I've got several bits of things that I want to share with you all,
and I've been trying to find time to get them all in their own
posts....but.....it's not happening. So, I will be giving you a bit of a
"gumballs in a machine" post. A little variety to spice up your
Thursday night.
Little Monkey has always had a bit of a temper. But, it's usually
housed itself in the form of opinions and squawks when he doesn't get
what he wants at the correct speed. However, lately, he's started
hitting. He does it for various reasons---when he's mad, tired, just
because. There seems to be no rhyme or reason. Usually it's TH or myself
that are the recipients of it...and it's usually when he's on our laps
or being held. He doesn't seek us out just to hit, but rather does it as
a reaction to something.
We've tried saying "no" "no
hits" etc in our firm teacher voices. We've tried putting him down
immediately after saying it. We've also tried ignoring it. However, the
result of most of these is him smiling and laughing at us. I've got no
idea on how to work this out....I lack the proper time for research. At
least he's not really doing it at daycare. (knock on wood!).
Oh...and
he's also started biting. Not out of anger, just crawling up and biting
various body parts. But, he's also doing it to furniture, his fingers,
toys etc so I assume it's related to teething. Though, our efforts to
share with him that this isn't ok aren't any more successful than the
hitting.
Is he just too young to get it? Or has he already decided he doesn't respect us and will be "that kid" in society?
LM has taken to climbing. Now--our house is pretty much as
baby-proofed as we can make it (with the exception of a couple corner
guards and drawer latches in rooms he doesn't go in). However, it
appears that the little man loves to climb. He's been trying to climb
his baby gates--finding minute success with the cheap one we've been
throwing up in the back sliding door to let in fresh air in this AWESOME
March weather. I hadn't really worried much about it since he isn't
tall enough to climb up on the furniture and the stairs are gated at top
and bottom.
But then...because he loves to mess with me....he started doing this...
yeah....he uses the cooktop as a drum.
The pregnancy dreams are out of control.....why didn't someone remind me
about these??? I had forgotten what it's like to dream constantly ALL
NIGHT LONG. It's exhausting. But--worse than that, I'm starting to wake
up mid-dream and not realize it. I've woken TH up twice this week
talking about things in my dream....including telling him to turn on the
light because LM's hands were sticky and I needed to clean them off. I
also whacked him good during one dream because I was dreaming he was
falling off a cliff and I was "saving him". Yeah....he didn't appreciate
my efforts :-) I've also been dreaming about work a lot---my favorite
was parents calling to yell at me about RIDICULOUS things
(although...that does happen in real life). My goodness...so tired.
Luckily, LM is sleeping better at night, most nights not waking up (once
he goes to sleep!). I can't remember if this gets better or did I just
get used to the dreams?
We've come out about the pregnancy to our parents (ok..not my dad yet
but I've got this master plan about a Big Brother shirt but LM WILL NOT
smile/look at the camera/not move suddenly while wearing the shirt).
But--after spring break next week, it's time to come out at work. I'll
be 12 weeks this weekend and I'm ready (though I'll probably make sure I
can hear the HB on the doppler). I'm not as excited about sharing the
news at work this time....I'm not sure that my maternity leave has faded
from their minds (there was some drama because my team is a bit
dysfunctional without me there...
no..
seriously...I mean
it. They just had a convo in front of me this week about I can't have
another baby because there's too much drama when I'm not around to keep
people in line....awkward.)
So....we'll see how it goes.
Part of my lack of excitement probably stems from the emotional
disconnect that I'm still feeling with PS. I'm hoping this gets
better...I feel a bit in a funk about it. Pre-Post Partum Depression
anyone? Maybe I'm just burnt out about work and need a break to just
relax.
So, those are my updates. I swear I'm going to work on posting
more. I just can't seem to find the time/energy after LM goes to bed. I
read everything on my phone...it's just a POS and going from Google
Reader to the browser to comment screws up too much. I wish I could do
it directly. Someday. Someday.
