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12月8日 Our Brave Little GuyI took Lucas to get his swine flu shot last night. There was a little boy right in front of him, about the same age, and when it was his turn, he threw a fit and started squirming and crying. Lucas just watched with big eyes and I thought, "uh-oh!" When it was his turn, he asked the nurse to "be easy" but when I tried to take his shirt off, he started protesting. We finally got him to agree to pull up his shirt sleeve, and the nurse told him to count to 3. Before we could even get "1" out, she had stuck him, and he yelped, but once he got his Band-aid on he was fine. He then went down the line to other people, including another boy about his age, and started reassuring them that it was ok and the nurse would "be easy"! They all thought he was hilarious. Every where he goes, he makes an impression! Definitely his daddy's personality! Last night I made breakfast for supper, which I ruined as usual. I was trying to make bacon, egg & cheese sandwiches, and when I went to get the egg, it looked like hard rubber. Jeremy asked if I broke the yoke, and I said, "No, why?" and he said "That's how you make eggs hard! What did you do - cook the heck out of it to make it hard?" And I was like, "Well, yeah, that's how you make over-hard eggs!" He said I needed to take a cooking class. So anyway, I said, "Cooking is so hard!" to which Lucas replied either "Keep trying, Baby" or "Quit crying, Baby" (Jeremy and I both heard it differently) -but either way it was funny! This morning he was jumping off his little table, pretending to be a bird and "flapping his wings." He landed on the ground and acted like he hit hard. I told him, "Hey, little birdie, you have to say 'chirp chirp'" and he said, "But Mommy, I don't have a chirp mouth, I have a Lucas mouth!" He's always cracking me up! Landon is just smiling and talking like crazy! I love it! He actually slept a record 5 hours in a row 2 nights ago, and last night he slept for 4 hours, but I had to get up to get ready for work so I didn't get to enjoy sleep the whole time. But this might be a turnaround! We've really been making an effort to put him in his bassinet when he's sleeping instead of holding him, and last night we hooked up his Angelcare monitor, which monitors every movement and alarms if no movement in 20 seconds. Kinda reassures me since he only sleeps on his belly! 12月1日 2-Month Checkup and Other StuffWow, Landon is already over 9 weeks old! He had another checkup today. In just a month, he's gained a third of his body weight and now weighs 12 pounds, and grew almost 2 inches to 22 3/4 inches long, which is average for both. He got his oral polio vaccination and 3 shots, and the nurse was the quickest shot-giver I've ever seen in my life! She stuck him once on one leg, twice on the other, threw on the band-aids and said "Done!" in like 10 seconds! He let out a cry but stopped when I picked him up, so I thought he did well. I could tell she didn't have kids yet (and she was young) when I was talking to Landon and she asked me what "ah-goo" meant! I told her it's what he says...I think she must've thought I was teaching him some foreign language!
He's been smiling for a few weeks and talking up a storm, mostly to Jeremy. He really takes to his daddy, but I'm just the milk lady to him. Lucas is still doing wonderful with him and really enjoys being a big brother. He's always kissing and hugging him and telling me, "Mommy, tell Landon I'm funny" when he does something. It's so cute. Beckie gave birth to Nathan just over a week ago, so I'm excited to put Landon and Nathan together for a picture! It will be so nice to have a cousin the same age as him to grow up with.
I talked to Landon's doctor about sleeping....Landon is still sleeping on me at night, which is not ideal, but he won't sleep on his own for very long. We finally started putting him on his belly to sleep a week or so ago, and I've been terrified of SIDS, but it's the only way he'll sleep. I'm excited that I can get even an hour of stuff done without holding him, but then sometimes I feel kinda empty since I'm not holding him! I just ordered an Angelcare monitor yesterday, which goes under their mattress and monitors every movement, so if they don't breathe or move for 20 seconds, it goes off. The doctor told me her kids were raised sleeping on their bellies, so not to think that sleeping on bellies means death, but that the rates for SIDS has decreased by 50% since they started telling people to have babies lie on their backs. I'll be so glad when he's able to roll over on his own since the chance for SIDS decreases more by then. I can't wait for the day when I can sleep through the night again. Considering while I was pregnant I was up at night, too, I haven't had a full night's sleep in a really long time, and sometimes I wonder how I'm even functioning!
I'm so excited for Christmas. Jeremy put up the tree on Saturday, and Lucas helped decorate. He put all the ornaments we gave him in one area on the bottom of the tree - too cute! We're going shopping next weekend, and it'll be especially exciting this year since Lucas is older. He can also be bribed on being good with Santa not bringing presents otherwise! 10月28日 A Month OldLandon was officially one month old yesterday! He had his doctor appointment on Monday and he now weighs 9 pounds, which puts him at the 50th percentile. Such a little guy! While I was there they gave me the swine flu shot, since Landon is too young to get it but it'll be passed on through his eating. I have searched all over our county looking to get a regular flu shot and there are none available for me - the only place that has them that I know of is the health department and they are only giving them to kids right now. So yesterday morning I took Lucas to get his regular flu shot. They give them starting at 8 a.m. so we got there right at 8 and the waiting room was already filled! I was so stressed out, trying to handle 2 kids by myself. They had a sign on the wall just for mothers with kids like mine ("Parents must control their kids at all times"). Of course, a 3-year-old will not sit still for very long, and we made 2 trips to the bathroom and several trips to the water fountain where I had to lift up Lucas in one arm while holding Landon in the other arm. So needless to say, I was sweaty and looking like a frazzled mother. While we were there, a mother brought in her son, who was in a wheelchair and had some jerky movements. Lucas looked at him and kinda laughed and then ran off to go get water. I was mortified because I didn't know how to react - he's too young to know to make fun of somebody and he has a good heart, and he was probably laughing just because he thought the boy was goofing around or something. I didn't know what to say to him if he had asked me why the boy was in a wheelchair and I hoped the mom hadn't seen. Then I thought about the whole situation and it kinda put things in perspective. Here I was all stressed about my 2 perfectly healthy kids when I should be thankful that Lucas is able to run around. I talked to Jeremy later about it, and he agreed that Lucas was too young to know to make fun of somebody, but we thought if he ever did ask, then I would just explain to him that everyone is different - some people are tall, some people have dark hair, some people have owies, etc. If there's anybody who can tell me the right answer, I'm open! So anyways, Lucas took his shot like a man, didn't cry at all, and then we went off to preschool. He did get a good behavior sticker, which I was thankful for after last week! He'll get to dress up tonight for family night at grandma and grandpa's, and then tomorrow at school they're having a fall celebration which I'll stay for, and then we're taking him trick or treating at Beckie's neighborhood on Saturday - his first trick-or-treating! Landon did so much better sleeping last night. I went to bed at 9:45 p.m. and he didn't wake up until 4 a.m.! He had kinda moved around a couple times during the night but I just fed him in bed and went back to sleep, so I actually feel rested today! 10月16日 Adjusting to our new lifeWhat an adjustment it has been! If it was this hard the first time around I must’ve blocked it from my memory. Landon is almost 3 weeks old, which means I have 3 weeks before I go back to work full time. I am dreading how I am going to be able to handle that while going on little sleep. If we could afford it, I’d only work part time, but that’s not going to happen, especially since I’m not getting a military paycheck anymore. Jeremy’s liking that I’ve been baking and cooking lately. I have made pumpkin bread and banana bread and tuna salad and roast, which is amazing for anyone who knows me and that I can’t cook! Landon is a good baby, rarely cries except for when the wet wipe touches him during a diaper change. Of course, I don’t really give him a chance to cry since he’s held 24/7. The first week he was home, I was so sleep-deprived and emotional it was insane. At one point, when I walked past Jeremy I must’ve hit his foot or something because he said “ow.” I took the dirty diaper I had in my hand and threw it at the door about a foot from his head and started crying and said “I’m out of here!” before I stomped off outside to get the newspaper. He said, “All I said was ‘ow’” and I told him, “It was how you said it!” Luckily the hormones have leveled off a bit, but I’m still emotional a lot. Everything can just be so overwhelming at times, and it seems even more so when I don’t get enough sleep! Right now I’m just listening to the little animal sounds he makes and him tooting! That first week home from the hospital we took Lucas shopping for winter clothes and just as we were leaving Edinburgh, about an hour away, Landon started crying to be fed. So we pulled over in the McDonald’s parking lot so I could feed him. As soon as we took off his diaper to change him, he sprayed my door and window, which he tended to do a lot that first week! It was like as soon as he was exposed to air, he would pee! I gave a little yell and covered him with my hand, and he must’ve been saving up a lot of pee for the occasion because it was never-ending! Then, about 5 minutes from the house, Lucas threw up in the back seat, all over the door, his car-seat, and himself. My poor baby, he kept saying, “But I coughed in my arm and I still got yucky all over!” (He has been learning the proper way to cough and sneeze in the crook of his elbow, and he’s been learning at school to do that so nobody gets sick). All Jeremy and I could do was look at each other and laugh about the whole situation of being parents and probably plenty more episodes like this to come! Landon has his days and nights mixed up, so he sleeps all day and is wide awake at night, usually between 1-3 a.m. And even during the day I can only put him down in his swing for a short time before he starts making noises like he’s going to cry, so I’m lucky to get something to eat and a shower. And he’ll eat for hours in the middle of the night! So we try to sleep in the morning and take a late afternoon nap when possible. I said this time around I would sleep when he does, but it’s hard to just fall asleep in the middle of the day. And poor Lucas, he just loves being a big brother and is so attentive and excited when Landon is awake, but he has been acting up since he doesn’t get as much attention from us. When I picked him up from preschool yesterday he pushed a girl, and I asked his teacher if he has been acting out more, and she said she’s noticed that he has been wanting more attention, but she went thru the same thing with her kids. I’m trying hard to give him attention, too, but it’s so hard when it seems like I’m always feeding Landon. Jeremy’s been great at holding Landon whenever he can, and last night Lucas and I spent some time playing together and he was acting his normal happy self. But otherwise he’s been talking back to me and he thinks it’s hilarious to mimic everything I say. Part of it is probably the toddler age, but he was never this naughty to me until Landon was born. It doesn’t help that patience has never been my strong point, so I’m hoping this doesn’t last long. This Saturday Jeremy will spend the whole day with him while I throw Beckie her baby shower, and then on Sunday we’re taking him to Montgomery Farms to pick out pumpkins, which he’s excited about. So all in all, it’s been an exhausting few weeks, but the few times when I’m holding Landon in one arm and Lucas is snuggling next to me on the other side make it worthwhile!
9月28日 The Birth of Landon (Part 2)I had never felt such pain in my life. My doctor came in and he pretty much said the baby was coming, which I could tell by the severity of the contractions increasing and the feeling of pressure even more so. The original plan was for Jeremy's sisters to be able to experience the birth this time, and Beckie was still on the road, but it all happened so fast that it ended up being just Jeremy and his mom. I probably gouged out their hands and hurt their ears, but luckily it was over so quickly - I think Jeremy said it just took me 3 pushes - his head, shoulders and his body - and he was out. I was completely exhausted and I was so shaky I couldn't even hold him myself. I don't even remember him crying, but they said he did. And so Landon Elijah Toppe was born at 2:03 p.m. and weighed 7 pounds, 6.5 ounces and was 21 inches long! He has my chin, and everything else he looks like Jeremy and Lucas. The look on Lucas's face when he got to see him for the first time was so precious - he just seemed so proud and in awe. He went and kissed Landon on his head. When I started nursing Landon an hour later, Lucas said, "Mommy, why is your shirt off?!" and Beckie pointed out that I could either keep hiding it or teach him, so I explained that it was how Landon drank his milk. Lucas said, "Mommy, Landon is eating your bobe!" ("Bobe" is what he calls boobs). He's so funny. Of course, I could tell it was also going to be a struggle with Lucas - he didn't have his usual 2-hour nap, so he was already extremely tired, and just the events of the day and the fact that I couldn't hold him were really hard. Hospitals are hard for anyone to be in, let alone a 3-year-old. We're just going to have make sure to find time to give especially to him, and for me and Lucas too since he's such a mommy's boy. Landon has been mostly sleeping. When we went to the nursery to give him his first bath, the nurse told us that he gave them a scare - his respiratory rate went down to 5-6 breaths per minute, when it's supposed to be at least 25-30, and he turned blue, but they were able to stimulate him back. They kept him under observation and he's been hooked up to monitors with wires everywhere, which was scary and stressful, but his pediatrician came today and took him off. They said when a birth happens that fast, it can be traumatic, and it's common for that to happen. He's really taken to Jeremy, and Jeremy is so good with him, that maybe he'll end up being a daddy's boy! He already had his first professional photos today. We go home tomorrow, and it will be so nice to be in our own environment. Although it's nice having all this food being brought to me! |
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