Bad Habbits

It's been a week of change for Dustin. Since he can now get his little fist in his mouth, I decided it's time to ween him off his pacifier. I've read that up somewhere between 3 and 4 months is when a baby will acquire bad habits. Before that, spoil them rotten! So a few weeks ago I stopped singing and rocking Dustin to sleep at 8 pm. Taking away the pacifier and swaddling hit this week (yeah, I'm that mean, I did both the same week).

Oh, and we banished him into his crib this week too (rather than in the bassinets beside our bed). It actually hasn't been a big deal. We had to do the bassinets because Dustin has been rolling around like crazy lately and I was afraid he might knock the thing over by hitting the edges. He's been rolling since birth, but now that he's almost 15 lbs, he really throws his weight around!

It's been beautiful outside, so we've been really taking advantage of it. We've gone on walks, headed over to the playground across the street, and even swung and played on the gazebo. Logan comes inside covered in dirt, but happy as a clam.

He's decided he's done with Nap time which is KILLING me! I try to convince him to be quiet so I can still nap, but he wants nothing to do with that. Today's "nap" went something like this: I put Dustin down, Logan down and lay down myself (shutting all three doors). 5 minutes later I hear him get up and head to the living room. 5 minutes later He's banging on my door, comes in and loudly asks "MOM, ARE YOU SLEEPING? I NEED TO GIVE YOU A KISS GOOD NIGHT. MAYBE A LITTLE SNUGGLE TOO. MOOOOM!" Then he pulls out the vacuum and pretends to vacuum my wooden floors. This kind of stuff continues for a half hour before I give up. Sigh... no more naps!

Monday we had a casual FHE. A few weeks ago we bought Logan two 35 piece puzzles at DI, and he's just in love with putting them together. So we did that again and again and again. Dave taught a lesson about the Brass Plates, and we made frozen hot chocolate / frosties for dessert.

The rest of the week has been pretty laid back. Just your typical destroy the house and put it back together 27 times a day on top of cooking and playing.