Carson is still protesting all food except Ritz Crackers. After battling him at breakfast, lunch and afternoon snack, Mark took a swing at it for dinner. It took a little while, but Carson finally ate one jar of green beans and turkey. I really hope this is just a short phase and not the beginning of 18 years of battling a picky eater.
Kate is wild about Jell-O now. She seems to like playing with it on her tray, making it jiggle and then wolfing it down. Sometimes I find it so hard to believe that she only weighs 16 lbs given how much and how enthusiastically she eats.
There have been changes in the sleep department too. They are now wanting to go to bed at 7:30 instead of 8:30. Carson has slept through the night every night for a week, but he broke his streak last night. Apparently he had a minor coughing spell and that got him up. Kate is still getting up once a night — at 11:30 like a clockwork — but now she is refusing a bottle when she gets up. She just wants to be cuddled for a few minutes. That’s a huge improvement for her, and I think we are working our way to sleeping through the night.
Yesterday I was crazy busy. I dropped the babies off at Miss Jennifer’s at 8, went grocery shopping (by the way, early morning shopping is wonderful. No lines or idiots!), came home and shampooed the living room, guest room and game room carpets — that took most of the day — and then I hung up a lot of things I’ve been meaning for the past 8 months to hang on the walls, cleaned the kitchen, did 2 loads of laundry, and then made lasagna for dinner. I was exhausted! I am still tired, but it doesn’t look like a nap is going to happen for me today.
Emails have been coming from my estranged Maid of Honor after almost a year of silence from her. Not sure how I feel about all of that, but I did get the closure that I needed and was glad to hear she is doing well.
We went ahead and turned Carson’s car seat around to front facing. He is over 20 lbs now and, yes, we are technically breaking the law by 2 weeks since he needs to be a year old. He really seems to like the new views. He looks like such a big boy sitting facing the front. Miss Kate is still in an infant carrier and still facing backwards. It’s strange looking. It’s almost looks like I have one toddler and one infant back there.
The cold from hell has finally departed! I would say Mark and I are back to about 90%. We are feeling pretty good, but still have the occasional coughing fit.
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