Maniacal Days

Things...

Things I know.

Allie is adorable. Everyone we meet tells me the same thing. She's gorgeous. She's got beautiful eyes, hair, skin, etc. All I keep doing is looking at her and thinking....oh man.....all the boys are gonna think the same thing. I need to get Mike some Valium starting now.

Luke is huge! Also everywhere I go people are shocked by Luke's age and how chunky he is. At last weigh in he was 26 pounds. He's 9 months and he wears size 18 months. Allie is 2.5 yrs and is 29 pounds and can also wear 18 months in some things.

My arm and back are broken from carrying that chunker around. I swear I think I might need surgery on my right arm....and I'm not even kidding.

Thinks I don't know.

When Luke is going to crawl! Or walk! Or SOMETHING that makes him mobile so I don't have to lug his ass around all the time!!! Cause seriously!!!! OUCH!

How much longer I'm going to be able to stand potty training before I crack and just let her wear diapers (oh wait excuse me - PULL UPS - I get in trouble when I call them diapers. But ummm yea.....SAME DAMN THING!!) **UPDATE** I've cracked while waiting for this post to come out of my drafts....new post to follow.

WHY I ever bought that first bag of Pull Ups. CURSE THAT DAY!!! If your reading this and you have a child under the age of potty training age...DO NOT, I repeat DO NOT ever buy Pull Ups!! They create a dependency for your toddler. They still can go potty in them but they still think that they are big! It's pretty much a horrible idea and it fucks up your potty training royally!

Things I wish I didn't do.

Wait to potty train Allie. She was ready at 20 months and I just let it slide. I was really pregnant at the time and didn't realize that I let the perfect age for training just slip through my fingertips. The older they are the more attitude you get and they more it becomes a power struggle. 2.5 yrs is mentally probably the worst age to train them to do anything. Cause if YOU want them to do it. They "don't wanna!!!!!"

Things I heard but didn't really know.

That boys are rougher than girls. I've heard this, but I'm not really sure that I grasped it completely. Luke is 9 months old and ALREADY he's rough! He pulls mine and Allie's hair all the time. Like ALL DAY. And not like he's playing with your hair and accidentally pulls it. NO. This child pulls your hair ON PURPOSE! He reaches for it...gets a nice big handful and practically lurches his whole body to pull it as hard as he can. Then when he gets the *OWW* reaction....he giggles. Then does it again. If I say NO! He also giggles. Considering he pulls Allie's hair like 10 or more times a day, she is really good with him. She turns around and says NO!! and then kisses him. Then cries to me. I'm waiting for her to whack him one. And I'm not sure I can yell at her that much for doing it either.

Things I worry about.

Is Luke delayed? He can sit up. He can pick up little things with his fingers. Transfer them from one hand to another. He babbles up a storm. He's finally rolling over regularly at 9 months. He doesn't even want to crawl really. He doesn't eat any finger foods. I hate to compare him and Allie but she's all I know.....and she was crawling, rolling, walking with help, and eating like a champ by herself already!

Money, now that I'm not working. And stress on Mike for being the sole breadwinner.

Everyone in the family's health. It's so weird how this happens to you all of a sudden, but for one reason or another I worry about everyone in this house's health.

If we are going to make it to start preschool in October. 2 reasons: We need to be able to afford it, and Allie actually needs to be totally potty trained by October 1st.

Posted by Jenn :: 9:55 PM :: # 10 comments