Lazy Day

Easton woke up at 5:15 this morning. I awoke to J nudging me with his knee and the sounds of "Mama...mama..." Great! I couldn't believe J heard him before I did, must tell you how tired I've been. Anyway, I gave him a few minutes of "Mama-ing" before I went in. Then I went in and he seemed WIDE awake. Not cool. He told me, "Ohhh (his Cuddles burp cloth) stuck". So I "unstuck" it which meant I gave it a wiggle and that seemed to do the trick. I heard him sigh and moan a few times but didn't hear from him again till 7:30 so that was good. He's been a little more restless lately and I attribute it to teething. His 2nd of the two year molars is working it's way through right now. Plus, the first one hasn't poked all the way out yet either. No fun.

We didn't leave the house at all today, and it wasn't for snow. Just laziness. I'm still tired. Getting up 15 times a night to pee is a lot. Plus it's just harder to get comfortable and J and I have been turning in a little late (for me) and E woke a little early this weekend. Oh well. I took a short nap today. I needed to do SOMETHING.

Easton got put in "the naughty spot" for the first *real* time today. In the past we've given him a "time out" but didn't really make him sit in the spot for any length of time, and just sitting him there briefly always modified his behavior real quick. However, now that he's 2 we decided that the rare times he needs that kind of discipline we'd start the naughty spot (a la Supernanny) and make him sit there. She suggests a minute per year of age, so 2 minutes...but since this is a new thing we're starting at 1 minute and working up by 15 second increments. So, his first offense today was him laying under our glass coffee table and pushing up on it with his feet. Glass can break, right? He knows he's not allowed to do this. I gave him his warning and he did it again soooooo...off to the naughty corner. I told him he needed to sit there for 1 minute and told him why and then I walked away. He got right up crying to come find me. I walked him back and told him again he needed to stay there for 1 minute (time started over). He stayed put! It was so cute yet sad. He just sat there in the corner and cried but he stayed there like he was supposed to. After the minute was up (hard on me too!) I went to him and just like Supernanny does I got down on his level and told him why he was there and asked him to say sorry. He said, "no" and tried to leave. I said, "Buddy, you need to stay here till you can tell me you're sorry." He said, "Sorry" and we had a hug and were all better. Here is a picture of him in his corner AFTER the first trip...I'm crazy and like to document things so I made him go back in for a picture. He knew he wasn't in trouble though, don't worry.

At dinner he was "naughty" again, throwing pieces of biscuit after he'd been told not to. He got his warning but didn't listen so then it was off to the naughty spot. No getting up this time. He just sat there like a good boy thinking about what he'd done...okay he was fiddling with the baseboard of the wall but I can pretend he was feeling remorseful if I want. Again, a sorry and a hug after his minute fifteen was up and he got to come back to the table. I was surprised that he had to visit the corner twice in one day, he hasn't even had a time out in ages. Oh well. Jason pointed out he's glad we're starting this before new baby comes. Makes sense.

This afternoon Easton was having a Cheerios snack. He spilled them all over the floor so he got up from his chair, put the empty container on the coffee table and took off running!!...I was like, what the....??? But he was running for his vaccuum! Too bad the thing doesn't really work...but he did a great job pushing them around the carpet with his little muckah. What a good boy.

Gosh, I just love him. Even when he is being "naughty" and testing us (which is SOOOOOO rare). We're either very lucky or very good parents. Of course, I like to think it's both. We seriously have it better than a lot of parents with toddlers, but he certainly has his moments too. Boy does he! But he seems to go through phases as he develops where he needs lot of correction and direction and then he's pretty good to go for a few months. When I was newly pregnant and laying around much of the day his behavior suffered....that's when he got put in a lot of time outs and had lots of tantrums. Then it kind of ended. He'd have an occasional tantrum but it was like we'd learned from each other. Now I had a lazy day today and he had to go in the naughty corner twice...think it's related? I do. Good thing we have Gym tomorrow. And Wal-Marting.

It's getting late and I want to try to figure out some of my blog issues...I apologize if my "look" changes unannounced. I know I have, like, totally, the coolest blog on the block ;) but I really must figure it out before all these stupid issues end my blogging career for good. Anyway...hope you're enjoying your days! Adios!