So trying to reason and explain things to an 18 month old is a waste of time. Over the last few months we have tried to tell Matt there is a baby in mommy's belly so it is not ok to kick, climb, crawl or in anyway apply your body weight/pressure to her belly....he just doesn't get it. Also trying to get him to do big-boy things, climb downstairs (supervised of course), climb upstairs and just in general not demand and throw a fit to be constantly held by mommy....in fact trying to let the picking up and holding be a "daddy thing" so it won't be as huge a shock in a few months when new baby arrives and Matt doesn't get mommy's undivided attention. This is not going so well as this kid just has the Fontenot and I am pretty sure the Granier stubborn streak.
Throw in the toddler bed, the removal of all bottles and in the last week the pacifier is no longer given and you have a very cranky boy, especially at nap and bed time. As I type this, he has been in his room for a nap for an hour now. The entire hour he has knocked on his door, screamed, cried, sang songs, played with door stopper and I am sure pulled all his books off the shelf and probably gotten into his closet and pulled out whatever clothes he could grab....it is probably a huge mess and he is still not going to sleep....luckily mommy does have some will power and will leave him up there until at least 3 pm whether he takes the nap or not so another hour and 15 minutes at least. Hopefully he will get tired eventually and go crawl in his bed and sleep....you know the minute I would put him in the car he would crash but doesn't seem to want to sleep right now and it doesn't help that the phone is ringing non-stop with solicitors...I thought if you went and did the DO NOT CALL think on line that got rid of this crap, guess not...if I get that recording of "the FBI reports break-ins near our address..." one more time I think I might lose it...why would the FBI record local area break-ins? Why would you call me? can you be more transparent that this is probably a hoax of some sort?
At least it is Friday, although Jay is at work without his co-worker so that probably means a longer day, then fighting traffic home so a later arrival...but tomorrow we are off to the BabiesRUs trade-in thing to get a new car seat and pack-n-play for the new baby. B/c our stuff has endured 1. Matthew, 2. 2 moves in 18 months and 3. this kid needs a few new things we are going to trade in some of our stuff for 25% off of the new stuff. Granted this kid can do with hand-downs of a lot of things but this way at least the car seat and pack-n-play will be new and fresh for only this little one's blow-outs and spit-ups. I think the high chair will get traded in the next go-around in Feb b/c Matt is a food thrower and this chair despite the washing and my diligence to keep it as clean as possible is just going to be trashed by the time baby #2 is ready for a high chair...so Feb when they do this again I am going to get another high-chair. The stroller is still up in the air, We have a small pop-up/umbrella stroller we use right now for Matthew and I have his old base that fits the car-seat for an infant type stroller...the question is do I go ahead and get a dual stroller that has a spot for the car-seat and also Matt or do I hold off on this and just make Matt walk (see paragraph 1 on issues with Matt accepting big-boy responsibilities) while I then push baby 2 in the infant stroller?? Then there is the thought, when do I use or need my stroller, well usually at the zoo or some other family adventure and usually Jay and I are together so we could just have the 2 stroller, Matt in one and baby in other and each of us then pushing....so thoughts/advice/ideas? Do I go ahead and get something that is for 2 and does anyone has a recommendation on a great 2 kid stroller, one being baby and the second being a stubborn toddler....
Ok, it has finally got quiet up there, maybe this kid is finally asleep, one can only hope!
Next doctors appointment is 30 August, so hopefully everything continues to progress!
31 weeks, 9 more give or take a week or 2 to go!
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