Look Who's A Big Boy Now

Look who's a big boy now! That's right my baby is now in a big boy bed!

This is a work in progress - as we are going to pain the rails in the center of the head/foot boards some sort of "baseball" colors, and the knobs on each corner will transform into a baseball as well. We are just waiting to locate some accessories that "scream" baseball.

Unfortunately there isn't much (affordable or age appropriate) on the market at the moment. I'm hoping things change once baseball season hits in a few months.

He looks so small when he sleeps in his new bed. My baby is growing up.

So there's some drama as to how this bed came together - I share it because I'm hoping Dave can laugh at it now....

On Saturday morning while Dave was putting this together, Drew and I stopped over at GG's for a bit. We finally had a break in the week-long rain, and Daddy thought despite feeling a little under the weather he'd take advantage of a kid free house and get this bed together.

Drew and I got back shortly before this task was completed. The last task - to get the board for the mattress to rest on... So off to Home Depot Daddy went. When he left the skies were clear (see where I'm going with this?), and when he left Home Depot not 15 minutes later it started sprinkling. Now we live a whopping 1 mile at most from Home Depot - and in the time it took Dave to tether the board to the top of the car and get home - it started pouring!

I open the door to a cursing husband (needless to say I shut the door on him so our little mimic of a 2-year old doesn't pick up any more potty mouth) and Dave asks for towels and a blow dryer. Yes, Dave was in the backyard, wiping down and blowdrying a piece of wood!

Finally it was dry enough to put on the bed, and we assembled everything.

The cruelest part of the joke - after we assembled the bed, and Dave went to go outside to clean up the towels and mess... the sun was shining bright as could be! (I still laugh at this one!)

Unusual Milestones

Trust me on this one... you don't want to see the photo of this first milestone! And even if you did - I'd probably get arrested for kiddie porn.

Since I was pregnant, I've received email updates from a number of websites - including BabyCenter. In the early days, it would be about Drew's development while he was all warm and cozy in my belly. Now I get weekly updates on different things he is likely to be doing for his specific age. From time to time there other emails with articles covering everything from discipline tips, to potty training tips and readiness signs.

This week I open an email about unusual milestones. The first part seemed innocent enough -

What: Sees in stereo
When: 2 to 4 months

2 What: First true laugh
When: 4 to 5 months

3 What: Knows her own name
When: 5 to 8 months

Then I come across number 4......

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4 What: Plays with privates
When: 1 to 2 years
By this age, many children have discovered that it feels good to touch their privates. It's all sensation at this point. They won't be angry at you for barging into the room without knocking for a long time yet.
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This is a straight copy & paste from their newsletter... and I couldn't stop laughing when I first read this!

Um, is Drew a genius because he started playing with his privates before he turned 1? Seriously he'd play with it during diaper changes, or mostly in the shower when he was only taking showers vs. baths.

Wow, who knew I should be measuring that as a milestone! Um, it's one I'll leave out of the babybook for sure!

Oh, and according to the same newsletter article - he won't start to show modesty until around 8 or 9 years old.... so be prepared until then for a peep show.