Oh my, Aaron's big boy cry has come in. This kid can wail! He has woken up a few times the last few nights, and I'm determined not to get him used to more than one bottle a night (in fact, I want to cut the one out too!). But in my effort to let him cry it out, he has become more and more insistent and vocal. For fear of him waking up James and having two upset kids on my hands, I've been going into Aaron's room to help soothe him back to sleep. Part of the problem is he can now move in his crib and when I go in there, he's usually turned sideways with his legs sticking out between the crib bars. Oh mobility. So I change him, get him turned around, and he's still howling that he wants a bottle. No go, kiddo. Neither James nor Aaron have been pacifier babies so it was really lucky that I even had one in the house. I dug around in Aaron's toy bin and found one (yeah probably not the most sanitary but it was 4:30 a.m. - a mom does what she has to). In it went and he liked it! But soon his left arm was flappin' up and down (this is a new development), and if he wasn't smacking himself in the eye (ouch!), he was knocking the pacifier out of his mouth. And once it was out, he'd cry again. I'd put it back in and he'd be instantly soothed, but again the arm would flail spastically. We repeated this pacifier dance for about 10 minutes until I was confident that if it fell out again, he'd not freak out. I sure do wish he'd just find his thumb.

 

On the James front, he's a champ on the potty training front. He is willing and able to do it himself these days. On #2 he's still a bit resistant but once he gets up there and out it comes, he's so very proud of himself. (Total TMI moment, sorry!). He has his occasional #1 accident but they are fewer and farther between.

 

I need to get better at immediately writing down the things James says. I can never remember them by the time I get to this blog. But he's quite the character (as I know you all know) and keeps me laughing or scratching my head most days. :)

 

He and the kids at preschool (Aaron too) go to the pumpkin patch (Baggenstow's) this Friday. I wish so badly that work wasn't so busy so I could take the morning off to go with them. They are also having their fall class photos taken there. Should be super cute. I hope to take him to the pumpkin patch again this weekend so I can experience the fun with him. I'm sure he won't mind, and we all need 6 or 7 pumpkins, right? ;-)