Asher Notes: 19.5 Weeks Old
Asher is growing into his cheeks, I think. He doesn’t look quite so fat … from the neck up. His eyes are still a sparkly blue. I think they’re a little lighter in color now. They seem lighter than Lucas’s eyes.
Asher has found his toes! Great, great fun can be had with toes.
Don’t know what he weighs at this point, but it’s time to make an appointment for another round of vaccinations. 🙁 I’ll find out then.
We have a pretty good rhythm going on most days. I am greatly looking forward to the time when he’ll give up his nighttime screaming. Instead of being between 6 p.m. and 8 p.m. like it was, it’s now happening later. More like 9 p.m. We have even less emotional resources to draw from at this hour, unfortunately. Also, this blowup is cutting into Lucas’s snuggle time with me. That’s a big bummer because bedtime is sometimes the only time that Lucas slows down enough to be cuddled. Asher usually quiets down and goes to sleep when I come out of Lucas’s room to comfort him. I think the fact that he only settles down for me is frustrating for Ian. I know it’s frustrating for me sometimes.
Pottying Stuff
He’s using the potty beautifully now! Between about 3 and 9 times a day, Asher goes in his potty. It’s hard to know when he needs to pee; I’m still trying to suss out a consistent, clear signal. But I’m getting better and better at knowing his body rhythms, so I still “catch” a fair number of pees every day. He almost always poops in the potty now. Maybe one time a week he poops in his diaper, and that is often because we’re out and about and I’m not able to get him to the potty. I hope that he will soon adapt to going in a real toilet because that will greatly expand out options when we’re out in the world. So far, though, it seems that he feels physically insecure when I hold him over a real toilet. He hasn’t gone potty there yet, and kind of fusses when we try.
At night, pottying is easier. He actually wakes me up when he has to pee! He starts to squirm and kick and make little “ehn ehn” sounds. Gradually I wake up, check his diaper. If he’s dry, I take it off him and set him on the potty (which is sitting in the co-sleeper beside the bed). Usually, he pees as soon as he’s awake enough to realize he’s sitting on the potty. Then he smiles at me. I put all his clothes back on him. Usually by the time he’s suited up again, he’s fast asleep. I used to think he was waking up to nurse several times each night! Now I think that’s true maybe once per night. The other times he wakes up he needs to pee. Weird. We’ve had many nights when he wakes up in the morning wearing the same cloth diaper he went to bed wearing.
K. That’s all for now.
June 18, 2007 at 2:33 am
The potty info is so interesting! I’ve never before heard of any infants successfully using a potty before and am really surprised at how well it is working for you.
Kudos to you and Daddy for being so evolved, you both amaze me!
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