Sunday, February 28, 2010
Thursday, February 25, 2010
Eleanor and Jane
A few weeks ago Mae and her new baby sister Jane came over to play. Jane is 7 weeks younger than Eleanor and I think they're going to be great friends. Right now little Jane is in the hospital with RSV. We are all very worried and hope she will feel better soon.
Eleanor and Jane
A few weeks ago Mae and her new baby sister Jane came over to play. Jane is 7 weeks younger than Eleanor and I think they're going to be great friends. Right now little Jane is in the hospital with RSV. We are all very worried and hope she will feel better soon.
3 months!!! 33 months!!!
Eleanor turned 3 months old yesterday. She is changing so much so quickly. She is awake a lot more now. Usually 2 hrs at a time. She wakes up around 7, very smiley. She stays up 2 hours and then sleeps 2. Then up two and then either takes another long nap or short cat naps throughout the afternoon. Both have their pluses and minuses. She then is in bed for the night around 7. We start her bedtime routine at the same time as Henry's (6:00 PM). We take turns with who gets who. Henry's bedtime routine is bath, books and snack and cuddles and it's about 45 min to an hour, and Eleanor's is rocking and singing and then she becomes really drowsy and we swaddle her and place her on the bed with us and she wiggles and sucks on her paci until she passes out--also about an hour.
Eleanor has also discovered her hands. She of course eats them non stop but also rubs them together and stares at them in fascination. At night she prefers to sleep about a millimeter from me. I keep sliding her over to the other side of the bed but she manages to inch her way closer and closer to me (she uses her head to scootch over to me). I need to get her a sleep positioner b/c it's hard for me to relax when she's snuggled into my armpit. I would just move her into the crib but I'm too lazy. It's just so much easier to not have to get out of bed when she's hungry. I really don't even wake-up fully for these feedings.
Henry has been growing a lot lately. He's grown 4 inches since his 2nd birthday...2 inches just in the last 4 months and almost 1 inch in the last month!!!! Since we don't eat meat anymore, Justin and I have been very conscientious about making sure Henry gets enough protein and I think the result is he gets way more than he ever has before. He only needs like 14 grams or something. That's like a yogurt and a string cheese. Or 2 large eggs. It's really not hard to get. The cereal he eats as a snack has 14 grams in one serving. We don't have a scale so I don't know how much he weighs, but his body type so far is lean and he has these adorable little boy muscles.
On the bragging front...Henry can put a puzzle of the USA together and knows several of the states names. He learns the words to songs and books very quickly. His dad is the exact same--his memory is insane. Glad he got that from daddy b/c mommy's memory is only good for doing therapy (I remember people's stories, their faces, their feelings--but I can't memorize words to things very easily). I have not taught Henry letters but thinking maybe I should start? We'll see. On the motor skills front: Henry is hitting balls, throwing and catching and kicking very well but still not so interested in climbing much.
Potty training going well. He's dry at night--he wakes up to go. A couple weeks ago he had his first accidents and then none this week and..the other problem...is much better now. Maybe resolved? We'll see.
Aunt Rachel and Uncle Karl sent Henry a Mr. Rogers DVD and that's the current favorite right now. It's SUCH a great show. I wish they still made shows like that. It's quiet, slow and you can actually understand what they're saying!
Henry is excited about Daddy's birthday. If I ask him what we should get daddy he says "Monster trucks! and cake!" so he'll probably get that:-)
Eleanor has also discovered her hands. She of course eats them non stop but also rubs them together and stares at them in fascination. At night she prefers to sleep about a millimeter from me. I keep sliding her over to the other side of the bed but she manages to inch her way closer and closer to me (she uses her head to scootch over to me). I need to get her a sleep positioner b/c it's hard for me to relax when she's snuggled into my armpit. I would just move her into the crib but I'm too lazy. It's just so much easier to not have to get out of bed when she's hungry. I really don't even wake-up fully for these feedings.
Henry has been growing a lot lately. He's grown 4 inches since his 2nd birthday...2 inches just in the last 4 months and almost 1 inch in the last month!!!! Since we don't eat meat anymore, Justin and I have been very conscientious about making sure Henry gets enough protein and I think the result is he gets way more than he ever has before. He only needs like 14 grams or something. That's like a yogurt and a string cheese. Or 2 large eggs. It's really not hard to get. The cereal he eats as a snack has 14 grams in one serving. We don't have a scale so I don't know how much he weighs, but his body type so far is lean and he has these adorable little boy muscles.
On the bragging front...Henry can put a puzzle of the USA together and knows several of the states names. He learns the words to songs and books very quickly. His dad is the exact same--his memory is insane. Glad he got that from daddy b/c mommy's memory is only good for doing therapy (I remember people's stories, their faces, their feelings--but I can't memorize words to things very easily). I have not taught Henry letters but thinking maybe I should start? We'll see. On the motor skills front: Henry is hitting balls, throwing and catching and kicking very well but still not so interested in climbing much.
Potty training going well. He's dry at night--he wakes up to go. A couple weeks ago he had his first accidents and then none this week and..the other problem...is much better now. Maybe resolved? We'll see.
Aunt Rachel and Uncle Karl sent Henry a Mr. Rogers DVD and that's the current favorite right now. It's SUCH a great show. I wish they still made shows like that. It's quiet, slow and you can actually understand what they're saying!
Henry is excited about Daddy's birthday. If I ask him what we should get daddy he says "Monster trucks! and cake!" so he'll probably get that:-)
3 months!!! 33 months!!!
Eleanor turned 3 months old yesterday. She is changing so much so quickly. She is awake a lot more now. Usually 2 hrs at a time. She wakes up around 7, very smiley. She stays up 2 hours and then sleeps 2. Then up two and then either takes another long nap or short cat naps throughout the afternoon. Both have their pluses and minuses. She then is in bed for the night around 7. We start her bedtime routine at the same time as Henry's (6:00 PM). We take turns with who gets who. Henry's bedtime routine is bath, books and snack and cuddles and it's about 45 min to an hour, and Eleanor's is rocking and singing and then she becomes really drowsy and we swaddle her and place her on the bed with us and she wiggles and sucks on her paci until she passes out--also about an hour.
Eleanor has also discovered her hands. She of course eats them non stop but also rubs them together and stares at them in fascination. At night she prefers to sleep about a millimeter from me. I keep sliding her over to the other side of the bed but she manages to inch her way closer and closer to me (she uses her head to scootch over to me). I need to get her a sleep positioner b/c it's hard for me to relax when she's snuggled into my armpit. I would just move her into the crib but I'm too lazy. It's just so much easier to not have to get out of bed when she's hungry. I really don't even wake-up fully for these feedings.
Henry has been growing a lot lately. He's grown 4 inches since his 2nd birthday...2 inches just in the last 4 months and almost 1 inch in the last month!!!! Since we don't eat meat anymore, Justin and I have been very conscientious about making sure Henry gets enough protein and I think the result is he gets way more than he ever has before. He only needs like 14 grams or something. That's like a yogurt and a string cheese. Or 2 large eggs. It's really not hard to get. The cereal he eats as a snack has 14 grams in one serving. We don't have a scale so I don't know how much he weighs, but his body type so far is lean and he has these adorable little boy muscles.
On the bragging front...Henry can put a puzzle of the USA together and knows several of the states names. He learns the words to songs and books very quickly. His dad is the exact same--his memory is insane. Glad he got that from daddy b/c mommy's memory is only good for doing therapy (I remember people's stories, their faces, their feelings--but I can't memorize words to things very easily). I have not taught Henry letters but thinking maybe I should start? We'll see. On the motor skills front: Henry is hitting balls, throwing and catching and kicking very well but still not so interested in climbing much.
Potty training going well. He's dry at night--he wakes up to go. A couple weeks ago he had his first accidents and then none this week and..the other problem...is much better now. Maybe resolved? We'll see.
Aunt Rachel and Uncle Karl sent Henry a Mr. Rogers DVD and that's the current favorite right now. It's SUCH a great show. I wish they still made shows like that. It's quiet, slow and you can actually understand what they're saying!
Henry is excited about Daddy's birthday. If I ask him what we should get daddy he says "Monster trucks! and cake!" so he'll probably get that:-)
Eleanor has also discovered her hands. She of course eats them non stop but also rubs them together and stares at them in fascination. At night she prefers to sleep about a millimeter from me. I keep sliding her over to the other side of the bed but she manages to inch her way closer and closer to me (she uses her head to scootch over to me). I need to get her a sleep positioner b/c it's hard for me to relax when she's snuggled into my armpit. I would just move her into the crib but I'm too lazy. It's just so much easier to not have to get out of bed when she's hungry. I really don't even wake-up fully for these feedings.
Henry has been growing a lot lately. He's grown 4 inches since his 2nd birthday...2 inches just in the last 4 months and almost 1 inch in the last month!!!! Since we don't eat meat anymore, Justin and I have been very conscientious about making sure Henry gets enough protein and I think the result is he gets way more than he ever has before. He only needs like 14 grams or something. That's like a yogurt and a string cheese. Or 2 large eggs. It's really not hard to get. The cereal he eats as a snack has 14 grams in one serving. We don't have a scale so I don't know how much he weighs, but his body type so far is lean and he has these adorable little boy muscles.
On the bragging front...Henry can put a puzzle of the USA together and knows several of the states names. He learns the words to songs and books very quickly. His dad is the exact same--his memory is insane. Glad he got that from daddy b/c mommy's memory is only good for doing therapy (I remember people's stories, their faces, their feelings--but I can't memorize words to things very easily). I have not taught Henry letters but thinking maybe I should start? We'll see. On the motor skills front: Henry is hitting balls, throwing and catching and kicking very well but still not so interested in climbing much.
Potty training going well. He's dry at night--he wakes up to go. A couple weeks ago he had his first accidents and then none this week and..the other problem...is much better now. Maybe resolved? We'll see.
Aunt Rachel and Uncle Karl sent Henry a Mr. Rogers DVD and that's the current favorite right now. It's SUCH a great show. I wish they still made shows like that. It's quiet, slow and you can actually understand what they're saying!
Henry is excited about Daddy's birthday. If I ask him what we should get daddy he says "Monster trucks! and cake!" so he'll probably get that:-)
Tuesday, February 23, 2010
Sunday, February 21, 2010
Pjamma Jammy Jam
We thought it would be fun to invite Henry's friends over for breakfast a few weekends ago and for everyone to wear their jammies. Well, Henry insisted on wearing his Yankees uniform (I call it that b/c it's all he wants to wear now. He wears it pretty much every Saturday and Sunday --insisting his daddy wear the same too--which he does). Leo came over wearing his jammies, which is actually now his uniform--he only wants to wear his jammies and perhaps only these crab jammies??? Not sure). And the other Henry (HW) was here as well in jammies. I don't know if he has a uniform.
I did not get many pictures b/c the boys were all doing their thing and not really interested in us adults...as you can tell by these pictures. I gotta say...it's pretty nice that they can entertain themselves now.
I did not get many pictures b/c the boys were all doing their thing and not really interested in us adults...as you can tell by these pictures. I gotta say...it's pretty nice that they can entertain themselves now.
Pjamma Jammy Jam
We thought it would be fun to invite Henry's friends over for breakfast a few weekends ago and for everyone to wear their jammies. Well, Henry insisted on wearing his Yankees uniform (I call it that b/c it's all he wants to wear now. He wears it pretty much every Saturday and Sunday --insisting his daddy wear the same too--which he does). Leo came over wearing his jammies, which is actually now his uniform--he only wants to wear his jammies and perhaps only these crab jammies??? Not sure). And the other Henry (HW) was here as well in jammies. I don't know if he has a uniform.
I did not get many pictures b/c the boys were all doing their thing and not really interested in us adults...as you can tell by these pictures. I gotta say...it's pretty nice that they can entertain themselves now.
I did not get many pictures b/c the boys were all doing their thing and not really interested in us adults...as you can tell by these pictures. I gotta say...it's pretty nice that they can entertain themselves now.
Sunday, February 14, 2010
Saturday, February 13, 2010
Friday, February 12, 2010
Thursday, February 11, 2010
Tuesday, February 9, 2010
11 weeks...
Eleanor is feeling a lot more solid and fun to hold. If you put her on her belly she lifts herself up fully and looks around. She's very strong. Her head no longer requires support. If she were bigger I'd carry her on my hip. She talks all the time, ooooing and ahhhing. Huge smiles. She's such a happy baby. I love it when she does her running in place, bicycle kicking thing. She goes to sleep much easier now and eating much more. She has rolled over twice but both in the night so I didn't see it, just had to flip her back over when I realized she was face down. Might have to get one of those sleep positioners.
Henry seems less emotional too lately (helps to not be sick) but he's very serious about doing everything himself ("I want to do it like a big boy!" ) and will get very angry when not given the chance. He can dress and undress himself now (except for socks and he needs initial help with putting a shirt over his head). I never forced it or tried to teach him--just waited for him to naturally want to. I let him try to do the tasks he wants to and if he starts freaking out in frustration I try to support him and talk him down from the ledge:-)
Sleep with him still pretty constant. Bed at 7. Awake between 6:15 and 7:15 AM and nap around noon lasting 2-3 hours. He is potty trained at night but still refuses to go #2 (anywhere) without a lot of support and encouragement.
Henry seems less emotional too lately (helps to not be sick) but he's very serious about doing everything himself ("I want to do it like a big boy!" ) and will get very angry when not given the chance. He can dress and undress himself now (except for socks and he needs initial help with putting a shirt over his head). I never forced it or tried to teach him--just waited for him to naturally want to. I let him try to do the tasks he wants to and if he starts freaking out in frustration I try to support him and talk him down from the ledge:-)
Sleep with him still pretty constant. Bed at 7. Awake between 6:15 and 7:15 AM and nap around noon lasting 2-3 hours. He is potty trained at night but still refuses to go #2 (anywhere) without a lot of support and encouragement.
11 weeks...
Eleanor is feeling a lot more solid and fun to hold. If you put her on her belly she lifts herself up fully and looks around. She's very strong. Her head no longer requires support. If she were bigger I'd carry her on my hip. She talks all the time, ooooing and ahhhing. Huge smiles. She's such a happy baby. I love it when she does her running in place, bicycle kicking thing. She goes to sleep much easier now and eating much more. She has rolled over twice but both in the night so I didn't see it, just had to flip her back over when I realized she was face down. Might have to get one of those sleep positioners.
Henry seems less emotional too lately (helps to not be sick) but he's very serious about doing everything himself ("I want to do it like a big boy!" ) and will get very angry when not given the chance. He can dress and undress himself now (except for socks and he needs initial help with putting a shirt over his head). I never forced it or tried to teach him--just waited for him to naturally want to. I let him try to do the tasks he wants to and if he starts freaking out in frustration I try to support him and talk him down from the ledge:-)
Sleep with him still pretty constant. Bed at 7. Awake between 6:15 and 7:15 AM and nap around noon lasting 2-3 hours. He is potty trained at night but still refuses to go #2 (anywhere) without a lot of support and encouragement.
Henry seems less emotional too lately (helps to not be sick) but he's very serious about doing everything himself ("I want to do it like a big boy!" ) and will get very angry when not given the chance. He can dress and undress himself now (except for socks and he needs initial help with putting a shirt over his head). I never forced it or tried to teach him--just waited for him to naturally want to. I let him try to do the tasks he wants to and if he starts freaking out in frustration I try to support him and talk him down from the ledge:-)
Sleep with him still pretty constant. Bed at 7. Awake between 6:15 and 7:15 AM and nap around noon lasting 2-3 hours. He is potty trained at night but still refuses to go #2 (anywhere) without a lot of support and encouragement.
Tuesday, February 2, 2010
Back to work....
This blog is about to go into serious decline, my friends. My maternity leave is over and when I'm home on T/TH with both of them there is no time, obviously. By the time they are in bed at night, we are both toast.
We will still post but I recommend just checking it once or twice a week from now on.
In other news, my job is awesome and so is our nanny. Eleanor ate/slept the same without me and all the rags in my rag-drawer are folded:-) I can see my reflection in the stove. The nanny has a lot of down time (E has been awake about 2 hours total today so far)and Chela won't use the internet or TV (I told her she could but she said she did not feel comfortable doing that) so she just cleans the heck out of our house.
Today Henry took a 3 hour nap that I joined in on, while E slept. I love it when we are all sleeping at the same time. It's MAGIC.
We will still post but I recommend just checking it once or twice a week from now on.
In other news, my job is awesome and so is our nanny. Eleanor ate/slept the same without me and all the rags in my rag-drawer are folded:-) I can see my reflection in the stove. The nanny has a lot of down time (E has been awake about 2 hours total today so far)and Chela won't use the internet or TV (I told her she could but she said she did not feel comfortable doing that) so she just cleans the heck out of our house.
Today Henry took a 3 hour nap that I joined in on, while E slept. I love it when we are all sleeping at the same time. It's MAGIC.
Back to work....
This blog is about to go into serious decline, my friends. My maternity leave is over and when I'm home on T/TH with both of them there is no time, obviously. By the time they are in bed at night, we are both toast.
We will still post but I recommend just checking it once or twice a week from now on.
In other news, my job is awesome and so is our nanny. Eleanor ate/slept the same without me and all the rags in my rag-drawer are folded:-) I can see my reflection in the stove. The nanny has a lot of down time (E has been awake about 2 hours total today so far)and Chela won't use the internet or TV (I told her she could but she said she did not feel comfortable doing that) so she just cleans the heck out of our house.
Today Henry took a 3 hour nap that I joined in on, while E slept. I love it when we are all sleeping at the same time. It's MAGIC.
We will still post but I recommend just checking it once or twice a week from now on.
In other news, my job is awesome and so is our nanny. Eleanor ate/slept the same without me and all the rags in my rag-drawer are folded:-) I can see my reflection in the stove. The nanny has a lot of down time (E has been awake about 2 hours total today so far)and Chela won't use the internet or TV (I told her she could but she said she did not feel comfortable doing that) so she just cleans the heck out of our house.
Today Henry took a 3 hour nap that I joined in on, while E slept. I love it when we are all sleeping at the same time. It's MAGIC.
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