Vi is back in cloth nappies during the day.
Tags: cloth diapers, months 7-9
Posts Tagged ‘months 7-9’
Tags: months 7-9, video
Vi chats with one of the ladies before class
- an interesting study and the gracious ladies in it
- one or two hours each Sunday afternoon while Ben looks after the kids so I can blitz through the week's homework
- as much as possible, I explained what the group would be like and my expectations for Nikki and Michael's behaviour so they could best show love and honour to me and the other ladies in the study
- Nikki and Michael are cooperative and happily incentivized with raisin snacks which they get to eat during the second hour if they are quiet during the first hour
- I also give my older children two opportunities to use the toilet during the two-hour study (immediately before and during a brief break in the middle)
- Vi's desire to rearrange the church library where we meet is curtailed by her willingness to sleep on my back in the Ergo
I have a cold, so I challenged myself to create several days of blog posts from just one evening of photos. Enjoy!
- Vi nurses on demand, day and night
- Michael was nursing on demand as well. I had to curtail the amount he was nursing, not because of excessive demand as in Nikki's case, but because of potty training. Michael's bladder fills quickly during a breastfeed, causing him to run to the toilet, come back for more numnums, and back and forth. Sometimes he wouldn't quite make it to the toilet, so he would clean up the mess then want to nurse again. In response, I initially curtailed further numnums if Michael wet his pants. This dramatically improved his accuracy in getting all his waste in the toilet. However, the back and forth to the toilet was still taking a lot of time and diminishing Vi's ability to nurse on demand.
- Now the rules are almost the same for Nikki and Michael. They each get "after breakfast numnums". Michael gets one numnum. I then require him to go use the toilet, wash his hands, and come back wearing the same clean, dry pair of pants. Once his hands are washed he has his second numnum on the other side. Nikki gets one numnum on one side if Michael keeps his pants dry during his mid-numnum toilet run. This is to give her an incentive to go with Michael to the outside toilet and encourage, rather than distract, him in his task.
- Both children also get "after nap numnums," though if Nikki acts up during naptime she forfeits her treat.
- If Nikki and Michael wake up around the same time from their nap, they each want their numnum first. If it's an odd day, the child born on an odd day goes first. Even days yield the opposite result. This has led to Nikki paying close attention to our calendar.
- Neither of my older children have any numnums either before breakfast or after dinner.
Baby sign language is so helpful. It makes my job easier when my children communicate what they need and want. So, from around 6 months old, we start associating sign language with some of baby's most basic desires.
Being picked up is always popular - 'up' was Nikki's first word. Vi also likes to be up. But rather than the traditional finger pointing up, Vi pauses in her cruising to tap on the sofa. Or if she's out crawling, she'll crawl up to me, sit down and tap her chest.
Congratulations to Kayla, who worked VERY hard on her birthday to bring her firstborn into the world in the wee hours of the next morning. Leonydas Matthew, born to Kayla and Aaron on 26 May, is one cute baby, weighing in at 8lb 8.6oz and 22.25 inches long!
Today we stumbled upon an annual Aussie tradition, where mayors across the country all read the same book at the same time to children in their local libraries.
Most days, afternoon rest time means Nikki and Michael lie quietly in their beds "until the red disappears." Generally they sleep two hours and sometimes more. When Nikki and Michael wake up they each join Mama on the sofa where we have a post-nap cuddle.
photo credit :: Elisa holding her phone at arm's length
photo credit :: Elisa holding her phone at arm's length
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- celebrating Nikki
- Nikki plays ‘Lightly Row’
- Nikki’s 50th reading lesson
- Nikki plays ‘Mary Had a Little Lamb’
- happy Father’s Day!
- kiddo quotes
- city to surf
- band in a box
- month in review and September goals
- mourning
- MuM: We share your joy in celebrating your life, Nikki. With our love and congratulations. Grandma and Grandpa
- Poppa & Grammie: Happy, happy birthday dear Nikki! We love you so much!
- Jen: Happy Birthday, Nikki! Looks like your day was wonderful!
