Time outs

The last 2 days when I've picked up Nolan from daycare I've had to hear about him being put in time outs for not listening to Jane. Nolan has become quite interested in climbing on everything, and apparantely he's taken quite a liking to climbing on the table in the playroom. Today he got a warning first, as Jane caught him climbing on it. As soon as he saw her, he got down. Jane told him he can not climb on the table, because if he does he will fall and she'll have to call an ambulance because he'll get hurt. Clearly he didn't understand her, because she caught him doing it for the 2nd time. She put him in a timeout, which he reacted to much differently than when I put him in a timeout (he cries at Jane's house). The timeout didn't work either, because the 3rd time she watched him from around the corner, and he made a beeline for the table and started to climb on it. As soon as he saw her come around the corner he knew he had been caught and he tried to get down as quickly as possible. But, he ended up in another timeout. Jane is confident that he'll learn not to climb on the table in the next few weeks if she keeps using the same technique. I hope she's right, for her sake! I had to put Nolan in 2 timeouts yesterday for standing on the couch. He pouts while in the timeout, but I get no other reaction. Next time I'm going to make him stand in the timeout spot vs. sit and see what happens. The first kid is always a trial and error!

Kale is starting to fill out, primarily in his face (just like Nolan did!). He's still eating really well, and has finally gotten on a regular poo schedule. Last night we had quite the fiasco as Adam changed his diaper. When Adam opened up Kale's diaper, the insides of it seemed to magically appear on everything, including Adam and Kale! To top it off, Kale decided at that moment to pee on us for the first time. Immediately after that both boys got a bath!


Last Sunday Adam and I took the boys to the apple orchard. It was gorgeous outside, and I knew that if we didn't go we might not get another nice weekend day to go. It also gave us a chance to test out the new double stroller that Adam's parent's picked up for us at a garage sale. It's a little big and bulky (all double strollers are), but sure works well for hauling around both boys! Kale slept through most of our visit, which was good. Nolan had a blast looking at the animals, being pushed in the stroller, eating apples with Adam and waving at the hayrides as they drove by. Nolan is definitely getting quicker, because at one point we turned our heads for just a second, and when we looked back Nolan had picked an apple off the ground and was going to take a bite out of it. That's all fine and good, except the apple already had a bite taken out of it! The was another couple watching him do this behind us, and they thought it was pretty funny. The only thing we can hope for is that it will help build his immunity!

Adam and I are doing well, but are lacking a little sleep. I'm also fighting a cough/cold, which is slowing me down a little more than normal. It could be worse - we both remember what Nolan was like as a baby. He didn't start sleeping well until about 8 weeks! Kale is on the right path, but is still getting up every 2 1/2 - 3 hours. He doesn't cry very often, and when he does it usually means he needs a diaper change or is hungry. He's doing fairly good with tummy time, which is also an improvement over how Nolan did at this point.

This weekend we have a few things going on - Nolan's 18 month pictures and a birthday party on Saturday in Chan. We're not sure what we'll do the rest of the weekend. We managed to make it to church last Sunday with both boys, and hopefully will make it again. Kale rocked it out, sleeping through the whole service. Nolan, on the other hand, was his usual self. The kid can't sit still, so Adam and I tag teamed it watching him. I'm not sure what age he needs to be when we start enforcing that he sit through church, but I'm pretty sure he's too young at this point. Maybe when he's 2 . . .