The Crazy Life: 8/1/12

Tuesday, August 28, 2012

Monday, August 20, 2012

Maverick is One Month Old

Likes:

Sleeping on his belly
Nursing
Baths
Getting talked or sung to
Being held
Swinging in his swing
Sleeping with mommy
Going outside
Sitting up to see the world
Laying on his side. Since the day he came out he has rolled straight to his side to sleep. Some days he gets a little over zealous and rolls to his belly. This makes bath time scary for me because he is always trying to roll over or turn his face towards the water.
Smiling in his sleep
Grunting ALL night long.

New Skills:

Pooping less

Wears:

Size 1 diapers
Newborn clothes, although a few are getting a little short and some still are huge.

Sleeps:

Goes to bed at 8:30 and wakes up every three hours to eat. Some days he goes four hours between and some days he wakes up every two hours to be comforted. We are working on him staying in his own bed, which is hard because in our bed he was sleeping five hours straight.
Takes five naps

Hates:

The car
Laying on his back
Sleeping in his own bed
Getting ignored for too long
His binky (which we make him take anyways)

Nicknames (or what he gets called):

Mavo
The Baby
Angel

Other:

Still too little for the Bumbo

Always being loved on:

Stuck wherever: Content little guy:

This month has of course flown by(what every mother says about every week, month and year when referring to her child) but it has also gotten me extremely excited for all the future months. The first year of life is so much fun! Maverick is always full surprises; some are funny and sweet and often times downright smelly.

Tuesday, August 14, 2012

Reward System

Before Maverick was born we started letting Lincoln stay in our bed in the middle of the night( I know terrible parenting!). Once Maverick got here, and he wanted to sleep in our bed too, it became a problem. There was not enough room for two adults, a bed hogging toddler and a newborn!

Bed stealers caught in action

We had two options

A. Buy a bigger bed

(click on picture for source)

B. Make our kids sleep in their own beds

We decided to make our kids sleep in their own beds. If we failed, we would buy a bigger bed and move into a one bedroom apartment(which actually would save us a lot of money and is quite tempting).

So, Lincoln and I went online and picked out pictures for his “sticker chart”. He chose nine transformers(his newest obsession) and we printed them off and cut them out. Every night he stayed in his own bed he could tape a picture on his chart the next morning. After a couple of weeks he had all the pictures on and got to pick out a new toy!

It worked better than we hoped for!

So, we started a second chart to help motivate him to clean up his toys. We went online again and I let him pick pictures out to earn another toy.

Here is his chart with the pictures he chose:

Yes, I believe my son is a boy.

Thursday, August 9, 2012

Family Visits

My parents and my sister Denell and her three kids, Lexi, Oakley and Crew, came to visit for a week when Maverick was ten days old. We did a lot with them and Maverick just slept and slept as he was consistently held and kissed.

Lincoln was very excited to have his “friends” visit. The first day we went to the beach and the kids played in the water. Digging for clams

My mom holding grandbaby number 11. I can’t believe how blessed we are that my mom could be there for this very special time. After almost a year of uterine AND breast cancer, multiple surgeries and months of chemo, my mom finished her last treatment just weeks before coming. Although still a little weak, she was healed enough that she could help take care of me and have a lot of fun. She is an awesome grandma and all her grandbabies love her,

And she looks A-MAZ-ING! Crew and Lincoln. The first day Lincoln told Crew he wanted him to go home because he was a little overwhelmed, but every day after that they were best friends.