Here's some pictures of the new man in my life!
Sunday, May 25, 2014
Introducing Carter Oliver Roberts
A belated post to welcome our new son, Carter Oliver. He was born on Thursday, May 1 coming 3 days past his due date of April 28. I guess he just really wanted to be a May baby. He was 7 lbs 6 oz and 19 3/4 inches and arrived at 12:19 pm. He took to breastfeeding right away and has been doing great since then. He has lighter and less hair than Audrey did and blonde eyebrows and eyelashes. I wonder if he will be dark haired initially like his sister, who stayed that way until her 1st birthday when she turned blonde. We shall see. We were soooo lucky to have all of his grandparents there to meet him on the day of his birth as well as his PROUD big sister. Audrey adores him. She loves to kiss him and touch his soft hair. Carter seems to be ok with it! Paul was able to stay home for 3 weeks which was great and we have had tons of visitors in the past 3+ weeks. At his first pediatrician appointment, he weighed 7 lbs 3 oz (his weight had gone down to 6lbs 14oz when we were discharged from the hospital). At his 2 week appointment, he was up to 8 lbs 9 oz, 20 1/2 inches long, and 14 inch head circumference. He has outgrown several newborn outfits and is in a lot of 3 month onesies. He is doing well with a flexible schedule of eating every 2 hours during the day. At night, he goes anywhere from 4 to 8 hour stretches. Last night was his best yet sleeping from 8 pm to 4 am. I woke up before he did and went to check on him because I was shocked he had not woke up yet. I'm well aware of an infant's ever changing sleep/eat pattern, but I'll take the long stretches when I can get them. And I will GLADLY nurse every 2 hours during the day when that means longer stretches at night. We swaddle him at night, as we did Audrey... we are big believers in swaddling! I'm anxious to get into a routine with balancing 2 children. It's a different ball game with 2 and Audrey is going through an adjustment for sure. 3 year olds can be trying at times.
Here's some pictures of the new man in my life!
Here's some pictures of the new man in my life!
Wednesday, May 14, 2014
Audrey is 3 years old!
A belated Happy THIRD Birthday to our dear Audrey! She celebrated her birthday with a theme she picked all on her own. Her first choice was Ariel, but we did that for her 2nd birthday. Her next choice was Minnie, but we did that for her first birthday. On the plus side, it sounds like she's consistent with her interests! Her third choice was My Little Pony. Very fitting considering she's a BIG fan right now. She randomly came across the show on Netflix. Side note: on "mommy's IPad" AKA my Kindle Fire, I go to Netflix and she can navigate from there. She is good about knowing what shows are "children shows" and which are "mommy/daddy shows" or even "big children shows" which are just ones that are a little too old for her. So from her navigating ie Netflix giving her suggestions, she has come across many many shows with her favorites being My Little Pony, Care Bears, Strawberry Shortcake and occasionally Daniel Tiger. Does this girl belong in the 80's or what? Pretty sure those were my same interests during that decade. So anyways, she celebrated her 3rd birthday with our wonderful family and friends at our house. Soon after the party, she went to her 3 year old well visit. On this day, she learned that sometimes you go to the doctor for check ups when you are not sick. The day I told her we were going to the doctor for this appointment, she looked at me very seriously and said, "mommy, am I sick?" The doctor gushed about how good and smart she is. She weighed 25.2 lbs and was 33.5 inches. No need to even talk about percentiles... she probably isn't on the charts anymore but who cares! In 3 months since she turned 3, she has increased her weight to about 27 lbs.
Right after her birthday, like literally days after, she had a BIG transition. We finally moved her out of the crib. Paul did a fabulous job of refinishing her full sized bed and dresser for her big girl room. We prepped her for this change for a long time. We talked about how she is going to be a big sister and we will give her crib to the new baby. The other big change was that we told her big girls don't use papis which means there would be no papi in the big girl bed. GASP! I was very nervous. Paul gets all the credit for combining these 2 transitions. It was seriously the best idea. For her, it just made sense and it became a thing of fact. Big girls sleep in big girl beds and don't use papis. She did fantastic. She was sad to be without her papi for a couple of sleeps and that was it. I wanted to cave because I felt we took away her best soother and she had no replacement, but Paul kept me from doing so. She seriously impressed me.
Speaking of transitions and of her impressing me, Audrey has been potty trained since November. I was again nervous and stressed about this process. We bit the bullet and went straight to underwear one weeekend and that's all it took. She had 2 accidents, which she really didn't like and got upset about and then bam, that Monday, we went to daycare armed with LOTS of underwear and changes of clothes. She has had no more than 5 accidents since. She uses the insert on the big potty from the beginning. She amazed me. For sleep, we used pull ups until about a month ago, however, she was ALWAYS dry. We just still put her in pull ups... who knows why. So a few months ago, we stopped the pull ups at naptime and then about a month ago, stopped at night too. No problems at all.
In other news, we still have a very picky eater. It's a constant challenge and we try to incorporate new foods using every tactic I can research online but with limited success. Audrey does really well at school. She's transitioning to the 3 year old room. She likes her teachers and her friends and we haven't had any major issues. She's a bundle of fun most of the time. I can understand probably 98% of what she says and everyone else probably understands 90%. I don't have to translate as much anymore :) She loves to play at the park and can do everything from swinging herself, climbing, sliding. She wants us to play with her but is much more proactive overall. We have a few bird nests outside and she loves to go out with Daddy and check on her chicks. She is so caring and so maternal. On occasion, she acts like a total 3 year old and gives us sass, sass and more sass. She is becoming quite a negotiator and everyday, we are giving her time limits to something. I say 3 minutes, she says 5 minutes. I say I'll read one book before bed and she says, no 3. Any parent of a 3 year old knows how it is.
Audrey's newest transition this year is the one that occurred 2 weeks ago tomorrow. She became a BIG SISTER. She has talked about the arrival of baby Carter for quite sometime. When he first came, she told everyone SHHHH the baby is sleeping! Don't touch! When she saw me in the hospital bed, she was very concerned about me and the fact that I couldn't walk. The next day when she came back to the hospital, the first thing she did was ask me "mommy how is you feeling? can you walk now?" She is always checking on me and asking how I'm feeling. So sweet. She adores her baby brother. She loves to kiss him and hold him. She is concerned when he cries and nearly cries herself. She plays with him on the play mat. I knew she would be good because she is so maternal, but I had no idea how great she would be. She again impressed me with her awesomeness!
It's beyond hard to believe that Audrey is on her way to being 4. After having Carter, she seems so big and grown up. Where did my baby go? We are soaking up every minute of our beautiful daughter and loving watching her grow.
Sara
Right after her birthday, like literally days after, she had a BIG transition. We finally moved her out of the crib. Paul did a fabulous job of refinishing her full sized bed and dresser for her big girl room. We prepped her for this change for a long time. We talked about how she is going to be a big sister and we will give her crib to the new baby. The other big change was that we told her big girls don't use papis which means there would be no papi in the big girl bed. GASP! I was very nervous. Paul gets all the credit for combining these 2 transitions. It was seriously the best idea. For her, it just made sense and it became a thing of fact. Big girls sleep in big girl beds and don't use papis. She did fantastic. She was sad to be without her papi for a couple of sleeps and that was it. I wanted to cave because I felt we took away her best soother and she had no replacement, but Paul kept me from doing so. She seriously impressed me.
Speaking of transitions and of her impressing me, Audrey has been potty trained since November. I was again nervous and stressed about this process. We bit the bullet and went straight to underwear one weeekend and that's all it took. She had 2 accidents, which she really didn't like and got upset about and then bam, that Monday, we went to daycare armed with LOTS of underwear and changes of clothes. She has had no more than 5 accidents since. She uses the insert on the big potty from the beginning. She amazed me. For sleep, we used pull ups until about a month ago, however, she was ALWAYS dry. We just still put her in pull ups... who knows why. So a few months ago, we stopped the pull ups at naptime and then about a month ago, stopped at night too. No problems at all.
In other news, we still have a very picky eater. It's a constant challenge and we try to incorporate new foods using every tactic I can research online but with limited success. Audrey does really well at school. She's transitioning to the 3 year old room. She likes her teachers and her friends and we haven't had any major issues. She's a bundle of fun most of the time. I can understand probably 98% of what she says and everyone else probably understands 90%. I don't have to translate as much anymore :) She loves to play at the park and can do everything from swinging herself, climbing, sliding. She wants us to play with her but is much more proactive overall. We have a few bird nests outside and she loves to go out with Daddy and check on her chicks. She is so caring and so maternal. On occasion, she acts like a total 3 year old and gives us sass, sass and more sass. She is becoming quite a negotiator and everyday, we are giving her time limits to something. I say 3 minutes, she says 5 minutes. I say I'll read one book before bed and she says, no 3. Any parent of a 3 year old knows how it is.
Audrey's newest transition this year is the one that occurred 2 weeks ago tomorrow. She became a BIG SISTER. She has talked about the arrival of baby Carter for quite sometime. When he first came, she told everyone SHHHH the baby is sleeping! Don't touch! When she saw me in the hospital bed, she was very concerned about me and the fact that I couldn't walk. The next day when she came back to the hospital, the first thing she did was ask me "mommy how is you feeling? can you walk now?" She is always checking on me and asking how I'm feeling. So sweet. She adores her baby brother. She loves to kiss him and hold him. She is concerned when he cries and nearly cries herself. She plays with him on the play mat. I knew she would be good because she is so maternal, but I had no idea how great she would be. She again impressed me with her awesomeness!
It's beyond hard to believe that Audrey is on her way to being 4. After having Carter, she seems so big and grown up. Where did my baby go? We are soaking up every minute of our beautiful daughter and loving watching her grow.
Sara
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