Jocelyn is working on her H and S sounds. It's so super cute. When we say hi to her she will start practicing 'hhhaa' sounds. They are very breathy at this point, but they are distinct. She often practices her 'SSS', especially after we call her silly. It's a bit lispy, but that's normal. Her tongue sticks out of her mouth and she does a "Thssss." I love it!
We are working on sleep training right now. We just finished day 12 of the "Sleep Lady Shuffle." The first night took 66 minutes of crying the entire time. Tonight took 14 minutes of no crying. Since we started she has slept through the night every night. I SO wish we had done this sooner! All of the good nighttime sleeping has lead to great naps and a super happy baby!
She is putting herself to sleep at nap time as well. Grandma puts her down and walks away. I need to ask how long it takes, but I don't believe it's very long. She's also off of daytime bottles. She still takes a bedtime bottle, but her nap bottle is now gone. My baby isn't a baby anymore!!
Eating has been hit and miss lately. When Jocelyn likes something, she REALLY likes it. I made some roast chicken two weeks ago that she could not get enough of. I made an herb butter that I rubbed under the breast skin, which kept it super moist. And then I rubbed some on the outside of the skin, which made it crispy and delicious. Not that she at the skin, but she did great with the breast meat. She still loves fruit - pretty much all of it. And bread. Her favorite store is Central Market because they have samples of fruits and bread and all sorts of other things. She just eats her way through the store (according to Grandma, anyway). Tonight she did great at the Greek Food festival. She munched on a bunch of gyro meat, chicken kabob, roast chicken, souvlaki and of course the fruit we brought with us. Of course, her favorite thing was probably the honey ball. That kid loves her sweets :-).
She's just such a fun age. 14.5 months is great! A few days ago we were running through the sprinklers, which she thought was super cool. Today I held her by the hands and spun her around. She LOVED it. Gave these cute little giggles. And even though our pool days are probably over for this year, last weekend when we took Jocelyn in the pool she got the biggest grin on her face. It just lit up her entire face, which was so super adorable!
I love my kidaboo!
Friday, September 23, 2011
21w5 - Oh Boy!!!
Last Friday we had the anatomy ultrasound. Sadly, the new ultrasound tech doesn't know how to put the pictures onto a memory stick or CD, so I don't have any to put up. But no matter - we found out that Pecan is a BOY!
Of course, this comes as no surprise. I knew I was having a boy. This pregnancy was just so different, and my cravings were so, well, masculine. It just couldn't be a girl.
They did move his due date to January 28 - his daddy's birthday! Of course, a due date is just a due date, and not set in stone. So I will still tell people January 29 in conversation. It would be funny if he and Mike have the same birthday, though.
Pregnancy is so strange. I am having pretty serious cravings. Weird, serious cravings. This past week it has been cottage cheese. And that's very odd, because in real life I HATE cottage cheese. It's bland and has an awful texture. But in this particular pregnancy, I love it. At least right now. What is really odd about that is that my MIL craved cottage cheese while pregnant with Mike. So I suspect that we have a mini-Mike on the way :-).
Of course, this comes as no surprise. I knew I was having a boy. This pregnancy was just so different, and my cravings were so, well, masculine. It just couldn't be a girl.
They did move his due date to January 28 - his daddy's birthday! Of course, a due date is just a due date, and not set in stone. So I will still tell people January 29 in conversation. It would be funny if he and Mike have the same birthday, though.
Pregnancy is so strange. I am having pretty serious cravings. Weird, serious cravings. This past week it has been cottage cheese. And that's very odd, because in real life I HATE cottage cheese. It's bland and has an awful texture. But in this particular pregnancy, I love it. At least right now. What is really odd about that is that my MIL craved cottage cheese while pregnant with Mike. So I suspect that we have a mini-Mike on the way :-).
Sunday, September 11, 2011
20w0d - How did we get to the half-way point?
Seriously... this pregnancy is FLYING by! It probably helps that we know what we're doing this time around, so we're panicking less. Also, we're so busy chasing a toddler around that the days fly by. But this point last time we knew we were having a girl. This time we still don't know. We'll find out on Friday - which I am, of course, super excited about!
It is funny with this being the second time around. I'm certainly a bit more relaxed. With Jocelyn I didn't dare lick the spoon when making brownies. Now, well, I cheat a bit. But in other ways Pecan has such an advantage. Besides my obvious 'been there, done that' rather than 'holy crap' attitudes, I think that Pecan probably has some good developmental stuff happening because we read to Jocelyn so much. When J sits in my lap and I read to her, I am basically reading to my tummy. So that's cool :-).
We're going through the name book and trying to finish evaluating boy names we like, just in case. Boy names are AWFUL. Seriously. That's why every guy you know has like the same 10 names. Because those are the only reasonable ones! To be fair, we're eliminating anything too ethnic (could you imagine us naming a kid Sanjeev, Antonio, etc.?). But when you eliminate anybody in your life, it's MUCH harder with boy names than girl names. For that reason I am hoping for a girl :-P.
I kid, of course. I'll be happy either way. Sure, it would be nice to have one of each. But we already have SO MUCH girl clothes that are barely worn, so it would be convenient to have a girl. Plus Jocelyn would have a same-gender playmate, which would be easier. So there you go.
It is funny with this being the second time around. I'm certainly a bit more relaxed. With Jocelyn I didn't dare lick the spoon when making brownies. Now, well, I cheat a bit. But in other ways Pecan has such an advantage. Besides my obvious 'been there, done that' rather than 'holy crap' attitudes, I think that Pecan probably has some good developmental stuff happening because we read to Jocelyn so much. When J sits in my lap and I read to her, I am basically reading to my tummy. So that's cool :-).
We're going through the name book and trying to finish evaluating boy names we like, just in case. Boy names are AWFUL. Seriously. That's why every guy you know has like the same 10 names. Because those are the only reasonable ones! To be fair, we're eliminating anything too ethnic (could you imagine us naming a kid Sanjeev, Antonio, etc.?). But when you eliminate anybody in your life, it's MUCH harder with boy names than girl names. For that reason I am hoping for a girl :-P.
I kid, of course. I'll be happy either way. Sure, it would be nice to have one of each. But we already have SO MUCH girl clothes that are barely worn, so it would be convenient to have a girl. Plus Jocelyn would have a same-gender playmate, which would be easier. So there you go.
Thursday, September 8, 2011
19w4d - Kicks!
About a week ago (18w4d, give or take) Pecan gave his (I'm guessing) first kicks! It was amazing! I am pretty sure that I didn't feel Jocelyn's kicks for quite a while after this point. She was a very still baby in the womb. Pecan is super active! Even at my last OB visit, we had trouble getting a heart rate because he kept on moving around. It was cute :-).
A week from tomorrow we have the ultrasound that will tell us if our suspicion is true or false - we will find out Pecan's gender! We are SO looking forward to it. In fact, we're taking the whole day off. Of course, we're not planning to rest and relax all day. We are touring 5 day care sites! The MIL is moving out in October, so we need to find a day care solution for Jocelyn (and eventually Pecan).
I'm still pretty exhausted, and I'm starting to get a few other symptoms. Namely, I am getting the increased snot and bed time acid reflux. No good! I'm also starting to have vivid dreams. I had one last night that was of a.. well.. sexual nature. And not completely with my husband (although, he swooped in at the end and wooed me back). But it was so vivid, and felt so real, that I felt guilty and was a bit nervous. It's funny. Obviously it was a dream, and doesn't mean anything, but it's still a bit weird.
It's part of why I think I'm having a boy. I'm having more sexual dreams, and a higher sex drive in general. So there must be more testosterone in my system. I also gained all my weight in my butt and I crave junk food - specifically fast food. The only common craving between this pregnancy and the last is veggie burritos and sour cream. And spicy food. Okay, the junk food is the only real difference. With Jocelyn I craved salads.
In this case I can feel my uterus already. I had trouble finding it with the first pregnancy - probably because things on top of it were still tight and held together. But now that everything is all loosey-goosey, so I can feel stuff better.
Jocelyn is also being super, crazy cute lately. Now that the weather is nice we are taking her outside a whole bunch more. Sunday we took her to two different parks. We went up the road to the duck park in the morning. That was really cute. There is a new playground there with two sections - one for bigger kids and one for smaller ones. The old playground is still there, but nobody used it because the new one is so nice. Even among the little kids Jocelyn was little, but it didn't stop her from climbing up the stairs and sliding down the slide. And then trying to climb back up the slide.
Once she seemed like she had enough of the playground we wandered over to creek path and walked over to see the ducks. There were a bunch of people with dogs, and she LOVES dogs! So that was really cute! When we got to the ducks, she watched those with wild wonder for a little while, until she appeared to get really tired. So we quickly scooped her up, got her home and put her to bed. Where she refused to nap. She was tired, but just wouldn't settle. It was hours before she finally slept.
That evening we took her to the park around the corner from us, which also was fairly well populated with children. And, again, Jocelyn was the little one. We swung, we ran around one jungle gym and down the big slide, she chased some older boys around. One was on a bike, the other was on a skateboard, and she was fascinated by both. She also just adores going down the slide. It's funny, though, because she climbs the stairs for the first slide, but once she goes down it she wants to climb back up it. It's adorable.
In other cute news, she tries to mimic animal sounds now, which is awesome and adorable. And she's really into hugging / snuggling. She does this hug where she hugs you tightly around the neck with one had and has the other had around your shoulder while patting the shoulder. It just melts the heart!
This is a long post, so it's time to publish. Hopefully I'll be able to update more regularly!
A week from tomorrow we have the ultrasound that will tell us if our suspicion is true or false - we will find out Pecan's gender! We are SO looking forward to it. In fact, we're taking the whole day off. Of course, we're not planning to rest and relax all day. We are touring 5 day care sites! The MIL is moving out in October, so we need to find a day care solution for Jocelyn (and eventually Pecan).
I'm still pretty exhausted, and I'm starting to get a few other symptoms. Namely, I am getting the increased snot and bed time acid reflux. No good! I'm also starting to have vivid dreams. I had one last night that was of a.. well.. sexual nature. And not completely with my husband (although, he swooped in at the end and wooed me back). But it was so vivid, and felt so real, that I felt guilty and was a bit nervous. It's funny. Obviously it was a dream, and doesn't mean anything, but it's still a bit weird.
It's part of why I think I'm having a boy. I'm having more sexual dreams, and a higher sex drive in general. So there must be more testosterone in my system. I also gained all my weight in my butt and I crave junk food - specifically fast food. The only common craving between this pregnancy and the last is veggie burritos and sour cream. And spicy food. Okay, the junk food is the only real difference. With Jocelyn I craved salads.
In this case I can feel my uterus already. I had trouble finding it with the first pregnancy - probably because things on top of it were still tight and held together. But now that everything is all loosey-goosey, so I can feel stuff better.
Jocelyn is also being super, crazy cute lately. Now that the weather is nice we are taking her outside a whole bunch more. Sunday we took her to two different parks. We went up the road to the duck park in the morning. That was really cute. There is a new playground there with two sections - one for bigger kids and one for smaller ones. The old playground is still there, but nobody used it because the new one is so nice. Even among the little kids Jocelyn was little, but it didn't stop her from climbing up the stairs and sliding down the slide. And then trying to climb back up the slide.
Once she seemed like she had enough of the playground we wandered over to creek path and walked over to see the ducks. There were a bunch of people with dogs, and she LOVES dogs! So that was really cute! When we got to the ducks, she watched those with wild wonder for a little while, until she appeared to get really tired. So we quickly scooped her up, got her home and put her to bed. Where she refused to nap. She was tired, but just wouldn't settle. It was hours before she finally slept.
That evening we took her to the park around the corner from us, which also was fairly well populated with children. And, again, Jocelyn was the little one. We swung, we ran around one jungle gym and down the big slide, she chased some older boys around. One was on a bike, the other was on a skateboard, and she was fascinated by both. She also just adores going down the slide. It's funny, though, because she climbs the stairs for the first slide, but once she goes down it she wants to climb back up it. It's adorable.
In other cute news, she tries to mimic animal sounds now, which is awesome and adorable. And she's really into hugging / snuggling. She does this hug where she hugs you tightly around the neck with one had and has the other had around your shoulder while patting the shoulder. It just melts the heart!
This is a long post, so it's time to publish. Hopefully I'll be able to update more regularly!
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