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Super Baby goes THUD

Posted on January 27, 2008 1:32 am by TheAngelForever

Friday night was rough. As previously mentioned the little guy is teething constantly again. JSL was fussing a lot during the night and I was in pain. I think I may have dislocated my shoulder. After getting up several time, JSL wound up in our bed. NHL woke up too early for us (his usual time though). I asked JL to take NHL to the other room to play or rest on the couch so I could nurse the baby and maybe he would go back to sleep.

The little guy was really miserable. He nursed a little and then wanted to settle. We were both in my queen sized bed and I forgot to move pillows on the other side since he was right next to me

Can you see where I am going here?

*sigh*  (BAD Mommy)

I must have fallen asleep and a certain 8 month old clearly did not. Next thing I know I heard a horrible THUD.

I shot up out of bed and immediately freaked out. I saw the baby was NOT with me in bed. Then instantly I heard him screaming from the floor. I screamed for JL who was sleeping on the couch. He came flying to the room and we picked JSL up to assess him.

I think he was more scared than anything about what had happened – all of the fuss and what not. Within 10-15 minutes he was not crying. Nope, the little monkey was creeping all over the bed after our remote, chatting with Daddy and sitting up to play.

I felt so guilty and like a horrible mommy. I called my mother who is out visiting my brother and his family. I flipped her out to the point that she had to put my niece down and was in tears (sorry Mom). This was obviously not the intention of my call and made me feel worse.Thankfully JSL seemed fine the rest of the day. He wanted to play, try cruising on the side of the couch (and he fell again), and chat up a storm.

With all of the excitement this morning we took naps this afternoon (Mommy forced NHL into his bed and stayed with him until we both conked out). Meanwhile JL cleaned up some as JSL slept in his highchair. He started to fuss some so they went to the couch together. A while later NHL woke up and went to the couch to find the other boys asleep. This is what happened next: 

My sleeping boys

For a little boy that was not tired he wanted to cuddle right back up with Daddy and JSL. 

NHL joined the couch late

The following is the look I received after a few too many flashes of my camera. 

I don't want to be awake

Soon everyone was up and much happier than before. 

Go back to sleep - close your eyes

Soon after this Mommy went out for a girls night with my friend H. Her husband J went with JL and the boys out. More on this later :)  Now I must sleep since it is very late and no doubt one of the children will be up way too early.

 

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A Duh Moment of the Teething Kind

Posted on January 25, 2008 12:25 pm by TheAngelForever

I feel horrible.  

Why? 

Well, for once it was not from the lack of sleep from two little bed hogs boys taking turns being up ALL night. No, it was not from all four of us in our queen sized bed for several never ending long hours in the early morning. Nor does it have to do with fighting off a cold and not being able to take anything thanks to nursing. Nope, not one of these items mentioned is the reason I am feeling horrible and guilty.

This is from being a "dink" and not reading the signs and helping poor innocent JSL. I was just nursing him and he was really miserable. Something caught my eye in his mouth, so I fought with him to look inside.

Staring me in the face, on the top next to the two front top chompers, were little points on both sides just poking through. The poor baby has had signs the last week, but I was in denial since he just cut the other ones. Every single classic teething symptom that some doctors deny were there (thank goodness our dentist is a believer in them). He had the telltale gross "fun" diapers, rear end rash, restless at night, stuffy nose, excess saliva, didn’t want to eat solids, and was super clingy to me.

I should have known and not been in denial. I could have given the poor kid something to help him sleep at night instead of trying simple and useless binky therapy. At least I know now and can help him out and snuggle him if that is what he wants. I need to learn to savor these moments more: 

My tired little monkey

 

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C’est Fini!!!

Posted on January 24, 2008 11:25 am by TheAngelForever

I finally did it!   No, not that. . . I do have two little boys after all ;)

What you ask?

I finished my first knitting project in over 20 years. On Tuesday night I decided to be a little adventurous and try to bind-off JSL’s scarf by myself. I did it with a quick IM tutoring session from my favorite Squishy Yarn Guru. I went off and accomplished it. Below is scarf almost ready to keep JSL warm. 

C'est Fini!

And here is a close up of the end that I finished alone (not too shabby if I do say so):

The End!

Now the only thing left to do is weave in the ends and wrap it around JSL’s neck to keep him warm. He seemed to like it when I did a test run. He enjoyed eating petting it. Meanwhile as I was taking photos of the scarf my little guy was playing with his food. Here is a different sort of view of the scene.

Birds eye view

Please note the static in his hair – ugh winter stinks even for babies in the frizz department!

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New Project Alert!

Since Laura is not feeling well (feel better Madame Guru), she sent me to a website to try to reteach myself how to purl (it’s been WAY over 20 years since I tried that). After some swearing under my breath trouble at first, I finally got it going thanks to the video. Later at night I mentioned to Laura that I was having problem with the knit row, after purling. She said something was obviously wrong. So I watched again and figured out that I was wrapping the yarn in the wrong direction. Since it is SO subtle (you really have to look and follow the stripes to see the mistake) I opted to just keep knitting. Purling is getting easier, but it is more awkward and easier to drop a stitch if you are right handed.

Here is the start of my first wash cloth that I am making for myself (thus the reason I am not redoing the tiny ooops). Mistake not seen here since I started the correction afterward. 

Pretty side of purling practice

And here is the other side: Other side of purling practice

 So off I go to do a few things while the little guy is napping.

 

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Then and Now – MEME

Posted on January 22, 2008 9:01 pm by TheAngelForever

I was tagged by Renee over at Life With My Special K’s for the Then and Now MEME. It seemed like fun so here is mine to show just how much my two little guys have grown in a short amount of time.

This is NHL "Then and Now": 

NHL Then . . . August 2003

 NHL Now . . . January 2007

This is JSL "Then and Now": 

JSL Then . . . May 2007

 

JSL Now . . . January 2007

It really is hard to believe how quickly they grow. . . makes me so glad that I am home this year to really watch JSL during this time.

I now tag:

 

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