Abby, aka "Little Miss 'Tude," has lately been on a streak of asserting her, uh, independence it seems. Her new favorite words include "whatever!" and "totally!" (used correctly, I might add). Seriously, am I raising a teenager or a toddler? I can't get over the sassy stuff that comes out of her mouth sometimes. She probably picks it up from friends (or, admittedly, me) and while it's comical, I am also frightened by it at the same time. I wonder how much she soaks up of my (often) sassy attitude and when she uses my own words against me, I know she takes in more than I think. And I realize that the influence from her friends (especially those with older siblings) is probably stronger than I'd like.
Hopefully she will still want to be a kid for a little while longer since I am not ready for her to be a full-fledged teen yet!
Wednesday, August 17, 2011
Thursday, August 11, 2011
A Note to My Kids
Dear Abby and Zach,
While I love you both with all my heart and I would stop at nothing to make you both happy, nothing says "happiness" to me like a good night's sleep. While you both seem to take extreme pleasure in waking me and daddy up at 6 or 6:30 am recently, I would like to remind you that this is simply NOT an acceptable wake-up time in our house. I know your cousins wake up early, but I thought that the past 4 years and 15 months (respectively to each of you) where you both woke up anywhere between 7 and 8 am (or later) regularly was an indication that I had GOOD sleepers in my house. Yet the past few weeks prove otherwise.
I am more than happy to see your little cute faces between the normal operating hours of 7 am - 8 pm, but let's put the past behind us and get back on track to sleeping until a more respectable time so that we can all be less cranky. Daddy, Sadie and I will all thank you for it.
And a side note to Big Sis - you do NOT need us to come watch you go to the bathroom when you wake up at 6 am. I'm pretty sure you are capable of doing that yourself, as you do during the day!
With all my love,
Mommy
While I love you both with all my heart and I would stop at nothing to make you both happy, nothing says "happiness" to me like a good night's sleep. While you both seem to take extreme pleasure in waking me and daddy up at 6 or 6:30 am recently, I would like to remind you that this is simply NOT an acceptable wake-up time in our house. I know your cousins wake up early, but I thought that the past 4 years and 15 months (respectively to each of you) where you both woke up anywhere between 7 and 8 am (or later) regularly was an indication that I had GOOD sleepers in my house. Yet the past few weeks prove otherwise.
I am more than happy to see your little cute faces between the normal operating hours of 7 am - 8 pm, but let's put the past behind us and get back on track to sleeping until a more respectable time so that we can all be less cranky. Daddy, Sadie and I will all thank you for it.
And a side note to Big Sis - you do NOT need us to come watch you go to the bathroom when you wake up at 6 am. I'm pretty sure you are capable of doing that yourself, as you do during the day!
With all my love,
Mommy
Tuesday, August 2, 2011
A Little Bit of This, A Little Bit of That
It's official: I have a "little" boy! As Zachary just turned 15 months old over the weekend, I took him for his 15-month checkup yesterday. The little guy is, well, quite little still. He did manage to move up from the 3rd% to the 9th% in height (yay!!!) but remained at the 3rd% for weight. He actually weighs less than Abby did at the same age, which is quite a feat since Abby has never been even remotely big for her age. I am so relieved that he grew 2 inches in 3 months and I hope that trend continues - I don't want my little guy to be little forever!
However, in the past 7 weeks alone, Zach has learned to sit up on his own, crawl, pull up to stand and cruise! That's a lot of progress for a little guy in a short time frame! He is still getting PT services for his delay and Heather (who we adore) says she is happy with his progress. Hopefully he is well on his way to walking - and running - in no time. If he does it by the time he is 18 months, he'll be able to trick-or-treat by foot, not by stroller :).
Zach is still so much fun - his smile and spirit are 99% happy (except, so it seems, when he is teething, which he is now in the process of getting his third tooth and not so happy about it). He is starting to show a little bit of a temper and crying when he wants something or has something taken away from him, but it's easy to soothe him quickly. I am just trying to enjoy his sweet demeanor as much as possible since I realize it might be short-lived.
As for Abby - we are trying to establish an earlier bedtime for her in hopes of her being less crabby and overtired. She is definitely giving us a run for our money at home - the whining, crying and not listening is becoming an issue we can't ignore. Whether we seek professional help in the way of an OT evaluation or we read up and talk with others to know if it's age-appropriate or not, we are hoping to get to the end of this phase quickly.
These kids always have something in store for us and around every corner is another surprise or challenge, but it's keeping us young, tired and quite in need of a vacation!
However, in the past 7 weeks alone, Zach has learned to sit up on his own, crawl, pull up to stand and cruise! That's a lot of progress for a little guy in a short time frame! He is still getting PT services for his delay and Heather (who we adore) says she is happy with his progress. Hopefully he is well on his way to walking - and running - in no time. If he does it by the time he is 18 months, he'll be able to trick-or-treat by foot, not by stroller :).
Zach is still so much fun - his smile and spirit are 99% happy (except, so it seems, when he is teething, which he is now in the process of getting his third tooth and not so happy about it). He is starting to show a little bit of a temper and crying when he wants something or has something taken away from him, but it's easy to soothe him quickly. I am just trying to enjoy his sweet demeanor as much as possible since I realize it might be short-lived.
As for Abby - we are trying to establish an earlier bedtime for her in hopes of her being less crabby and overtired. She is definitely giving us a run for our money at home - the whining, crying and not listening is becoming an issue we can't ignore. Whether we seek professional help in the way of an OT evaluation or we read up and talk with others to know if it's age-appropriate or not, we are hoping to get to the end of this phase quickly.
These kids always have something in store for us and around every corner is another surprise or challenge, but it's keeping us young, tired and quite in need of a vacation!
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