No more naps

After some late nights and struggles with getting Josiah to stay in his bed during nap time and at night we decided the struggle just wasn't worth the hassle any longer. Hubby and I decided to stop making Josiah take naps when he clearly did not want to anymore. I think it was momma that didn't want the naps to go away right before baby #2 came along. :-) Oh well.. there are just some things that are not worth the fight anymore. Since we have implemented the new schedule of quiet time with mommy in momma and dadda's room in the afternoon, our evenings have went much smoother. Well, as far as getting him to go to sleep and stay in his bed things are better. He has went through a bit of transition as far as attitude goes after dinner time. We have learned he has a short fuse like momma. :-) So we do a lot of cuddling on the couch and reading books and playing quiet games. Overall, he has slept much better at night-time now and that means momma and daddy get better sleep as well. Well... maybe daddy is sleeping better but the bigger the baby gets in my abdomen the harder it is to sleep, so I toss and turn and have the most wild dreams at night.

Do any of you remember having any really weird or scary dreams towards the end of your pregnancy? I don't have any dreams like the baby is dying or anything terrible like that, but more along the lines of not being able to breastfeed or people yelling at me or Josiah dropping the baby. I guess it must be my fears of having this baby coming out in my dream-state. My sister and I started watching a Labor coaching video I picked up from the library last week. (Hubby and I decided that we will not be taking any classes) But I felt I needed a "brush-up." So anyway, the first part of this class was mainly about 3rd trimester issues and understanding terminology that is used during birth. I am anxious to start into the actual birth preparation part. That's what I wanted to brush up on. The closer this birth gets the more anxious I feel. Like... oh my gosh I have to push this big ol baby out... and soon. Eeek! But on the other hand my practical mind tells me, I have done this once... and in a much scarier situation.. and made it through very well. And for the most part nobody is worse for the wear. :-) lol... except maybe my dear sister who was the one who got yelled at by me during birth last time. So sorry dearest sister... I will try not to this time. :-)

Some time this week I will post pictures of all my stuff that I have gotten for the baby. I recently purchased a matching used car seat and stroller from craigslist and I absolutely love it. And my dearest hubby has put up the bassinet in our bedroom. I got the bedding material all washed up and everything. YAY! Then this last saturday my sister and I made my "trek that every pregnant woman must do." Any ideas? We went to Babies R Us. It was quite enjoyable! In fact I loved every moment. I just had this intense feeling that I needed to go to a store that catered to baby everything. I wanted to check all the "this and that" stuff out and see what I still really needed. Well needless to say we walked out of there with $200 worth of items. I guess I still needed a lot of "stuff." After getting home, my sister and I sorted out all the baby clothes that I have now. We found that I have 12 outfits, 17 onesies, 3 bibs, 2 hats, 10 pairs of socks, and plenty of blankies and washclothes and burpcloths etc. If I could actually get to anything in our stoage unit I would pull out the couple of items that I had from Josiah's infancy to use but I seriously have no idea what-so-ever where anything is! That's what happens when you are on bedrest and can't even monitor what is going where. Blah... oh well. We will do well enough for now. And I am quite pleased with how well things are coming together.

Well I best go for now. Curious George is nearly over and that means it will be time for snack all too soon. Take care and blessings to all. I will post more pictures soon.... stay tuned.