The boys are growing right before my eyes. The other day I was looking at their toes and realized they were three times larger than when they were born. Now when I hold them their heads will rest on my shoulder and their feet are touching my lap. How does this growth happen so fast? sigh.
Well the boys are rolling a lot. William finally rolled from back to his tummy on October 11 and I missed it. He was on the floor laying on the activity pad and I was about to walk out of the room for a minute when he suddenly rolled to his side like he does often. But he just seemed so close this time to rolling so I stopped to watch but he didn't. He rolled to his back again and kept on playing. I felt like he could have done it but he just needed to figure out to lift his head up and then he would just finish rolling the rest of the way. So later in the evening he was laying on the floor and my mom and I were watching tv. She looked down at William and exclaimed that he had rolled over. I looked down and sure enough he was on his tummy. He was right in front of me and I missed seeing it! I was so disappointed and yet so excited. But he has been rolling easily since then.
Levi is so quick about rolling from one end of the room to the other. Although I have noticed that he rolls to his left the majority of the time. He sure thinks he is hot stuff because he can get places.
William has a couple of tricks. He likes to make himself cough. I call him my little faker. His other thing is to arch his back while he is laying face up. He balances himself on the very back of his head and either his butt or sometimes his feet. He looks like a bridge. He can stay in that position for quite a while too. He likes to spit or try whistling while he does this. That child makes me laugh at his silly antics. He really is quite a character.
A few weeks ago Levi was sitting on the potty and surprised me by pooping. Yay. But the celebration has been short lived. He actually has regressed and will not go on the potty for me anymore. He hasn't for at least a couple of weeks. I have given up on him and have concentrated on William. William will sometimes pee on the potty. He still hasn't given any signs to say he needs to go but he definitely has signs to say that he is dirty and does not like it. This is a good thing. I see it as progress and when he figures out that he can avoid dirty pants all together I think it will be a fairly easy transition for him. I hope.
I see the failure with Levi as my own fault. My wrists are so weak that it is hard for me to consistent from day to day. One day I can be on top of it but then the next day my wrists hurt and are so weak that I can barely hold onto them. I end up taking two or three days off to let my wrists recover. It doesn't help that they are so big and heavy now and Levi is so wiggly and strong that it makes it even more challenging for me to hold onto him with such weak wrists. I guess he prefers peeing in his diaper for now. I'm kicking myself for not starting them when they were only a few weeks old. But it is what it is.
We have been adding foods to the diet the last few weeks and this week the boys have been doing very well with eating their pureed foods. So far they have had oatmeal, apples, peas, carrots and sweet potatoes. Levi loves peas and isn't so sure about the apples. He scrunches up his nose and wiggles like he just got the chills. William loves the apples and is not a fan of the peas. Next week I think we will try adding barley and chicken to the menu.
There is a consequence to changing their diet however. Yes, you guessed it. The diaper changing experience has gotten a lot more interesting. Stinkier and more colorful. :-) In spite of the dirty chores I still call this the best job I have ever had.
Friday, October 28, 2011
Saturday, October 8, 2011
mommy issues
Yesterday evening the boys were laying on the floor near each other. William was on his back and Levi on his tummy facing William. Levi was fussy and would start to cry for a few seconds and then stop then start and stop. William was watching his brothers face and eventually when Levi would start to cry the corners of Williams mouth would turn down, the lower lip would pucker out and his chin would start to quiver. When Levi stopped so would William. After a few times William actually started to cry with Levi. So funny and so cute. Mom and I were cracking up over it.
The boys love each other. They get excited when the see each other. They smile, laugh and hold hands or grab and pull at each others clothing. I am just waiting for one of them to grab his brothers pacifier and stick it in his mouth.
Levi rolls over all the time now. He rolls back to tummy so easily and knows when he wants to do it he can. Rolling from tummy to back is still a little hard for him. He can do it but it happens more by chance than anything. He knows when he wants to roll that way but can't quite remember how.
William still hasn't rolled over completely. But he sure knows how to get around anyway. I guess I should say that he is rolling from back to tummy...mostly. It is his shoulder that prevents him from going all the way. But he sure whips that body back and forth and wiggles all over the floor. I keep having to move him back to his starting position so that he doesn't disappear under a rocker or some other furniture.
William has been dealing with a cold this week. I made a nest in my bed and he slept there for a couple of nights to keep his head elevated. Worked great too. This is my son who thinks naps are for sissies and I'm lucky if I get two twenty minute naps out of him in a day. But for two days he slept a lot. So much so that I worried about him getting dehydrated and I would have to wake him up to change his diaper and feed him. He would lay on the changing station and sleep and then keep his eyes closed through feeding. Perhaps this is mean to say but I really enjoyed my sick baby. So when Levi went down for his naps I had a lot of time to get some things done around the house. I even vacuumed. It was awesome. William still has stuffiness in his nose and he still hates when I have to clear it out but he is feeling like his old self again. He's back to his twenty minute naps and I'm back to not getting much accomplished. One advantage to his stuffed nose is that it makes it difficult for him to yell just to hear his voice for extended periods of time. So for the time being there is peace in the house. :)
As for the potty training. It started out great and now not so much. I know it is because there hasn't been a lot of consistency. I admit there are times when I should put them on the potty but my wrists just don't have the strength in them to do it all day long. It's discouraging for me. I worry that I am sending them mixed messages. I think that I am going to concentrate on one baby at a time. If I start with Levi and get him used to it and figure out his signals for when he has to go then it will be less strain on my wrists and more consistency for him. Then I can start with William and hopefully it will go a little easier because I'm sure I will learn some tricks while working with Levi.
Right now I am trying to figure out if Levi has any signals and to do this I have a large plastic pad on the floor that he can roll around naked or at least without his diaper. Each time he pees I will see it right away and then hopefully I will see a behavioral pattern emerge from observing him. So far I'm not seeing any cues but he at least loves to be naked. Typical boy.
Right now Levi is going through the mommy attachment phase. He always has to be looking for me and would prefer being in my arms or at least have me looking into his eyes. I love it....for now. I try to soak it up because I know all to soon he will be wanting to squirm out of my lap and run as far from me as possible. But for now he loves nothing better than to be squirming around on my lap. It's the mommy jungle gym. I lay him on his back with his legs going up my tummy and chest and his head laying on my knees. It gives him a whole new view of his world. Then he loves to push on my tummy and it makes him about shoot off my lap. Then he lays there with his head hanging over my knees. He loves it. It puts him an a great position for tickling too. He has the best giggle.
The last couple of evenings I have been having a difficult time getting him to go to bed on his own. He wants me to hold him in a certain position so that he can snuggle me and fall asleep. And it has to be mommy holding him; if it is someone else he will just squirm and fuss. It's cute but not convenient.
Actually, I have been having trouble getting both of them to go to bed at a decent time. They want to stay up until ten or eleven and I'm not okay with this. I'm tired and I don't want to stay up. I keep telling myself to enjoy the moments because all to soon they will be grown up and off doing their own thing.
The boys love each other. They get excited when the see each other. They smile, laugh and hold hands or grab and pull at each others clothing. I am just waiting for one of them to grab his brothers pacifier and stick it in his mouth.
Levi rolls over all the time now. He rolls back to tummy so easily and knows when he wants to do it he can. Rolling from tummy to back is still a little hard for him. He can do it but it happens more by chance than anything. He knows when he wants to roll that way but can't quite remember how.
William still hasn't rolled over completely. But he sure knows how to get around anyway. I guess I should say that he is rolling from back to tummy...mostly. It is his shoulder that prevents him from going all the way. But he sure whips that body back and forth and wiggles all over the floor. I keep having to move him back to his starting position so that he doesn't disappear under a rocker or some other furniture.
William has been dealing with a cold this week. I made a nest in my bed and he slept there for a couple of nights to keep his head elevated. Worked great too. This is my son who thinks naps are for sissies and I'm lucky if I get two twenty minute naps out of him in a day. But for two days he slept a lot. So much so that I worried about him getting dehydrated and I would have to wake him up to change his diaper and feed him. He would lay on the changing station and sleep and then keep his eyes closed through feeding. Perhaps this is mean to say but I really enjoyed my sick baby. So when Levi went down for his naps I had a lot of time to get some things done around the house. I even vacuumed. It was awesome. William still has stuffiness in his nose and he still hates when I have to clear it out but he is feeling like his old self again. He's back to his twenty minute naps and I'm back to not getting much accomplished. One advantage to his stuffed nose is that it makes it difficult for him to yell just to hear his voice for extended periods of time. So for the time being there is peace in the house. :)
As for the potty training. It started out great and now not so much. I know it is because there hasn't been a lot of consistency. I admit there are times when I should put them on the potty but my wrists just don't have the strength in them to do it all day long. It's discouraging for me. I worry that I am sending them mixed messages. I think that I am going to concentrate on one baby at a time. If I start with Levi and get him used to it and figure out his signals for when he has to go then it will be less strain on my wrists and more consistency for him. Then I can start with William and hopefully it will go a little easier because I'm sure I will learn some tricks while working with Levi.
Right now I am trying to figure out if Levi has any signals and to do this I have a large plastic pad on the floor that he can roll around naked or at least without his diaper. Each time he pees I will see it right away and then hopefully I will see a behavioral pattern emerge from observing him. So far I'm not seeing any cues but he at least loves to be naked. Typical boy.
Right now Levi is going through the mommy attachment phase. He always has to be looking for me and would prefer being in my arms or at least have me looking into his eyes. I love it....for now. I try to soak it up because I know all to soon he will be wanting to squirm out of my lap and run as far from me as possible. But for now he loves nothing better than to be squirming around on my lap. It's the mommy jungle gym. I lay him on his back with his legs going up my tummy and chest and his head laying on my knees. It gives him a whole new view of his world. Then he loves to push on my tummy and it makes him about shoot off my lap. Then he lays there with his head hanging over my knees. He loves it. It puts him an a great position for tickling too. He has the best giggle.
The last couple of evenings I have been having a difficult time getting him to go to bed on his own. He wants me to hold him in a certain position so that he can snuggle me and fall asleep. And it has to be mommy holding him; if it is someone else he will just squirm and fuss. It's cute but not convenient.
Actually, I have been having trouble getting both of them to go to bed at a decent time. They want to stay up until ten or eleven and I'm not okay with this. I'm tired and I don't want to stay up. I keep telling myself to enjoy the moments because all to soon they will be grown up and off doing their own thing.
Sunday, October 2, 2011
Rolling Sniffles
Levi rolled from back to front today. And then kept on doing it. Way to go my little man! I'm so excited that he gets it. It will be fun to watch him when he realizes that he can keep on rolling to get where he wants to go.
When he rolled the first time today I almost missed it. He was laying on the activity pad and I was about to walk into the other room for a minute and then I noticed he was on his side with his hips way over nearly flat to the ground. So I stopped and waited and sure enough he pulled his shoulder out from under himself and he was tummy to the ground. I was so happy that I cheered him and he turned his head toward me and gave me a big smile.
I forgot to mention in my last post that we have also started learning some sign language. Hopefully it will help communicate their needs for food or the potty. I am using American Sign Language so it can be useful for them even when they are older. Hopefully we can keep up with it and we will become fluent enough to communicate with the deaf in needed. :)
William seems to be coming down with a cold or at the very least some congestion and a bit of a cough. He HATES it when I have to clear his nose out. Talk about screaming bloody murder. I feel bad for him though. Aside from those moments he has been such a good boy today. Smiles and snuggles. He's been the little boy that I have been missing for the last couple of weeks. Love him so. I have a nest in my bed made up with an incline so that hopefully it will help him with the nasal congestion and to get some good rest tonight. I hope.
When he rolled the first time today I almost missed it. He was laying on the activity pad and I was about to walk into the other room for a minute and then I noticed he was on his side with his hips way over nearly flat to the ground. So I stopped and waited and sure enough he pulled his shoulder out from under himself and he was tummy to the ground. I was so happy that I cheered him and he turned his head toward me and gave me a big smile.
I forgot to mention in my last post that we have also started learning some sign language. Hopefully it will help communicate their needs for food or the potty. I am using American Sign Language so it can be useful for them even when they are older. Hopefully we can keep up with it and we will become fluent enough to communicate with the deaf in needed. :)
William seems to be coming down with a cold or at the very least some congestion and a bit of a cough. He HATES it when I have to clear his nose out. Talk about screaming bloody murder. I feel bad for him though. Aside from those moments he has been such a good boy today. Smiles and snuggles. He's been the little boy that I have been missing for the last couple of weeks. Love him so. I have a nest in my bed made up with an incline so that hopefully it will help him with the nasal congestion and to get some good rest tonight. I hope.
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