Skip to main content

Pretty Decent Weekend

My entire weekend consisted of bribery. I'm happy to announce that it's working, though! Yesterday he had a lot of accidents because I was asking if he had to go. He will never say yes, he's Noah. So today he sat every hour at least and I made him try and go. We also went to Walmart and picked up a bunch of cheap planes and helicopters for potty prizes. He wanted those planes sooooooo bad. Noah reached the 20 sticker goal and got to pick out a toy, which was a really great motivator. He did so well today he even got some M&M's! Only one accident all day and it was while we were outside playing with a moth cocoon we found. Hopefully he'll start going on his own instead of me having to make him go.

I talked to my mother briefly today and she reminded me of how difficult I was to potty train. I also required bribery. I was as bad as... maybe even worse than Noah. I did NOT want to go... ever... I would hold it in and give myself urinary tract infections. I guess this is a great example of God's sense of humor :)

I'm feeling OK, but I lack the ability to stay asleep anymore. I sleep for 3 hour chunks. Maybe this is a way of conditioning my body for breastfeeding a newborn. I woke up last night at 4am, a little dizzy and nauseated and extremely hot. I couldn't fall back asleep until 5 and then had to get up at 9 with Noah. My thermostat is set at 75 which has been cool enough up until the past couple of nights. I'm trying to tough it out so I don't freeze Noah, but I think it'd be best for both of us if I just set it at 74 tonight... hopefully that one degree will be sufficient.

Comments

Britni said…
haha...I completely know what you feel like.I am sooo over heated all the time still.Ever since I've had kids my temperature is way out of wack.Mark thinks I'm crazy but I set the thermostat at 70 and dress the kids warm at night.I am either over heated because I am always nursing (body heat)or because I am fat,haha!
I remember waking up every 1-3 hours in the last stretch of pregnancy & I completely agree it's to prepare you.& It did because when I had Ember I was so use to not sleeping well it didn't even bother me.Still doesn't. :)
Good job Noah!!!He understands the whole concept.He will do just fine now.Pretty soon you won't have to bribe him & this will be a thing of the past!Nothing wrong with a little bribery!!
Jennifer said…
Yay for potty training! Thanks for watching Emma this weekend! Brett said if you wanted him to he could take a look at your computer, I would, but if it's an operating system problem that's out of my league. I just know how to install the hardware and whatnot. Brett's hard drive broke not too long ago (you may remember, but you might not) and he FREAKED OUT (it was the end of the world), but eventually he fixed it.
Anyway, Emma was all pooped out after this weekend. It's so nice haha. Thanks so much! Congrats on the potty training breakthroughs! Pretty soon he'll grasp the concept of being a "big boy" and then you can use that to your advantage!
I'll call you this week sometime!
Anonymous said…
I think Noah is the cutest thing!! His smile cranks me up everytime I see his smiling pictures. I love how he's a little boy who likes to play with spiders and toads and stuff haha. I don't know if I could handle that stuff haha. I guess if I have a boy someday I would. YOur doing a great job! We seem to forget about the last 6 weeks of pregancy being so uncomfortable and such. I say just crank that theromsat down and put extra blankets or heavier pj's on NOah. YOu need to be comfortable and YOU need the sleep. He'll be fine. Haleys' a total hotbox and doesn't even sleep with a blanket most of the time.
Amalia said…
Oh, I used to do the same thing. I would stay outside and play when I had to pee and then eventually I would pee my pants. I had this Red dobbie named spicer and I would hide in his dog house, cause he wouldn't let my dad or mom lay a hand on me. And of course my mom took a picture of it one time.

Popular posts from this blog

Hurricane Sandy

This will be a gleefully uneventful post, but I thought I should at least inform everyone of our whereabouts during Frankenstorm. On Friday the landfall predictions were further south, which had the eye passing near our tiny town after obliterating Dover, DE.  We happen to be surrounded by water.  The Patuxent River on one side, Chesapeake Bay on the other, plenty of swamps and creeks in between.  Not a good prospect. Josh and I had gone out that night to try and secure supplies and already, there were no batteries or flashlights.  We also don't have a grill and thought "we'll try Lowe's tomorrow"I mean, most people already own grills... right?  Everything in our house is run on electricity (including the water pump for the well) except for the fireplace.  I don't know what builders are thinking when they do that.  I at least want a gas stove and water heater!  So, anyways.  We got a few hours of sleep before trying to brave the crowds...

Germany

Noah and I are having a great time out in Germany with Josh. The house we're sharing is amazing and the people are also amazing. The only thing we don't have is our own kitchen, but like I said, the people who live here (Josh's friends) are amazing so it's not even an issue. I've been cooking for everyone to try to thank them in some way. We haven't been to many places yet. It's hard to go anywhere with a baby who has a naptime and a husband who has a job. However!! We managed to make it out to Heidelberg to see the castle. It was awesome. the walk up to the castle mmmm castle Heidelberg down below Christmas is huge here. They've even got Christmas markets out in the parking lot in front of WalMart. We've been to Luisenplatz a few times in downtown Darmstadt to visit all the Christmas shops they have set up. It's like a Christmas flea market. Thus far all I've blown money on is candy... mmmm German candy is so delicious. It's...

Hiking on the Guadarrama Trail

As promised yesterday, I actually left the house and went on a hike with Mama C and Goober!  YAY! I was a bad Mommy and ill prepared to shield us from the hot Spanish sun so we all have a touch of sunburn.  Whoops.  It was fun though.  OK so here's where we began our journey.  You can see the bridge between the roundabout and the little house with a red roof (which is a restaurant).  All the cylindrical buildings were a plant nursery.  We walked over the bridge and past the nursery where we crossed the street and then started up the dirt path.  The other little building is literally a Gypsy Keep. Here's what it looked like from the road... and it was so ridiculously creepy, yet fascinating.  I don't know why there is always tons of junk in trees around gypsy places.  There was a gutted van in the backyard, a stroller jammed into a wall, shorts in the trees.  We both wanted to trespass, but the kids would have inevitably fal...