Who's who in Passover bib

Pesach

Happy Passover!!

Eden singing the 4 questions

Some pictures from Bubbe's Passover visit

Passover Playdate for Ahava

Who's who Zeppelin onesie

Who's who boob snooze

5 months

Our sweet baby boo is 5 months old today!  Here he is pictured doing his favorite thing - grabbing his feet!  He likes grabbing, hitting, and flailing at basically everything, most notably mommy's face while nursing.  (Nursing is another story altogether, as Emet isn't that big of a fan of eating at all--pretty much forget trying to feed him in public, he needs to be wrapped in his sleep sack with white noise to eat, breast or bottle.  Sigh...)

He also absolutely adores his big sister, and focuses laserlike on Eden whenever she is around.  His biggest smiles and laughs are reserved for her, though he also laughs and smiles at grownups' silly dancing.  

Emet rolls over from tummy to back - something that eluded Eden at this age (and for several months afterward).  He can roll from back to side too, not quite all the way over.  

He seems to have hit a version of the 4 month regression, where he wakes up more easily such as when Daddy comes to bed, and the past few days he has been waking up every couple of hours but not every night--and still settles relatively easy with pacifier unless he's hungry, and mostly goes down easily after feeding.  But when he decides he's not tired, no matter what time it is, he'll just sing, or lie there with his eyes open, until he either falls back asleep or gets hungry and cries. 

We waited til 6 months to feed Eden any solid food, but have given Emet a couple of spoonfuls of sweet potato, and Grammy may give him some avocado this week.  Given that he is such a finicky eater, I'm kind of thinking it could be a good idea to get him used to the concept of eating other stuff sooner rather than later!  

Happy 5-month birthday, Emet! 

Emet's new-found appendages

Emet has some newly discovered body parts!

Here he is with a new nipple on his head...

Here he is with a bubble goatee...

And, yes, Eden now knows the difference between boys and girls...

Close your mouth, Emet, we are not a codfish

This girl really wants to know why we dip twice

Potty update

Over two months into potty training and we are making good progress - she is in underwear basically all the time now except at night and for naps at school (she doesn't nap at home anymore).  We have to take her to the potty and are not having much sign that she will ask herself--still occasional accidents, mostly at school, but she seems to be catching on slowly and steadily.  And she both pees and poops in the potty - was even comfortable enough to go poop at our friends' house during a birthday party!

This product has been a real lifesaver for us.  It goes easily on public potties so she can sit on something clean(er) and without us having to hold her.  It folds up easily and we put it in a drawstring bag (her new "diaper bag," which includes the seat, emergency pullups, flushable wipes, and a change of clothes + undies).



There is also a mode where you can put a disposable liner in it and sit it up on little legs, so she can go anywhere.  We once used this at a park, but I consider it a last resort.

Anyway, I'm still not sure she was ready when we started the process--but overall no regrets.  She was having some pretty severe diaper rash periodically before we trained and now that is completely gone, so if we had to potty train early to avoid that for her, I'm ok with having to remind her constantly about the potty, even if this continues for a long time.  I'm pretty sure the worst of it was over, and the worst of it wasn't as terrible as I feared.  But if not for the diaper rash, we may have waited longer.

Also I have to thank our friends Stephanie and Rebecca who both recommended the book "Oh Crap Potty Training."  That helped me overcome the initial intimidation factor--potty training was probably literally the thing I have been scared most about in parenting!  And BIG big credit to Grammy, who has potty trained four kids and helped out BIG time, and also was very supportive of Eden's progress--I know her just being there and opining that she thought Eden was doing well gave us the confidence to continue.  Not that we're done by any means, but I am happy we're not dealing with that diaper rash anymore.