Pumpking Carving

Well, we are not completely back to Bubeaner and Bubita sleeping through the entire night, but we are close.  Bubeaner did great again last night.  He might have even slept a little longer, but Bubita was making so much noise that she woke him up.  We heard Bubeaner calling out for his Bebe from our room.  This time he was at the gate when Dad got to him.  It appears he was trying to make a break for it and had thrown Lovey over the gate.  He had decided there was no way of escaping (yet) and was trying to rescue Lovey.

Yo Momma!

What's going on?

Thankfully, we were able to get them back to sleep for almost an hour in the morning.  Bubeaner was playing when he just climbed on our bed and zonked out.  Just like that, with feet hanging off!  As to Bubita she had to be bundled.  She had been able to sleep with just her sleep sack for a while.  This was great since she outgrew all her swaddlers.  But, for some unknown reason, she's back to needing to be swaddled in order to sleep.  So we found the blankets our friend T made for John and a couple of his NICU blankets.  They are the only ones large enough to swaddle her effectively.  Interestingly, no matter how tightly she is bundled Bubita finds a way to free her hand.  We are finding she's a lot like Momma in many, many ways.... And Momma is scared.  The grandparents?  They are enjoying this a lot more than should be fair.

Mmm, yummy.

We were still trying some of the suggestions from the lactation consultant and were getting good results.  That combined with less beans in Momma's diet appeared to be eliminating all our problem symptoms.  At least we were until this afternoon.  She had to take her afternoon cat naps in her stroller because increased reflux kept waking her up.  Tonight she's sleeping in there too.  But we are confident it's just a little step back and are actually improving.

And Bubeaner is also deciding to change his diet.  He goes through phases.  For a while, he could not get enough tomatoes and carrots.  Later he would not even touch them, but ate so much string cheese and hummus we had to buy them at the wholesale store.  There were no worries about his calcium and protein intake.  Now, he is done with them and, surprisingly, back on veggies.  And Bubeaner is suddenly not into milk.  He absolutely LOVED his milk.  We could not figure out what caused the change.  Then we remembered Dr. Z changed him from whole milk to 2% milk.  Bubeaner does NOT approve of the change.  Surely less than 16 ounces a day of whole milk should not be too bad for him.  We see Dr. Z on Monday for Bubita's 4-month check up and will ask her then.

Mine! Mine! Mine!

We are still amazed that Bubita is going to be 4 months already!  It really does feel like we brought her home just a week ago.  Time is going by even faster with Bubita than with Bubeaner.  How is that even possible?  As much as we want her to stay little as long as possible she just keeps growing and growing and growing.  We just count our blessings; she's our little princess.

Today we were admiring her tummy control.  She's able to lean forward and force herself back up to sitting position just by using her abs.  That is impressive.  She got a work out today.  Last night she was finally able to grab a hold of her feet and so today she kept grabbing them.  Of course, one of those times she over corrected.  And Momma was so enthralled watching Bubita she failed to catch her.  Bubita was not thrilled, but at least she only hit the armrest of the recliner.

What?  What's wrong?

We are not sure when babies are diagnosed with asthma.  But she does wheeze and cough like asthma; it's in the family so we know the difference, but are hoping for the best.  At the very least we know that Bubita has more allergies than Bubeaner and Momma.  Most mornings she wakes up sneezing her little head off.  Sigh.  But then again, most people suffer from allergies in this area.  We'll just keep an eye on it to make sure it does not change.

This afternoon we worked on some Halloween projects.  Bubeaner made a drawing with some stickers.  And he also glued on eyes, nose and mouth to a construction paper pumpkin.  Bubeaner's pumpkin actually turned out a little scary.  We signed and dated them so that Dad can take them to his office.  Bubita provided moral support and encouragement.  She was quite vocal, but she was mainly busy trying to eat one of her toys.

There is always time to play with your sibling.

Bubeaner also helped a little while Momma carved out two little pumpkins.  He was not sure what was going on until he saw the faces.  The moment he saw them he said "baza", short for "calabaza".  We also toasted the pumpkin seeds.  Our time was a little bit off and the were a little brown but still tasted good.  Even Bubeaner agreed.


We take a little walk around every evening before dinner after we've put away all the toys and taken baths.  We've been doing it often enough that Bubeaner is starting to recognize the neighbors and kids and slowly peak out of his shell.  And there are plenty of kids for him to see; there are 40 houses in our little neighborhood and 53 kids!  And that is part of the reason we love our neighborhood.  It's nice to walk out and see other parents out enjoying the evening, chatting with each other while watching the kids play on the street.  Yes, kids still play on the street!  In a large metropolitan city!!!  Love it!

Bubeaner a little tired after finishing his artwork.

His is the one on the right.

Tonight our bedtime routine was a little different.  We took a little earlier walk and ate a little earlier.  And Bubeaner was even allowed to stay up a little later.  Exceptions had to be made; the world series started today.  And everyone loves to watch some "ballball".