I won't even go into all my excuses for not being able to blog for 2 months (oops! Now it's 4 months b/c for some reason I never hit post on this post after I typed it!)! Having a new baby should be good enough...BUT leave it to me to have a "special" baby the first 4 months. Just so happens that's how it turned out with BOTH of my boys! With Riley it was the tongue tied thing. Now with Conley - I find out at his 4 month checkup 2 days before I return to work that most of the "high maintenance" tendencies he has are due to reflux! It explains that "button on his back" that Kelly and I joked about was there b/c he would immediately scream bloody murder anytime you laid him down on his back even if he was in a dead sleep! It explains why Mommy holding him wasn't always enough - he wanted you to WALK and hold him - I can only assume because it would keep him perpendicular to the floor and helped with his reflux. It explains why he would only sleep in the swing b/c it was sitting him up at a good angle. It explains why he took forever to nurse and would gag and cry when my milk would letdown. It explained why he would scream like crazy in the car seat b/c we usually put him in it right after we fed him! It explains Oh so many of the Conley conundrums Kelly and I were struggling with! It also explains why I had NO chance to blog! LOL! I was busy holding my HIGH MAINTENANCE baby! :) So at least we figured it out near the time I was returning to work - or I might be dead from pure exhaustion at this point!
I'm glad to know I only have the first 4 months curse though because I don't think I could survive more! I have NO idea how those parents that are stricken with colic do it! Although I suspect colic may very well be reflux. Kelly joked around before we knew what was driving all the crying that Conley smiles or cries more than any baby he's ever seen. Although..I guess he means Riley b/c he's never really been around babies! And it was true..when he's happy - he's the sweetest, smiley face EVER! But when he's NOT happy - get your earmuffs and brace yourself!
I'm trying to rack my brain on how to summarize the last 2 months...we pretty much just went with the flow until about 2 weeks before I was due back to work - then we started trying to get into a routine and get Conley to sleep out of our bed. Riley was still excited to see him every day and showed no signs of jealousy. Conley hit the stage where he smiles with his ENTIRE body around Christmas...and there is just NO better joy than seeing such a sweet, innocent smile like that! If that doesn't melt your heart...you have ice running through your veins.
Oh yeah....one of the biggest things that came together during this time was us getting our DREAM Nanny! I can't even talk about it without crying, but I feel SOOO blessed as a working Mom to have been fortunate enough for BOTH of my boys to stay home with someone that was perfect for them and perfect for Mommy! :) Riley had Ms. Emily, and now Conley has Ms. Ashley. Ms. Ashley is actually Riley's teacher from last year at Sloan. It's a long story, but the lord works in mysterious ways on how it all came to be that Conley could stay with Ms. Ashley! She text'd me that she would be available to stay with him literally the day after I had a total meltdown about leaving him in the infant room at Sloan or anywhere for that matter. This was during the time when we didn't understand what was wrong with him - and I knew how high maintenance he was - that he had to be held all day every day..even when he was sleeping or he would scream! So I just had this vision of him being 1 of 8 and lying there crying all day! It broke my heart! So when Ashley text'd me...my heavy heart was immediately lifted! Having Conley stay with Ashley is as good maybe even technically better than having him stay with family! She loves him as if he is her own, AND she's experienced and qualified! :) Pretty much the same as it was with Ms. Emily! Just to give it perspective...Riley and she would say I love you to each other. That's how much we ALL love Ms. Ashley! She's the one that used to bring Riley home from school so Kelly and I could have date night. And Riley LOVES her daughter Aubree too, so it would be like a play date for Riley! And she's just one of those people that has so much love in her heart...and patience...that she's just made to be with children! We all feel so fortunate to have her! Like we won the lottery!
Having 2 children is WAY harder than 1! I mean like 5X harder! OMG! I have NO idea how people have 3+! I am just NOT equipped for that! I know it will only get easier from here on out, but I can't imagine people who have stair-stepped kids under 5! They deserve a special place in heaven! For REAL!
Anyway - the good news is that we've pretty much turned the corner with Conley. There are a few things we're trying to workout still, but now that we know he has reflux - we are able to "work around it" without giving him medicine because you know how I feel about all these medicines! It's still a struggle some days, but for the most part we've figured it out.
Oh yeah - there was a little more stress during this last month too. Both my parents were in the hospital - they finally figured out my Dad needed his heart valve replaced, but it took a few weeks, ICU and hospital visits to figure it out. Then my Mom ended up in the hospital at the SAME time as my Dad with severe pneumonia. REALLY bad! Like the Dr. said she was lucky to be alive b/c she waited WAY too long to come to the dr - they immediately admitted her to the hospital. The hardest part was me not being able to go there and be with them...I hadn't pumped extra milk, so I couldn't be away from Conley and I didn't want to take a little baby to the hospital. That was REALLY hard! And I seriously don't remember either of my parents EVER missing a day from work because they were ill. EVER...even if they didn't feel well, they both went to work. So having them both be so severely ill at the same time totally freaked me out!
My friend Courtney and her husband Alex came to visit the weekend of the Cotton Bowl too. She was actually here 2 weeks before I had Conley too so it was good to see her so soon again! It's always good to see her, and she's good with kids so she always helps me figure things out. Conley got a stomach bug the weekend they were here...and it started during the 2 hours they watched the boys so Kelly and I could go to the movies! So at this point, I had only been away from Conley 4 times - dinner when Kelly's parents were here, dinner for Kelly's bday, dinner and dancing New Year's Eve's Eve - yay! We still got it! :) Then the movie while Courtney was here...those were the only times I had been away from Conley until I went back to work. So having him come down with a tummy bug one of those times made the Mommy guilt kick in! But the bug lasted a whole WEEK, so Mommy got plenty of time to nurse him back to health! What's even MORE funny about this is that I went back and was reading some of Riley's old blogs...and Courtney was here when Riley got his first tummy bug too! How WEIRD is that?!
Nancy went with me to a couple of hair appointments too - we just took Conley with us. She held him while I got my hair done, then I could go to a private room and nurse him if needed while we were there.
Other than that - it was a miracle if I got dressed during the day. No time to get ready when you can't put your baby down without him crying! And him not crying was way more important than me getting ready! I'm actually setting a record still every day for the LONGEST I have EVER been without a pedicure! I know exactly how long it's been because I luckily got one the day before I had Conley! Hopefully I'll get to get one done here soon before it warms up enough for sandals! Update since I originally wrote this - I got a pedicure FINALLY! Just before St Paddy's Day, so now I'm in desperate need of another one already! ha!
What else...I'll have to ask Kelly...that's all I can think of for now!
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Sunday, March 21, 2010
March Madness All Around!
Well for us March Madness means a few things - not just the college basketball tourney. The first madness, is that Kelly and I got 2 adult date nights in one week!! WooHoo! First, Emily kept Riley overnight at her house the Friday before last so Kelly and I could have a date night and celebrate our 4th wedding anniversary. We had already planned to take half a day off work that Friday for a "day date" to see the Bodies Exhibit. So we just made an afternoon and evening out of it! So fun! Like old times dancing til 2am just the 2 of us! But we're a little out of practice! ha! The 2nd date night, my friend Terri watched Riley after work so Kelly and I could attend my friend Reza's son's wedding. It was a St. Patty's Day wedding and a lot of fun! But we had to go to work the next day, so that was a little rough! We are definitely out of practice with these late nights!
The 2nd part of March Madness for us is of course watching college hoops! One of my favorite times of the year! And now it's definitely one of Riley's too!! It is soooooo cute! He will get all excited watching a game on tv and stand in front of the tv with his own basketball and run all around and say "AWEEEE" if they miss a basket or "dunk" if they dunk it! And sometimes after they dunk it on tv, he'll run to his basketball hoop and dunk too! It's so cute cute cute!!
Now with the time change, we're able to go the playground pretty much every evening when it's nice outside. Riley still takes his ball and "shoots" at the hoops the entire time we are there! Now he likes to try to climb up the slide backwards too and go down by himself. He still doesn't know how to maneuver the turns so we have to support him.
OMG! We did make the mistake last weekend of taking him to the other playground to play without his BALL! OMG! Did we ever pay dearly!!! Someone had a soccer ball there, and once he laid eyes on it - it was OVER! Try to explain to a 19 month old that it's not their ball! We had a full fledged meltdown! I almost dropped him twice just trying to carry him to put him in the stroller, then he literally cried almost the entire way home! BIG ol' crocodile tears! And the walk home isn't short!! Wow! I'm not sure I'm ready for this crazy toddler time!! Kelly and I just looked at each other helplessly! What can you do?! There was NO consoling him about the ball! Lesson learned - do NOT go to the playground withOUT a ball! EVER!!!
His love for balls got him in trouble at my cousin Billy's house a couple of weeks ago too. We didn't realize Billy's big lab Tatum loved "basketball" too, so when Riley came running with the basketball - Tatum came running too and there was a collision! Tatum was just a little larger, so he took Riley out. Unfortunately, it was a perfect storm of Tatum knocking Riley right into a wood step and he hit his head hard! :( My poor baby! He had an instant bump on his head too, but he was fine! Before that accident though, Riley was dancing and showing off his moves in person! My Aunt Mary and her husband Bob said they thought the videos were funny, but seeing Riley's moves in person was even better than they imagined! I have to agree with them! :)
He is definitely Little Mr Helper! Emily said when it's time for lunch, he will do all the things to get ready for lunch - move the chairs to face each other, get his high chair seat out of the closet, put his place mat on the table...all that without her even asking him to or showing him how - he just did it! And he's for sure my little helper at home! In fact, I find myself having to do things SEVERAL times these days! I've literally been trying to throw away the same fabric softener bottle for 3 weeks! I put it in the trash, and every time I turn around some little helper has put it back in the pedestal drawer of the washing machine! Same thing with hangers, if I try to throw bent hangers away - he'll take them out of the trash and hand them to me and point to the laundry rod in the pantry! And you still have to watch him very closely at laundry time! Or else you end up with dirty socks in the dryer and clean clothes back in the washer! And when he puts things in the washer or dryer - Nolan Ryan doesn't have anything on him! He winds up and throws them so hard they bounce off the back wall! And he grunts each time too! So cute! Thank goodness for the grunt - it's sometimes my only indicator that he's just added something to one or the other!
He still loves to dance. You can just say dance and he'll flap his arm and up and down and move his shoulders back and forth.
He can point to almost all his body parts now - head, hair, nose, eyes, mouth, ears, belly button (although sometimes that's his chest), knees and toes/teez (although sometimes knees and toes are just patting on his thighs).
Oh yeah...and now he gives 'puppy' and 'bear' kisses all the time! Muwah! Muwah! And he'll just smile and talk to them. Wish I had the decoder ring for those conversations!
Oh yeah - the 3rd 'madness' - Riley's new obsession is the stairs! He LOVES to climb them! And that's one of the only times I realized he hears WAY more than he lets on. Like tonight, I said let's go upstairs and take a bath. He looked at me and said bathhhhh. Then took off running. At first, I didn't think anything of it, but when I turned around to see where he was going - it was straight to the stairs and he started climbing up. He'll do the same thing for let's go upstairs and change your diaper, do laundry, take a nap, etc. Like a flash, he's gone! And he'll totally do it even when I think he's not listening.
He definitely understands a lot more than he can say - if I say 'Mommy's Room', he goes to my room. 'Your room' - he goes to his room. Laundry room - down stairs he goes to the gate. Upstairs he starts climbing the stairs. And don't DARE say the word OUTSIDE unless you are ready to go RIGHT this second! He runs to the gate and get's REALLY upset if you aren't ready to go right then!! That's one of those lessons like taking the ball to the playground! You only have to experience it once, then you're a FAST learner!
I've got to get some video of him running after his basketball outside! It's hard to explain, but so cute how he swings his body and legs back and forth to run.
He's still your cheerleader for anything! Closing a door, putting something in the trash, and he'll pause what he's doing and clap for you.
Oh yeah, he totally knows "Poo" now - as in poo-poo! He actually walked up to me and said "Poo" "All Done" a couple of weeks ago! I almost died! He hasn't really done it again though. But if you are changing a "Poo" diaper, he'll say it. Then I guess I always say "Shoo Wee Stinky Poo", so he's starting saying "Shoo Wee" and crinkling his nose up then saying "Poo"! Funny!
Okay...I think that's it for now!! Never a dull moment in The Life of Riley!
The 2nd part of March Madness for us is of course watching college hoops! One of my favorite times of the year! And now it's definitely one of Riley's too!! It is soooooo cute! He will get all excited watching a game on tv and stand in front of the tv with his own basketball and run all around and say "AWEEEE" if they miss a basket or "dunk" if they dunk it! And sometimes after they dunk it on tv, he'll run to his basketball hoop and dunk too! It's so cute cute cute!!
Now with the time change, we're able to go the playground pretty much every evening when it's nice outside. Riley still takes his ball and "shoots" at the hoops the entire time we are there! Now he likes to try to climb up the slide backwards too and go down by himself. He still doesn't know how to maneuver the turns so we have to support him.
OMG! We did make the mistake last weekend of taking him to the other playground to play without his BALL! OMG! Did we ever pay dearly!!! Someone had a soccer ball there, and once he laid eyes on it - it was OVER! Try to explain to a 19 month old that it's not their ball! We had a full fledged meltdown! I almost dropped him twice just trying to carry him to put him in the stroller, then he literally cried almost the entire way home! BIG ol' crocodile tears! And the walk home isn't short!! Wow! I'm not sure I'm ready for this crazy toddler time!! Kelly and I just looked at each other helplessly! What can you do?! There was NO consoling him about the ball! Lesson learned - do NOT go to the playground withOUT a ball! EVER!!!
His love for balls got him in trouble at my cousin Billy's house a couple of weeks ago too. We didn't realize Billy's big lab Tatum loved "basketball" too, so when Riley came running with the basketball - Tatum came running too and there was a collision! Tatum was just a little larger, so he took Riley out. Unfortunately, it was a perfect storm of Tatum knocking Riley right into a wood step and he hit his head hard! :( My poor baby! He had an instant bump on his head too, but he was fine! Before that accident though, Riley was dancing and showing off his moves in person! My Aunt Mary and her husband Bob said they thought the videos were funny, but seeing Riley's moves in person was even better than they imagined! I have to agree with them! :)
He is definitely Little Mr Helper! Emily said when it's time for lunch, he will do all the things to get ready for lunch - move the chairs to face each other, get his high chair seat out of the closet, put his place mat on the table...all that without her even asking him to or showing him how - he just did it! And he's for sure my little helper at home! In fact, I find myself having to do things SEVERAL times these days! I've literally been trying to throw away the same fabric softener bottle for 3 weeks! I put it in the trash, and every time I turn around some little helper has put it back in the pedestal drawer of the washing machine! Same thing with hangers, if I try to throw bent hangers away - he'll take them out of the trash and hand them to me and point to the laundry rod in the pantry! And you still have to watch him very closely at laundry time! Or else you end up with dirty socks in the dryer and clean clothes back in the washer! And when he puts things in the washer or dryer - Nolan Ryan doesn't have anything on him! He winds up and throws them so hard they bounce off the back wall! And he grunts each time too! So cute! Thank goodness for the grunt - it's sometimes my only indicator that he's just added something to one or the other!
He still loves to dance. You can just say dance and he'll flap his arm and up and down and move his shoulders back and forth.
He can point to almost all his body parts now - head, hair, nose, eyes, mouth, ears, belly button (although sometimes that's his chest), knees and toes/teez (although sometimes knees and toes are just patting on his thighs).
Oh yeah...and now he gives 'puppy' and 'bear' kisses all the time! Muwah! Muwah! And he'll just smile and talk to them. Wish I had the decoder ring for those conversations!
Oh yeah - the 3rd 'madness' - Riley's new obsession is the stairs! He LOVES to climb them! And that's one of the only times I realized he hears WAY more than he lets on. Like tonight, I said let's go upstairs and take a bath. He looked at me and said bathhhhh. Then took off running. At first, I didn't think anything of it, but when I turned around to see where he was going - it was straight to the stairs and he started climbing up. He'll do the same thing for let's go upstairs and change your diaper, do laundry, take a nap, etc. Like a flash, he's gone! And he'll totally do it even when I think he's not listening.
He definitely understands a lot more than he can say - if I say 'Mommy's Room', he goes to my room. 'Your room' - he goes to his room. Laundry room - down stairs he goes to the gate. Upstairs he starts climbing the stairs. And don't DARE say the word OUTSIDE unless you are ready to go RIGHT this second! He runs to the gate and get's REALLY upset if you aren't ready to go right then!! That's one of those lessons like taking the ball to the playground! You only have to experience it once, then you're a FAST learner!
I've got to get some video of him running after his basketball outside! It's hard to explain, but so cute how he swings his body and legs back and forth to run.
He's still your cheerleader for anything! Closing a door, putting something in the trash, and he'll pause what he's doing and clap for you.
Oh yeah, he totally knows "Poo" now - as in poo-poo! He actually walked up to me and said "Poo" "All Done" a couple of weeks ago! I almost died! He hasn't really done it again though. But if you are changing a "Poo" diaper, he'll say it. Then I guess I always say "Shoo Wee Stinky Poo", so he's starting saying "Shoo Wee" and crinkling his nose up then saying "Poo"! Funny!
Okay...I think that's it for now!! Never a dull moment in The Life of Riley!
Sunday, March 8, 2009
Playing Catch Up!
Yes! I'm playing catch up on blogging again! Sorry! I still haven't found a routine time to schedule this in!
I'm trying to think of all the things to catch everyone up on! Riley's 7 months old now! I can't believe it! It seriously just seems like yesterday that Kelly and I were bringing the new little man home with us! He grows and changes EVERY single day! It's so amazing to experience and witness it! He will literally try something for the 1st time one day and master it 3-4 days later! Now if we adults still got that kind of ROI, we'd be a lot more productive too! I know I would!
He's sitting up all by himself these days. Sometimes he'll 'accidentally' get up on all fours in the crawling position, but then he freaks out and drops back down to his tummy! I'm starting to feel a little like he may skip crawling and go straight to walking, but I know it's still early so we'll have to wait and see. He's just much more comfortable standing. He still doesn't really like 'tummy time' all that much.
Random shot of him playing in his activity center.
He's eating like a champ! There's not much he doesn't like anymore. I threw in the towel on making my own baby food before I even started! Let's face it! I'm struggling to get things done as it is! Why make it harder on myself?! Plus, now they have all organic baby food so we just get that. Between Kelly and I, we've tasted them all and they are actually good!
Riley also started drinking from a cup. I'm totally finding myself taking it back old school on things for him lately! I bought him a retro jack in the box a couple of weeks ago. He loves it! He's already trying to turn the handle. I also got him the old school activity center that goes in his crib (pictured below). He'll wake up and play with it in the mornings before we go in to get him. And just yesterday I ordered the old school tupperware cups that I grew up on. Sippy cups these days are crazy! They put these valves in them to keep them from spilling, but it makes it difficult for a beginner to figure out. I've been taking the valves out, but I thought what the heck! I'm going to get the little cups I learned to drink out of! It worked for me! And it doesn't have BPA in it either!
His old school activity center - no batteries required! All manual fun!
I signed Riley up for KinderMusik (Thanks for the suggestion Susan Smith!). It's basically a class for 6-20 month olds, and we sing and dance and play little baby instruments. It sounds corny because it sort of is, but Riley is getting into it more and more. Kelly even went with us this past Saturday. I did it mainly for the socialization aspect. I do worry that since he's home with Emily all day, he may become a little recluse. The 1st class he was a little overwhelmed in the beginning because we walked in a couple of minutes late and everyone was already singing, then as soon as the teacher said we were going to have a couple of minutes of quiet time - Riley let it all hang out! He was just getting his vocals warmed up! He gets his arms and legs going when everyone is singing, and he even notices all the other little kids in there. He's the youngest one, so they all walk and crawl up to him. There's a little girl Calista in his class. She's 5 months older than Riley, and I swear it looks like he could EAT her in ONE bite! It is so funny! She is so adorable with her 2 little bottom teeth smile!
Speaking of, still no teeth! He seems to have adjusted to the discomfort though because it doesn't seem to bother him anymore. BUT he is CONSTANTLY "chewing" on his thumb(s). YES! That is my way of rationalizeding it! I SWEAR he's still "chewing" not 'sucking' - at least not yet! I think he knows it's going to be the death of me if he sucks his thumb, so he will literally put BOTH thumbs in his mouth at the same time! So as to say 'Nah-nah!'!
It's hard to tell, but he's "double thumbing" it! Ugh!
OMG! How could I forget this part?! My house is now ScreamFest 2009! OMG! Seriously! Riley has definitely 'found his voice', but he's only found it on LOUD volume! Now he and Kelly have scream-offs on the sofa! I know as soon as I walk in the door whether he's awake or not these days! It is HILARIOUS! And for some reason, his most talkative time is when you're trying to feed him! Then he just wants to tell you ALL about his day!!
He and Ms. Emily are still getting along like champs! Emily is such a blessing to our ENTIRE family! Seriously! She does stuff for ALL of us every day! And she's so good with Riley! It's so nice to have someone you trust staying with your child every day! It makes my work day that much easier!
We still read 2 stories every night before he goes to bed, then sing Twinkle Twinkle Little Star & say a prayer. My Aunt & Grandpa got him a little stuff animal that says a prayer, so that's how we say his prayer every night It's so cute! We read Sweet Dreams (a little 3 page soft book) and we alternate between Good Night Moon & It's Pajama Time! And I mean we read them EVERY night! If he's tired and falls asleep during his last bottle and you try to put him right to bed, he will let you know that you are trying to circumvent the routine! And on the other hand, if he's still crazy wide awake - once we start reading he starts to calm down and get ready for bed.
Reading his bedtime stories.
His hair still sticks STRAIGHT up! As you can tell in the pictures! There's NO way around it! We just have to go with it! Mine was just like that, but I was a girl! At least he can sport a faux hawk and it's cool!
Oh yeah, and his eyes have started changing colors a little bit. They are getting yellow right around the pupils like Kelly's. I have green hazel and Kelly has blue hazel, so it's looking like they may be like Kelly's. Stay tuned and we shall see!
I'm trying to think of all the things to catch everyone up on! Riley's 7 months old now! I can't believe it! It seriously just seems like yesterday that Kelly and I were bringing the new little man home with us! He grows and changes EVERY single day! It's so amazing to experience and witness it! He will literally try something for the 1st time one day and master it 3-4 days later! Now if we adults still got that kind of ROI, we'd be a lot more productive too! I know I would!
He's sitting up all by himself these days. Sometimes he'll 'accidentally' get up on all fours in the crawling position, but then he freaks out and drops back down to his tummy! I'm starting to feel a little like he may skip crawling and go straight to walking, but I know it's still early so we'll have to wait and see. He's just much more comfortable standing. He still doesn't really like 'tummy time' all that much.
Random shot of him playing in his activity center.
He's eating like a champ! There's not much he doesn't like anymore. I threw in the towel on making my own baby food before I even started! Let's face it! I'm struggling to get things done as it is! Why make it harder on myself?! Plus, now they have all organic baby food so we just get that. Between Kelly and I, we've tasted them all and they are actually good!
Riley also started drinking from a cup. I'm totally finding myself taking it back old school on things for him lately! I bought him a retro jack in the box a couple of weeks ago. He loves it! He's already trying to turn the handle. I also got him the old school activity center that goes in his crib (pictured below). He'll wake up and play with it in the mornings before we go in to get him. And just yesterday I ordered the old school tupperware cups that I grew up on. Sippy cups these days are crazy! They put these valves in them to keep them from spilling, but it makes it difficult for a beginner to figure out. I've been taking the valves out, but I thought what the heck! I'm going to get the little cups I learned to drink out of! It worked for me! And it doesn't have BPA in it either!
His old school activity center - no batteries required! All manual fun!
I signed Riley up for KinderMusik (Thanks for the suggestion Susan Smith!). It's basically a class for 6-20 month olds, and we sing and dance and play little baby instruments. It sounds corny because it sort of is, but Riley is getting into it more and more. Kelly even went with us this past Saturday. I did it mainly for the socialization aspect. I do worry that since he's home with Emily all day, he may become a little recluse. The 1st class he was a little overwhelmed in the beginning because we walked in a couple of minutes late and everyone was already singing, then as soon as the teacher said we were going to have a couple of minutes of quiet time - Riley let it all hang out! He was just getting his vocals warmed up! He gets his arms and legs going when everyone is singing, and he even notices all the other little kids in there. He's the youngest one, so they all walk and crawl up to him. There's a little girl Calista in his class. She's 5 months older than Riley, and I swear it looks like he could EAT her in ONE bite! It is so funny! She is so adorable with her 2 little bottom teeth smile!
Speaking of, still no teeth! He seems to have adjusted to the discomfort though because it doesn't seem to bother him anymore. BUT he is CONSTANTLY "chewing" on his thumb(s). YES! That is my way of rationalizeding it! I SWEAR he's still "chewing" not 'sucking' - at least not yet! I think he knows it's going to be the death of me if he sucks his thumb, so he will literally put BOTH thumbs in his mouth at the same time! So as to say 'Nah-nah!'!
It's hard to tell, but he's "double thumbing" it! Ugh!
OMG! How could I forget this part?! My house is now ScreamFest 2009! OMG! Seriously! Riley has definitely 'found his voice', but he's only found it on LOUD volume! Now he and Kelly have scream-offs on the sofa! I know as soon as I walk in the door whether he's awake or not these days! It is HILARIOUS! And for some reason, his most talkative time is when you're trying to feed him! Then he just wants to tell you ALL about his day!!
He and Ms. Emily are still getting along like champs! Emily is such a blessing to our ENTIRE family! Seriously! She does stuff for ALL of us every day! And she's so good with Riley! It's so nice to have someone you trust staying with your child every day! It makes my work day that much easier!
We still read 2 stories every night before he goes to bed, then sing Twinkle Twinkle Little Star & say a prayer. My Aunt & Grandpa got him a little stuff animal that says a prayer, so that's how we say his prayer every night It's so cute! We read Sweet Dreams (a little 3 page soft book) and we alternate between Good Night Moon & It's Pajama Time! And I mean we read them EVERY night! If he's tired and falls asleep during his last bottle and you try to put him right to bed, he will let you know that you are trying to circumvent the routine! And on the other hand, if he's still crazy wide awake - once we start reading he starts to calm down and get ready for bed.
Reading his bedtime stories.
His hair still sticks STRAIGHT up! As you can tell in the pictures! There's NO way around it! We just have to go with it! Mine was just like that, but I was a girl! At least he can sport a faux hawk and it's cool!
Oh yeah, and his eyes have started changing colors a little bit. They are getting yellow right around the pupils like Kelly's. I have green hazel and Kelly has blue hazel, so it's looking like they may be like Kelly's. Stay tuned and we shall see!
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