One Month Old

How time can fly sometimes. Our little Nolan is one month old today. He's been pretty fussy these last few weeks, mentioned it during his check up today and the doctor up him on baby Zantac. Reid was one it from 6 to 12 months so he figures that we might as well give it a go for baby Nolan. Poor thing was up screaming and crying from midnight to 4:30 last night (poor mama and dada too).  Hopefully this will help his little stomach settle and make him a bit happier. He's up to 10 lbs 7 oz.  he's only gained a pound in the last months, but nothing to be worried about. He's in the 75th percentile for weight and 95th for height!!!! Reid better watch it!

Ten more days till Christien goes back to work. Holy smokes, six weeks flew by!

Update: Nolan is fine! He's doing great and seems to be feeling much better, thanks to the medicine. I know there's a lot of concern for our little wee boy to be on medication so early in life, but I assure you that we tried everything we could before turning to medicating him. The poor guy was in so much pain and we needed some help to make him better. Have no fear friends and family. Thanks for all your concern :)

Almost a month in...

Can't believe baby Nolan is going to be a month old on Thursday. Time flies so much faster when you are doubly busy. Thank god that Christien is still home otherwise I'd be triply busy. At least I can have a nap during the day if I need to right now. Two more weeks and he's back at work and it's just me and my wee boys. On the bright side, when he's done his next two week stint, he'll be back and it'll be Christmas time!!

We bought an Elf on the Shelf for Reid this year. I had no idea what it was but saw people posting pictures of the same elf all over Facebook and someone pinned 101 ideas to do with your elf on Pinterest. So I looked into it and it's hilarious. The little elf is a bit creepy, but funny. The story goes that he is sent to your from the North Pole and he just chills and watches you all day, then at night he flies back to the North Pole to report if you were naughty or nice to Santa. Hilarious. You can't touch the elf cause then he'll lose his magic. Every night that he comes home end up being somewhere different in the house. Reid gets a kick trying to find Scoopy (yup, his name) every morning. Funny enough, he does do things to "impress" Scoopy. He tells him what he wants for Christmas every day. Pretty funny little guy.

We also started potty training Reid on Sunday. What. A. Long. Day. And Christien was the one most in charge. I read the books, and he took the lead. No pants, only shirt and underwear all day. Timer on the phone for every 15 minutes. To the potty every time it went off. Candy for snacks. Lots of drinks. Drinks he doesn't normally get. He was so full of sugar by the end of the day. Crashed hard, but... Bad dreams. So that sucked. He only had a few accidents. But for the times that a he says he has to go to the bathroom, it almost makes up for it (note to self, need to buy Reid more pants). This morning we were downstairs watching TV and he got up and, out of the blue said, "I do it, I do it" ran upstairs and went pee by himself. Very impressive Mr Short. We're just holding our breath that it works!!

He's Here...

We were lucky enough to welcome a beautiful baby boy to our family on Monday, October 22, 2012. Labor came pretty quickly, and as we reflected back on it, we realized that if Christien didn't come home from work early this round, he would have missed it.  Went into labour at midnight on Sunday night/Monday morning and Nolan Richard Short was born at 6:53 am.  Pretty intense labor, but I was able to do it without have a C-section, which was really important to me.  Knowing the kind of recovery that comes with a C-section, well...  I just really wanted to avoid that.  Especially with having another one at home.  I now have a family full of boys!!  I can't wait to watch Reid and Nolan grow up together.  Reid already loves his brother so much.  He's full of hugs and kisses.  I think that there is a little bit of jealousy there, but we're trying our best to give them both the attention that they need and deserve.  So far, Nolan is proving to be a pretty chill baby.  He likes to snuggle, but he'll nap wherever you put him usually.  He's also taken to a soother, which some mums might say is a nightmare, but I'm glad that he's got something that he can use to help soothe himself.  Reid is still dealing with soothing issues at almost 3. Christien is home until the beginning of December.  He has been working the last few days, just doing some side work while he is home.  And we've had lots of visitors and are still expecting more this weekend.  Lucky little boys to be loved by so many people.