slight improvement

Not really much to report on Teagan – not sure if she had roseola or not. The rash that appeared during her doctor’s appointment disappeared just as quickly as it appeared. She seems to be making up for lost sleep as each of the last two nights she slept over 10 hours in a row. This is not usual for her so I am fully expecting to welcome her into our bed in the wee hours of the night. I just wish she would whine a little less during the day. Her appetite has decreased a little bit, although not her appetite for breast milk which seems to have grown.

She will be 18 months old in about a week and she is pretty assertive when it comes to getting what she wants. The tantrums are in full force. I don’t mind extended breastfeeding but I am not a huge fan of nursing her several times throughout the night or having her pull down my shirt collar saying “open that” throughout the day. Seems a little rude, in my opinion, not that an 18 month old would understand that. But how to teach her that this is not appropriate? I’m thinking only feed her on my terms. If she displays the behavior (pulling on shirt/ putting hand down shirt), then tell her no and refuse to feed her for x amount of minutes until she no longer displays behavior?

Anyway, the earlier bedtime of between 7-8 pm seems to be suiting her well especially since she does not take a daytime nap.

This weeks photo dump:

“makeeverybreathcount” on Instagram

A little commentary on the above photo dump.  The weather is getting warmer which I am extremely excited about.  Time outside, fresh air, less of a mess in the house, tired kids at the end of the day – all good things!

I am approaching my 10 year high school reunion – seems a bit anticlimactic since I pretty much know everything from facebook.

Nathan is beginning to potty train – he elected the samurai ninja castle as his reward for when he poops on the potty several days in a row.  Since that may take a while, we rewarded him with a set of samurai & ninja figures for peeing on the potty all week.  He only has accidents when I forget to bring him to the potty.  Any after being worn down by Teagan’s irritability the last couple days I admit to putting Nathan back in a diaper.  It is as  much potty training for me as it is for him.

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