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@Adira: That is awesome that you got a date night!

@Smurfette: That sounds like a fun night for you guys and for R.

@Pumuckl: What an amazing nights sleep. I hope he does it again for you.

@QueensBee: It blows my mind all the things he is learning and doing. They are trying to teach him to say his best buddies name at daycare but he won't try. The library is going to be our winter weekend activity. It gets too cold to do much else.

@Adira: I hope the timeout helped you to calm down. It is good that you realized you needed a moment.

@QueensBee: I hope your trip is great. I'm sure there will be some wine to drink.

@Corduroy: Three nights of just you and DH, that sounds amazing. I hope you enjoy the time.

We finally got a lawn today, three months after they told us. I'm so excited to be able to let Isaac run around out there next weekend.

@Smurfette: Wow you must be so thrilled to have DH home for the whole week! Is he working during the day or home the whole time? Either way, what a treat!!

@Smurfette: That is awesome that your DH is home this week. R must be so happy to have him home.

@Pumuckl: @Smurfette: I don't know how you ladies solo parent all the time.

We are home today. Isaac had a runny nose and cough yesterday and woke up with a fever this morning. He is finally eating almost two hours after getting up. I don't mind getting to relax at home today.

@Adira: Thanks. I think as long as he has a good nap he'll be feeling a lot better. He just looks so tired.

@ALV91711: Hope he feels better!
And like @Pumuckl: it is just my normal. It is actually throwing me off having DH home. I have to cook!! Plus I am just annoyed cause he is waiting till the last minute to get up and ready, so then I have to get R dressed and fed. Granted it is nice having him take her so I can get to work early for once.

@Smurfette: Yay that he is home!!

I think he was mostly feeling better by bedtime. He had a big nap in the late morning. We went and played outside for a while and then he wanted to come in and he had an hour nap and only went to bed about half an hour later than normal.

@Smurfette: Having to cook during the week would kind of suck when your not used to it. It is good that he helps with the cooking though.

@Adira: If DH isn't home for dinner I eat terribly. Whatever is the quickest and easiest.

@AprilFool: Hopefully that cough goes away soon.

@Adira: @Smurfette: @ALV91711: Haha, on the not eating well. That used to be me - pretty often if it was just me alone I ended up with just yoghurt for dinner. Now that I eat what B eats it's gotten so much better. We still only do quick meals (it's at least 6pm until I can start cooking) but nothing too junky. Tonight we'll have pasta with a ham/cream sauce.

The night actually went okay, he cried out a couple of times but easily went back down by himself. Also he let me put him to bed very drowsy but awake. That would have resulted in a scream fest just a week ago, so we're def. making progress.

@Pumuckl: Glad you are having sleep progress. Isaac screamed and called for us for just over an hour tonight. Broke my heart. But then last night he went in the crib fully awake and didn't make a peep.

@Adira: Sounds like good teeth brushing progress. Do you use toothpaste for him?

@Mrs. High Heels: she still ends up holding it most of the time and shelves the food in with her hands. She knows how to use them but I think they slow her down!

@Mrs. High Heels: Yes he does nowadays. He even doesn't start eating until he has silverware. He can use a fork or a spoon. But sometimes he gets frustrated an then just holds onto the fork/spoon with one hand and eats with the other. But I'd say 8 out of 10 meals are mainly by utensils by now.

@blackbird: Sounds like what we started going through two/three weeks ago.

Tonight wasn't so great for us either... He started hysterically screaming at 11pm and I had to hold him and then rub his back back in bed for over half an hour. Then I had to wait until he was fully asleep until I could sneak back out. He was crying out again a couple of times but was able to settle back down on his own until 5:45am which is way too early for him to get up. So I took him to my bed where he played around but also slept some more. Then I awoke from a big "thumb" and he had fallen onto our hardwood floor. Wow that's a big black bump he has on his head. He went completely white and I got really scared but he seemed ok after a couple of minutes. BUT his bad luck continued and once we left the bathroom he tripped and crashed into the corner of the bathroom door Poor baby now has two bumps (luckily on different sides) on his head! I feel so bad for him...

@pumuckle-poor drunk baby that's how a lot of our nights go. It's been on and off for a good month but now we are on the second week of it being nearly every night

@blackbird: I had really hoped we were done now but after yesterday I'm not so sure... Hope it gets better for you soon. For us it's usually 2-4 weeks of really bad before it slowly gets better for another week or so and then it's back to normal. Hope it's like this this time too.

@Smurfette: @blackbird: @Pumuckl: @Adira: Thanks for weighing in! Is there anything you guys did to help your LO's work on their cutlery use? I will usually scoop something up for J initially, then hand it to him so he can put it in his mouth on his own... but after 1-2x of that, he always grabs the spoon away from me and tries to do everything himself. He's not good at scooping things up on his own yet, so he just resorts to using his hands after a couple times of scooping and dropping food! Should I be more proactive about helping him along somehow?

@blackbird: Honestly, J hasn't really had any bad regressions - the last one was the 4 month regression. His 18 month one was basically him waking up at 5:30 am for an entire week... but he didn't really have trouble going down or have MOTN wake ups. I hope it passes for you soon - I'm sure by the time this is over E will have developed by leaps and bounds! Lots of stuff going on in that brain of hers.

@Pumuckl: Sorry about your night, and those bumps - ouch! J has moments like that too where it just seems like one crash after another. At one point he had a black eye, and an egg on his head.

@Adira: Hey, every penny counts - even $5 savings helps!

@Smurfette: Funny how the most random things can soothe them. Glad R has been doing well and sleeping in a little longer this week.

@Mrs. High Heels: we give her a fork and spoon at dinner and it is hit or miss!

@Adira: Aww the toddler room will be great - he'll learn even more things from imitating the older kids! They are growing so so fast though... once J hit 18 months, I felt like 2 years was just right around the corner.