Friday, March 21, 2014

As Simon requested, he got the same lunch as yesterday (homemade Lunchables) except with a change in the fruits to strawberries and muscat grapes.

Tonight was our night to eat out so we decided to try Macaroni Grill. Iris had a short nap before we headed out. She sucks her thumb sometimes to help her fall asleep.

There was a short wait at the restaurant to be seated which was great for hungry Simon. Both kids liked the bread.

“Hmm, what’s this?”

“Mmmm… pretty yummy!”

Simon must have picked up this “leaning” pose from somewhere… I love it!

I had one of their special drinks made with ginger and cream. It was refreshing but not very gingery. It was missing the “kick”.

Dinner was pretty good though. I had some lobster ravioli and these cheese filled tortellini-like pasta with butternut squash and pumpkin seeds. Simon even ate his spaghetti. He loved coloring on the paper tablecloths too. Another place to add on to our “family friendly” restaurants.

So I decided a few days ago that it was time to start sleep training with Iris. I have been exhausted with her waking up every 2-4 hours during the night and needing to nurse in order to fall back asleep. Ron did the sleep training for Simon where he let Simon “cry it out” until he fell asleep. It took about 1 week for Simon to sleep through the night (meaning 8pm-6am). I didn’t want to be so “rough” on Iris so I am going to try a modified “cry it out” where you put the baby to bed drowsy and go back in intervals to offer comfort but without picking up the baby. I decided to start tonight since if it didn’t go well, at least we could all sleep in during the weekend.

Since we went out for dinner, she got her bath late but at least she ate a good dinner and had a full belly. After her bath, a book, and a song, I held her for a bit, gave her a kiss, and put her in her crib and said “good night, I love you”, pat her on her belly, and walked out of sight. She started whimpering and crying so after 5 minutes I went to pat her back and quietly say “good night, I love you” again before walking out of sight. She was still crying and upset so I went in after 10 minutes again to comfort her then walked out of sight again. She fell asleep about 5 minutes after I walked away and slept for about 10 minutes with her face smushed against her bed.

She woke up again and readjusted herself and starting whimpering again so I went to comfort her and about 10 minutes after I walked out of sight, she was asleep. I went to check on her and she seemed comfortable.

So night #1 is off to a pretty good start.

Thursday, March 20, 2014

Homemade lunchables: crackers, carrots, ham, and cheese. Green grapes and apple pears. Simon said he really liked this lunch and wanted it again tomorrow. He didn’t realize it was to make cracker sandwiches though so he said he would do it tomorrow. He also didn’t eat the fruit until I picked him up from school and ate it as a big snack.

Little girl loves so stand but not willing to take her first step just yet.

Simon was having fun inside his fold up tent.

He made Iris laugh out loud by playing peek-a-boo with her.

I love Iris’ random expressions… this one is sort of confused?

Wednesday, March 19, 2014

I think we must still be out of sorts from our weekend away. Iris has been waking up whining and wanting to be held, kind of tired, and sort of wanting to go back to sleep. Today I had to occupy her for 10 minutes while I was getting dressed. I let her watch some Sesame Street and play with an empty San Pellegrino water bottle.

She still wasn’t really happy.

Good thing I brought pastries in Chinatown yesterday so didn’t have to do much for Simon’s lunch. Just packed two mini hot dog buns, carrots, apple pear, and strawberries.

Relaxing on the sofa together.

Tuesday, March 18, 2014

Iris is in the mood where she prefers to move about on her own rather than being held ALL the time. She was wriggling to get out of my arms this morning so that she could try standing with support.

Simon had a better rest last night so wanted to go to school today. For lunch he had chicken nuggets, carrots, a fruit salad of mango, strawberries, and blueberries and two gummi bears. He almost finished everything except for a carrot. I was actually surprised he ate all the blueberries since he doesn’t usually request them but he recently said he liked them again. They used to be his favorite when he was a baby.

In the evening, Simon and Iris played with Duplos. Iris really just wanted to knock down everything we were building. I built a house and Simon built our cars, the sun, and all of us (Mommy, Daddy, Simon, Iris, and Annie). He even made us different heights like we are in real life.

Happy or Sad?

Happy! Let’s go to a masquerade ball!

Monday, March 17, 2014

I don’t know why Kermit the Frog says it is not easy being green… Happy St. Patrick’s Day!

Iris in her green outfit of the day.

Simon was too tired after our weekend trip to Lake Tahoe so really wanted to stay home from school today. He was a really good boy according to Annie. He ate a good lunch, played with Iris and kept quiet when Iris was sleeping, and just rested at home. He didn’t take a nap so was a little irritable in the evening but overall had a good day. These days, Simon has gotten into the habit of “doing work” before he is allowed to do something fun like watching TV. Work usually involves practicing writing or drawing. He did some coloring and drew the pictures below. They are of him riding on a scooter and Caden writing on a scooter. Caden is smaller since he is younger. I thought it was so cute.