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.
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