Bye bye second nap (or is it the first nap?)

Well my baby is less than a week away from his 1st birthday. They say nows the time a lot of babies drop a nap (from 2 down to 1) and I think he's going to start fighting or taking one short nap and a regular length nap. 

This morning he slept for maybe 20-30 minutes and then was up and ready to go no matter what I did. His afternoon nap yesterday was the same. He seemed fine when I dropped him off at the gym's child care room so we'll see what happens in the next few weeks. 

I'm going to miss that second nap. I usually nap during one if not both of his naps and use them to clean or do projects (I make baby blankets). I think I'll be fine once I get used to not napping everyday but I'm probably going to fight just as hard for him to keep it!

Sometimes they get soggy

So I thought teething was going to be mostly a breeze for my son. I mean his first tooth came in with barely a needy whine out of him. Turns out he developed a low grade fever last week and tooth number two is surely almost in. 

After a day spent trying to get him to sleep at my friends' cottage we had one overtired little man. When he's tired he lets you know and there is no peace until he's asleep. He also woke up and it took me an hour and a half to get him to sleep. A couple of hours later it took me another half hour. He wouldn't go to daddy either. Had to be mommy, which was sweet and exhausting. 

I was worried about him because he hasn't been eating much and I was afraid he was going to be dehydrated. My hubby and I argued about going to the hospital and in the end we didn't go. I was fine with that because I didn't really think my baby was in trouble but it was troubling that he cried for so long. 

You have to understand that while crying is natural and fine for babies I was not use to this much of it. My little guy is normally happy and content to explore on his own or to walk in mommy or daddy's arms or to play with mommy and daddy but he's not needy or demanding unless he's tired or hungry or teething (I now realize). We got through it and bought some pain stuff the next day to help manage his discomfort. Lets just say that since then things have gotten much smoother. 

My Cheerio? My son still comes toe for comfort and not to Daddy (he prefers Daddy most of the time)

Soggy because sometimes it takes a lot more time and walking to comfort than to play but its worth it in the end. 

Soggy Cheerios

I thought I was going to talk about Mother's Day and how sweet it is being a new mom and how much I enjoyed the day, blah, blah, blah. It was nice, my husband took us out for breakfast before I went to work. I got to leave work early. Lunch was taken care of, and I got to chat with some really great people at work and at home. It was bloody cold and windy (rainy too) but the weather didn't really dampen my spirits.

Then, as I'm putting my son to bed, I check Facebook as I sometimes do and I see a post my very good and close friend shared on her page. It comes from a blog called "notes from a hopeful world" go to http://hopefulworld.org/blog/in-case-mothers-day-is-hard-for-you/ and search for the post called "In Case Mother's Day is Hard for You". I read the whole thing and tears came to my eyes for all those mom's-at-heart who aren't where they thought or hoped they would be. This post illustrates a lot of the fears I have and try not to let rule my life. My own mother could be illustrated in that blog as she did suffer a miscarriage among other events.

As a mom I know that I will do everything I can for my son, including what I think is best, and that may not always be what I thought I would do. There are scenarios that scare and sadden me to the point that I have to force my thoughts in happier directions so that I don't become overwhelmed by them.

A bittersweet Mother's Day to be sure.

My soggy cheerio?  I am both thankful and fearful to be a mother.

Morning Bye Bye

When my son turned 7 or 8 months old he started experiencing separation anxiety like most babies do. I decided to take the whole year off to be with him so he wasn't going to daycare or anything. How do I know he was even going through this if I wasn't leaving him anywhere you ask? He was experiencing it when my husband left for work. Now he screams when he thinks his Daddy is leaving and so my husband has to take him upstairs with him while he changes out of his work clothes :).

The cheerio? he loves his Daddy (currently the "fun" parent)
The honey on the cheerio? I can leave the room on my husband's days off and it doesn't bother our son at all so I don't feel guilty.

Cheerios

This blog idea came to me during breakfast. I was eating my granola, yogurt, and blueberry breakfast and I have recently (this week) started sitting my son beside me in his high chair at our breakfast bar. What is he doing? You got it; eating (playing) with his multigrain Cheerios. I am hoping he'll start feeding himself a little more enthusiastically (the floor seems to get most of them). I also don't want him to grow up so fast....

It's interesting to watch him eat (or not as the case seems to be more often than not). If I put the cheerios in a bowl he'll put his hand in and move his fingers back and forth like his does when there's water in there. Most of the cheerios end up on his tray where he'll pick them up one at a time and even try to get one or two in his mouth. These days he's trying to figure out what his tongue can do, most of the time he uses it to push food out of his mouth, but ever now and again food does get to his stomach.

My cheerio of the day? Sharing a quiet morning breakfast with my son.
The honey on the cheerios? Every time a cheerio gets into his mouth and stays there.