Finally, we gave Arlan a bath and he didn't scream his head off!! Like we did with Landon, we moved him into our big bathtub, and I got in with him. In fact, I got in first, and when his curiousity got the better of him I pulled him in with me :-) But we made it through without screaming. I didn't wash his hair - dumped some water on his head and he was immediately trying to get out of the tub. But I got everything else washed (his feet are actually skin coloured, not dirt coloured!!! lol) so I'm happy. Then to his room, bottle and jammies and happy :-) Much nicer. Landon even crawled in with Arlan and I, and finished his bath up while I put Arlan to bed.
Landon had Sebastien over to play yesterday. He was so excited for "Bastien" to come, but when he got here, Landon was way more interested in playing with Sebastien's mom - of course!! Wow - am I gonna have trouble with him and older women? lol
Other than that - Landon is always busy. Right now he's carrying every book from our bedroom across to the bonus room, and piling them on the futon. I guess I'll go through our books shortly ...
Arlan is back to his happy, playful self. YAY! Giggling and playing and exploring all over ... so curious! And smiling again - I love it. Only one tooth has popped through (that danged molar), so we're watching to see if some more make their appearance shortly. There's gotta be a whole batch come through soon...
that's about it. Enjoying these nice days of late summer (I can still call it summer when we have humidex readings, right?). But I am looking forward to cleaning up the backyard toys -- several will be making their exit at the end of this season, and perhaps next year it won't be such a junk yard back there? Yah, right...heh heh
Showing posts with label bathtub terrors. Show all posts
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Tuesday, September 15, 2009
Tuesday, September 01, 2009
Whoops -- where have the days gone!
Aunty Allison was here for a visit - Arlan of course checked her out, and once he determined that she was ok, she was REALLY ok!! LOL Both boys loved visiting and playing with her -- and Allison got the best form of birth control ever (gotta love kids!). Ah well. We didn't do as much this year as we did last year when she was here, I think because Arlan needs to nap at home now I don't have the same 'freedom'. But she and I did "float the Bow" (drop a raft in to the Bow River, and float downstream) ... it was 30' and clear blue skies that Friday, it was WONDERFUL!!
Other than that - we've been hanging out at home. Iden spent a day with Landon last week, they had a lot of fun. It was cute to watch them - they'd play, then get sick of each other and go their separate ways, then they'd play together again. I didn't see any hitting going on, so Landon must've realized he can just go play on his own - he doesn't need to hit the other kid to make them leave!! LOL
Arlan now copies every single thing that Landon does. EVERYTHING! Landon was humming / moaning / singing into the empty water can (making a lovely sound!), and Arlan was right over there. Landon has to 'bite' the top of the umbrella pole, Arlan got right up there too. Landon hands on the cross bar on the swingset, so does Arlan!! Arlan follows him around ALL day long, doing everything his big bro does. The nicest times are when Landon plays back ... like they chase each other pushing trucks around the back yard, or they'll play in the sandbox together, that type of thing. Makes my heart melt :-D heh heh
I've also noticed Arlan is starting to stand his ground and fight back a bit. We've finally just got to the point where we've implemented the rule: if Arlan is crying or fussing, Landon has to quite doing whatever it is he's doing to him. That also goes for dad ... if Landon starts crying or fussing, DAD has to quit tormenting LANDON! Landon is getting a bit better with that rule, since "LEAVE HIM ALONE!" just wasn't getting any of us anywhere!!
But Arlan was walking up to Landon and pushing him today -- quite a change. It was ticking Landon off too, as he was trying to eat his "treat" (a Froster from Mac's). I just let it go, I know I'll be refereeing often enough.
Arlan is absolutely HATING his bath these days too! It's weird, when we run the tub, he stands at the edge wanting to get in ... he loves to play in water (and has succeeded in thoroughly soaking himself in the TOILET on occassion!!!! YUCK!). But when you put him in the tub, he is crying full volume and scrabbling to get out. Tonight I got in with him to see if it would help, but nope. I don't know what it is ... I remember Landon going through a phase of being afraid on the faucet, maybe I'll put a sock on it next bathtime to see if that helps. Or else we'll try our big tub (that helped with Landon too).
We took the boys swimming to an outdoor pool on Sunday - they loved it. Landon could JUST touch at the edge, so he had fun playing around. Then he jumped in 100 times, and went down the big slide twice, and then the smaller slide many many more times. Arlan was tentative to start, but we got him in the water and he sort of enjoyed it...although he was clamped on pretty hard! It did convince me to register him for swim lessons though, so both boys are starting lessons mid-Sept (until early Nov). Landon is unparented lessons now, so I will take Arlan in the tot pool while Landon has lessons for some extra water time with mommy! A neighbour and I are doing a kid-swap for lessons, to Landon will go there when Arlan has his lesson, and I'll have Lexi when Camryn has her lesson - works out quite well!
I guess I should get myself ready for bed. A late run tonight has me all keyed up! LOL Until next time (with some pics hopefully...)
Other than that - we've been hanging out at home. Iden spent a day with Landon last week, they had a lot of fun. It was cute to watch them - they'd play, then get sick of each other and go their separate ways, then they'd play together again. I didn't see any hitting going on, so Landon must've realized he can just go play on his own - he doesn't need to hit the other kid to make them leave!! LOL
Arlan now copies every single thing that Landon does. EVERYTHING! Landon was humming / moaning / singing into the empty water can (making a lovely sound!), and Arlan was right over there. Landon has to 'bite' the top of the umbrella pole, Arlan got right up there too. Landon hands on the cross bar on the swingset, so does Arlan!! Arlan follows him around ALL day long, doing everything his big bro does. The nicest times are when Landon plays back ... like they chase each other pushing trucks around the back yard, or they'll play in the sandbox together, that type of thing. Makes my heart melt :-D heh heh
I've also noticed Arlan is starting to stand his ground and fight back a bit. We've finally just got to the point where we've implemented the rule: if Arlan is crying or fussing, Landon has to quite doing whatever it is he's doing to him. That also goes for dad ... if Landon starts crying or fussing, DAD has to quit tormenting LANDON! Landon is getting a bit better with that rule, since "LEAVE HIM ALONE!" just wasn't getting any of us anywhere!!
But Arlan was walking up to Landon and pushing him today -- quite a change. It was ticking Landon off too, as he was trying to eat his "treat" (a Froster from Mac's). I just let it go, I know I'll be refereeing often enough.
Arlan is absolutely HATING his bath these days too! It's weird, when we run the tub, he stands at the edge wanting to get in ... he loves to play in water (and has succeeded in thoroughly soaking himself in the TOILET on occassion!!!! YUCK!). But when you put him in the tub, he is crying full volume and scrabbling to get out. Tonight I got in with him to see if it would help, but nope. I don't know what it is ... I remember Landon going through a phase of being afraid on the faucet, maybe I'll put a sock on it next bathtime to see if that helps. Or else we'll try our big tub (that helped with Landon too).
We took the boys swimming to an outdoor pool on Sunday - they loved it. Landon could JUST touch at the edge, so he had fun playing around. Then he jumped in 100 times, and went down the big slide twice, and then the smaller slide many many more times. Arlan was tentative to start, but we got him in the water and he sort of enjoyed it...although he was clamped on pretty hard! It did convince me to register him for swim lessons though, so both boys are starting lessons mid-Sept (until early Nov). Landon is unparented lessons now, so I will take Arlan in the tot pool while Landon has lessons for some extra water time with mommy! A neighbour and I are doing a kid-swap for lessons, to Landon will go there when Arlan has his lesson, and I'll have Lexi when Camryn has her lesson - works out quite well!
I guess I should get myself ready for bed. A late run tonight has me all keyed up! LOL Until next time (with some pics hopefully...)
Tuesday, September 09, 2008
Well, the mat clothes have left the building
Mom has told me that by doing this I've guaranteed myself to get pregnant again, but .... I have sold my maternity clothes (the winter ones anyways) and they have been mailed off. I love ebay :-)
This morning was a bit hairy around here, but this afternoon I'm hoping for a bit of peace. I just put Landon down for his nap, and hopefully Arlan has a nice nap too. I wouldn't mind some quiet for an hour or two :-/
On the bath front -- the last 2 nights Arlan hasn't screamed when he came out of the tub. The difference? I didn't use any soap :-/ I don't know if it's soap in general, or the type I was using. Tonight I will try a different kind of soap, see if that's makes a difference or not.
other than that -- pretty quiet around here. Until next time.....
This morning was a bit hairy around here, but this afternoon I'm hoping for a bit of peace. I just put Landon down for his nap, and hopefully Arlan has a nice nap too. I wouldn't mind some quiet for an hour or two :-/
On the bath front -- the last 2 nights Arlan hasn't screamed when he came out of the tub. The difference? I didn't use any soap :-/ I don't know if it's soap in general, or the type I was using. Tonight I will try a different kind of soap, see if that's makes a difference or not.
other than that -- pretty quiet around here. Until next time.....
Wednesday, February 14, 2007
Happy Valentine's Day
Guess who's WALKING! Yup - Landon started walking on the weekend. He was taking a few steps Saturday, but on Sunday he really started steppin' it up :-) And he's been very busy practising ever since! It's so cute to watch, all stiff-legged, almost like a robot imitation! LOL We are really enjoying it.
Of course with more (and taller) mobility comes more bumps and bruises. He got a good bruise on his ear on Monday, smacked his face on the table leg last night, and cut his eyelid somewhere in all of this. We usually have a couple of good sets of tears throughout the day :-(
Sunday my old friend Nikki, her husband Fabian, and their kids Taylor (2.5) and Eastynn (8 weeks) stopped by for the day. It was so nice to visit with Nikki again, and to meet the rest of the her family! Taylor is adorable, babbling and playing. She calls all baby boys 'Sy', and all women 'mom', makes me giggle. We had fun watching Landon watching her ... whatever toy Taylor had, Landon wanted! And Eastynn -- so little and sweet and adorable! I certainly don't remember Landon being so small, even though I know he was! It was great to have them here, and hopefully we'll get to visit with each other more often now that we're in the same province!!
My birthday was fine yesterday - pretty relaxing. Landon and I went to aquasize, where he relaxed in his car-boat (such a monkey), and then we practises swimming again. Then we hung out at home all day, as it was pretty chilly still. John made me a wonderful dinner last night, and I am the proud owner of a beautiful new jewellery box too :-) Lucky and spoiled, that's me!!
Today is again a pretty quiet day. Landon and I may venture out for some groceries. Uncle Bob and Aunty Rosemary are coming this weekend, and we'll want to eat something I'm sure. Landon's just busy walking everywhere he can (whenever he falls, he looks to see if we've been watching him, like "did you see that?"). I play volleyball tonight, which I'm looking forward to.
That's about it from here. Sorry it's been so long ... I've been having trouble posting (I write it all, then there's some error and everything's lost). Very frustrating!! Hopefully these problems get fixed soon! Take care....until next time! TK
PS Oh yeah, on the bath front - I think we've solved the scaries. We put a sock over the faucet ... now Landon seems to be okay in there. Phew! Two good baths so far, thanks to the sock! LOL
Of course with more (and taller) mobility comes more bumps and bruises. He got a good bruise on his ear on Monday, smacked his face on the table leg last night, and cut his eyelid somewhere in all of this. We usually have a couple of good sets of tears throughout the day :-(
Sunday my old friend Nikki, her husband Fabian, and their kids Taylor (2.5) and Eastynn (8 weeks) stopped by for the day. It was so nice to visit with Nikki again, and to meet the rest of the her family! Taylor is adorable, babbling and playing. She calls all baby boys 'Sy', and all women 'mom', makes me giggle. We had fun watching Landon watching her ... whatever toy Taylor had, Landon wanted! And Eastynn -- so little and sweet and adorable! I certainly don't remember Landon being so small, even though I know he was! It was great to have them here, and hopefully we'll get to visit with each other more often now that we're in the same province!!
My birthday was fine yesterday - pretty relaxing. Landon and I went to aquasize, where he relaxed in his car-boat (such a monkey), and then we practises swimming again. Then we hung out at home all day, as it was pretty chilly still. John made me a wonderful dinner last night, and I am the proud owner of a beautiful new jewellery box too :-) Lucky and spoiled, that's me!!
Today is again a pretty quiet day. Landon and I may venture out for some groceries. Uncle Bob and Aunty Rosemary are coming this weekend, and we'll want to eat something I'm sure. Landon's just busy walking everywhere he can (whenever he falls, he looks to see if we've been watching him, like "did you see that?"). I play volleyball tonight, which I'm looking forward to.
That's about it from here. Sorry it's been so long ... I've been having trouble posting (I write it all, then there's some error and everything's lost). Very frustrating!! Hopefully these problems get fixed soon! Take care....until next time! TK
PS Oh yeah, on the bath front - I think we've solved the scaries. We put a sock over the faucet ... now Landon seems to be okay in there. Phew! Two good baths so far, thanks to the sock! LOL
Tuesday, February 06, 2007
Tuesday night...
And it's snowy outside. It'll be messy tomorrow - first freezing rain, then snow... YUCK! Much better than Winnipeg though -- heh heh. Hello to all our freezing friends back there ... aiaiaiai!!
Life is just going along these days. Landon is cute as can be - of course. Aquasize was fine today - no freak-outs in the pool. He just laid back in his little car-boat floaty thingy ... all relaxed, watching the ceiling or whatever happened to catch his eye. It was pretty cute to watch him, he hasn't been that relaxed for that long and still awake for I don't know how long!! LOL Because when he's awake these days, he's pretty darned busy. There's so much to do ... chase things around that he bats with his hands, explore toys in many different ways, wrestle with his stuffed animals (the turtle from Granddad and Grandma is a most recent favourite), and of course practise walking. He has taken a few steps successfully before crashing down on his butt - so we're thinking it won't be much longer now. Tonight he took about 4 steps. Big Boy! He's using his push-toy activity walker a bit more now, sometimes pushing it the proper way, sometimes backwards, sometimes pulling it while he walks backwards. I think once he catches on to walking, he'll be 100% full-steam ahead, just like crawling. *sigh*
He had a bath tonight. He didn't like it, but he had one. John said he sat in the tub scared stiff, his heart racing. He made it for a few minutes, then started crying so out he came. But he did sit in there, so that's a start... We'll just keep being patient I guess.
And more often Landon is eating meals of 'real' food (not jarred foods). Last night and tonight, including 'real' beef too. He wasn't too keen on the roast tonight, I think that's pretty tough for him to gum down, but he liked the scramble-fried beef last night. He's eating lots more though .. .little piggy. He LOVES bananas ... we pull a banana out and he starts fidgeting around. Then you'd better not mess around, because he wants the banana NOW. lol
That's the news ... John wants the computer, so I'm off. until next time...TK
Life is just going along these days. Landon is cute as can be - of course. Aquasize was fine today - no freak-outs in the pool. He just laid back in his little car-boat floaty thingy ... all relaxed, watching the ceiling or whatever happened to catch his eye. It was pretty cute to watch him, he hasn't been that relaxed for that long and still awake for I don't know how long!! LOL Because when he's awake these days, he's pretty darned busy. There's so much to do ... chase things around that he bats with his hands, explore toys in many different ways, wrestle with his stuffed animals (the turtle from Granddad and Grandma is a most recent favourite), and of course practise walking. He has taken a few steps successfully before crashing down on his butt - so we're thinking it won't be much longer now. Tonight he took about 4 steps. Big Boy! He's using his push-toy activity walker a bit more now, sometimes pushing it the proper way, sometimes backwards, sometimes pulling it while he walks backwards. I think once he catches on to walking, he'll be 100% full-steam ahead, just like crawling. *sigh*
He had a bath tonight. He didn't like it, but he had one. John said he sat in the tub scared stiff, his heart racing. He made it for a few minutes, then started crying so out he came. But he did sit in there, so that's a start... We'll just keep being patient I guess.
And more often Landon is eating meals of 'real' food (not jarred foods). Last night and tonight, including 'real' beef too. He wasn't too keen on the roast tonight, I think that's pretty tough for him to gum down, but he liked the scramble-fried beef last night. He's eating lots more though .. .little piggy. He LOVES bananas ... we pull a banana out and he starts fidgeting around. Then you'd better not mess around, because he wants the banana NOW. lol
That's the news ... John wants the computer, so I'm off. until next time...TK
Sunday, February 04, 2007
Bathtub saga continues...
Landon still isn't too fond of the tub. Tonight he cried when we first put him in there...so we had to take it really (REALLY) slowly. First he just sat on my lap with both arms around my neck (in case I thought I might move...), I splashed. Then I was able to set him down, he would stand at the side of the tub and watch me play with the toys (a glass and a rubber ducky). He started moving his hands in towards the tub, so I put him in. He was very hesitant ... but sat for about 30 seconds before panicking. I pulled him out and consoled him, and repeated the process. The next time he stayed in long enough to be washed ... even his hair and I just dumped a glassful of water over his head and he was fine with that. So he was in there likely 8 or 10 minutes. He was just starting to get that panicked look again so we pulled him out. *shrug* We made a big deal of him being such a big boy having a bath, and were all smiles and stuff when we pulled him out. So we'll see what the next bath brings I guess...
Other than that - pretty nice, slow Sunday. We went sledding, Landon did some 'downhill sledding' ... he's still pretty much "meh" with the whole thing. He did stretch himself right out the back of the sled too, twisted just enough to do a faceplant in the snow :-) It was pretty funny to watch. We just let him get his bearings on the ground, he was on hands and knees, and eventually kind of stood up. He didn't cry or anything ... I think it was more of a 'what the hell happened here?' Heh heh But he stayed in the sled after that.
Bad news on the dental front for me ... I have a cracked tooth that will need to be crowned. The dentist in Wpg did some sort of gluing thing that hasn't worked, so it's crown time for me. After insurance approves it we'll get to work ... likely 2 to 6 weeks. *sigh* Must've been all those beer bottles I opened with my teeth.
That's the news from here ... nice and toasty warm (love Calgary) ... hopefully Landon will go to sleep soon (was 11:50 last night!!), and we'll get shortly behind him. TK
Other than that - pretty nice, slow Sunday. We went sledding, Landon did some 'downhill sledding' ... he's still pretty much "meh" with the whole thing. He did stretch himself right out the back of the sled too, twisted just enough to do a faceplant in the snow :-) It was pretty funny to watch. We just let him get his bearings on the ground, he was on hands and knees, and eventually kind of stood up. He didn't cry or anything ... I think it was more of a 'what the hell happened here?' Heh heh But he stayed in the sled after that.
Bad news on the dental front for me ... I have a cracked tooth that will need to be crowned. The dentist in Wpg did some sort of gluing thing that hasn't worked, so it's crown time for me. After insurance approves it we'll get to work ... likely 2 to 6 weeks. *sigh* Must've been all those beer bottles I opened with my teeth.
That's the news from here ... nice and toasty warm (love Calgary) ... hopefully Landon will go to sleep soon (was 11:50 last night!!), and we'll get shortly behind him. TK
Friday, February 02, 2007
Finally - asleep before 11
Landon made it to sleep before 11 pm tonight - YAY He had two shorter naps today (45 mins and 1 hour), so perhaps that helped? But at least he'll have a good sleep before going go swimming in the morning.
I'm worried about the swimming - Landon freaked out in the tub tonight. Don't really know exactly why - I'm thinking it stems from him getting scared in the tub on Wed night (John blew his nose and Landon flipped). Tonight we put him in and he started crying so we pulled him out. John got in, but that didn't help. Finally I got into our bathtub off of our room ... he sat on my knee for awhile, and when I splashed the water with my fingers he relaxed a bit, and after about 10 minutes he would sit in the water. By the end he splashed around and played a bit, but he was still reaching around for me like he was scared *shrug* I've read that kids around the age may suddenly be scared or fearful of something that has never bothered them before - so maybe this is it. Or maybe the nose-blowing incident was much more traumatic than we realized. Poor little stinker-bug. So now I have no idea what to expect tomorrow morning - I will try to get there early to get him acclimatized to the water slowly. That's about all I can do - and if he's scared, then I guess we skip the lesson. I don't want to skip aquasize though if I can help it ... I really do enjoy that class.
That's the news from here tonight ... just water scares and a bit better of a bedtime :-) Later...TK
I'm worried about the swimming - Landon freaked out in the tub tonight. Don't really know exactly why - I'm thinking it stems from him getting scared in the tub on Wed night (John blew his nose and Landon flipped). Tonight we put him in and he started crying so we pulled him out. John got in, but that didn't help. Finally I got into our bathtub off of our room ... he sat on my knee for awhile, and when I splashed the water with my fingers he relaxed a bit, and after about 10 minutes he would sit in the water. By the end he splashed around and played a bit, but he was still reaching around for me like he was scared *shrug* I've read that kids around the age may suddenly be scared or fearful of something that has never bothered them before - so maybe this is it. Or maybe the nose-blowing incident was much more traumatic than we realized. Poor little stinker-bug. So now I have no idea what to expect tomorrow morning - I will try to get there early to get him acclimatized to the water slowly. That's about all I can do - and if he's scared, then I guess we skip the lesson. I don't want to skip aquasize though if I can help it ... I really do enjoy that class.
That's the news from here tonight ... just water scares and a bit better of a bedtime :-) Later...TK
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