Tiny T-Ball

Nadia and Ian had their first night of Tiny T-ball this evening at a YMCA. I made them waffles and scrambled eggs because we had to quickly eat an early dinner. Oliver loved them! I made tuna noodle casserole for Paul. There were only five kids in the class, and the teacher was excellent. Tonight she worked with the kids on catching balls thrown in the air, catching a ground ball, and tagging someone with the ball. The kids had a lot of fun! It was a bit tricky as she wanted the parents to participate at certain points, and I was there with three kids. I can't exactly play catch with both Nadia and Ian while holding Oliver. Thankfully some other adults who were there stepped in and helped me out. In future classes she said she will work with them on running between the bases, hitting the ball with a bat, etc.

After class I made a quick stop at Bed Bath and Beyond on the way home. The shower curtain we've been using in our bathroom the past 5 years is one I bought in July 1994. I've been wanting to replace it, but I thought I'd wait until we moved since I didn't know what would match the new bathroom. Once I found out we aren't moving until 2014 at the earliest, I decided not to wait any longer to replace it. Five years ago I did buy new rugs for the bathroom so I tried to find a shower curtain that had some navy blue in it so I wouldn't need to buy new towels or rugs for the bathroom. I did buy myself one bright pink hand towel (for $1.99) this evening. The new shower curtain looks so much better.

Oliver's naps today were a total disaster. This morning he woke up after sleeping 30 minutes, which has been the norm, but the last four days he cried for a few minutes and then went back to sleep. This morning he cried for 2+ hours. It was really, really hard not to go get him, and Nadia was also urging me to get him. She prayed for him to go to sleep, and so did I. After he was quiet for about 5 minutes (I doubt he was asleep since it was only 5 minutes), I went and got him when he started crying again. For his afternoon nap he slept 50 minutes. The last several days when that happened I'd let him cry (usually less than 5 minutes) and then he'd sleep for another 30-40 minutes, but after the fiasco this morning, I immediately got him. So he slept for a grand total of 1hr 20min between his two naps today. The last four days he had been sleeping close to 3 hours total between his two naps, and he used to sleep an average of 4.5 hours total prior to our vacation. I was very discouraged about this today. I am not sure what I'll do tomorrow. I really want him to take longer naps. He yawns SO much throughout the day, but I can't take letting him cry for that length of time too many times. I kept reminding myself that Ian's pediatrician, occupational therapist, and psychologist all encourage parents to let the child cry it out.