Sonneborn Family- The Next Generation: Mum-Mum and Da-Da

Wow, we haven't posted in a long time!

Let's see what's new. Adam is still not crawling. He does lean and reach waaaaaay forward. He also spins around on his butt and scoots his butt forward. He looooves to pull up to a standing position. He has started to get a little more adventurous and will stand while holding on to the sofa or holding onto a person with one hand. He loves to get into a standing position so much that he sits down on his butt every few seconds to stand up again. And Adam has 2 teeth! He has 2 bottom teeth that came in a few weeks ago.

The most exciting thing that Adam has done lately is that he is calling Jeff and I by name! He calls me Mum-Mum and he calls Jeff Da-Da.

Jeff and I have started to discuss cloth diapering pros and cons. Some days it just seems like cloth diapering is so much work. Adam constantly pees through his diaper when he naps and needs a full outfit change. Plus it's a lot of laundry. To keep things smelling fresh, we wash the cloth diapers every other day. On the other hand, we've already paid for all of our cloth diapers, so when we buy disposables, well, that's an extra cost. And I actually don't like disposables either. I think they smell terribly, like chemicals. Did I mention they cost money? The only solution is to toilet train early. You know, if that's my biggest internal debate then I think we are doing pretty well overall.

Remember awhile ago when I wrote that we were weaning the 10:30pm nursing session? I'll be honest; we tried for a week and Adam did not do well with it. So after a week we went right back to nursing at 10:30pm. And you know what? We are all sleeping better with it.

However, we did start daytime weaning. Around 1 year old, I plan to have Adam weaned from nursing. Not completely and not exactly at one year, but the time has come when he turns one that he will get the majority of his nutrition from food. It's a slow process and it will take a few months, but I can't believe we've come so far. Nursing has been the MOST challenging thing (remember I've run 2 marathons) and also the MOST rewarding thing I've ever done.

Big Pats fan here!