Yesterday Ian was wearing one of the 2 newborn outfits I got him at JCP before he was born. They were rather big on him when he wore them in the NICU, but yesterday he had some bare skin showing on both legs in between where the pants ended and his socks began. He's definitely grown over the past 10 weeks. Can you believe he's now in double digits in terms of how many weeks old he is? I thought maybe he is ready for 0-3 month, but he's not. In fact I tried a newborn size outfit on him again (that he got as a Christmas gift from Grandma Kennedy) and the pants literally fell off him. Sigh. I wish there was more consistency with clothing sizes. Well I think he looks super handsome in the newborn size outfit he's wearing today. If I take the kids to Sears just for a pose of the 2 of them together some time in the near future, I think I'll have him wear this outfit. I considered going up today, but Nadia was WAY too fussy today.
Speaking of sizes, the dress Nadia is wearing today is supposed to be a summer dress, but I put a turtleneck under it. It's size 24 months and comes just below her knee. For pants she's definitely not ready to move beyond size 18 months yet. Tops in 24m or 2T fit well except the sleeves are too long.
Nadia can accurately identify (say the name when she sees a picture) at least 25 animals, but if she sees one she doesn't know (such as an ostrich), she almost always calls it a monkey (or a dog), LOL!
Ian enjoys being in the gym now (on his back), but unfortunately he usually spits up quite a bit if he's lying on his back or belly. He still doesn't usually last long in the swing. Hopefully some day he will. He's almost ready for the Bumbo. He's getting much better at holding his head. Yesterday he smiled for Grandma and also was cooing for her. He's becoming more and more social!
We haven't made progress with Ian taking naps in the Nap Nanny, but we are making progress with him sleeping there at night and also with nursing without the shield. He's had a few feedings today without it. YAY! I keep trying to wean him off of it, but I'm not letting it get to the point where he's screaming over it. In terms of sleeping at night, I decided today that I need to stay up later at night. Going to bed by 8pm (or 9pm on the nights I teach) isn't helping me get more sleep like it used to because Paul was holding Ian during that first stretch. His first stretch has been at least 4.5 hours long the past 3 nights - which has been WONDERFUL after having him not go more than 3 hours for the previous 9.5 weeks. I worked really hard the last two nights to get him down after the first feeding. It meant I was up for 90-120 minutes, but at least he then slept in the Nap Nanny for at least 90 minutes. I have had zero success the last few days in getting him to go down the third time (which has been around 4-5am). So today my day started at 3:30am as I never got him down again after that. That's just too early for me to start my day. So my new plan is to put him down no earlier than 9pm, and 10pm would probably be ideal. If he could sleep from 10pm-3am (he hasn't had a 5 hour stretch yet but I'm hopeful that could happen in the near future) and then again from 4am-6am, that would be wonderful. Eight-nine hours of sleep is "ideal" for me, but I would be thrilled to get 7 hours a night until he starts sleeping even longer stretches.
It's going to be hard for me to stay up until 10pm, but I am going to try to remind myself that it would be better to be up from 8-10pm than to start my day at 3:30am. Hopefully this plan will work! It should be easier to stay up that late the next few days as we have a social at church tonight that starts at 7pm, I am playing the flute at church tomorrow night in a service that starts at 6:30pm, and I'm teaching on Monday and Tuesday night. I also enjoy watching the Olympics and haven't seen much so I can use that to keep me awake over the next week. I've barely watched any tv the past 10 weeks aside from PBS that I have on for Nadia during some of Ian's feedings. My tv watching has been limited to VeggieTales, Curious George, Sesame Street, and Clifford. Can you tell I have a toddler?
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