So my little man is now 11 weeks old. Wow, does time fly. He is getting so big and we are enjoying him so much. I will be sad to not spend every moment of my day with him but I am a little excited to return to work too. I'm getting a little bored at home. Oh, who am I kidding I'm not bored but I do need to stop eating all of the M&M's we have which are supposed to be reserved for rewarding Sam for going potty!
My mom was here all of last week and I enjoyed spending time with her and being able to hand Brett over to her for a little while so I could get some things done. He clearly enjoys spending time with her and she has an ability to put him to sleep that I lack! If I'm holding him I better be feeding him or chances are pretty good that he is going to be screaming at me!
Wish me luck on the 28th. I hope I won't be in tears after dropping the kiddos off together at day care for the first time. Oh and writing that big weekly check! :-(
Sam Update: She is so stinking cute and so smart! I'm sure all parents say that about their kids but she just continues to amaze us every day. She is getting too tall for her 2T pants and we are working on potty training. She had been doing great until about a month ago and then she decided to go on a potty chair strike. We have managed to make it interesting for her again by telling her she can wear a dress and her princess shoes after she gets home from day care every day if she uses the potty. We've been doing that for about a week now and it seems to be helping. I'm keeping my fingers crossed!
Other than that the only thing monumental is that she has been waking up at night this week. I think I brought this on myself though. I used to put her in her bed while she was still awake. Our routine was this: read 3 stories, say our prayers, listen to one song and then go to bed. It morphed into this over the past few weeks (probably since we brought Brett home from the hospital and I felt like I needed to comfort her more): read 3-4 stories, say our prayers, listen to as many songs as it takes for her to fall asleep or seem like she is very close to falling asleep. I was enjoying the cuddle time but I think that is making her reliant on me to fall asleep. Monday night she got up crying at 9:45pm and we put her back in bed. I think she got up again at 10:00pm and then Travis decided to lay on her floor until she fell asleep. She then woke up again around 2am and Travis put her back in bed. Then she was up for the day at 5:30am or so. The next night I put her in bed awake and she must have stayed there about a minute before she opened up her door crying. I put her back in bed and told her I loved her but it was time to sleep. She came out of her room crying at least 4 more times in the next ten minutes. I repeated the steps of putting her back to bed, giving her a kiss, saying I love you and it is time for sleep. She made it until about 4am and woke up again and left her room. We put her back in bed. She woke up again at 5:30am and we put her back in bed. She was up for the day at 5:45am. Tonight has gone a little better so far (I hope I'm not jinxing myself). We got her a new night light (http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0036Z3DDC/ref=oh_o00_s00_i00_details) which she seems to like. She is sleeping with it in her bed right now. I told her that she needed to stay in her bed and sleep until it is light outside or until mommy or daddy come to get her. I told her we love her very much and that she is safe and that Jesus will keep her safe through the night. I reminded her that she is not alone. We are in the other room and we will be there all night and we will take care of her. She said ok several times. I gave her a kiss and put her in bed. I'm crossing my fingers.....
Brett Update: He is growing like a weed. At his two month appointment he was 11 lbs 6 oz and 23 inches long. He handled his vaccinations pretty well. He was really fussy last week and I was convinced he had an ear infection. I took him to the doctor and he said his ears look perfect but that he could have reflux. He prescribed Zantac and asked me to lay off of the dairy. It appears to be working. It could have just been that he was constipated too. I was working on preparing him for daycare and I pumped a few times to give him bottles. I mixed a few of them with some Similac Sensitve formula and I think it may have plugged him up. He usually poops 4+ times a day and for two days he only pooped once and it was tiny. A day after going back to nursing and no formula he pooped the biggest poop I have ever seen for a baby. It look like someone had dumped an entire large bottle of mustard in his diaper! Sorry for that visual!
Training: We have signed up for the Ironman 70.3 Racine which is on 7/15 next year. I know we can do it. I'm nervous about the swim. It is going to be long and worse than that it is going to be in Lake Michigan so it is going to be cold. Cold water makes me hyperventilate. I need to work on that. I have a sleeveless wetsuit and I'm thinking I might need to buy one with full sleves.
We have a cross country run on Saturday which we are doing with my sister and brother in law. It should be fun!
I also bought inserts for my shoes. I think I have plantar fascitis and I hope this works. Sometimes my heel even hurts when I am sleeping.
Well that is about it. I have to run.....gotta pump and feed my little man and then hit the sack!
The picture above is Sam & Brett with their cousins on Travis' side of the family.
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