We Left!

This morning I showered, got dressed, boys too...and we got out of the house! We were gone by 8:30. We stopped for breakfast at Atlanta Bread Company like I always used to do with Easton (and D in my belly!). Headed next door to Old Navy to make some returns and browse. Then we went back down to the outlet mall (Colorado Mills for those of you who know the area). Made some returns and purchases there too. Yay! I'd say the outing did Easton and I a lot of good. And Dalton did some brief car snoozes. Both boys are napping now.

I think Easton's getting caught up as far as sleep goes. He took a 2+ hour nap yesterday and then still went down at a normal bedtime and slept till almost 7:30 this morning. Good stuff! He was the one wanting to nap today, even. So I'm letting him. Really what he wanted was to put his p.j.'s on. I said, "those are for naptime, not quiet time. Are you going to take a nap?" and the answer was clearly yes. Before I left I "threatened" him with a, "Easton, if I have to come back in here because you're being too loud, or calling for me, or I hear you on the wall (he likes to do headstands, etc. against the wall sometimes) then I'm going to come take your jammie pants off." Hee hee!

Speaking of "hee hee"...yesterday the boys were in my room...I was putting a new sheet on Diddlebug's bed and Easton came running in, "Mommy! Mommy! Dalton threw up on his diaper! Better hurry!!" It was the "better hurry!" part that has me laughing. Silly guy. And such a good babysitter.

What else? Oh, the last several nights Dalton has been on a "starving around 11:00 p.m." streak. It's been rather frustrating. So, last night after he was up from 9-9:45 in his bed rolling around he finally started crying. Gave him the paci about 3 times over the next 45 minutes. Finally decided to feed him but I had recently pumped so I thought to try water as one of my lovely commenters once suggested (hi O!). He sucked it down without batting an eye...about 2 ounces. Then I put him back down, asleep. I came downstairs all excited for my new method. I filled a bottle up with more water for later in the night. Then it occurred to me, "there's probably a 'limit' as to how much water a baby should have". So I hopped online to some of my trusted resources (kellymom.com and askdrsears.com) to see what they said. Well, I already knew a breastfed baby doesn't need water, but they did help me to see that it's only going to discourage filling up with breastmilk later. And I have issues getting enough milk into him as it is. Although I just would prefer he did it during daytime as you're all well aware by now. He's been sucking down up to 9 ounces at that 11:00-ish hour. That is crazy. Then, he wakes again later in the night...well, morning...for more. But once actual morning time rolls around he's just not so hungry anymore. Blah.

Anyhoo, the 2 ounces of water didn't help him sleep at all anyway. He was up not even 15 minutes later and I just let him have what he could get out of me. Which was enough to last longer than I thought it would.

Well I guess that's all from me for now. Sorry for no pictures!