Yesterday morning while Paul was changing Nadia's diaper in my old bedroom Wendy came down to give Adam a quick shower. Adam isn't fond of showers so he was crying. Nadia said very clearly, "He's not happy." I was in the room nursing Ian when this happened, and I turned to Paul in amazement. I think that's a very good sentence for a 20 month old. Not that I'm biased or anything, LOL! Her cousin Rachel has a very good vocabulary for being only 10 months old. She can say "mama," "dada," "Ada," (for Adam) and "bye bye." She also can clap, wave, and give you five. As you can see from the photos, she's a very happy little girl. It was very easy to get great pictures of her! She started crawling for the first time on Friday and continued to use that skill the rest of the weekend (for short distances). She's a BIG girl. Nadia is 10 months older than her, and they wear the same size diaper, pants, etc. In the photos I posted yesterday of Nadia on the back patio, she's wearing Rachel's hat and size 18 month coat since we had her own coat in the washer/dryer due to her throwing up on them on Friday night in the car. At least the dress in the family photo shown here is too big for Rachel (size 24M) and it's "just" big enough for Nadia. Nadia weighs about 4 pounds more than Rachel.
Ian fell asleep shortly before we left for church yesterday morning; he didn't wake up until part way through the church service. The orchestra woke him up. He was sleeping in his car seat on the pew beside me. He didn't last very long in my arms. I took him back to the infant nursery to nurse him. After I was done, I asked a nursery worker to hold him for a few minutes since I needed to use the bathroom. On my way back I peeked in the one-way window of the toddler nursery. There I watched another little girl take Nadia's sippy cup from her. Nadia didn't start crying until the nursery worker took the cup from the other girl to the bathroom so she could clean it before giving it back to Nadia. I heard Nadia screaming "milk, my milk." She was still upset when the nursery worker returned the cup to Nadia. I went back to get Ian, but he was so content in Debbie's arms that I ended up leaving him in a nursery for the first time. There were four workers in that infant nursery and including Ian only three infants. I went back to the sanctuary and I found out I had missed the whole sermon.
After the service was over I peeked in on Nadia again. She was still screaming. Ian was doing fine. We went to my Dad's Sunday School class but not long after the class started one of the pagers Paul had in his pocket went off. I went and got Nadia and brought her back to the class. It was hard to keep her quiet. She kept saying things like "Hi!" and "Grandma." The other pager (Ian's) went off twice. The first time they had him calm by the time I walked down to the nursery so they sent me back .The second time I brought Nadia with me and let her play in the infant nursery while I nursed Ian. When we got home, the ten of us ate lunch. After lunch we did a quick family photo shoot with Wendy before putting Nadia down for her nap. As you can see we got some good photos! Thanks, Wendy! Nadia didn't take a very long nap. After nursing Ian, I put him down for his first ever afternoon nap in the Nap Nanny.
We didn't leave quite as early as intended, but we were on the road by 5:00. Ian was again an angel. I am not sure how long this being a good traveler stage will last for him, but if we hadn't stopped at McDonald's at 6:30 to get Nadia a happy meal, I think he might have stayed asleep the whole trip. He was awake (aka crying) for less than 15 minutes of the 3.5 hours we were in the car. Unfortunately the same cannot be said of Nadia.
Leaving earlier didn't help the ride go more smoothly. In fact the only improvement was that she didn't throw up. On the way down she was good for about 2.25 hours and then cried for 15 minutes and then after we changed her clothes she slept for the last hour. This time she was good for 1.5 hours and then the happy meal gave us another 1/2 hour. We weren't going to stop for food, but she was fussing and we hoped it would help. After eating she fussed off and on (more on than off) for 1.25 hours. Then she cried very loudly for 10 minutes. This woke Ian up so they were both screaming for those 10 minutes. Nadia fell asleep when we were exactly 3 minutes from our house. Ian went back to sleep when she stopped crying. Traveling with Nadia was difficult when she was really little. Then she did well if we traveled after her bedtime (she slept the whole way). Then that stopped working but she did well the whole way if we were traveling prior to her bedtime. The last long trip was 3.5 months ago. Before we travel in May, I think we're going to buy a portable DVD player to see if that will make the trip go more smoothly for her. I wish both sets of grandparents lived within 2 hours of us.
Last night Ian slept from 9:30pm-12:30am, 1:30-3:30, and 4:40-5:30. He was in the Nap Nanny for almost 6 hours. I think that's pretty good considering he slept over 3 hours in the car right before we got home at 8:30. I expect tonight will go much better for him. I hope so as I am very tired. This week is spring break for me. Paul only went to school one day last week because he was working on a paper (which he was still working on in the middle of the night last night). He plans to go in every day this week. Even though Nadia went to bed an hour later than usual, she still woke up at 6:05 this morning.
If I wasn't planning to try potty training Nadia this week, I'd be headed to the "new" smaller MOPS group this morning for their March meeting. I am also planning to skip ladies Bible study tomorrow morning. The upside is that this will enable Ian to take a nice long morning nap in his Nap Nanny every day. The downside is that Momma might be going a bit stir crazy by the end of the week considering I'll be home alone without any adult interaction for much longer than usual. However if at the end of the week Nadia is potty trained during the day, it will have been worth it. If she doesn't seem to start to get the hang of it today or tomorrow, then I'll probably postpone the training until May. I'm going to try to keep her in the foyer (tile) and kitchen and bathroom (linolium) as much as possible. I'm going to move one gate so that the living room and dining room will definitely be off limits. At the most I'll be cleaning the carpet in the family room. Although she's asked to go pee pee on the potty and I've sat her on a big toilet several times (at her request), she's never actually gone. Hopefully it won't take too long today until she has her first experience of going on the toilet. I love the fact that it's going to be in the 50's this week. If it weren't for the fact that I don't plan to have her wear pants the next few days, I'd be tempted to use "outside time" as the reward for going to the bathroom on her froggy potty.
Yesterday morning while Paul was changing Nadia's diaper in my old bedroom Wendy came down to give Adam a quick shower. Adam isn't fond of showers so he was crying. Nadia said very clearly, "He's not happy." I was in the room nursing Ian when this happened, and I turned to Paul in amazement. I think that's a very good sentence for a 20 month old. Not that I'm biased or anything, LOL! Her cousin Rachel has a very good vocabulary for being only 10 months old. She can say "mama," "dada," "Ada," (for Adam) and "bye bye." She also can clap, wave, and give you five. As you can see from the photos, she's a very happy little girl. It was very easy to get great pictures of her! She started crawling for the first time on Friday and continued to use that skill the rest of the weekend (for short distances). She's a BIG girl. Nadia is 10 months older than her, and they wear the same size diaper, pants, etc. In the photos I posted yesterday of Nadia on the back patio, she's wearing Rachel's hat and size 18 month coat since we had her own coat in the washer/dryer due to her throwing up on them on Friday night in the car. At least the dress in the family photo shown here is too big for Rachel (size 24M) and it's "just" big enough for Nadia. Nadia weighs about 4 pounds more than Rachel.
Ian fell asleep shortly before we left for church yesterday morning; he didn't wake up until part way through the church service. The orchestra woke him up. He was sleeping in his car seat on the pew beside me. He didn't last very long in my arms. I took him back to the infant nursery to nurse him. After I was done, I asked a nursery worker to hold him for a few minutes since I needed to use the bathroom. On my way back I peeked in the one-way window of the toddler nursery. There I watched another little girl take Nadia's sippy cup from her. Nadia didn't start crying until the nursery worker took the cup from the other girl to the bathroom so she could clean it before giving it back to Nadia. I heard Nadia screaming "milk, my milk." She was still upset when the nursery worker returned the cup to Nadia. I went back to get Ian, but he was so content in Debbie's arms that I ended up leaving him in a nursery for the first time. There were four workers in that infant nursery and including Ian only three infants. I went back to the sanctuary and I found out I had missed the whole sermon.
After the service was over I peeked in on Nadia again. She was still screaming. Ian was doing fine. We went to my Dad's Sunday School class but not long after the class started one of the pagers Paul had in his pocket went off. I went and got Nadia and brought her back to the class. It was hard to keep her quiet. She kept saying things like "Hi!" and "Grandma." The other pager (Ian's) went off twice. The first time they had him calm by the time I walked down to the nursery so they sent me back .The second time I brought Nadia with me and let her play in the infant nursery while I nursed Ian. When we got home, the ten of us ate lunch. After lunch we did a quick family photo shoot with Wendy before putting Nadia down for her nap. As you can see we got some good photos! Thanks, Wendy! Nadia didn't take a very long nap. After nursing Ian, I put him down for his first ever afternoon nap in the Nap Nanny.
We didn't leave quite as early as intended, but we were on the road by 5:00. Ian was again an angel. I am not sure how long this being a good traveler stage will last for him, but if we hadn't stopped at McDonald's at 6:30 to get Nadia a happy meal, I think he might have stayed asleep the whole trip. He was awake (aka crying) for less than 15 minutes of the 3.5 hours we were in the car. Unfortunately the same cannot be said of Nadia.
Leaving earlier didn't help the ride go more smoothly. In fact the only improvement was that she didn't throw up. On the way down she was good for about 2.25 hours and then cried for 15 minutes and then after we changed her clothes she slept for the last hour. This time she was good for 1.5 hours and then the happy meal gave us another 1/2 hour. We weren't going to stop for food, but she was fussing and we hoped it would help. After eating she fussed off and on (more on than off) for 1.25 hours. Then she cried very loudly for 10 minutes. This woke Ian up so they were both screaming for those 10 minutes. Nadia fell asleep when we were exactly 3 minutes from our house. Ian went back to sleep when she stopped crying. Traveling with Nadia was difficult when she was really little. Then she did well if we traveled after her bedtime (she slept the whole way). Then that stopped working but she did well the whole way if we were traveling prior to her bedtime. The last long trip was 3.5 months ago. Before we travel in May, I think we're going to buy a portable DVD player to see if that will make the trip go more smoothly for her. I wish both sets of grandparents lived within 2 hours of us. 
Last night Ian slept from 9:30pm-12:30am, 1:30-3:30, and 4:40-5:30. He was in the Nap Nanny for almost 6 hours. I think that's pretty good considering he slept over 3 hours in the car right before we got home at 8:30. I expect tonight will go much better for him. I hope so as I am very tired. This week is spring break for me. Paul only went to school one day last week because he was working on a paper (which he was still working on in the middle of the night last night). He plans to go in every day this week. Even though Nadia went to bed an hour later than usual, she still woke up at 6:05 this morning.
If I wasn't planning to try potty training Nadia this week, I'd be headed to the "new" smaller MOPS group this morning for their March meeting. I am also planning to skip ladies Bible study tomorrow morning. The upside is that this will enable Ian to take a nice long morning nap in his Nap Nanny every day. The downside is that Momma might be going a bit stir crazy by the end of the week considering I'll be home alone without any adult interaction for much longer than usual. However if at the end of the week Nadia is potty trained during the day, it will have been worth it. If she doesn't seem to start to get the hang of it today or tomorrow, then I'll probably postpone the training until May. I'm going to try to keep her in the foyer (tile) and kitchen and bathroom (linolium) as much as possible. I'm going to move one gate so that the living room and dining room will definitely be off limits. At the most I'll be cleaning the carpet in the family room. Although she's asked to go pee pee on the potty and I've sat her on a big toilet several times (at her request), she's never actually gone. Hopefully it won't take too long today until she has her first experience of going on the toilet. I love the fact that it's going to be in the 50's this week. If it weren't for the fact that I don't plan to have her wear pants the next few days, I'd be tempted to use "outside time" as the reward for going to the bathroom on her froggy potty.
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