I must tell all parents to get the Exergen Temporal Thermometer. I love it! We wasted hours of our lives trying to take temperatures of our kids with those dinky little thermometers. Yeah, this thing is a little on the expensive side but definitely worth it.
Also, good news! Lauren likes her new Britax car seat. Her old one was too small for her and Lauren loathed it. So, this is VERY good news. I don't think Ryan's crying stressed me out as much when he was a baby. But when Lauren cries, she sweats from every part of her body until she is dripping wet. It starts with a cute fake crying sound, then gradually the volume increases until it becomes a scream...then it becomes silent all of a sudden where I often wonder if she is still breathing...and then a shriek and then silence for like a second before repeating the whole cycle. I have to give her a shower after her crying spells in the car seat because she is covered in sweat. And her tears are like huge raindrops falling down her face. So so sad and so so stressful. But I think our car seat woes are over now. I hope.
Friday, October 29, 2010
Tuesday, October 26, 2010
I'm back
This is Ryan's blog, but mommy and daddy decided to hijack it. It's really a shame that its been over 1.5 years since our last post, but that's what happens when you're busy taking care of a toddler. Ryan turned 4 last month and got a brand spanking new baby sister named Lauren on June 4, 2010! Thankfully, it was an uneventful delivery and Lauren is a very healthy girl. We are desperately hoping it stays that way as everyone in the household has gotten a cold except for Lauren. I feel like Lauren is not the type to just sleep away a cold ... I predict she'll probably fuss and cry and drive everyone bonkers.
Ryan turned 4 on September 12, 2010 and he is an awesome big brother. He doesn't covet his old toys as it comes out of storage and helps mommy and daddy with Lauren. If he is jealous, he doesn't show it very well. He is in his second year of preschool which he loves. His teacher is Mrs. Hewitt, a godly lady who knows how to keep her kids in line. He can read, write the alphabet and numbers and lots of words, knows the Lords Prayer, and is in the process of learning the Children's Catechism. In fact, we told Ryan to write a story for Lauren to give to her on her BIRTHday and this is what he wrote:
Anyways, what milestone did Lauren reach that I was motivated to revive this blog?? She has discovered her feet!! She can stay quiet for a long time playing with her feet instead of sucking her paci. If only adults were so simply entertained. Chang and I still looove watching movies at the movie theatre and now that the kids go to bed by around 9 we can finally go watch em. Seriously though, we need to find a cheaper form of entertainment...like playing with our feet. haha.
Here is a recap of Lauren's first 4 months:
-Lauren smiled very easily. Don't remember exactly when her fake smile went away and her real smile came but by 2 months she was smiling ALL the time and she has an ADORABLE smile.
-Lauren beat Ryan at sleeping through the night. 8 hours at 6 weeks, 10 hours on her baek-il!! At 4 months and 4 weeks now she sleeps between 10-12 hours. PTL!
-Lauren hasn't rolled over at all and has no interest in doing so.
-Lauren doesn't like radio or CD music, only live guitar music.
-Lauren despises the car seat and in an effort to get rid of her aversion to the car seat we just bought her a new one which will hopefully resolve this very serious problem.
-Lauren is a pig. She gets upset if her next spoonful of rice cereal does not come fast enough into her mouth. She is growing so fast that my friend calls her "Off the Charts" aka OTC!
-Lauren doesn't like strangers. If you can get her to look at your face without crying, you can be our designated baby sitter.
-These days Lauren is learning how to say "umma" and "appa"
-Lauren looks like Ryan. I told Chang to write an ULTIMATE comparison blog entry of our two kids so I am looking forward to that!
Ryan turned 4 on September 12, 2010 and he is an awesome big brother. He doesn't covet his old toys as it comes out of storage and helps mommy and daddy with Lauren. If he is jealous, he doesn't show it very well. He is in his second year of preschool which he loves. His teacher is Mrs. Hewitt, a godly lady who knows how to keep her kids in line. He can read, write the alphabet and numbers and lots of words, knows the Lords Prayer, and is in the process of learning the Children's Catechism. In fact, we told Ryan to write a story for Lauren to give to her on her BIRTHday and this is what he wrote:
Pulitzer prize worthy, eh?
Anyways, what milestone did Lauren reach that I was motivated to revive this blog?? She has discovered her feet!! She can stay quiet for a long time playing with her feet instead of sucking her paci. If only adults were so simply entertained. Chang and I still looove watching movies at the movie theatre and now that the kids go to bed by around 9 we can finally go watch em. Seriously though, we need to find a cheaper form of entertainment...like playing with our feet. haha.
Here is a recap of Lauren's first 4 months:
-Lauren smiled very easily. Don't remember exactly when her fake smile went away and her real smile came but by 2 months she was smiling ALL the time and she has an ADORABLE smile.
-Lauren beat Ryan at sleeping through the night. 8 hours at 6 weeks, 10 hours on her baek-il!! At 4 months and 4 weeks now she sleeps between 10-12 hours. PTL!
-Lauren hasn't rolled over at all and has no interest in doing so.
-Lauren doesn't like radio or CD music, only live guitar music.
-Lauren despises the car seat and in an effort to get rid of her aversion to the car seat we just bought her a new one which will hopefully resolve this very serious problem.
-Lauren is a pig. She gets upset if her next spoonful of rice cereal does not come fast enough into her mouth. She is growing so fast that my friend calls her "Off the Charts" aka OTC!
-Lauren doesn't like strangers. If you can get her to look at your face without crying, you can be our designated baby sitter.
-These days Lauren is learning how to say "umma" and "appa"
-Lauren looks like Ryan. I told Chang to write an ULTIMATE comparison blog entry of our two kids so I am looking forward to that!
Lauren at 4 months
Ryan at around 5 months
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