a beautiful roast....
Ok, sorry I digress.
Mr. Moo was introduced to the world of solid foods today. Of course it wasn't really solid, it was more like thickened milk but it was fed with a spoon and he took to it like crazy. I had expected that most of it would end up a little brown rice beard on his round little face but he seems to have his extrusion reflex under control. He was like a fat little baby bird, his little mouth wide open and taking in every spoonful I had to offer. We limited his first exposure to half a small bowl full. After a week of brown rice, we'll start pureed pears and then veg, can't wait.
We were thinking about starting the solids at 5 months but the kids caught colds and then both had the flu so I decided to hold off until the mucous slowed to a trickle. But then a few days ago I had Moo on my lap as I was trying to scarf my dinner, pasta tossed in bacon, onions, garlic and oregano. As I was eating I looked down and Moo's mouth was wide open and he reached out with one fat hand and grabbed my plate and started pulling at it. So today when we strapped him into the high chair and put the eating bib around his neck, he gave us a "it's about damned time, I've been ready for months" glare.
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