In case you think my children are perfect…
What to know the truth about my little angels? Well, this adorable child whines A LOT. She also plays a fun little game at bedtime. Now that she is potty-trained (mostly), she has decided that she needs to go the bathroom at bedtime. I decided that I wasn’t going to let her use going to the potty as an excuse to come out of her room. I put a little potty in her room and told her she could use that if she needed to go after I tucked her in. It has not deterred her in the least. The second Nathan and I walk out of the room and turn off her light she pops out of bed to go sit on the potty. She does this constantly for about an hour. She also likes to turn her light on and leave it on when she does this. When I get up to feed Isaac at 3 or 4 in the morning, her light will be on again. I turn it off. By the time we all get up in the morning, the light is often on again. Argh. My child who previously slept really well, is now waking herself up to go to the bathroom at all hours of the night. This makes her tired and whiney during the day.
Isaac. Isn’t he cute? I think so, but he’s decided not to nap as long as he used to. Also, he wants me to nurse him to sleep for every nap. He’s hungry when he wakes up from his nap and 1 to 2 hours later, he’s tired and needs to sleep, but he wont go to sleep without nursing. I feel like that’s all I do. He’s been crying when I have been feeding him lately. He’s hungry and I’m not sure he’s getting enough from me. I did use a scale to weigh him before and after I fed him one time today. He got 5 1/2 ounces. That’s pretty good, but he nursed a lot longer than he normally does. Almost twice as long. I should be enouraged by the scale, but now I’m wondering if he’s only getting 2 ounces a time normally. If that’s the case, that’s probably why he wants to nurse all the time. He’s probably going through a growth spurt. I hate this uncertainty.
No picture of Ethan. He decided to grab Audrey’s foot and trip her at the library today. He also refused to talk to my dad on the phone.
