WOOOOHOOO! HOLLY COW!
He slept the entire night without any issues! Not one! I'm completely shocked. No issues with rolling out, no issues with waking up and playing with his toys.... my only tiny problem is that it's 8:28 and we are usually out the door at this time on our way to Patty's! He must be having a good sleep!!
I was a nervous wreck last night, I had the monitor to its highest setting and was listening for the tiniest of sounds worrying that my child was waking in the middle of the night to play with his toys!
My next problem is time outs, now that I don't have a crib - where do I put him? I think I might hit Ikea again and pick up a cheap circular mat. I think out of everything, this will be the trickiest thing to transition to.
Wednesday, March 26, 2008
Tuesday, March 25, 2008
Happy Easter!
Well there's a lot to write about, hopefully I cover everything.Colin is officially an Edmontonian again, he started his new job on the 17th. He seems to be really enjoying the work and his co-workers, they even went to the extent to say that there wasn't anyone else that they were interested in... he had them at "hello", so to speak. hehe. So I've been playing single parent ever since his move, which has been great! He's been such a good baby. I'm now working only two days a week, Colin use to be the one to pick up Robbie from the day home but now I leave work early to pick up the monkey. Mondays I work 10-3:45 and Wednesdays 12-3:45.
On Friday Robbie & I made the trek up to Edmonton to be with Daddy and all of that side of the family. I've gotta tell ya, Col & I were SUPER nervous about the whole trip. In the past Robbie's been horrible in the car and a horrible sleeper while we were up there. We hit the road on Friday morning just before 6am, I had made a bottle as a last resort if he wasn't able to put himself back to sleep in the car. Thankfully he dozed off right around Didsbury and didn't wake up again until we hit the outskirts of Edmonton! It was perfect timing, we got there around 8:30 (?) and were greeted with a bunch of smiles from Nana and Daddy. We got to spend the whole day catching up with each other, in the late afternoon (after Robbies nape) we drove out to Nan and Grandpa's to have dinner with them, Shari, Kailey, Nana and Carson (Nana was babysit
ting him for the evening). I was hoping that Robbie would have played more with Kailey, instead he was more like "get out of my way" "hey, I was playing with that"... I'm sure as they get older and the more that they can communicate the closer they'll get. That night Robbie slept through the night! (woohoo!) The only complaint that I have is that he went to bed close to 9:30 (and now goes to bed at 9 as opposed to 7:30-8) We had a great visit with the whole family on Saturday with a massive ham dinner with all the fixings. On Sunday we headed home, I originally wanted to leave around 11ish... fairly close to when he usually goes for a nap but I think Robbie was a little pooped from the past couple of days and started to get cranky around 10ish, so we were on the road by 10:30. He slept until Innisfail and was a good baby all the way home, talking to me about his shoes, socks, grapes and yogurt... the root of all good conversations ;) We got home around 1 and ended up making an impromptu appearance at my parents place for a yummy turkey dinner.
ting him for the evening). I was hoping that Robbie would have played more with Kailey, instead he was more like "get out of my way" "hey, I was playing with that"... I'm sure as they get older and the more that they can communicate the closer they'll get. That night Robbie slept through the night! (woohoo!) The only complaint that I have is that he went to bed close to 9:30 (and now goes to bed at 9 as opposed to 7:30-8) We had a great visit with the whole family on Saturday with a massive ham dinner with all the fixings. On Sunday we headed home, I originally wanted to leave around 11ish... fairly close to when he usually goes for a nap but I think Robbie was a little pooped from the past couple of days and started to get cranky around 10ish, so we were on the road by 10:30. He slept until Innisfail and was a good baby all the way home, talking to me about his shoes, socks, grapes and yogurt... the root of all good conversations ;) We got home around 1 and ended up making an impromptu appearance at my parents place for a yummy turkey dinner.Thank you to all of our families for opening your arms, hearts and doors to us during this holiday weekend, we had a wonderful time!
A little update on some of Robbies new words: Grampie (sounds EXACTLY like "go away), yogurt, grape, night night, and Nana. Auntie Alison's trying soooo hard to get him to say her name, he keeps on getting better every time he tries (still has a way to go before you can figure out what he's saying)
More exciting news, Robbie has a big boy bed and he's sleeping in it right now! YAYYYYYY! He got out of bed once right after I put him down and I carried him back to bed, laid him down and rubbed his belly while telling him it's night night time... once he repeated it to me I knew he understood. This bed is an expandable bed, the head and foot boards collapse to make a twin size bed. It's also really low to the ground so I didn't end up putting a bed rail on it (put a folded duvet on the floor instead, just in case) He was up a couple times last night (night terrors) so I think I'll be woken up by my monkey in my room... one thing I didn't think to get is night lights. I don't want him running into any wal
ls.
Monday, March 24, 2008
Picture of the Day
I'll be writing a big blog about the past week in the next couple of days.... in the mean time there's some really cute picks of Robbie on his Photobucket site. :)
Friday, March 14, 2008
YAYYYYYYY
HE ATE CHICKEN!!!!
WOohoo!!!!
Tonight I made curry chicken & rice for dinner. I was going under the assumption that monkey wouldn't be having any chicken so we started him off with rice & veggies, I chopped up some of my chicken and put it on his tray and he didn't even hesitate... he popped it right in his mouth and followed up with an "mmmmmm" Colin & I made such a big deal over every piece his put in his mouth. I'm SO happy that he gave it a try... and a bonus that he liked it. We gave him some frozen yogurt as a reward because it's such a big deal that he's eating something other than red meat!!!
WOohoo!!!!
Tonight I made curry chicken & rice for dinner. I was going under the assumption that monkey wouldn't be having any chicken so we started him off with rice & veggies, I chopped up some of my chicken and put it on his tray and he didn't even hesitate... he popped it right in his mouth and followed up with an "mmmmmm" Colin & I made such a big deal over every piece his put in his mouth. I'm SO happy that he gave it a try... and a bonus that he liked it. We gave him some frozen yogurt as a reward because it's such a big deal that he's eating something other than red meat!!!
Growing Up!
We are now accepting food donations... our cupboards are bare! He won't stop eating! He's constantly gnawing on this lower lip to contain the urge to eat. I kid, but seriously, he seems to be c
onstantly eating! We've had nights that have resembled him teething because he's in so much pain... but it's tummy pains! His tummy is rock hard when we put him to bed but lately he's awake by 10ish crying. The first time I thought it was more teeth coming in so I gave him Motrin but after a while I realized that he was calming down when I was singing "wheels on the bus", which I sang about 20 times that night, when he's teething there's nothing that calms him down, so I realized it wasn't teething. Then I thought maybe he had a bad dream because he was pretty clingy so I stood over his crib for, what seemed, a life time where I was rubbing his tummy and back (I had flash backs of my mom doing the same for me when I was sick) eventually at 3am I caved and got him a bottle... he ended up drinking ELEVEN ounces. Geeze Louise!
His newest novelty is "up". He wants up onto our bed, he wants up on the dinning room chairs, he wants up to his crib... the thing is as soon as he's up he's down again because he wants to bring everything he can think of up with him, and then he wants back up again. It's VERY repetitive and exhausting.
He's also interacting with the TV a lot more, which is pretty cool. He'll say "bye-bye" when a show ends, he even dances to the theme song of Thomas the Train! "Doo Doo" has taken on new meaning, it use to just mean that he pooped. But anything that is garbage is now "doo doo".
onstantly eating! We've had nights that have resembled him teething because he's in so much pain... but it's tummy pains! His tummy is rock hard when we put him to bed but lately he's awake by 10ish crying. The first time I thought it was more teeth coming in so I gave him Motrin but after a while I realized that he was calming down when I was singing "wheels on the bus", which I sang about 20 times that night, when he's teething there's nothing that calms him down, so I realized it wasn't teething. Then I thought maybe he had a bad dream because he was pretty clingy so I stood over his crib for, what seemed, a life time where I was rubbing his tummy and back (I had flash backs of my mom doing the same for me when I was sick) eventually at 3am I caved and got him a bottle... he ended up drinking ELEVEN ounces. Geeze Louise!His newest novelty is "up". He wants up onto our bed, he wants up on the dinning room chairs, he wants up to his crib... the thing is as soon as he's up he's down again because he wants to bring everything he can think of up with him, and then he wants back up again. It's VERY repetitive and exhausting.
He's also interacting with the TV a lot more, which is pretty cool. He'll say "bye-bye" when a show ends, he even dances to the theme song of Thomas the Train! "Doo Doo" has taken on new meaning, it use to just mean that he pooped. But anything that is garbage is now "doo doo".
Thursday, March 06, 2008
Cutest Little Story
Robbie was starting to get fussy so I asked him if he wanted to go to bed. "Bye Bye" was his response (meaning he wants to go bye bye) so I grab Pooh off of the floor and start heading to his room expecting our sleepy monkey to follow me. Instead he does a 160 and goes into the computer room to say "bye bye" to Daddy. He gives Daddy a kiss and a hug good night and then runs after me to get himself ready for bed. Colin didn't make a peep and I didn't remind him to say goodnight to Daddy... he remembered all by himself.
What a great way to end our evening =)
What a great way to end our evening =)
Poor Guy
I tell ya, watching my son trying to cope with these new teeth that 
are making their appearance seriously makes me re-think about having another child, no one deserves to be put through the pain that he has/is going through. Last Saturday he woke up and was roasting, we gave him Tylenol which seemed to do the trick, but we were worried that Robbie was catching whatever Colin had (Colin's illness came back again, what we all thought was strep throat actually isn't... the Dr's looking into it) Sunday was HORRIBLE! If he wasn't cuddling up to me while fussing, he was on the floor with his head resting on Pooh Bear and screaming uncontrollably. We had given him Tylenol... didn't do a thing, gave him Motrin... nothing, gave him teething tablets...nadda. I ended up calling my mom in tears asking her if we could give him some Codeine that was left over from his surgery, thankfully she said yes. After a little while Robbie was smiling again... he was a little loopy but it definitely lightened the somber mood. He's still not back to his normal self, which makes me think that there's still more on it's way.... lovely.
are making their appearance seriously makes me re-think about having another child, no one deserves to be put through the pain that he has/is going through. Last Saturday he woke up and was roasting, we gave him Tylenol which seemed to do the trick, but we were worried that Robbie was catching whatever Colin had (Colin's illness came back again, what we all thought was strep throat actually isn't... the Dr's looking into it) Sunday was HORRIBLE! If he wasn't cuddling up to me while fussing, he was on the floor with his head resting on Pooh Bear and screaming uncontrollably. We had given him Tylenol... didn't do a thing, gave him Motrin... nothing, gave him teething tablets...nadda. I ended up calling my mom in tears asking her if we could give him some Codeine that was left over from his surgery, thankfully she said yes. After a little while Robbie was smiling again... he was a little loopy but it definitely lightened the somber mood. He's still not back to his normal self, which makes me think that there's still more on it's way.... lovely. His vocabulary seems to be constantly growing he knows: hat, hot and apple. He's trying soooo hard to say orange because he loves them so much, but for now he makes an "O" shape with his mouth and then talks in his on babble to try and imitate the word.
As most of you know, but some may not, Colin has accepted a contracting job up in Edmonton. He has been offered several contracting jobs in the past but he's declined them because of a
) location b) the fact that it's a contracting position. After long discussions and a couple of tears we've decided that this is the best move for our family. We so desperately want Robbie to have a house with a backyard. Living in Calgary seems to be a slippery slope for us, we can't keep up with the housing market and the prices... even the surrounding areas! Colin starts his new job on the 17th of this month, the plan is that he will "set up camp" there and start house hunting. Robbie & I will stay here for a couple of months and then move up there once we've found a home! I realize by us moving we're going to cause some heart ache and I apologize for causing you pain. But hopefully you can understand our situation and this wonderful opportunity that Colin's been offered.
) location b) the fact that it's a contracting position. After long discussions and a couple of tears we've decided that this is the best move for our family. We so desperately want Robbie to have a house with a backyard. Living in Calgary seems to be a slippery slope for us, we can't keep up with the housing market and the prices... even the surrounding areas! Colin starts his new job on the 17th of this month, the plan is that he will "set up camp" there and start house hunting. Robbie & I will stay here for a couple of months and then move up there once we've found a home! I realize by us moving we're going to cause some heart ache and I apologize for causing you pain. But hopefully you can understand our situation and this wonderful opportunity that Colin's been offered.
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