Contractions

Yesterday was tough! I won’t bore you with all I did yesterday but it was busy busy! My sister and I went to a consignment sale to see what we could find for our kids.  I got several CUTE things! Things I am super excited about! You would think I would have went crazy buying girlie things but I didn’t.  I wanted to be picky when I went in.  We have so many pink things that I decided to look for things that were different.  I had not had dinner and my hips and back were killing me and it was SOOOO overwhelming seeing all those girl clothes.  I left with 2 rompers, 1 shirt, 1 dress, and 4 onesies.  Shocking, I know! I do plan to go to half off day and try to find a few things.  All the things I bought were perfect though.  Maybe I will post some pictures soon. 

So, we left there and picked up Mexican food then headed home, put the kids to bed and watched tv and ate.  I had been having a few Braxton Hicks through out the night, but that’s not uncommon. I have been having them since 20 weeks this pregnancy.  16 weeks last pregnancy. No big deal.  Then they started hurting and I was having pressure in areas that I am not sure were normal with BH. After 2 and half hours of timing them and they happened almost exactly 7 minutes apart, my back started cramping.  That was the point I decided to call the doctor.  At midnight.  We made a late night trip to the hospital, even walking in I had 3 big contractions, but the second I laid down on the bed they stopped.  This always happens to me.  They did see irritability with the uterus, enough to put me on procardia apparently.  Not fun.  I was glad that I wasn’t having preterm labor.  I am only 33 weeks.  I was glad to finally get home at  3:30 am and get some sleep. I was exhausted!!

This pregnancy stuff has been hard! I assumed having a single pregnancy this time would be so much easier.  I know it has been easier in a lot of ways, but in some ways it has been harder, or maybe just as hard.  6 more weeks!

Potty Training Day 8

I really, really dreaded potty training this round.  I seriously just wanted to wait till they were like 5 and let them figure it out on their own.  However, I knew that would be a little ridiculous.  I have been very surprised and pleased with how it’s going so far.  Micah is doing GREAT!  At day 8 we had no puddles to clean up. yay! AND he hasn’t demanded a treat after every success so I have only been giving them first thing in the morning and when he remembers them.  He even stayed dry during nap time and one trip to a store for about an hour.  He had a diaper on both times though, I am not that crazy!

I haven’t started with Ty yet, only because he has had RSV and has felt pretty rough but I know it has to happen soon.  I really dread it too.  He just isn’t interested.  I would LOVE to have them mostly trained by the time the baby gets here in 6 weeks.  It would be nice to buy diapers for 1 baby and not 3!!

Potty Training Day 4, Dentist, RSV

Today has been a CRAZY day! I went to see my OB this morning and we scheduled a C-Section.  She actually has a date that she will be here. Unless she comes earlier.  I guess we need to get a name for her! 

I also had to take Ty to the doc today.  He has had a fever since Monday and a runny nose since Sunday.  It all happened pretty fast!  But as the days went on his cough got worse and last night he seemed to be struggling to breath.   We usually don’t go to the doctor for every little thing, because these boys get sick a lot! But we decided to take him on.  Last time he had trouble breathing, even though it was much worse last time, he had pneumonia.  They said he had all the symptoms of RSV and the test came back positive. Boo!  She thinks he is actually on the downward slope of it, but he shouldn’t be around other babies till the fever is gone.  Apparently RSV is highly contagious amongst the little people.  I was happy there was no pneumonia also.  That could have been rough!

So after that, the boys had a dentist appointment.   Their first one.  It went fine.  Ty obviously didn’t get checked out, but Micah did wonderful.  Yay for Micah.  He let them to everything they needed to and didn’t whine even the first time. 

So, in the middle of all that, we are still potty training.  Can I complain for 1 second about how exhausted I am???? haha.  Thankfully my mom was here to watch the boys during my OB visit and that gave me a tiny break.  Micah has done really well today.  He threw one big fit when I tried to take his diaper off this morning, but has only had 1 accident in his undies during the 4 hours he was diaperless.  I am NOT ready to run errands with out diapers right now.  It makes me shudder to even think about it! haha.  I am not sure when I should start back up with Ty.  I want him to be healthy again when we start. I think that is the smartest and will make things easiest.  I’m still pleased with how this is going.  Please be praying for us during this time.  We really need the prayers right now.  Especially me!!!!

Potty Training Day 3

Today has been a strange potty training day.  It started out great! For the first 2 hours he had peed in the potty 2 times and 0 in his undies. yay! One of those times he even came up to me saying “poo poo”.  I was SO excited!  His treat today was a smarty each time.  He was SO excited about those.  He could only look at them and smile for the first few seconds.  Too cute!

Well not long after that he had 2 accidents in his undies. Which is still no big deal. I expect this for awhile.   But then he went down for a nap and since then has REFUSED to wear undies.  He will cry and beg for his diaper.  So, right now he is sitting on the couch with me, going bottomless.  Am I crazy? yes. 

****UPDATE (only 5 seconds later)*****

Ian just came home and he got off the couch to see Ian and went and sat on the potty. YAY!! 

Anyways, so the storms were bad today in surrounding areas.  I HATE storms.  I really do.  Always have, probably always will.  The point where the tornado sirens started going off I decided to load the tub with blankets, pillows, and toys just in case we needed to get in.  When it finally started raining hard here, we headed to the tub.  I will clarify, I didn’t get in the tub.  I sat beside the tub.  We had the chance to read 1 story and eat some raisins, then the storm was over.   Since then, Micah has refused to sit on the potty and he has refused to wear undies.  Even after the update above, he did nothing then came to sit with me again.   Not sure why he is so against it today. He really is doing great at this.  I am planning to start back with Ty on Monday.  Hopefully that will go smoothly.

Potty Training Day 2

Ty has had a fever today so he is taking a small break till he feels better.  The thought of him sitting in my lap all day with no diaper on is not appealing to me.  I do not want to change both of our clothes 10 times a day.

Micah is doing really well on the other hand.  Who knew that girl scout cookies were the answer to our problem.  Please don’t throw things at me when I say this, but I have never been a GS cookie fan.  I just don’t get the appeal.   Micah gets the appeal. 

We started out this morning with him peeing pretty soon after I put him on the potty.  He helped me dump it in the toilet then as I rinsed the bowl, he flushed.  It’s all very exciting.   I am thinking “okay, he will probably have 3 cookies today, I can handle that” he went in the potty 2 times yesterday.  One thing I must saying about my boys is, during potty training, they don’t have 1 big pee and then hold it for an hour.  They pee a little in the potty after sitting there forever and then stand up and pee around the house like 8 times with in 30 minutes.  That’s why I gave up the first time we went through this.  Plus the fact that they would scream and cry every time I would even suggest sitting on the potty. 

So, Micah has one success first thing this morning but instead of letting me put his undies on him so he can play, he wants to sit on the potty again.   Anyways, so shortly after, he pees again but it’s barely anything.  My thoughts are “he peed, that’s all that matters” so he got another cookie.  Then he wants to sit again.  And he pees again.  3 in 30 minutes is a LOT of cookies. This is when I decided to break the cookie in to 4 pieces and give him just a bite each time.  He doesn’t seem to notice.

He has done really well today.  We have definitely had more going in the potty than in the pants. yay! Even if he is sitting on the potty for most of the day.  I can tell he doesn’t get it yet.  Maybe it will take a while.  But at least he is willing to try to sit on the potty.  *whew* 

Potty Training AGAIN!!!

So here we go again.  This is my 2nd round with each boy.  I tried 6? months ago and it was terrible.  I definitely felt like they weren’t ready. They are 2 1/2…they have to be ready this time, right???  I went to bed last night thinking about starting this today and woke up still motivated.  Here we go!  I have decided we are going to start out wearing undies this time.  Last time they went commando.  I am definitely handing out treats when they go. I don’t care how terrible people think this is. I am desperate and want this to work.  Candy seems to work.   I have cleaned up probably 15 to 20 puddles total, SO FAR, today.  Ty has peed in the potty 2 times, Micah once.  I seriously felt like doing a crazy happy dance and almost started singing “We Are the Champions” when they both went for the first time…at the same time.  The only thing that stopped me was that I was on the phone with my sister and I’m sure she would not have enjoyed that.    We still have the rest of the day and evening, it’s JUST 4pm .  Thankfully in one hour Ian will be home and I will have his help and support. 

This is seriously one of the worst things ever.  I dread knowing I will have to go through this again in 2 years.  I have definitely done LOTS of praying today.  Praying that they would catch on fast but also for myself that I would be very patient with them during this time.  The last thing I want to do is lose my cool with them and make them frustrated.  It would be so nice to get this part behind us before this new baby gets here though.  Hopefully my patience and motivation will hold out!

Dresses By Aunt Bex

My sister made 2 ADORABLE dresses for my baby.  I am so excited about these. I thought I would post a picture of them for all of you to see also. Sorry Rebekah that the pictures are so horrible.  I will take better ones for you later. Hopefully.