Random Monday Notes

One accident this morning while wearing underwear.  Then a diaper leak after our gymnastics class as I was carrying him to the car.  He definitely needs a bath today.

We went to the community center early and I let Isaac play in the park for a bit.  Maybe that was a bad idea because he was tired during his class.  Gymnastics class was the same as before.  Isaac liked the free time at the start of class, but once the circle time and circuits were going on, he just wanted to leave.  I regret not registering him for the earlier class (9:00-9:45am).  That would've been better in terms of his mood and alertness.  He was rubbing his eyes and whining in class and fell asleep on the way home (at 11:30am).

When we got home, I changed his diapers and pants and put him in his crib.  I checked the mail and our gap/old navy order arrived.  Now we have lots of extra bear underwear, a pair of pajamas, a Gap cap (he outgrew his old one), and a couple pair of socks.

Not sure what to do about lunch today.  (Ham and toast with jam.  I offered left-over noodles and soup, but he didn't want it.)

Since his nap was so early, we had a good chunk of time in the afternoon to go out.  We walked to the a field and wandered around there for a bit, then continued on to the library.  He played in the water fountain (it was empty - they don't turn on the water until summer), then we walked to the playground.  We looked for bunnies but didn't find any today.  Stopped back by the playground, then onward to the library.  I let him run around by himself as I chatted with one of the moms I met from a program we were in last term.  We're going to meet up for a play-date sometime.  Isaac came back a few times, then disappeared.  I couldn't find him in the kids area so I looked around and found him at the front messing with a sign.  I hope he didn't leave the library without me.

After the library, we went to the mall.  I got Isaac a ham and cheese roll and picked up an apple, pear, and some mushrooms.  Then we cut through City Hall and stopped by Value Village on our way home.  We got back home at 5:30pm.

We're ordering some take-out for dinner.

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.

Afternoon emergency?

My goal this afternoon was to pick up some cream of tartar, jello, paintbrushes and a toy pots and pans set for Isaac.  I left the house at 3pm and walked to the mall.  I let Isaac run around the play houses outside Toys R Us for a bit, then headed into the store to pick up the toy pot & pan set I saw there last time.  Went to Zellers to look for some paintbrushes but didn't find what I was looking for.

On our way to a grocery store, Isaac tossed his hat off somewhere.  I back-track all the way back to the mall, but didn't see his cap.  I was feeling a bit disappointed in losing his cap but still hopeful of finding it.  I bumped into one of daddies of Isaac's friends at the corner of a street.  As I was explaining my search for Isaac's hat, a stranger overhead me, and told me she found it and put it on a box.  I thanked her and went to retrieve the hat.  Had a short chat with the daddy friend and headed to the grocery store.

I just realized that I forgot to change Isaac's diaper at the mall, so I was hoping that the grocery store trip would be a short one.  Isaac was also getting a bit fussy.  At the store, we were waiting for Daddy to come and pick us up.  I had a hard time finding the cream of tartar.  Isaac started screaming and complaining.  I let him play with my phone.  The phone rang.  I picked it up.  Daddy had arrived and I let him know where to find me.  Isaac was acting up again and wanted my phone back so I let him have it.

After Daddy met up with us, I got a call from an officer... apparently Isaac called 911.  Ack!  I got a little warning and was told that a constable would be following up with me shortly.  While Daddy lined up to pay for our groceries, I took Isaac to the car and got a call from the constable.  He met up with us about 5-10 minutes later.  While it shouldn't really be a big deal, I was feeling upset and embarrassed.  I'm not giving Isaac my phone until he's old enough to use it properly.  At least I learnt that you can still dial 911 even if your phone is locked and it's easy enough for a 15 month old to call.