Boy, I've missed you all!
We're back from disneyland and I've been so very sick. I was getting over my cold, but started a bad cough and fever on the way home. Still had both 3 days later! The fever just broke yesterday. :?
Disneyland was interesting. Asher's favorite part was the ground -- all the various textures to walk on. He also enjoyed the masked characters, carousel and Haunted Mansion Holiday. Otherwise, Disneyland seemed to be a cruel form of torture of sleep deprivation and confinement in the eyes of a baby who just doesn't understand the concept of lines and isn't big enough to walk by himself. :roll: I felt so guilty most of the time. :oops:
It could have been much worse though and Asher did amazingly well considering. He slept really well in the hotel room. We made a cozy little tent around his pack n play and put him in the closet area by taking the sliding doors off (maid service prolly thought we were nuts). I giggled to myself and thought of Jaime and Luke in the bathroom! :lol:
But if nothing else, it was worth getting Asher on to California time, which means he's still on it here! He's slept in the past four days! Woohoo!!
And his night wakings have seemed to disappear. Maybe he's still recovering, but I'll take it!!
:?: But now that he's sleeping until 8, not sure what to do with the naps. They seem so late. For those with late-sleeping babies, what time are your naps at?
Anyway, we're told he'll like it much better next year when he's 22 months.
He's turned into a picky eater since the trip though. Maybe it's his stuffy nose. Things he used to like he suddenly doesn't anymore. It leaves me at a loss at what to feed him. And whatever he decides he doesn't like, he tosses off the high chair. He won't even just leave it be, he has to have it GONE! It's driving me a little nuts (Deb, I think I feel some of your pain now! :lol: ). Not sure how to handle this behavior because he's only 10.5 months, but he's clearly not experiementing, he's defiantly launching his food despite being told "no."
Tarri, maybe you could help Emily's arm strength by letting her pull herself up on your hands or sit up from a laying position, again holding your hands? Honestly, we didn't really practice the walking with Asher since he was still so young. And a friend of mine had the same problem with her DD wanting to walk all over the house with help and it was breaking her back. So I made it a point NOT to start that with Asher. :wink: He just started letting go between the furniture sooner and sooner as he was cruising around the room. Then I put a couple things in the middle of the room to encourage him to go across and take longer strides. He never seemed very interested in walking to me or DH! :lol: :roll: And for the falling, I guess I just let him fall! :lol: :oops: We have carpet and it never seemed to phase him. Ever since he started scooting, he's been bumping him head, landing head first, taking dives, etc, like the BOY he is!
Christine, we're using the last of the #3 diapers this week (bought way too many). We've been in #4 at night for a while because Asher started to leak.
Tammy, I just tried black beans with Asher this morning and he liked them. Good source of iron and very gummable.
For snacks, I just give rice puffs or rice cakes and water right now (minimal mess). By time he wakes, it's meal time again anyway, so I just give him those to hold him off while I prepare the meal.
Branwen, we're BFing till 1 year and then introducing whole milk. Once I'm confident in the milk and his intake, I'll start dropping one feed a week, I guess. Though it's weird, Asher suddenly seems so aware of BFing lately and seems to really like it now that we're down to 3 full feeds. Makes me wonder if he'll have a hard time now?
Oi, this is going to be a long, ongoing post, so maybe I'll break it up....
