I was obviously pretty weary last night, but Rowan gave me pretty nice stretches, and ate very well when he did get up for milk. I didn’t mind the night feedings, just me and him. It was nice to have such adorable and agreeable company. Because I was feeling so nervous before going to bed, I grabbed a couple of bottles and put four ounces of water in each one. Then, I grabbed our travel formula holder thing and pre-measured out what I needed for those bottles and brought it all into the bedroom. That way, I didn’t have to try and wander the house in the dark alone. I know its silly to be so nervous, especially considering that I was confident I wasn’t in any danger whatsoever. The crazy doors closing on their own earlier had been the wind. I knew that. But it put me on edge. This way, I was closed up in my little safe haven with my baby, and the other two babies on the video monitor beside my bed. It was nice.
Everyone slept pretty lightly and woke up early. I had plans to accomplish all of the laundry but decided instead to just take the day and really be with the kids. I like that I’m more motivated recently to keep the house in order and put together good routines of cleaning and maintaining things, but since I’ve taken a couple of days just to sit on the floor with the kids, I’ve learned a lot about them, and I LOVE that. THAT is what I wanted out of staying home with my kids. To be on their level, with them instead of trying to get around them.
Dekker told me I am the cutest sweetheart today. He brought Laela a dolly when she was crying. Laela shared food with Dekker, and said so many words! Today alone, she said all done, come, a book, hi, bye, ni-night, Dekker, and bottle. Rowan has had a lot of really happy awake time, which we don’t always get, and he’s cooperated well with his siblings. When they have come and offered him his soother, he dutifully takes it, but delicately spits it out as soon as they’re not looming over him.
Something cool that happened today was Laela asking to sit on the potty. She’s started to tell me when she’s pooped, which is apparently a sigh of interest, at the very least. In the last couple of days, she’s pointing at her bum even when she hadn’t soiled her diaper, but she does soon after. So today, when she pointed at her bum, she then pointed towards the bathroom. So we all picked up and took off to the bathroom. She was so ready, but we have no potty stuff out! I know, people say to leave potty stuff lying around to sort of normalize it. Well, we had a little potty and a potty seat hanging around for a solid 1.5 years with no results, so we figured we’d pack it up and when we pulled it back out again, it would be a bit more exciting. Anyway, its all packed away in our storage container!! So I lifted her up onto the toilet and just cupped her bum in my hands. She wasn’t fond of feeling so unsteady but she had no issue being up high or on the toilet. In the end, she didn’t actually use the toilet, but we sang and made it lots of fun, and she did great! I made a very big deal of it the rest of the morning, and Dekker kept asking if Laela sitting on the potty made me happy. I told him I was completely thrilled and we celebrated Laela right up until naptime. Maybe that will spark some kind of interest for Dekker! I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again. Those kids are going to potty train together, I’m sure of it!
Everyone is napping, but Rowan is starting to lull. I suppose the mom hat needs to go back on! I mean, the responsible mom hat, rather than the overtired unmoving tucked in bed mom hat…