The Trenches Part 2, and Other Things

We're taking a break from potty training. Classic first child, guinea pig moment, but Todd and I were not casual and positive enough and it turned into a battle of wills, which obviously, we will not win. Hazel refuses to sit on the potty, and is back in diapers for the time being. Blast.Jack hit his five month mark last week. Unbelievable. He has been rocking on hands and knees for a couple of weeks now, and he scoots backwards all over the place. He's even beginning to steer so that he doesn't get stuck under the furniture. He's still just as happy and chill as he was on Day 1. What a great personality!

He's made it quite apparent that he wants what we have at the dinner table, so we've taken to letting him suck on fruit we're eating (apples, plums, etc) and a couple of nights ago he started with the rice cereal. He was quite enthusiastic and did really well, so it's time to dust off the ol' highchair and bring it in.Hazel reached her 2 1/2 year mark last week. She's trying to drop her nap, and I'm fighting it for all it's worth. She spends an hour or more in her room every afternoon, but only sleeps a couple days a week. She loves to role play and changes her identity a dozen times a day AND gets put out if you don't call her by the correct name of the moment. It's very tricky to keep track of.

She's still obsessive compulsive. She does a sweep of her room every nap and bedtime, after we leave. If there's anything in there that's not supposed to be, she shoves it under her door. Once it was a small toy that was under her bed next to the wall. It's a serious white glove sweep. She checks every nook and cranny of the room. Todd thought about hiding under the bed to watch her process, but we decided not to because it'll just get added to the list of things she checks for all the time. Hidden camera, perhaps?

Hazel's getting better and better with Jack. I love to see her playing with him, and the best sound in the world is the two of them laughing together. Lately she's blown on his tummy, asked to hold him again (and did not want to let him go) and climbed into the pack and play to say hello to him after he woke up. Oh yes, Jack sleeps in the bathroom in the pack and play. Naps in my room, spends his nights in the bathroom. We plan to keep it that way until he's more solid on sleeping through the night. I always feed him before I go to bed, and then he usually sleeps until 7 or 8 the next morning, but once or twice a week he's up for a feeding at 5. Another month, maybe, and we'll try putting him back in Hazel's room. We got too tired of Hazel and Jack waking each other up every night.