Stockton 5 Months

This kid. He is such a sweet refresher in the midst of long days. One look at him smile and I melt. His cheeks are so yummy, and that round head of his! Gets me every time. 

Five months with him have been great. Mothering a baby is not easy...hello sleepless nights!...but so much better this time around. 

He is still waking up once to eat, but I'm sure it's because we put him down so early. He goes to sleep at 7 and sleeps until 6:30, with a wake up call around 2! I looked back at Addie's 5 month update, and she was sleeping through the night but we were also topping her off at 10. The other night, we topped Stockton off late, just to see what would happen, and he went all night! Last night he went down at 7 and woke up at 4! Why don't we do a dream feed? I don't know haha. For some reason, everything seems a little less dramatic the second time around. Maybe we are tired and just want to go to sleep? I don't know. It really isn't a big deal to me. I pretty much just love the fact that he goes down so early and can sleep til 6:30!

We have a pretty good routine going on for him. 

Wake/eat- 6:30

Nap- 8:00

Eat-10:00

Catnap-11:00

Nap (top off with eating so he can take a long nap)- 1:00-2:00

Eat-4:00 (or whenever he wakes up)

Catnap (sometimes)-5:00

Oatmeal-6ish

Bed/eat-7:00

He often takes a 2-3.5 hour afternoon nap, and if that runs long, I'll try to keep him awake until bedtime since he goes down so early. And obviously this changes all the time! We are on the go a lot, so I don't stay at home all day in order to tend to his schedule like I did with Addie. This kids is just going to learn how to go with the flow!

He usually gets his more in and long afternoon naps in his crib. Catnaps often happen in the car seat on our way to play dates or at the pool

He is an active little guy. He loves being on his tummy and rolling around. Puts everything in his mouth (yay), and sometimes puts the fingers of whoever is holding him in his mouth. PLEASE IF YOU ARE HOLDING MY CHILD, do not let him put your fingers in his mouth. This is a pet peeve of mine! Again I repeat, I do not want your fingers in my child's mouth!! :)

Stockton is such a joy and I can't imagine life without him! Love you little buddy!

Addie Update- Almost 3

My girl is almost 3! What?!

Here are a few things I want to remember about this time in her life. 

A couple of weeks ago she potty trained. We did it in 1 day. Really. The trick? 

-don't do it too early

I was dreading the potty, because honestly, it is so much easier to change a diaper. It didn't bother me. It isn't an inconvenience (besides buying the diapers). But a two year old who needs to go to the bathroom while you are in the back of Target and the bathrooms are at the front of the store?? Ugh. Just go in your diaper, please. Especially since I'm juggling two kids now. 

Well, I knew she couldn't be in a diaper forever. So one Saturday morning, we had a conversation. 

" Addie, no more diapers. Here are your panties."

Cue crying and tantrum for the next 3 hours. She begged for her diaper. BEGGED. But we said, nope. No more diaper. She had 1 accident that day. The very first time she had to "go," she started peeing in her panties and Eric ran her to her training potty that we put outside (haha) and she got a tiny drop in the potty. 

SO WE CELEBRATED!! 

And there is the story of her training success. In the past few weeks, she has had an accident maybe 4 or 5 times. It is rare. And she can go by herself. That is amazing. 

She has yet to #2 in the potty yet, and after I have discussed this with a few moms, I realized this is common. She gets a diaper twice a day. Nap time and bedtime. Because I am not waking up in the middle of the night to change sheets. She waits until nap time to go #2. If she really has to go, she will ask to go take a nap, because she knows she gets a diaper. Haha! Smart girl. 

This past year her language has really taken off. It's so fun to carry on conversations with her and be able to communicate. Here are a few Addie"isms" I want to remember:

Basnana-her BFF, Savannah

Tank tou- thank you

Moo me- excuse me

Yoyurt- yogurt

Dapes-grapes

Peetsys-feet

Banket-blanket

Hungey- hungry

A few of her favorite things:

Mickey Mouse

Her baby

Our chickens

Playing mommy

Singing

Coloring

Bubbles

Watering the garden

Going to the Y

A few of her common phrases:

I need my _____ (daddy, mommy, Stockton or whoever)

Watch me mommy

Ooo moo me (when she burps/toots)

I heared it (when she goes potty)

Pat pat pat (when she wipes hahaha)

I want to see my baby chicks

I want to wat nene darden (water the garden)

I need help

I want to doe (go) outside

Addie help

I huuungey - I'm hungry