Gideon
Daniel
Sunday, June 27, 2010
Fun new hobby
Wednesday, June 23, 2010
Gideon claps
This didn't make it to the previous post--
All the kids love their Papa! Gideon does too! Today when Papa walked in the room, Gid clapped happily. I don't think I've ever seen him clap before!
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Gideon claps!
farm fresh goods. This picture was taken while we were there. Having
fun riding in the little red wagon!
Monday, June 21, 2010
The Boys
I can't believe how big the boys are getting!! They're growing up so
fast!
fast!
Daniel is 3 years and 3 months old now and he is such a big helper! He
loves (for the most part) to do his chores, which include making his
bed, picking up his toys, and brushing his teeth. He also like to
pretend his hand is a crane and many times I'll use that to get him
motivated to pick up his messes. :) He has also been helping me clean
the table and floor around the table where he sits after he eats. He
makes such huge messes that I've started to make him help clean them
up in the hopes that he'll be more careful!
Daniel is also very helpful with his brother. Just today, we were in
the car driving home from Grandma's and Daniel said, "Oh no! Baby is
eating something!" So I felt back there, and sure enough Gid had a big
piece of fuz in his mouth that he could've choked on!
The biggest milestone we are going through right now is POTTY
TRAINING! Not my favorite milestone. We started training diligently
last week because I realized that we only have 2 months until school
starts up (he'll be going to k-3 in the fall--another HUGE milestone),
and the kids have to be potty trained. He's actually been doing pretty
well with it. This is the 8th day and he can now go on his own without
any prompting from me. He still has trouble getting his pull-up on and
off. I need to get him more underwear. And sometimes he likes to be
lazy and not deal with it, but for the most part he does really well.
I'm so proud of him! His motivation/reward is anything chocolate (yes,
he takes after me)! Today, we were on our way home but I needed to
drop some books off at the Elkins library. We were almost there when
he started complaining that he needed to go peepee. So, when we got to
the library, I lugged both boys in and we went to the bathroom. He
held it until we got there! He did so great! I'm really hoping we
don't have any major setbacks. Some funny things Daniel has said
during the potty training experience are as follows: 1) it's really
big, mommy (talking about his you-know-what); it's too hard for me!
(when he's trying to pee but nothing comes out); we use tinkle and
peepee interchangeably, and so every so often when he's on the potty
I'll hear him singing, "tinkle, tinkle little star..."); and when I
told him we were potty TRAINing, his eyes got big and he had to think
about that--he thinks trains has something to do with going potty now,
but he's not sure what! :)
Well, I've got to go put Gid down for a nap, so I'll do another post
later.
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Tuesday, December 22, 2009
Saturday, December 19, 2009
Update
Well, the last 7 weeks have flown by! Phillip was off work for 6 weeks which was such a huge help. He took care of Daniel while I took care of Gideon and that made my job so much easier. Daniel loved it too!
Gideon was 9 lbs, 4 oz when he was born. Couldn't believe it when I heard, but then I knew how miserable I was feeling the last few weeks of pregnancy so I wasn't too surprised to hear why! Gideon lost almost a pound in the first few days, and so his doctor had us giving him formula for the extra calories. That was a bit of a challenge! I was still nursing him and then also feeding him formula in breastmilk that I was pumping. It took him 3 weeks to get back to his birth weight, but now he is off formula and is exclusively breastfeeding. Yay! I was worried he was going to get so used to the bottle that he wouldn't nurse. He did like the bottle better. But we worked through it. Anyway, that was the biggest challenge the first 3 weeks of Gideon's little life. :)
One night we had an especially difficult night. Gideon cried and cried for several hours straight (pretty much). Nothing could console him and I was very worried about what was wrong with him. Around 3am I finally called the after hours pediatric phone line and spoke with a nurse. She suggested I take him to the emergency room! Yikes! I really didn't want to do that for several reasons, but I didn't want to NOT take him if there was something really wrong with him. Anyway, after lots of anxious prayer, we decided not to take him. Thankfully, he finally calmed down and fell asleep about the time we were trying to decided whether or not to take him to ER. The next day I took him to the doctor and she said he looked fine. So, she put him on acid reflux medicine just in case (Daniel had this when he was a baby and the doctor said it can run in families), and I stopped drinking cow's milk and stopped eating other dairy products (I still eat cheese), and we also started swaddling him at night. Oh, and we had been giving him a little bit of soy formula here and there (we were still trying to wean him of formula) and the doctor suggested giving him a hyperallergenic formula, so we switched to that as well. After that, he has done so much better! We've never had a night like that again! At first, I wasn't sure what of those things was helping him. Now, I think it is mainly that I've cut out the dairy products. I haven't given him the acid reflux medicine in a few days and still seems fine. I think it's mainly what I eat that bothers him. I will still give him the acid reflux medicine though for now...
The only other little problem is that Gideon has clogged tear ducts. Most likely they will just open up on their own eventually (this is a fairly common problem in infants). I thought he had an eye infection when the problem first showed up, because had goopy stuff coming out and sticking to his eyelashes. Also, his eye will be very watery at times. And the doctor said his eye could get infected and if it does that I will have to put some ointment on his eye. Yikes again! Thankfully, I haven't had to do that yet! I'm hoping this problem will resolve itself very soon.
So, Gideon is almost 7 weeks old and I think the hardest part is over. Nursing is going well, no major tummy issues, he sleeps very good, and really doesn't cry much. Definitely much easier than Daniel ever was!! And I'm so glad!!!! He still sleeps a lot during the day and then tends to wake up more at night, although he is becoming more alert in the day now. At the most, he'll sleep 3-4 hours at a time. This is usually at night when I'm sleeping with him (yes, I sleep with him). During the day, I'll lay him down by himself but he doesn't sleep as long that way. Maybe an hour or two at most.
The most exciting thing is that he has started smiling at me! He actually smiled at my mom first. She wants that stated on the record. :) But yesterday, he looked right at me for several seconds and so I started talking to him, and then he just smiled the biggest smile right at me! Oh, it was so beautiful! He smiled several times yesterday morning at me and Daniel. Daniel thought it was pretty cool too. :) Phillip doesn't believe me. He thinks Gideon just has tummy bubbles or something. But he'll find out soon enough. :)
Daniel has adjusted so well to Gideon. He knows that he is the big brother and Gideon is the baby brother. :) Daniel is very possessive of Gideon too. A couple times he's thought that someone else took Gideon and left us and it really bothered him. He likes to help with Gideon too. He'll bring him the pacifier or help give him a bath. I really have to watch him close so he won't accidentally hurt Gideon. Gideon really likes Daniel too (at least, I fancy he does). He'll just turn and look at Daniel when Daniel is talking to him, and then of course he smiled at Daniel yesterday. I just love that they'll grow up together and be playmates and friends. How special. I love my boys so much and feel so blessed to have them!! (That includes my husband by the way!)
Gideon was 9 lbs, 4 oz when he was born. Couldn't believe it when I heard, but then I knew how miserable I was feeling the last few weeks of pregnancy so I wasn't too surprised to hear why! Gideon lost almost a pound in the first few days, and so his doctor had us giving him formula for the extra calories. That was a bit of a challenge! I was still nursing him and then also feeding him formula in breastmilk that I was pumping. It took him 3 weeks to get back to his birth weight, but now he is off formula and is exclusively breastfeeding. Yay! I was worried he was going to get so used to the bottle that he wouldn't nurse. He did like the bottle better. But we worked through it. Anyway, that was the biggest challenge the first 3 weeks of Gideon's little life. :)
One night we had an especially difficult night. Gideon cried and cried for several hours straight (pretty much). Nothing could console him and I was very worried about what was wrong with him. Around 3am I finally called the after hours pediatric phone line and spoke with a nurse. She suggested I take him to the emergency room! Yikes! I really didn't want to do that for several reasons, but I didn't want to NOT take him if there was something really wrong with him. Anyway, after lots of anxious prayer, we decided not to take him. Thankfully, he finally calmed down and fell asleep about the time we were trying to decided whether or not to take him to ER. The next day I took him to the doctor and she said he looked fine. So, she put him on acid reflux medicine just in case (Daniel had this when he was a baby and the doctor said it can run in families), and I stopped drinking cow's milk and stopped eating other dairy products (I still eat cheese), and we also started swaddling him at night. Oh, and we had been giving him a little bit of soy formula here and there (we were still trying to wean him of formula) and the doctor suggested giving him a hyperallergenic formula, so we switched to that as well. After that, he has done so much better! We've never had a night like that again! At first, I wasn't sure what of those things was helping him. Now, I think it is mainly that I've cut out the dairy products. I haven't given him the acid reflux medicine in a few days and still seems fine. I think it's mainly what I eat that bothers him. I will still give him the acid reflux medicine though for now...
The only other little problem is that Gideon has clogged tear ducts. Most likely they will just open up on their own eventually (this is a fairly common problem in infants). I thought he had an eye infection when the problem first showed up, because had goopy stuff coming out and sticking to his eyelashes. Also, his eye will be very watery at times. And the doctor said his eye could get infected and if it does that I will have to put some ointment on his eye. Yikes again! Thankfully, I haven't had to do that yet! I'm hoping this problem will resolve itself very soon.
So, Gideon is almost 7 weeks old and I think the hardest part is over. Nursing is going well, no major tummy issues, he sleeps very good, and really doesn't cry much. Definitely much easier than Daniel ever was!! And I'm so glad!!!! He still sleeps a lot during the day and then tends to wake up more at night, although he is becoming more alert in the day now. At the most, he'll sleep 3-4 hours at a time. This is usually at night when I'm sleeping with him (yes, I sleep with him). During the day, I'll lay him down by himself but he doesn't sleep as long that way. Maybe an hour or two at most.
The most exciting thing is that he has started smiling at me! He actually smiled at my mom first. She wants that stated on the record. :) But yesterday, he looked right at me for several seconds and so I started talking to him, and then he just smiled the biggest smile right at me! Oh, it was so beautiful! He smiled several times yesterday morning at me and Daniel. Daniel thought it was pretty cool too. :) Phillip doesn't believe me. He thinks Gideon just has tummy bubbles or something. But he'll find out soon enough. :)
Daniel has adjusted so well to Gideon. He knows that he is the big brother and Gideon is the baby brother. :) Daniel is very possessive of Gideon too. A couple times he's thought that someone else took Gideon and left us and it really bothered him. He likes to help with Gideon too. He'll bring him the pacifier or help give him a bath. I really have to watch him close so he won't accidentally hurt Gideon. Gideon really likes Daniel too (at least, I fancy he does). He'll just turn and look at Daniel when Daniel is talking to him, and then of course he smiled at Daniel yesterday. I just love that they'll grow up together and be playmates and friends. How special. I love my boys so much and feel so blessed to have them!! (That includes my husband by the way!)
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