Ray stayed home with the boys this week...he rocks! Library run, enterrainment junction, grocery runs, laundry and vacuuming.
Tracking our always chaotic life so that when I get to one day blink, breath and take a break I can look back and remember these sweet times.
Saturday, December 31, 2011
super dad
Ray stayed home with the boys this week...he rocks! Library run, enterrainment junction, grocery runs, laundry and vacuuming.
Wednesday, December 28, 2011
Merry Christmas
Having Christmas at our house was great, Grandma Pat, Grammie and Papa all came to celebrate with us!
Connor was adorable with presents. He only opened his and was so excitted with every single thing. He did a good job of saying thank you for his toys (except the clothes).
Time to Ferberize
Wish us luck tonight as my perfect child Ryan the last 2-3 weeks has been getting up twice a night for some chow down time.
People who haven't read Dr. Ferber's book often think he's mean for his "cry it out" technique but in the preface of the book he even says, "Simply leaving a child in a crib to cry for long periods alone until he falls sleep, no matter how long it takes, is not an approach I approve of. On the contrary, many of the approaches I recommend are designed specifically to avoid unnecessary crying."
NIGHT TIME SLEEP
Put your child to bed in his crib awake. When your child starts to cry or calls for you whether it be right when you put him to bed or some other time during the night, allow him to cry for gradually longer periods of time starting at the minimum waiting time for the night with each new awakening.
Three to five minutes is a good starting point but if you can't handle that you can start with something as short as 1 minute. The key is to progressively increase the time between visits up to a desired max amount of time each night as shown in the chart.
WISH US LUCK! Mommy is ready to sleep again.
People who haven't read Dr. Ferber's book often think he's mean for his "cry it out" technique but in the preface of the book he even says, "Simply leaving a child in a crib to cry for long periods alone until he falls sleep, no matter how long it takes, is not an approach I approve of. On the contrary, many of the approaches I recommend are designed specifically to avoid unnecessary crying."
NIGHT TIME SLEEP
Put your child to bed in his crib awake. When your child starts to cry or calls for you whether it be right when you put him to bed or some other time during the night, allow him to cry for gradually longer periods of time starting at the minimum waiting time for the night with each new awakening.
Three to five minutes is a good starting point but if you can't handle that you can start with something as short as 1 minute. The key is to progressively increase the time between visits up to a desired max amount of time each night as shown in the chart.
WISH US LUCK! Mommy is ready to sleep again.
Tuesday, December 20, 2011
Sick
Well we made it all the way until December 19th with out Connor getting sick this season. Last night he kept us up most of the night and then didn't take a nap today on dad's watch and then took us an hour to get him to sleep tonight. Hope tonight is better!!!!
Monday, December 19, 2011
Morning smiles
I had to grab the camera as I was about to head out the door to take the boys to daycare....seriously how cute is this kid!
Sunday, December 18, 2011
Stats
Ryan weighed in on Wednesay at 14lbs 13oz (50%) for weight and 25 3/4inches long (75%) for height. His pediatrician said we can start feeding him baby cereal (basically it is oatmeal) when we think he is ready. When we get a peaceful moment this week I want to give it a try. This week Ray did some volunteer work at an orphanage in Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky reminds us yet again how lucky we are to have our health and beautiful boys.
Thursday, December 15, 2011
Sunday, December 11, 2011
Ryan 4 months
My little guy is already 4 months old, crazy! Ryan is THE best baby ever. I knew he would be as Connor was a tough little guy....never slept for me. Ryan sleeps through the night probably 4 nights a week and the other 3 gets up once. He goes to bed the same time as Connor (8pm) and when he's awake he smiles and smiles and smiles. The other day when I arrived at daycare I saw that his hat had gone all the way over his face, I peeled it back and was just smiling away. Love you Ryan John, thanks for coming into this world.
**Dr Appt Wednesday, I'll post stats then.
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