One more week and Ken graduates from the RCMP training program. Six months without him. Boy, it's gone fast, yet slow. I can hardly believe that he is almost done. The next month is going to be pretty crazy though, since he got posted to the Island and he starts dec 17th. We have to find a place somehow, so we won't all be together for a bit yet. But hopefully soon this will be over.
I will say I have great sympathy for single mom's. I don't know how they keep going year after year. I have had many days where I have thought I just didn't know how I would keep on going, especially after Micah was born. So just want to say if any of you know any single moms find a way to give them a hand, b/c it's incredibly tough to go it on your own.
Saturday, November 28, 2009
Thursday, October 22, 2009
Help
Any help, ideas, advice on how to get a baby to go to sleep during the day, without spending hours with them in the room and without letting them cry it out. I've tried the baby whisperer stuff, but it doesn't seem to be working properly, so i'm probably doing something wrong. Anyway, if anyone could tell me what worked for them, i would really appreciate it.
Thursday, October 15, 2009
And then there were two
I should be sleeping, not blogging, but i can't help myself right now:)
Let me just say that having two has become much harder than I anticipated. At the beginning I remember thinking this is pretty easy, but that of course was because Micah pretty much slept all the time. As week two drew to a close and week three began Micah decided he didn't really want to sleep so much anymore. Not only that but he started to cry after almost every feeding, and the spit up,wow, some days I think I changed his clothes a bazillon times. I felt guilty too, b/c I was spending so much time trying to get the Little one (although he's not so little) to sleep or bouncing or rocking him to help him calm down that I hardly had any time for Joshua. He was well occupied by his cousins and grandparents, but I was really missing having time with him. Anyway, I was at my wits end, exhausted mentally and emotionally and physically when I read through the baby whisperer book again and three days ago started trying it and it seems to be getting better. It's only taking 1/2 an hour now, although admittedly he isn't sleeping as long as he used to, but i'm just so estatic that i'm not having to spend so much time in the room getting him to sleep. So hopefully it will keep getting better. It has sure ramped up my prayer life.
To be honest it's probably all my fault that it got like this. I let him fall asleep on me to many times in the first few weeks. I find it so hard not to, as I just love holding him when he's all droopy and sleepy. it's funny b/c I was so determined not to let him fall asleep while eating, like I did with joshua, b/c i didn't want to create a bad habit, so instead i created a different bad habit. Well the pain of having to undo this hopefully will stay with me so I finally get it right with the third one.
Anyway, I have to say that I can't wait until he doesn't need to sleep so much, so I'm only having to put him down for naps a few times a day, as right now I dread naptime.
Here's to hoping and praying that sleeping gets easier for him and I eventually don't have to help him at all. And that having two gets easier and that I get more organized and on top of things.
Let me just say that having two has become much harder than I anticipated. At the beginning I remember thinking this is pretty easy, but that of course was because Micah pretty much slept all the time. As week two drew to a close and week three began Micah decided he didn't really want to sleep so much anymore. Not only that but he started to cry after almost every feeding, and the spit up,wow, some days I think I changed his clothes a bazillon times. I felt guilty too, b/c I was spending so much time trying to get the Little one (although he's not so little) to sleep or bouncing or rocking him to help him calm down that I hardly had any time for Joshua. He was well occupied by his cousins and grandparents, but I was really missing having time with him. Anyway, I was at my wits end, exhausted mentally and emotionally and physically when I read through the baby whisperer book again and three days ago started trying it and it seems to be getting better. It's only taking 1/2 an hour now, although admittedly he isn't sleeping as long as he used to, but i'm just so estatic that i'm not having to spend so much time in the room getting him to sleep. So hopefully it will keep getting better. It has sure ramped up my prayer life.
To be honest it's probably all my fault that it got like this. I let him fall asleep on me to many times in the first few weeks. I find it so hard not to, as I just love holding him when he's all droopy and sleepy. it's funny b/c I was so determined not to let him fall asleep while eating, like I did with joshua, b/c i didn't want to create a bad habit, so instead i created a different bad habit. Well the pain of having to undo this hopefully will stay with me so I finally get it right with the third one.
Anyway, I have to say that I can't wait until he doesn't need to sleep so much, so I'm only having to put him down for naps a few times a day, as right now I dread naptime.
Here's to hoping and praying that sleeping gets easier for him and I eventually don't have to help him at all. And that having two gets easier and that I get more organized and on top of things.
Friday, October 2, 2009
Finally, the promised pictures
Wow, can't believe it's taken me this long to post pictures. Micah is now 5 weeks old, as of today and as of last week friday he weighed 12 pounds. Yep a big boy! Below is a picture of him now.
Micah at 4 weeks old
After his first bath. He actually didn't cry. Joshua hated his first bath.
Daddy and baby! He sure looks smaller to me in this pic! Can't believe how fast they grow.
Joshua and new baby brother. He has adjusted surprisingly well to the new addition.
Sleeping...ahhh... If only i could get as much sleep as he does :) sigh... At least Joshua is finally taking his naps again, so I have been able to get some much needed zzz's..yay!
Micah at 4 weeks old
After his first bath. He actually didn't cry. Joshua hated his first bath.
Daddy and baby! He sure looks smaller to me in this pic! Can't believe how fast they grow.
Joshua and new baby brother. He has adjusted surprisingly well to the new addition.
Sleeping...ahhh... If only i could get as much sleep as he does :) sigh... At least Joshua is finally taking his naps again, so I have been able to get some much needed zzz's..yay!
Wednesday, September 16, 2009
Birth Story
Well, I finally have a few minutes to spare as both kids are in bed and i'm actually not feeling to tired at the moment.
After waiting for what seemed like forever, Micah decided to enter this world with a bang. I had been having contractions and cramping on and off for the past three weeks or so and had had a false alarm two days before, so when I woke up at 4:30 Friday morning and started to feel some contractions again, I brushed it off as no big deal, figuring they would stop soon. Well, they didn't and at around 5ish they started to get more painful, so I tentatively began to hope that this was the real thing. However, I didn't want to call my mom to come get me until I was sure this was it. Well, by 5:30 ish I all of a sudden started to feel nauseous and that's when I knew this baby was coming and I'd better call my mom, because I always get nauseous during transition. My Dad came and got me, apparently my mom got out of bed too fast when the phone rang and was dizzy. Picked my mom up. Got to the Hospital at 6:15. Went up to Maternity. They put me in Triage. Checked the heart rate etc. I think I was there for all of 5 minutes. Then I had to push and of course I wasn't far enough along so I was told not to, which is extremely hard to do. They promptly brought me to the delivery room where I was finally allowed to push. and 20 minutes later voila out comes baby boy. Wow! I could not believe how fast it went. Micah was born at 6:55, only 40 minutes after getting to the hospital.
pictures to come....
After waiting for what seemed like forever, Micah decided to enter this world with a bang. I had been having contractions and cramping on and off for the past three weeks or so and had had a false alarm two days before, so when I woke up at 4:30 Friday morning and started to feel some contractions again, I brushed it off as no big deal, figuring they would stop soon. Well, they didn't and at around 5ish they started to get more painful, so I tentatively began to hope that this was the real thing. However, I didn't want to call my mom to come get me until I was sure this was it. Well, by 5:30 ish I all of a sudden started to feel nauseous and that's when I knew this baby was coming and I'd better call my mom, because I always get nauseous during transition. My Dad came and got me, apparently my mom got out of bed too fast when the phone rang and was dizzy. Picked my mom up. Got to the Hospital at 6:15. Went up to Maternity. They put me in Triage. Checked the heart rate etc. I think I was there for all of 5 minutes. Then I had to push and of course I wasn't far enough along so I was told not to, which is extremely hard to do. They promptly brought me to the delivery room where I was finally allowed to push. and 20 minutes later voila out comes baby boy. Wow! I could not believe how fast it went. Micah was born at 6:55, only 40 minutes after getting to the hospital.
pictures to come....
Tuesday, September 1, 2009
He's Here
Just a quick note to let those of you who still read this know that Micah Andrew Ravensbergen was born Friday morning at 6:55. He was 9 pounds, 9 ounces and really long, can't remember the actual measurment of the top of my head. Once things start to settle down and I actually have some free time, I'll post a more detailed account.
Thursday, August 27, 2009
Still Waiting
This child does not want to come. I have to say that I am quite surprised that I have gone this far past my due date. Last time I was 2 days early, so I really didn't expect to still be waiting for this child to come. Yesterday, I thought that it was on the way, but turned out I was wrong.
Ken is coming out this weekend, so I'm praying that the baby will come while he is out here, otherwise he won't see the baby until it's almost a month old.
So here I am still waiting and hoping that this baby will come soon!
Ken is coming out this weekend, so I'm praying that the baby will come while he is out here, otherwise he won't see the baby until it's almost a month old.
So here I am still waiting and hoping that this baby will come soon!
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