Monday, May 30, 2011
Crazy climber
Hudson is enjoying the new found freedom of doing things on his own. He is becoming more and more independent. He is so funny. Always VERY proud of himself when he does something new. One of his "New" things is climbing things. Anything that he can, he will. Walls, windows, boxes, he has even started climbing stairs. He is so cute and happy when he is able to do something all by himself. I think we have a very independent little man here. He won't even let us feed him most of the time now. If we try to feed him he promptly spits it out.
Sunday, May 29, 2011
Toddler bed built for three
Roman loves to have us lay in his bed with him. I am still not sure how I was able to lay in the toddler bed with him when I was hugely pregnant. Have I ever mentioned before that toddler beds are SMALL? Well...they are!
But I can honestly say that it's more comfortable sleeping in the toddler bed with both of my boys then sleeping in the crib with Hudson.
But I can honestly say that it's more comfortable sleeping in the toddler bed with both of my boys then sleeping in the crib with Hudson.
Wednesday, May 25, 2011
Desperate times
Call for desperate measures.
We are still trying to find a sleep groove that works for us. Our awesomeness with the first obviously didn't carry over to the second, because we can't seem to figure out the sleep thing with this one to save our lives.
Our friends have a little boy that's just older then Hudson and he too was still waking in the night and would reach for his mom's hair. So one night out of desperation for a full nights sleep she put a doll in the crib with her baby so he could grab the dolls hair. It worked, and he was sleeping through the night. Every night after she told me that I kept thinking "Man, I wish we owned a doll!" But, with 2 boys we don't really have dolls around here.
The third night after she told me about their doll solution I was just about to my whits ends and I remembered that I had a cabbage patch type doll that my mom had made for me when I was a kid that I had in the basement. It didn't have the corn silk hair so I wasn't sure if he would take it as a substitute but I had to try SOMETHING. So I ran down to the basement and grabbed the boy doll (because that's a little better then him sleeping with a girl doll...right?) and put it in bed with him. At first he wasn't fooled. But once he was asleep he didn't mind having a doll hand on him instead of mine.
We are still trying to find a sleep groove that works for us. Our awesomeness with the first obviously didn't carry over to the second, because we can't seem to figure out the sleep thing with this one to save our lives.
Our friends have a little boy that's just older then Hudson and he too was still waking in the night and would reach for his mom's hair. So one night out of desperation for a full nights sleep she put a doll in the crib with her baby so he could grab the dolls hair. It worked, and he was sleeping through the night. Every night after she told me that I kept thinking "Man, I wish we owned a doll!" But, with 2 boys we don't really have dolls around here.
The third night after she told me about their doll solution I was just about to my whits ends and I remembered that I had a cabbage patch type doll that my mom had made for me when I was a kid that I had in the basement. It didn't have the corn silk hair so I wasn't sure if he would take it as a substitute but I had to try SOMETHING. So I ran down to the basement and grabbed the boy doll (because that's a little better then him sleeping with a girl doll...right?) and put it in bed with him. At first he wasn't fooled. But once he was asleep he didn't mind having a doll hand on him instead of mine.
Tuesday, May 24, 2011
Where's Hudson?
One afternoon Roman, Hudson and I went down to the basement so that I could work on some sewing. I started a movie for Roman in the family room and brought Hudson in the bedroom with me with some toys to play with so I could keep an eye on him. I would turn and check on him between each line of stitching. Have I mentioned that he has gotten FAST at crawling? Well, he has. I turned around and he was gone. I ran out of the room and he wasn't anywhere. I had closed the bathroom door, the other bedroom door, he wasn't in the family room, laundry room, closet. I was really starting to get frantic.
I ran back into the bedroom that I had been working in and heard a little noise in the corner. I looked over and saw two little feet sticking out from behind the door.
He was completely behind the door to the bedroom happily playing.
I ran back into the bedroom that I had been working in and heard a little noise in the corner. I looked over and saw two little feet sticking out from behind the door.
He was completely behind the door to the bedroom happily playing.
Monday, May 23, 2011
Too big!
Okay, I am play catch up...BIG TIME! Not in order at all. I organized pictures and I am going to try to grab one or two a day to blog about in hopes of eventually catching up.
As we still try to find the perfect sleep solution; one night we resorted to the bouncer seat. (*Note I just checked and this was April 18, as I said, super far behind!) The next morning while Hudson was happily playing I realized he is WAY too big for a bouncer seat anymore.
You know your baby is too big for the bouncer when their feet hang over the edge....
You know your baby is too big for the bouncer when they have to lay like this to fit in the bouncer....
You know your baby is too big for the bouncer when they can stand up in it to look out the window (sorry no pictures of that, had to grab said baby so he didn't topple out of the bouncer).
And speaking of too big...Roman was cold one morning...so he decided to wear Hudson's coat.
As we still try to find the perfect sleep solution; one night we resorted to the bouncer seat. (*Note I just checked and this was April 18, as I said, super far behind!) The next morning while Hudson was happily playing I realized he is WAY too big for a bouncer seat anymore.
You know your baby is too big for the bouncer when their feet hang over the edge....
You know your baby is too big for the bouncer when they have to lay like this to fit in the bouncer....
You know your baby is too big for the bouncer when they can stand up in it to look out the window (sorry no pictures of that, had to grab said baby so he didn't topple out of the bouncer).
And speaking of too big...Roman was cold one morning...so he decided to wear Hudson's coat.
Tuesday, May 10, 2011
Crazy Crawler
Hudson has gone from rolling as his main form of getting around, to army crawling, and he is now crawling on his hands and knees. I think is's so cute when babies just learn to crawl. It opens a whole new world for them (and a whole other level of baby proofing for mom.) We never went through this with Roman. He went straight to crawling on his hands and knees full speed so it's been fun to watch Hudson figure out new ways to get around.
Sunday, May 8, 2011
Moving and shaking
Hudson is a funny kid. He wants to be independent in some things...like feeding himself. Other things, he's content to sit back and let us do them for him. Getting around on his own is one of those things. He is getting more and more mobile, but if he has the choice to crawl someplace on his own, or to be carried, he would rather have us be his transportation.
That said, he is starting to get more and more mobile. Last week he started pulling up on his own, and he can't get enough of standing up and he's starting to cruise along furniture. Last Monday night was awful because he would wake up in the night and stand up in his crib, then he would just cry and cry. Thankfully that was only a one night deal, and it's been better since then.
I put Hudson in the tub while I am taking a shower so he can play (the tub has toys in it, you can see a Winnie-the-pooh paw sticking up if you look closely.) Rather then playing Hudson just likes to stand up and hit the side of the tub now. Who needs toys when you can get up and cruise around the tub?
Another trick Hudson is starting to pick up is climbing. Spencer had to go on a training last week so he had his suitcase in our room. Spencer and I were in our room talking, we looked over and Hudson was on top of the suitcase. Neither of us saw him climb on it. He almost always does his climbing when we aren't looking.
A few other cute things that Hudson is doing right now. He loves to wave and he loves to clap his hands. He also loves hitting things to make noise. We have been trying to work on signing with him, but he just looks at us like we are crazy whenever we sign to him. We're still working on it. Roman's picking it back up great!
That said, he is starting to get more and more mobile. Last week he started pulling up on his own, and he can't get enough of standing up and he's starting to cruise along furniture. Last Monday night was awful because he would wake up in the night and stand up in his crib, then he would just cry and cry. Thankfully that was only a one night deal, and it's been better since then.
I put Hudson in the tub while I am taking a shower so he can play (the tub has toys in it, you can see a Winnie-the-pooh paw sticking up if you look closely.) Rather then playing Hudson just likes to stand up and hit the side of the tub now. Who needs toys when you can get up and cruise around the tub?
Another trick Hudson is starting to pick up is climbing. Spencer had to go on a training last week so he had his suitcase in our room. Spencer and I were in our room talking, we looked over and Hudson was on top of the suitcase. Neither of us saw him climb on it. He almost always does his climbing when we aren't looking.
A few other cute things that Hudson is doing right now. He loves to wave and he loves to clap his hands. He also loves hitting things to make noise. We have been trying to work on signing with him, but he just looks at us like we are crazy whenever we sign to him. We're still working on it. Roman's picking it back up great!
Tuesday, May 3, 2011
Sweetest Sound
The sound of my boys...playing together on the floor...laughing. These are the moments that make everything else TOTALLY worth it!
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