Dog Baby:
gives sloppy kisses
must be watched/confined at all times
chews on everything, especially dangerous/choking hazard things
looks cute in clothes
does like wearing clothes
makes lots of messes
needs lots of shots
eats special food
everything they do is cute
most cute when sleeping
separation anxiety
makes cute noises
walk on all fours
not much for listening to you read stories
loves playing with other babies/puppies
wants what you're eating
likes to go everywhere with you
have to get up many times a night to let them out to pee
People Baby:
gives sloppy kisses
must be watched/confined at all times
chews on everything, especially dangerous/choking hazard things
looks cute in clothes
does like wearing clothes
makes lots of messes
needs lots of shots
eats special food
everything they do is cute
most cute when sleeping
separation anxiety
makes cute noises
walk on all fours
not much for listening to you read stories
loves playing with other babies/puppies
wants what you're eating
likes to go everywhere with you
have to wake up many times a night to care for it
Okay, so the only real difference is that your people baby is going to hopefully, look at least vaguely like you, and you don't have the convenience of people able to lock your people baby in a crate so you can go out to town for a few hours. At least I believe that's generally frowned upon.
Sunday, January 9, 2011
Saturday, January 8, 2011
The Things We Do
I have begun trying to learn this whole couponing thing. I read a book on and I have some coupon packets in a binder. Haven't used any yet, lol. Waiting to see what Brie posts next week in her blog. One thing she does is Swagbucks, so I joined that to see if I can make any use of it myself. Aparently, you can really rack up the Amazon gift cards, so if you're interested, sign up using the widget above and it benefits me as your refer-er.
I will keep you posted on my coupon progress. I'm apprehensive and excited. I already shop "smart", we'll see if I can cut the grocery bills down even more! I can use every penny I can keep!
On a more Desmond-related note; he has a tooth! Well, a tooth is on the horizon. Or the gum. I can see a white spot. He is chewing all his puffs on that side now. It's the lower left. He is also crawling 100% now. He also arches; getting up on his hands and toes and sticking his butt in the air. He wants to just stand up and walk places. It's so exciting. I love being a mom!
Monday, January 3, 2011
2011, The Year My Baby Turns 1!
Wow, this winter has been busy and fast! Desmond is a character with SO much personality and charm.
He can now:
roll both ways
bang toys together
give kisses
get mad and scream when things don't go his way
smile for the camera almost on cue
notice when I'm getting too far away for his comfort
indicate he wants picked up
respond to his name
sit himself up from laying down
move to where he wants to go by rolling/scooting/sliding
sit in the shopping cart basket/high chairs
He is working on:
pincher grasp
pulling up on his crib/other furniture
crawling
playing with toys in ways other than sucking on them
It has been a very fun holiday season with Desmond. He is a good sport and took all the extended family fawning over him in stride. He let everyone hug him, kiss him, and hold him and he did he part by being excited about every single gift he got, even clothes.
It was most exciting for me I think, when he started giving me kisses and recently he starting getting upset when I left the room and that makes me feel special. He hold onto you now when you're holding him and it's so sweet.
Our rough patch this last couple weeks was when he got sick with a cold and I got it from him. I felt icky and still had to take care of him. I was SO tired because he was up most the night and so I was too. Then we still had to get through the next day. He had a clogged up nose and wanted to be held all the time. He slept better in our bed so a few nights we let him sleep with us because his sleep was our priority, but with him in bed, neither of us sleep heavy. I was letting him nap on my bed too, lying down next to him till he would fall asleep.
When he was well, I announced that it was time to get him back to his bed as I DEFINITELY don't want him in my bed long-term. Needless to say, it was a rough couple days, but he's back to his bed now. He definitely has my stubbornness. The first night he screamed bloody-murder at us for an hour and half before falling asleep. He woke up and cried for an hour twice in the night. The next morning he cried about 20 minutes at morning nap time. That night, about 45 minutes for bed time. After that, it was pretty much back to normal. He had started eating in the night while he was sick, which was fine because I didn't want him to get dehydrated, but I didn't want that continuing when he was well either, so I just comforted him and didn't feed him when he woke up at night. He's back to eating longer periods during the day and not at night. It only took about 3 nights to get him back to normal. Now he's napping different though, which is interesting. Instead of about 45 minutes to an hour and half in the morning and an hour and half in the PM, he is doing 2 1/2 hrs in the morning, once even 2 hrs, and then an hour or hour and a half in the PM. Fine with me, he's much cheerier now.
It's amazing how fast he got attached to sleeping with us, it was only 3 or 4 nights and they weren't even in a row or the entire night. But he is back to normal now, and entirely well. It was a long week and half. I finally got well after Norman took a night and let me sleep and I napped one day when Desmond did.
Desmond's favorite things right now are riding in the cart at stores, playing with dogs, and zippers. Grandma GG bought him a cart cover so he can ride in carts and sit in restaurant high chairs. He thinks it's super cool as he was SO over the car-seat business.
He likes to pet dogs and watch people play fetch with them. We're working on teaching him how to pet gentle. He still likes to grab a handful of skin sometimes. Luckily, our dogs are pretty forgiving.
Our morning routine now involves Sesame Street. After he eats breakfast, he plays on the floor and watches it while I pump. He watches quite a bit and actually gave a happy squeal the other morning when the Elmo's World part started. I tried Dora and Diego a few times, but I just don't like them. I don't like the stories or the format. The PBS shows are better.
Right now, Desmond's favorite Christmas present is an electronic book I bought for him. He will play with it for a long time in go session. It makes all sorts of noises and plays songs and has buttons, etc to be pushed (or bitten). He turns the pages and sucks on it and so on. His other favorite right now is the little piano Grandma GG got him. He plays with it everyday. It literally took me showing him once how to bang the keys and he had it down. He plays it first thing every morning. I'm hoping that means he'll enjoy playing later in life. It's such a good skill to have.
Desmond is SO much fun. I haven't ridden a horse once since early November, but I don't even miss it because Desmond is so much fun. I did go down and give Spotless some grass from my hand and it was nice to feel his hairy lips on my palm. I look forward to warm weather and riding this spring, but right now I don't mind being inside with my little guy while it's freezing out there.
I was realizing the other day that my baby-horse is going to be FOUR this Spring. It went so fast! I know it will go by just as fast with Desmond. I was thinking this morning about the qualities I want to foster and encourage in Desmond and they are often the same I want to see in Spotless. Some have to be a little modified for a horse-baby, but it's a close list.
Good work ethic
independent thinker
appropriate behavior for situation
obedient for safety
problem solver
not easily frustrated
mellow temperament
enjoy a challenge
enjoyable personality
good impulse control
responsible for own actions
positively contribute to society
A lot of those I want in both my babies; people and horse. And dog, too, I suppose.
I realized the other day that as Desmond gets old enough to appreciate movies and games and such, we get to do all those things over again with him and share all those old favorites! We get to watch all our favorite kids movies, I get to read him all my favorite kid's book, we get to play with lego's and cars and action figures, play-dough, and dress-up and puzzles. I'm already scoping out our options for a play-kitchen and play-wood-shop. I want to wait to have a second kid so that I can afford to get him cool stuff like a kid-jeep and all the lessons he wants. I want to do swimming with him this summer and when he's old enough he'll do tumbling and piano and horse-back riding. It's so exciting. I hope he likes everything! lol. We'll get to put up a swing-set! We'll get to do 4-H and go to sporting events and cheer him on.
I can't wait to just take him to the kid's movies that come to the theater and I'm already planning his birthday party. Okay, I'm already looking forward to planning his birthday party. I'm hoping he'll have some preference of a theme by the time it comes. I remember planning birthday's for Jaden. He had a farm themed one, a bug one, a Thomas the Train one. I have a feeling Desmond might want a doggy birthday for his first one. Whatever it ends up, it will have an awesome cake!
I look forward to this new year and getting to spend it with Desmond. He is the most amazing, wonderful baby in the world, though I might be a little bias.
You Know You're A Parent When:
You find yourself humming the theme to Elmo's World while grocery shopping
You catch yourself praising your husband in your "mommy voice"
You've tasted baby-food from a jar
You choose your clothes based on how easy it is to nurse in them
You have resigned yourself to not wearing necklace's for a year or two
You've given up on modesty for a while
He can now:
roll both ways
bang toys together
give kisses
get mad and scream when things don't go his way
smile for the camera almost on cue
notice when I'm getting too far away for his comfort
indicate he wants picked up
respond to his name
sit himself up from laying down
move to where he wants to go by rolling/scooting/sliding
sit in the shopping cart basket/high chairs
He is working on:
pincher grasp
pulling up on his crib/other furniture
crawling
playing with toys in ways other than sucking on them
It has been a very fun holiday season with Desmond. He is a good sport and took all the extended family fawning over him in stride. He let everyone hug him, kiss him, and hold him and he did he part by being excited about every single gift he got, even clothes.
It was most exciting for me I think, when he started giving me kisses and recently he starting getting upset when I left the room and that makes me feel special. He hold onto you now when you're holding him and it's so sweet.
Our rough patch this last couple weeks was when he got sick with a cold and I got it from him. I felt icky and still had to take care of him. I was SO tired because he was up most the night and so I was too. Then we still had to get through the next day. He had a clogged up nose and wanted to be held all the time. He slept better in our bed so a few nights we let him sleep with us because his sleep was our priority, but with him in bed, neither of us sleep heavy. I was letting him nap on my bed too, lying down next to him till he would fall asleep.
When he was well, I announced that it was time to get him back to his bed as I DEFINITELY don't want him in my bed long-term. Needless to say, it was a rough couple days, but he's back to his bed now. He definitely has my stubbornness. The first night he screamed bloody-murder at us for an hour and half before falling asleep. He woke up and cried for an hour twice in the night. The next morning he cried about 20 minutes at morning nap time. That night, about 45 minutes for bed time. After that, it was pretty much back to normal. He had started eating in the night while he was sick, which was fine because I didn't want him to get dehydrated, but I didn't want that continuing when he was well either, so I just comforted him and didn't feed him when he woke up at night. He's back to eating longer periods during the day and not at night. It only took about 3 nights to get him back to normal. Now he's napping different though, which is interesting. Instead of about 45 minutes to an hour and half in the morning and an hour and half in the PM, he is doing 2 1/2 hrs in the morning, once even 2 hrs, and then an hour or hour and a half in the PM. Fine with me, he's much cheerier now.
It's amazing how fast he got attached to sleeping with us, it was only 3 or 4 nights and they weren't even in a row or the entire night. But he is back to normal now, and entirely well. It was a long week and half. I finally got well after Norman took a night and let me sleep and I napped one day when Desmond did.
Desmond's favorite things right now are riding in the cart at stores, playing with dogs, and zippers. Grandma GG bought him a cart cover so he can ride in carts and sit in restaurant high chairs. He thinks it's super cool as he was SO over the car-seat business.
He likes to pet dogs and watch people play fetch with them. We're working on teaching him how to pet gentle. He still likes to grab a handful of skin sometimes. Luckily, our dogs are pretty forgiving.
Our morning routine now involves Sesame Street. After he eats breakfast, he plays on the floor and watches it while I pump. He watches quite a bit and actually gave a happy squeal the other morning when the Elmo's World part started. I tried Dora and Diego a few times, but I just don't like them. I don't like the stories or the format. The PBS shows are better.
Right now, Desmond's favorite Christmas present is an electronic book I bought for him. He will play with it for a long time in go session. It makes all sorts of noises and plays songs and has buttons, etc to be pushed (or bitten). He turns the pages and sucks on it and so on. His other favorite right now is the little piano Grandma GG got him. He plays with it everyday. It literally took me showing him once how to bang the keys and he had it down. He plays it first thing every morning. I'm hoping that means he'll enjoy playing later in life. It's such a good skill to have.
Desmond is SO much fun. I haven't ridden a horse once since early November, but I don't even miss it because Desmond is so much fun. I did go down and give Spotless some grass from my hand and it was nice to feel his hairy lips on my palm. I look forward to warm weather and riding this spring, but right now I don't mind being inside with my little guy while it's freezing out there.
I was realizing the other day that my baby-horse is going to be FOUR this Spring. It went so fast! I know it will go by just as fast with Desmond. I was thinking this morning about the qualities I want to foster and encourage in Desmond and they are often the same I want to see in Spotless. Some have to be a little modified for a horse-baby, but it's a close list.
Good work ethic
independent thinker
appropriate behavior for situation
obedient for safety
problem solver
not easily frustrated
mellow temperament
enjoy a challenge
enjoyable personality
good impulse control
responsible for own actions
positively contribute to society
A lot of those I want in both my babies; people and horse. And dog, too, I suppose.
I realized the other day that as Desmond gets old enough to appreciate movies and games and such, we get to do all those things over again with him and share all those old favorites! We get to watch all our favorite kids movies, I get to read him all my favorite kid's book, we get to play with lego's and cars and action figures, play-dough, and dress-up and puzzles. I'm already scoping out our options for a play-kitchen and play-wood-shop. I want to wait to have a second kid so that I can afford to get him cool stuff like a kid-jeep and all the lessons he wants. I want to do swimming with him this summer and when he's old enough he'll do tumbling and piano and horse-back riding. It's so exciting. I hope he likes everything! lol. We'll get to put up a swing-set! We'll get to do 4-H and go to sporting events and cheer him on.
I can't wait to just take him to the kid's movies that come to the theater and I'm already planning his birthday party. Okay, I'm already looking forward to planning his birthday party. I'm hoping he'll have some preference of a theme by the time it comes. I remember planning birthday's for Jaden. He had a farm themed one, a bug one, a Thomas the Train one. I have a feeling Desmond might want a doggy birthday for his first one. Whatever it ends up, it will have an awesome cake!
I look forward to this new year and getting to spend it with Desmond. He is the most amazing, wonderful baby in the world, though I might be a little bias.
You Know You're A Parent When:
You find yourself humming the theme to Elmo's World while grocery shopping
You catch yourself praising your husband in your "mommy voice"
You've tasted baby-food from a jar
You choose your clothes based on how easy it is to nurse in them
You have resigned yourself to not wearing necklace's for a year or two
You've given up on modesty for a while
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