It feels like so many things have happened, yet not much to write about, or nothing that I want to write about. We have been trying to get the house more "ready" for our little girl arriving in the next 7-9 weeks (if she's on L's schedule she will arrive before the due date, but I have to at least be aware that I could go after my due date, boy will that be difficult to handle).
We are finally making some real progress on the nursery. after L was born I really felt like his room was a waste. He never slept in there and I spent all this time making it so cute. When I first got pregnant this time, I toyed with not even having a nursery and just keeping the 3rd bedroom as an office/playroom. Well I couldn't stand it, and I started to think about how the baby would need a space her own, off limits to L for naps. I figured he would have a harder time staying out f our room then the "baby's" room. We also moved L into the bigger room and I am so glad we did.
Since my last post, L has not once been walked down to sleep- YAY! That does not mean bedtimes are easy, but it's progress. L now enjoys his night time routine of teeth brushing and stories, but he still fights sleep. This shows up in different ways depending on the night. He will ask for food/drinks oevr and over, he will want to have a certain toy in bed and then be distracted by it, or he will want to read certain books that engage him way too much. Books with pop ups, texture, flaps to be lifted, etc are off limits at bed time. We also realize that we need to change books out often or he gets bored. So we decided to go to the library to get a bunch of books every few weeks. My favorite bed time book for him is Bedtime for Francis- the way it is written works well with a fairly monotone voice and usually gets him to bed. But L is so smart that when he wants to fight bed, he fights the books that are great at putting him to sleep. L is also pretty much day time potty trained. He has an occasional accident, and still has some some anxiety about pooping, but I am so happy we can put on underwear, bring our potty in the back of the car and just go. Night time we use pull ups and L seems to avoid pooping during the day on the potty by pooping when he wakes up in a pull up. I am fine with this for now.
We are having a lot of struggles with Ls behavior with other kids at preschool/playgrounds. L hits/pushes if they simply approach him. He really believes they are going to take his toy or get in his space. It's embarrassing to have the kid that causes the other kids to cry....but thats a post for another time.
Here are a few pictures to make this post less of an essay...
Starting at the top: L playing with "colored" water- sort of our version of a little montessori activity. The next two are nursery progress, got a great deal on a room and board glider off craigslist, make some cheap curtains out of clearance sheets, bought fabric for the skirt and pillows on the crib, and repurposed most of L's nursery stuff (light, birds, etc). Bottom left pic is L coloring eggs at school- he looks so old here, no more puffy diaper paints! Last is me at 27 weeks. I am much larger now but have to yet to take another pic.
