my babies are sleeping, and i finally have internet service at my house. sweet! this is fun.
first things first. my latest food obsession: pepperidge farm brown sugar & cinnamon mini bagels. they're good with butter, with cream cheese, plain and untoasted... and tomorrow, i'll find out whether they're any good with nutella. stay tuned.
rowan now has four teeth on top and two teeth on bottom. one more is breaking through on the bottom, but it doesn't seem to be bothering him, except he is a little restless at night. i never thought i'd be so happy that one of my children would take a pacifier.
my nighttime issues are way more about micah than rowan. she still wants to nurse to sleep and isn't interested in trying to fall asleep by any other method... last night marks the third time i've tried to initiate night-weaning with her. we'll see how it goes. i know i'm part of the problem; sometimes i really don't mind nursing her to sleep, and sometimes it drives me crazy. i need to be consistent! the other thing that's been going on with micah is her using sounds and noises and hand gestures instead of words. she has a huge vocabulary and can be very precise with her language when she wants to. but lately when something upsets or frustrates her - like when her brother smacks her or grabs from her, or when i do something for her that she wanted to do "by her own self" - she lets out with a loud, whiny "unnnnnhh!!" and kicks her feet or waves her arms. i have an instantaneous angry reaction to this... which doesn't help, but it really makes me furious for some reason. i wonder if it's got something to do with seeing and hearing rowan get a response from her dad and me when he uses sounds and hand gestures... and her just wanting to try it herself? i don't know. tonight i talked calmly with her about it and we came up with a phrase: "don't tell me with noises, tell me with words!" the next time she starts with the inane noise to get her point across, i'll try it and see how she responds. coming up with a solution together that way usually works well for us; she remembers what we decided, and is able to calm down and do what we talked about. sometimes it takes a few conversations for it to sink in, but we've been successful working things out this way in the past.
last night, on a lark, i decided to try to teach her how to write the letter M. she was able to do it several times; i was so excited! she also memorized our address (everything but the zip code) and repeated it back to me several times. this morning she was able to recall our house number and street name, and when i asked her to write an M she said she was too tired. : ) maybe i can homeschool her without destroying our relationship after all...
rowan has been practicing pointing at things. micah and i enjoy naming all the things he notices: the cat, the dog, the computer, the TV, the window, the bed, etc. and he has been so affectionate, with everyone! he hugs and kisses josh and me all the time, sometimes without being asked. the other night in the tub, he just wanted to lay in micah's arms. i really wish i had gotten a picture. and the day before yesterday one of my good friends was over at our house with her kids, and rowan kept toddling over to her and throwing his arms around her! : ) what a sweet, sweet boy.
oh, i went back and added some pictures of rowan in the hospital to my first post, "whirlwind", in case anyone would like to see them.
first things first. my latest food obsession: pepperidge farm brown sugar & cinnamon mini bagels. they're good with butter, with cream cheese, plain and untoasted... and tomorrow, i'll find out whether they're any good with nutella. stay tuned.
rowan now has four teeth on top and two teeth on bottom. one more is breaking through on the bottom, but it doesn't seem to be bothering him, except he is a little restless at night. i never thought i'd be so happy that one of my children would take a pacifier.
my nighttime issues are way more about micah than rowan. she still wants to nurse to sleep and isn't interested in trying to fall asleep by any other method... last night marks the third time i've tried to initiate night-weaning with her. we'll see how it goes. i know i'm part of the problem; sometimes i really don't mind nursing her to sleep, and sometimes it drives me crazy. i need to be consistent! the other thing that's been going on with micah is her using sounds and noises and hand gestures instead of words. she has a huge vocabulary and can be very precise with her language when she wants to. but lately when something upsets or frustrates her - like when her brother smacks her or grabs from her, or when i do something for her that she wanted to do "by her own self" - she lets out with a loud, whiny "unnnnnhh!!" and kicks her feet or waves her arms. i have an instantaneous angry reaction to this... which doesn't help, but it really makes me furious for some reason. i wonder if it's got something to do with seeing and hearing rowan get a response from her dad and me when he uses sounds and hand gestures... and her just wanting to try it herself? i don't know. tonight i talked calmly with her about it and we came up with a phrase: "don't tell me with noises, tell me with words!" the next time she starts with the inane noise to get her point across, i'll try it and see how she responds. coming up with a solution together that way usually works well for us; she remembers what we decided, and is able to calm down and do what we talked about. sometimes it takes a few conversations for it to sink in, but we've been successful working things out this way in the past.
last night, on a lark, i decided to try to teach her how to write the letter M. she was able to do it several times; i was so excited! she also memorized our address (everything but the zip code) and repeated it back to me several times. this morning she was able to recall our house number and street name, and when i asked her to write an M she said she was too tired. : ) maybe i can homeschool her without destroying our relationship after all...
rowan has been practicing pointing at things. micah and i enjoy naming all the things he notices: the cat, the dog, the computer, the TV, the window, the bed, etc. and he has been so affectionate, with everyone! he hugs and kisses josh and me all the time, sometimes without being asked. the other night in the tub, he just wanted to lay in micah's arms. i really wish i had gotten a picture. and the day before yesterday one of my good friends was over at our house with her kids, and rowan kept toddling over to her and throwing his arms around her! : ) what a sweet, sweet boy.
oh, i went back and added some pictures of rowan in the hospital to my first post, "whirlwind", in case anyone would like to see them.
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