Ai-ya-ya. Well this week has had it's up and downs, Robbie pushed out ANOTHER tooth (hooray for him!) I think everything that's been going on this week has made for a very sensitive and short tempered toddler. If things don't go his way he is quick to throw a temper tantrum and is inconsolable. We've tried everything under the sun: holding him and telling him why we said no, putting him in a time out and walking away from his tantrums. He gets so caught up in throwing a fit there's no way to rationalize with him, so we either walk away or put him in a time out to C.I.O. (cry it out). The thing is, nothing seems to be working - this has been going on for about a week now!
We dread him once he wakes up from his nap (he's been sleeping for 3-4hrs) he's very sensitive and and snap at the drop of a hat. He's gone to bed without any food for 3 nights in a row and it doesn't seem to phase him... he'll still sleep in 'til 8am. He use to love pasta, yesterday we got him to eat two bites (we bribed him to eat it with ketchup... blech) and then he was done. He tries to throw the bowl off the table, so we put the food on his place mat but then he tries to push the mat off of the table. It's so unbelievably frustrating - I know he'll feel sooooo much better once he gets food in his belly (don't we all get cranky when we haven't eaten?!) but he'd rather go for a banana or cereal.
Today we're trying something new - he'll sleep for 2.5 hrs and then we're going to wake him up. Perhaps he's getting too much sleep? We tried to feed him lunch today, we tried giving him grilled cheese but he didn't like it... at least he tried it. He took a bite out of each piece but ended up spitting each piece out.
He's also become VERY attached to me so I think we're going to look into finding a day home for him once or twice a day. I understand that we just moved to a new home and new environment, but it's ridiculous when I leave the car for a second and he starts to cry uncontrollably while Daddy's RIGHT THERE.
On a positive note, we bought him several different types of flash cards and he's LOVING them. His vocab is expanding quite a bit. He likes to identify the picture as well as count all the cards... he doesn't always count in the proper sequence but he usually covers all the numbers from 1 to 10.
Sunday, June 15, 2008
Wednesday, June 11, 2008
We have another tooth!
I've updated his dental chart. I'm sure there will be at least one more coming in the near future, he's still got a bit of a rash and he seems to be constantly fussing these past couple of days.
Tuesday, June 10, 2008
22 Months!!!
Holly crow, my baby's 2 months away from 2 years old!!! Can you believe it?! I guess I should start planning his birthday party.
Hmmm what's new in Robbie land - well, he says his name now! He's been saying it for at least a week now "Mommy, Daddy, Robbie" (and will point to himself). We were at Walmart picking up some essentials and throughout our visit we came across about a handful of babies sitting in their buckets being pushed around in carts, Robbie would say "baby... shhhhh" while putting his finger to his lips. SO CUTE. We stopped at McDonalds to get some grub, we were standing in line and I was trying to decide what I wanted when all the sudden Robbie says "hmmmm" and puts his finger to his lips like he's trying to make a big decision too.
So he doesn't have a cold.... he's got a new tooth in the works, this is the first time he's gotten a runny nose from it. Colin wanted to have a bath with him in our massive soaker tub and as soon as we opened his diaper it was apparent he teeth were bothering him. I think the soap bothered his bottom because he was in tears as soon as he got into the water, so we took him out of the tub and he had fun playing with Daddy outside of the tub.
My goal for today is to get all the boxes unpacked and to take the monkey out for a walk around the neighbourhood and to avoid the park (it's been raining so the sand and the slides have to be soaked)
Hmmm what's new in Robbie land - well, he says his name now! He's been saying it for at least a week now "Mommy, Daddy, Robbie" (and will point to himself). We were at Walmart picking up some essentials and throughout our visit we came across about a handful of babies sitting in their buckets being pushed around in carts, Robbie would say "baby... shhhhh" while putting his finger to his lips. SO CUTE. We stopped at McDonalds to get some grub, we were standing in line and I was trying to decide what I wanted when all the sudden Robbie says "hmmmm" and puts his finger to his lips like he's trying to make a big decision too.
So he doesn't have a cold.... he's got a new tooth in the works, this is the first time he's gotten a runny nose from it. Colin wanted to have a bath with him in our massive soaker tub and as soon as we opened his diaper it was apparent he teeth were bothering him. I think the soap bothered his bottom because he was in tears as soon as he got into the water, so we took him out of the tub and he had fun playing with Daddy outside of the tub.
My goal for today is to get all the boxes unpacked and to take the monkey out for a walk around the neighbourhood and to avoid the park (it's been raining so the sand and the slides have to be soaked)
Monday, June 09, 2008
We made it
I tell ya, that was quite the weekend and I'm so glad it's done and over with. I'll try and do a brief re-cap of the weekend
Friday: Colin takes the first bus (think it left between 5 and 6am) to be in Calgary for 9:45am. Robbie spends his last day with Patty (Day Home) while Colin and I pack all day. Pick Robbie up at 3:45 and the tears start pouring down both of our faces (Patty and I)... it was the 2nd hardest part of the weekend. Drive Robbie through rush hour traffic to Grammie and Grampie's to drop him off for a sleepover (first one ever!) Drive home and I end up packing until 11pm.
Saturday: Everything is packed & ready to go. Drop Colin off @ U-Haul for 8am, there's not a soul there (aside from the one worker). I go to pick up Unkie Stevie and breakfast for our moving crew. Get back home and all the boys are there and they've already started putting stuff in the truck! Steve immediately takes the leader role and helps us pack the truck up to THE MAX - there wasn't any more room in that truck. After everything was packed up Colin hit the road in the U-Haul, Steve and I stayed behind to throw out the last of the garbage's and then headed over to pick up the monkey. We got there just after 11 and he was already down for a nap!! (Grammie & Grampie have a knack for tuckering him out) So the question was do we let him nap or wake him up? I decided to wake him up, at home he can nap for up to 3-4 hrs which would make for an extremely long day/night drive. He was surprisingly not too upset that he was woken, he played a little with Uncle Steve before it was time to say bye-bye to Grammie and Grampie, I had to do it fast so that I wasn't a blubbering mess while driving Steve home. After a short drive to drop off Steve we were on the road, he was a little groggy for the first half but about 20mins out of Red Deer he wanted out. So I hesitantly stopped at McDonalds so that we could stretch our legs - he was surprisingly really good. He ate all of his grilled cheese and had a couple of fries than we were on the road again! He was in a great mood, we sang "funky town" at least 100 times and than we switched to a friendly game of hide and seek (he hid under Pooh Bear) as soon as he would poke his head out he'd yell "I see you" and I'd scream with joy... than he'd scream... and I'd scream, it was crazy. He kept on saying "home" while we were driving, "yes hunny, we're going to our new home". We got to the house close to 4pm and everything was unpacked and the boys were setting up the XBox and started playing games. I was unpacking like a mad woman, trying to get Robbie's room all set up for bed time. He ended up going to bed at 6 but woke up a couple of times throughout the night, which was expected.
Sunday: Holly crow does he love the basement. He spent 90% of his day down there pushing his bubble lawn mower (minus the bubbles) back and forth down there, we went down there every now and then to chase him around. The unpacking is going so smoothly, it's so much easier when there's too much space (if there's such a thing).
Today we've got just a couple of boxes left and Robbie's slowly starting to simmer down. He's been over stimulated for the past couple of days. I'll post pictures once all the boxes are gone & the pictures are all hanging :)
Couple more things:
- sometime this past weekend he picked up a little bug. He's got a red line going from his left nostril to his lips due to the constant stream of boogers and his poop is... well, not so pretty. I picked him up this morning and cupped his bum with my bare arm, it had oozed out of the diaper and through his PJ's (blech!) that hasn't happened since he was breast fed!
- we're not using the high chair anymore. He really likes climbing up onto the chair and sitting with the adults. He's a little bored right now while he eats, he use to have everything in view while he ate (including the TV) now he's just got us to look at. He's tried to run away with his food but I think he's starting to understand that the food stays at the table (especially now that we just got our furniture professionally cleaned!)
Friday: Colin takes the first bus (think it left between 5 and 6am) to be in Calgary for 9:45am. Robbie spends his last day with Patty (Day Home) while Colin and I pack all day. Pick Robbie up at 3:45 and the tears start pouring down both of our faces (Patty and I)... it was the 2nd hardest part of the weekend. Drive Robbie through rush hour traffic to Grammie and Grampie's to drop him off for a sleepover (first one ever!) Drive home and I end up packing until 11pm.
Saturday: Everything is packed & ready to go. Drop Colin off @ U-Haul for 8am, there's not a soul there (aside from the one worker). I go to pick up Unkie Stevie and breakfast for our moving crew. Get back home and all the boys are there and they've already started putting stuff in the truck! Steve immediately takes the leader role and helps us pack the truck up to THE MAX - there wasn't any more room in that truck. After everything was packed up Colin hit the road in the U-Haul, Steve and I stayed behind to throw out the last of the garbage's and then headed over to pick up the monkey. We got there just after 11 and he was already down for a nap!! (Grammie & Grampie have a knack for tuckering him out) So the question was do we let him nap or wake him up? I decided to wake him up, at home he can nap for up to 3-4 hrs which would make for an extremely long day/night drive. He was surprisingly not too upset that he was woken, he played a little with Uncle Steve before it was time to say bye-bye to Grammie and Grampie, I had to do it fast so that I wasn't a blubbering mess while driving Steve home. After a short drive to drop off Steve we were on the road, he was a little groggy for the first half but about 20mins out of Red Deer he wanted out. So I hesitantly stopped at McDonalds so that we could stretch our legs - he was surprisingly really good. He ate all of his grilled cheese and had a couple of fries than we were on the road again! He was in a great mood, we sang "funky town" at least 100 times and than we switched to a friendly game of hide and seek (he hid under Pooh Bear) as soon as he would poke his head out he'd yell "I see you" and I'd scream with joy... than he'd scream... and I'd scream, it was crazy. He kept on saying "home" while we were driving, "yes hunny, we're going to our new home". We got to the house close to 4pm and everything was unpacked and the boys were setting up the XBox and started playing games. I was unpacking like a mad woman, trying to get Robbie's room all set up for bed time. He ended up going to bed at 6 but woke up a couple of times throughout the night, which was expected.
Sunday: Holly crow does he love the basement. He spent 90% of his day down there pushing his bubble lawn mower (minus the bubbles) back and forth down there, we went down there every now and then to chase him around. The unpacking is going so smoothly, it's so much easier when there's too much space (if there's such a thing).
Today we've got just a couple of boxes left and Robbie's slowly starting to simmer down. He's been over stimulated for the past couple of days. I'll post pictures once all the boxes are gone & the pictures are all hanging :)
Couple more things:
- sometime this past weekend he picked up a little bug. He's got a red line going from his left nostril to his lips due to the constant stream of boogers and his poop is... well, not so pretty. I picked him up this morning and cupped his bum with my bare arm, it had oozed out of the diaper and through his PJ's (blech!) that hasn't happened since he was breast fed!
- we're not using the high chair anymore. He really likes climbing up onto the chair and sitting with the adults. He's a little bored right now while he eats, he use to have everything in view while he ate (including the TV) now he's just got us to look at. He's tried to run away with his food but I think he's starting to understand that the food stays at the table (especially now that we just got our furniture professionally cleaned!)
Thursday, June 05, 2008
Robbie's "helping" mom pack
I love how he's ohhhh so gentle when placing the glass spice bottles into the box. He had a blast... so did I :)
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