Transitions

The past couple weeks have included many changes for our boys and I don't want to forget them....

One thing is that we started giving Bennett some formula. I made it one month longer with Bennett than Grayson without supplementing and for that I am grateful. The second time around I had less guilt with giving him formula. It was just a necessity and I am grateful that formula exists. Also - I am very OVER pumping and nursing. I love that I have been able to do it and I am amazed at the mother's who continue to selflessly and sacrificially do all the things necessary to keep their supply up - but I just don't really want to. It's stressful and it doesn't make me the best mom I can be. This is where I have to add that my friends in my facebook mom group are the most wonderful people in the entire world and remind me of these kinds of things when I'm feeling guilty...

Anyways - Bennett is now eating some formula and we are trying to stuff him full of baby food as well because he has dropped below his growth curve. I think it is partly because I put off supplementing with formula even when my supply was tanking. He was 14 lb 3 oz at his 6 month appointment that actually happened on his 7 month birthday.  (He should've been 15.5 lbs) But thankfully, aside from a little gassiness, he has adjusted well and is still the happiest, sweetest, cutest thing that ever lived and I am sure that he will continue to grow healthily.

As for Grayson - he has had an eventful couple of weeks as well: giving up the paci and potty training. We started by giving the paci to Santa on Christmas Eve. My mom had said that was what I did at two and a half so we just put it in his mind a few weeks before Christmas that he should give it to Santa along with including it in his video from Santa.  When Christmas Eve came, we left out milk and a cookie along with a note explaining that he was giving up his paci and was hoping for some presents on Christmas morning. He was a little upset when we put him to bed and cried for his paci for a few minutes. I also think he was a little nervous about Santa actually coming but he finally went to sleep and aside from sticking Bennett's in his mouth for a hot second on Christmas morning - he has been paci free ever since. I am thankful that it wasn't that hard of a transition!

Potty training has been a little slower of a process. We have done lots of naked butt time and some time with his new underwear. He does VERY well with peeing on the potty when we tell him to go but he still doesn't really know to go to the potty when he FEELS it coming. He did pretty good the first few days but yesterday he peed in the floor several times.  We have even had a couple poops on the potty when we see him start to get in position and we rush him to the potty but it is still very much us telling him to go at least once every hour if not more. So - at least we've gotten off to a start and hopefully in a few weeks I will be able to say that we are using fewer and fewer pullups!! I would love to only be diapering one kid.

All in all - life is so good. It's busy and wonderful and these are the moments I don't want to rush or forget.

Funny things Grayson Says 2.5

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I put him to sleep at our friends' house on New Year's Eve around 9:30 pm. I told Brandon to go check on him about 5 minutes later. Brandon came back and said this was their conversation

Brandon: Are you OK Bud?
Grayson: My sad.
Brandon: Why are you sad?
Grayson: That mommy hurt my feelings.

(That mommy being me - just stab a knife in my heart. How does he even know how to communicate hurt feelings???)

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Brandon, Grayson, my friends Kirbi and Christi, and I were all sitting in our living room. I had spent the night before away with the girls and Grayson had just told me that he slept in "daddy's bed" while I was away.

Me: You got to sleep in daddy's bed?
Grayson: Ya!! (very excitedly)
Me: Guess who gets to sleep in daddy's bed tonight? (I am implying that I get to sleep in the big bed and not him...)
Grayson: (Looking around the room...) Aunt Christi sleep in daddy's bed?

Needless to say... we all died laughing.

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In the car after church

Grayson: That's what it's about. (very seriously)
Brandon: What?
Grayson: That's what it's about!
Brandon: What is it about?
Grayson; The Hokie Pokie!

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Grayson saw two people kissing on TV...
Grayson: That his mommy!


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