Toilet flusher

Isaac has a habit of digging through all the bags on the floor.  This includes my purse.  I've had the contents of my wallet emptied and thoroughly examined by the boy.  The exception today is that he decided to flush something down the toilet from my purse.

I rushed to the bathroom when I heard the sound of flushing to catch a glimpse of kleenex swirling away.  It was probably just a pack of tissue without the plastic wrapper.  I wonder what else he'll try flushing down the toilet?

Diapers and leaks

Isaac has a cold and has a miserable time trying to breath when he's sleeping.  I let him stay in bed with us part of the night.  I woke up feeling something wet. His diaper leaked all over our bed.  It's the second leak this week.  Looks like we may have to go back to changing his diaper once a night again.  The Huggies overnight diapers don't seem to make a big difference for us.

Fumbling around in the dark, we stripped him of his pajama pants, changed his diapers, and threw a couple of receiving blankets over the wet spots.  It's good that we have a waterproof mattress cover.  At some point, Isaac woke up again so I nursed him and put him back into his crib.

I woke up this morning and Isaac was standing in his crib crying to be nursed.  I went to pick him up and found him bare-bottomed.  His diaper was discarded onto the floor by his crib.  There was a big wet spot on his sheets...  Looks like we have a big load of laundry this morning.

Now that he's figured out how to remove his diapers... he'll probably try this again.  I hope that putting pants on him will deter him from taking off his diapers, but I think it'll just slow him down and not actually stop him.  I guess he likes being free of his diapers.  If we could potty train him earlier then I wouldn't mind him going diaper-free...  Our potty training progress is still a hit or miss each day with the poops.  I haven't attempted any pee-training yet.

Swimming Lessons

We started our Duck level swimming lessons this weekend.  I wanted to go a little early so that we wouldn't be rushed and it would give me time to "acclimatize" Isaac to the pool.  Well... we got there WAY too early about 30min before the start of our class.  Isaac started getting bored while waiting by the pool.  But the time our class was about to start he kept insisting that he was "Done".  It's one of the few words he'll say, but when he says it - it means just that; I'm done here, time to go OR ELSE I'll throw a tantrum.

I had to start walking around while he squirmed in my arms and started screaming.  I temporarily passed him off to Daddy.  I was very glad when our class started.

I stepped into the pool holding Isaac.  The water was a bit colder than normal and Isaac wasn't too thrilled to get submerged but was doing ok.  The songs were fun, we enjoy singing and moving around in the water.  Next up, blowing bubbles... he seems interested in me blowing bubbles but I don't think he's figured out how to do it.  He tries to drink the water instead.  After we practised some assisted-jumping into the water, then some kicking.  He refused to lie on the foam board to practise kicks so I let that go and we kind of did our own thing for that bit.  We were about to start another song activity but our class had to end early.

I guess some kid(s) must've peed in the pool since the lifeguard mentioned that there was a higher than accepted level of urine in the pool and asked the instructor to either continue the class in the adult pool or give out pool passes.  We opted to get a pass.

We got through our first lesson.  Hopefully Isaac will have more fun next class.

Poop Potty Training

We've had a Baby Bjorn potty chair for awhile and have gotten Isaac to sit on it but hasn't been too successful for us.  Over the last weekend, we picked up a Prince Lionheart Weepod.  The seat was easy to install and doesn't wiggle around when Isaac sits on it.

At the beginning of the week, I waited for grunting cues then rushed him onto the seat.  The first time we used it on Sunday, I missed the start part of it but we got most of it in the toilet... So I'll count that as success!  Monday was a disaster for training since I was in bed all day recovering from a painful clogged duct.  

The next few times seemed to be hit and misses.  Either he already pooped into his diaper (then I'd just empty the contents into the potty to show him where the poop goes) or he decided he didn't want to go.

He didn't want to stay on the seat at first or if he would try to pull off all the toilet paper, mess with stuff on the counter, and try to flush the toilet.  I resorted to bribing him to sit there with treats... but it seemed unhygienic.  I found one of my old necklaces with beads for him to play with and it seems to be working so far.

It's weird to be excited about poop but the last three days have been fantastic!  This morning I was able to put Isaac onto his potty seat at his typical pooping time without waiting for grunt cues and he pooped after a short time.  He loves flushing the toilet afterwards.

We'll have to see how the it goes.  I think he's starting to get the idea.

Clogged Ducts... Ugggh

I don't like clogged ducts.  A few friends asked if I will stop breastfeeding.  My current plan is to try to continue until 2 years.  I've already experienced clogged ducts several times.  The chills/fever seem to hit pretty quickly but doesn't usually last too long.  It's the soreness, pain, and tender hard lumpy areas that are most unpleasant.

If it's bad, I rest in bed for a day.  I take Tylenol initially to help control the chills, then Advil for the first day or two to help me cope with the pain.  I also try to massage the lumps, and put an ice gel pack on.  The main thing that helps me clear it up fastest is to try to get my son to nurse on the affected side as often as possible.  I usually try to position him so that his lower lip is on the same side as the lump(s).  It occasionally leads to some acrobatic maneuvers to accomplish this.

I'm lucky my husband is able to help watch Isaac when I'm not feeling well!  So glad to be back to normal though. :)