No Good Terrible Napper

This mom is about to go bonkers!

So the story is, Jace has always been a pretty good sleeper, even within the last few months, we would put him down with a bottle and he would go to bed, put him down for a nap with a bottle at 10:30 am, and go to sleep, same thing at 2:00. But then we decided to try and train him to not use the bottle because we didn't want him to get used to it too much and we didn't want him getting bad ear infections (like Joe has and had). So we started the process of "crying it out" and the bedtime thing came pretty quickly, within a couple of days. However, nap time has gone the complete opposite! He hates naps and would still cry it out for an hour or longer. And so a couple of days ago I got to a breaking point of not making him cry it out for naps cause it just wasn't going well, I decided to try to give his bottle back for naps but he refuses the bottle and just has a terrible time trying to take naps now. So then I tried the crying it out thing again today, which was another hour. I know I should just probably stick to it, but it's just so hard!! It's emotionally taking me out. So then I decide to just not make him take a nap and he is super grumpy I have no schedule to my day whatsoever and by the end of the day just feel like screaming!

However, I know I should be grateful that he at least sleeps through the night and puts himself to sleep. I dont know, all I know something has got to change. He is just so grumpy through the day, which makes me grumpy and I am frustrated cause he used to do naps so well. So this is our nap crisis.

9 Months Old

Jace is 9 months old and constantly learning. Some good things and some things we would rather him not learn. We love him none the less, this is what he's up to.

• He is pulling himself to his feet and walking along the couch.
• He has become more interested in walking, even though his balance isn't that great, he is figuring it out.
• He has figured out how to get to things that are higher up than him (He's a reacher).
• He says mamama and actually knows who that is :)
• He's saying more sounds like "bababa" and "tatata". the "tatata" all started from a little girl in the ward who is named talie, he loves to be social.
• He does "give me five"
• He loves to copy others (sounds, motions and such).
• He is sleeping through the night and puts himself to sleep without any help, but is now a terrible napper. He doesn't do naps well at all. No matter what we try. Even crying it out, he's a true fighter.
• He loves to go outside and he knows what the word "outside" means.
• He is drinking from a sippy cup more profitiently.
• Overall becoming more and more "independant" :) (I'm still trying to decide if I like it or not)
• And he's starting to nurse only once a day.

That's our boy :)

Not a Cuddler?. . . Now a Cuddler

Jace has never been one to really let me cuddle him. Every time I would try to pull him close or snuggle him in tight he would push off, or keep his arm wedged between us. The only time he really lets me cuddle him is when he is nursing.
This began to make me really sad perticularly because I am gradually starting to stop nursing and was getting so sad that I probably would never really cuddle him again because he's not a cuddler.

HOWEVER, the most amazing thing has been happening. Since I have started to stop nursing him, he is becoming a cuddler! It's made me so happy! And I'm wondering if it's because he's missing our cuddle time during nursing just as much as I am? Either way, I love that he's cuddling! He still doesn't do it a lot but more than he ever has. And I'm loving it!

Thank You

Wow, with the last post I posted, I was little scared of posting it ( whoa, a lot of the word "post"). I kept debating whether I should post or not, and I seriously debated for like an hour (it was like midnight when I finally posted it) Because I was revealing a lot of what has been going through my mind. And I am so grateful for all your postive and way way too nice comments. You all made my day and I was taken back with how nice each of your comments were. You all made me feel so great, which just goes to show that you all are GREAT/AWESOME/AMAZING to build others up like you did me. Yeah, you just really touched me. Thank you! Seriously, love you all :)
-Sarah

This is the time. . .WAKE UP!

I want to share something with all of you. These past couple of months I have been really trying and searching to find the deep meaning of motherhood and being a wife. Now don't get me wrong I love my husband and baby very much and enjoy them emensley!But I was searching to find where the true joy lies in being a mom and wife in the home every single day... Sometimes (a lot of the time) it is very tedious and repetitive. It can be exhausting and mind numbing. And my days are fairly predictable. I wake up to....

Jace crying

Change his clothes and his diaper

Feed him breakfast

Get myself ready

I Eat breakfast

Entertain Jace

Put Jace down for his first nap

Do the dishes/Straighten up

Change Jace's Diaper

Feed him lunch

Play with him...

Put him down for his second nap

Read/finish cleaning...

Give Jace bath

Read scriptures with him

put him to bed

Joe gets home

(You get my drift)



So I find myself looking forward to 8 P.M when I can put Jace down and finally relax. Then Joe comes home and I am anxious to talk to him and be with him and sometimes he will but often times he has homework and wants to relax in a guy kind of way before bed. Which is all fine... I just find myself repeating this day (some variations of course) and find myself wanting a more exciting life. But then I was driving home from working out one day and I heard the song "This is the time of my life" By David Cook. And broke down right there. And it hit me! I imediately came home and started looking at pictures of all of us and our different times and found myself laughing and eventually crying and realizing THIS IS THE BEST TIME OF MY LIFE! And I am day dreaming about other unimportant stuff. Wake up sister! It's right in front of you! The greatest gifts you could ever have are right here! And it breaks my heart to think that I take these small but great moments for grantite. And now I know probably some of you are thinking, girl what's your deal? And others are relating with me, either way I am grateful to be reminded.



Anyway, after my heart felt cry and listening to that song a few more times I decided to make this movie so that when I start to feel as I did before, I have something to remind me of the many blessings which my heavenly father has blessed me with. And I am so very blessed! He has been so paitent with me and continues to be... And I thank him for it. :)

What do you feed an 8 Month old?

Jace is 8 months. And I am wondering what new foods I can introduce him to at 8 months? Or if there are any new foods? Juice? Water? Pasta's? meats? I dont know a thing. He is now eating cereal, gerber baby food, small pieces of bread, puffs and formula/breastmilk. Anything you're feeding your 8 month old? Would love your input!

8 Months old and Loving life

My little Jace is 8 Months old! It's crazy how fast he is growing especially since he has started crawling and getting into everything. Anyway, here's what Jace is up to these days...

~He obviously, as stated, is crawling all over the place

~His favorite place to be in is either the pantry or the bathroom (Both weird places but new to him)

~ He loves to crawl under chairs and often gets stuck. I'm always getting him out from under chairs.

~He is pulling himself up on his knees (not quite his feet)

~He loves baths even more that he can get around the bath tub.

~He says "mamama" and "dadada" I know that he knows who dada is but I'm not sure the mamama is related to anything, haha. We're working on that one

~He loves to dance! He bounces up and down to any music and almost anything, even the dishwasher.

~We recently have introduced small pieces of bread and those puff treats. And he loves them! He still doesn't put them in his mouth himself, but I'm okay with that, because that also means he doesn't put stuff on the floor in his mouth yet either.

~He puts himself to sleep! Which is so nice! However he still wakes up once a night.

~He loves to be outside. Especially when the weather is nice I can just let him crawl around and play with things while I read a book. It's great!

~ He's the biggest flirt on the block. He flirts with all the baby girls in the ward. And they now come up to him. It's so funny. He just smiles, jumps and coos for them and they just smile back. It's a crack up to watch.

~ So he used to be a complete mama's boy but now I can see a greater attachment happening with dad. He loves his dad and loves to climb on top of him.

There you have it folks, that's.... Mr. JAAAACCCE

(haha) :)