Noah is finally calling us "Momma" and "Baba"
It started a few weeks ago, possibly early October (before he turned 20 months old) and it is THEEEE CUTEST THING IN THE WORLD!! He will also point when you ask him, "Where is Baba / Momma?"
He is also calling his grandparents "dadha", "dadhu", "nana" and "nanu".
He has finally caught on, Alhamdulillah.
Saturday, October 24, 2015
To Leash or Not to Leash?
Looks cute.
Sounds harsh.
...But I don't personally think it is (harsh, that is!). I'm trying to think back to the days where I was childless and saw parents doing this. Did I ever secretly judge them? I honestly don't think I have and that's great because I am PRO "LEASHING"! And I would have totally felt stupid if I did judge cuz here I ammmmm, doing what I thought I would never do.
This product is actually sitting in a Babies R Us cart online RIGHT NOW, for an in store pick up. I am a bit excited. I wish I had purchased this sooner. Let me tell you why. Noah likes to be free. He doesn't like sitting in the stroller for too long and I think it's unfair to expect a toddler to do that. I am also very pregnant (36 weeks, haaayyy!) and it's impossible for me to always run after him when I am alone with him outside. When husband is around, yes, he is super daddy but that's not always the case so this is a great alternative. He can go "wherever" he wants and I'll still have him close enough! Kids can disappear in a heart beat and there are so many damn predators out there! Just thinking about all that crazinesss is labor inducing, *whew*!
I just really hope he doesn't hate it because that would honestly suck, lol.
Will update on progress soon!
Pacifier weaned!
The week before our baby moon (which was during labor day weekend) we had lost Noah's pacifier. I think there was a total of 20 that we had purchased over the course of the year and by the end we were left with two. One had already gone missing and the last one which had "momma's boy" written on it was no where to be found.
By that point, he wasn't toooooo dependent on it. We would shove it in his mouth if he was crying for no reason (lol) and when we put him to bed for the night. He would also grab it off the night table or wherever he found it and just put it in his mouth and suck on it for comfort.
I got nervous when I couldn't find it. Do I buy another one today? We're going on vacation in a week, we will definitely need something... but I decided to wait it out. Alhamdulillah he didn't need it during the week at daycare and even fell asleep without it!
But while we were packing for the trip at the end of the week, I found it...under the bed...as per usual. Ok let's take it with us, JUST IN CASE. We used it during the vacation here and there but I think because he had gone a week without it, it just didn't provide that same comfort. It didn't make him stop crying. He would spit it out and overall just didn't seem interested. That's a thumbs up, no? Well not when you have a tantrum throwing toddler while on vacation and are so very pregnant and dont know what to do! sigh,
Anyway, on the plane ride back home, I was seated by the window and towards the end of the flight, it fell out of his mouth and into an unreachable crevice. I was just so upset during the plane ride because he was throwing the BIGGEST tantrums in the world that I decided it was JUST NOT WORTH IT AND TIME TO LET GO!!! Maybe a sort of punishment for being such a brat on the plane, lol.
...and that was fine!!! BECAUSE HE HAS BEEN WITHOUT IT FOR 2 WHOLE MONTHS!!!
YAY! Alhamdulillah.
Nowwwww it's time for the next mission, which should have been completed over 2-3 months ago...How do we get him to drink milk from a cup?!
By that point, he wasn't toooooo dependent on it. We would shove it in his mouth if he was crying for no reason (lol) and when we put him to bed for the night. He would also grab it off the night table or wherever he found it and just put it in his mouth and suck on it for comfort.
I got nervous when I couldn't find it. Do I buy another one today? We're going on vacation in a week, we will definitely need something... but I decided to wait it out. Alhamdulillah he didn't need it during the week at daycare and even fell asleep without it!
But while we were packing for the trip at the end of the week, I found it...under the bed...as per usual. Ok let's take it with us, JUST IN CASE. We used it during the vacation here and there but I think because he had gone a week without it, it just didn't provide that same comfort. It didn't make him stop crying. He would spit it out and overall just didn't seem interested. That's a thumbs up, no? Well not when you have a tantrum throwing toddler while on vacation and are so very pregnant and dont know what to do! sigh,
Anyway, on the plane ride back home, I was seated by the window and towards the end of the flight, it fell out of his mouth and into an unreachable crevice. I was just so upset during the plane ride because he was throwing the BIGGEST tantrums in the world that I decided it was JUST NOT WORTH IT AND TIME TO LET GO!!! Maybe a sort of punishment for being such a brat on the plane, lol.
...and that was fine!!! BECAUSE HE HAS BEEN WITHOUT IT FOR 2 WHOLE MONTHS!!!
YAY! Alhamdulillah.
Nowwwww it's time for the next mission, which should have been completed over 2-3 months ago...How do we get him to drink milk from a cup?!
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