life with a new baby
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A touch of Bad Mood here and there
Jun 15th
Nathan must be teething the past few days. I’ve noticed he’s been quite moody lately, and it seems just about any little thing will spark a tantrum.
Like diaper changes.
I don’t know what the deal is, but Nathan has decided that all diaper changes must be banished. As in, no longer allowed to be performed. Ever. By anyone. To any baby. Because now if I tell him I need to change his diaper, he throws a fit. He’ll collapse on the ground in this quivering heap of Not Happiness. So I try to sneak the diaper changes in, but somehow, HE KNOWS. I pick him up and without me so much as saying a word, HE KNOWS WHAT I’M ABOUT TO DO. He starts thrashing and arching and twisting and screaming. I lay him on the changing table and he does the Alligator Death Roll. Not sure why… I’ve only been changing his diaper multiple times a day FOR HIS ENTIRE LIFE.
What’s the deal?
And he wants his Mommy A LOT. He’s walking most of the time now, so he walks behind me with his little arms outstretched, whining for me. So I pick him up, and he wants down. I put him down, he wants me to pick him up. He cannot make up his mind!
You should see what it’s like when Paul gets home from work, though. See, Nathan is with me all day long, so when Paul’s home, he’s like this big treat just for Nathan. Nathan can’t get enough of his daddy, and he loves that his daddy spends a nice chunk of time playing with him when he gets home from work. If Paul has to leave Nathan’s sight, however, I have to be there to distract him or Nathan gets really upset.
Oh, the hard life of a toddler. It must be difficult being so little!
Learning to walk has its drawbacks
Jun 8th
Well, Nathan had his first “real” bloody lip today. He was playing in his room and he must’ve lost his balance, as he often does, and hit his lip on the changing table or maybe the dresser. I heard a loud thud and then a very pitiful wail. When I picked him up, I saw his upper lip was bleeding… he has a gash on the inside of it and was crying as if his world was crashing down around him. And I’m sure to him, it was. He’s never hurt his lip this badly before. He’s bitten down on it once, but there was hardly any blood and he was happy again after a few minutes. This time, however, it took a bit longer to comfort him. I was able to get some ice on it, but his lip is still a little swollen. And as sappy as this sounds, I feel a little twinge of heart-break every time I look at it. My poor child. No decent mother likes to see her child hurting.
Well, this is only the first of many more accidents to come, unfortunately. I hear little boys are way more accident-prone than girls, so I’m sure there are many more bloody lips to contend with in our future. I better get used to it!
As Time Progresses
Mar 16th
Nathan going through this big Separation Anxiety phase right now, so I’ve been having to carry him around a lot. Because if I don’t, the little guys just cries his little heart out, as if the lack of my presence is the most painful thing he’s ever endured IN HIS LIFE.
Oh, little guy. There are so many other things in life that are so much worse than Mommy taking 2 minutes to PEE.
I’ve had to carry him around so much so that I swear my right arm has become significantly stronger than my left one. Hopefully, it won’t be as obvious as that dude from Lady in the Water, though. I thought the size difference in his arms was just creepy.
But you know what? Nathan totally makes up for this semi- frustrating phase by doing some really super duper cute things. For instance, he hasn’t mastered the whole bending over thing, so when he’s holding onto the coffee table and drops a toy, he’ll slowly move his legs into the splits until he’s low enough to retrieve his toy. And all the bubbly noises he makes as he plays with his toys are just downright adorable. So are those cheeky grins and his laughter that is so hearty that it often reverberates throughout the room.
How I love watching him develop. I get so nostalgic watching him play sometimes because as I watch him, I’m thinking about how just BARELY A YEAR AGO, he was this tiny, helpless, and very loud miniature human who couldn’t even hold his head up on his own, much less make his way around a room.
I am in constant awe at how quickly the time passes.
Nathan’s First Birthday!
Feb 28th
Well, we celebrated Nathan’s birthday this weekend! I still can’t believe my baby is no longer considered an infant. He’s a officially a KID now. With opinions. And attitudes to go with those opinions. But it’s funny because when I look at him, I still see my little baby. Never mind he’s not 100% dependant and no longer drinking out of a bottle. I mean, how can he not still be a baby? It’s only been a year. It was only a short year ago that he inhaled his first breath. So how can he have possibly grown so much in such a short period of time? He’s still my baby and I have a funny feeling HE ALWAYS WILL BE. I’m afraid to blink. Time is passing me by.
Speaking of growing up, guess what Nathan did on his birthday!
HE PULLED HIMSELF UP. ALL THE WAY!
Before now, he would attempt to pull himself up but would only make it halfway before plopping back down with a thud. But he did it, he pulled himself up into the standing position!
He only just started crawling not even two weeks ago. I wonder how soon it will be before he takes his first steps and starts cruising on the furniture.
So here’s some super cute pictures of his very first birthday for you to enjoy.
About to unwrap one of his gifts
Look at what I did!
I don’t know what this is, Mommy, but it looks fun!
(It’s a ride-on and walk-behind dump truck toy)
Not sure what to think about his miniature birthday cake and the well-out-of-reach candle
But he definitely didn’t like when we blew it out
Paul gave Nathan a bite, hoping he would like it enough to eat it
But Nathan did not like the cake.
So Nathan still isn’t big on “people food” yet. He still likes his food pureed, so we weren’t all that surprised when he didn’t like his birthday cake. Which is why we gave him a small bite to start off with. But Nathan still let us know in no uncertain terms that he wasn’t happy with our trickery.
NOT ONE BIT.
But even with a few tears here and there, his first birthday was a lot of fun. Well, Nathan had no idea what all the fuss was about, but all the adults really enjoyed it.
There’s always next year for the Messy Cake Picture, right?
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