Wordless Wednesday - Gosslings!

Gosslings

Went for our walk tonight and came across these Geese and their babies! So cute!

Walkin the tracks

Last night we went for a walk along the rail road. Our house is on the other side of the tracks, so we decided to take a walk along them and see if we could find a short cut from Gord's parents to the house...

Were not sure if it was quicker or not, but the trail was a little steep to get up to the tracks and we couldn't really get thru to the subdivision because all the houses have fenced yards and the area that isn't fenced is under construction... so we turned back :O)

Here are a few pictures from the walk...

Gotta love SLEEP!

For the last 3 nights the Sleep has been amazing!

A friend who had been bragging about her son sleeping for 12 hours a night sent me the Sleep Sense Book on Friday. So we made a few tweaks to our bedtime rules and voila, Asher sleeps almost through the night!

Basically the only real change we made was not going into his room when he wakes up in the middle of the night. Rather we wait for a minimum of 3 minutes (10 minutes at most) and give him a chance to put himself back to sleep.

We have been doing this for naps also.

Asher has always napped for about 30 minutes several times per day. But now, when he wakes up 30 minutes into his nap, I give him a few minutes and usually within a minute or so he is able to put himself right back to sleep.


Yesterday's nap was 1 hour and 45 minutes!
Last night he slept from 8pm - 7am and we only had to go into his room once during the night!
The night before he slept from 7:20pm - 8:30am and again we only had to go in once!

He is actually napping right now... and I'm hoping it will go just as well!

I have to say, having him nap and sleep so well at night makes me feel SO much better about going back to work!

Speaking of which, today was Asher's first morning at daycare!

Gord dropped him off at 8:30am and Tricia and I went out shopping for the morning. I was going to pick him up at 12 but as I was heading home I figured I would call to see how things were going and see if she wanted me to come and get him a bit early.

Turns out she did!

Not that he was terrible, but I think she was just a bit overwhelmed having a 10 month old and all the other kids too (she has two girls of her own and a boy she looks after)! She said that she forgot what it was like with such a little one. Apparently he didn't want to be put down so she had to pack him around :O( He didn't want to go down for a nap either... I felt kind of bad for her... she seemed a bit frazzled but assured me that both she and Asher would get used to it!

Hopefully the next time goes better!

Eating on his own

Over the past few weeks I have been giving Asher lots of opportunities to feed himself. This morning I cut up a whole Eggo and he ate it all, after which he scarfed down a bunch of peach slices too! I have been trying to post a video of this... however it seems to be too large to upload! So instead I will add a few pictures!

House Update!

Lots of progress in the last week and a half!! Starting to think that our new home might actually be completed on time!

Wednesday May 5th - Starting to to frame the 1st floor

Thursday May 6th - Framing of the first floor

Friday May 7th - Framing of the downstairs rooms

Saturday May 8th - Second floor walls

Monday May 10 - Second Floor walls and Trusses

Tuesday May 11 - Trusses spread out & peaks filled in

Wednesday May 12th - Roof on & front peak over porch

I have lots more pictures of the inside and the rear view of the house also, however the picture upload on blogger doesn't want to play nice tonight so they will have to wait!

The Last Month

Well this last month has been, to be honest, difficult.

On March 29th, my dad passed away. I'm so grateful that I went up there that day and was able to tell him that I loved him and say good bye. He was such a great father and grandfather to Asher, I just wish we had more time to spend with him.

It has been a difficult road for me... but I have learned a lot about myself and how I deal with stress and sadness.

Luckily we had already moved into Gord's parents the day before so I was glad that part was done. And thankfully Gord's Brother and Sister-in-law helped us clean our town house the next day so that we didn't have to worry about going back, and we were able to spend time with family.

I have been noticing over the last few weeks however that Asher has been a bit more clingy. I was wondering if it was a touch of separation anxiety and now I'm starting to think I was right. Just after we moved to Gord's parents place, I noticed that when I walked out of the room Asher was in he would start to get upset. Sometimes he would calm back down and go back to playing but other times he would get very upset. However if he didn't notice that I had left, he didn't seem to have a problem at all.

This has been worrying me quite a bit since I only have 2 months before I go back to work and I want to make sure he is going to be OK when I leave him. To top it all off, the daycare we had lined up for months backed out on us because she took on another child and wouldn't be able to wait to take on Asher due to financial reasons.... sooo... that really piled on the stress for me!

Luckily we were able to find a great lady to care for Asher during the week while I'm at work and she is just around the corner from where our new house will be, reasonably priced (if you could ever say that about daycare), and seems pretty awesome. So all going well at least that is one thing off our plate!

Yesterday I decided to go to the gym a bit earlier then usual and use the childminding that they have there instead of leaving him with Gord when he gets home. At first he didn't want me to leave... until I gave him to the girl and handed him a rice cracker, then he was just fine. He didn't see me leave and seemed to be fine for the whole hour I was gone. However when I went back to get him he couldn't squirm away fast enough and was SUPER clingy once he had me.

I got back to the Jeep and tried to put him in his seat but he wouldn't let go of me... I held him for a few minutes while I talked to my Sister and then put him in his seat... he was fine. But on and off he becomes super clingy and doesn't want me to leave a room... he did it again tonight after dinner. From what I read there isn't much you can do other then reassure him.

During the day if he gets upset that I'm not right there with him I generally go to him give him a toy or make his toy make a sound and then leave again. That way I figure, I'm not totally ignoring him but I'm not picking him up or anything... this usually works and he goes back to playing but there is the odd time when he all out cries and gets upset and then I will pick him up because there is no other way to calm him down... I have tried...

Everything I read says that it is a phase and will pass... I just hope it doesn't take too long!!!

That's all for now folks... any advice on the Separation Anxiety is welcome!!!