Xavier and His Crib

Xavier has officially been sleeping in his crib for over a week now! It is so exciting! There have been some nights he didnt do very well, but others he slept through the night. Yep, I said it, he slept the whole night! It has been so wonderful to have our bed again and to have a full nights sleep. I havent had one in over a year! Its nice.

Last night he didnt even cry when he got put in his crib. He just laid there and fell asleep. Amazing!

Yesterday.

Last night I went to the movies with Samara. Before I left I asked Jeremy to give Xavier a bath. When I came home Jeremy told me something. This is my take on the situation:

Xavier is let to walk around after he is dried off from his bath, before a diaper is put on.

Xavier: Saying something to Jeremy
Jeremy: What?
Xavier: Saying same thing to Jeremy
Jeremy: Huh?
Xavier: Says the same thing again.
Jeremy: Wha-

Xavier pees on floor.

Dead Animal Smell

Yesterday we noticed a dead animal like smell in Xavier's room. We looked everywhere in that room to try and locate the smell and could not. It seemed to be a little better when we had his door open along with the windows but you could still tell it was lingering. I called maintenance today and they cant sent an appointment with the exterminator. "He'll just call you when he is available.", the woman said.

Really? So I have to live with this dead animal smell until its convenient for the exterminator to come and take a look? What do I do in the meantime? We are trying to transition Xavier to his crib and its crucial we keep up on it or we will be back at square one. This just adds to the list of why I dont like living here.

E i e i o.

Something from my day yesterday:

Jeremy: Old MacDonald had a farm, e i e i o....
Xavier: E i e i o.

It's just a phase, right?

Kids grow out of things, right? Say, like throwing things, or throwing things at babies? What I am about to tell you is something I am not proud of and feel extremely horrible about.

Xavier sometimes likes to throw toys and such. It's noting really serious but we try and teach him not to throw in the house. He is only 1 so he obviously can't fully understand his actions. Today was a pretty bad demonstration of that. He took his shoe (for some reason he is obsessed with shoes and will play with them) and threw it at baby Alexander while he was swinging in the baby swing. I couldn't believe it. Here we tell him to be nice constantly and to gentle with the cats and to Alexander and he throws his shoe at him. I was also embarrassed and felt it was more my fault for letting him play with his shoes and not keeping a closer eye on him.

I don't ever remember any of my younger siblings acting the way that Xavier does. Now, I am not saying Xavier is bad all the time but there are things he does that need to be corrected. I just to know how to correct it. I appreciate my parents so much for the discipline they gave us. I wouldn't be the person I am today without it. I just want Xavier to be the same.

Any suggestions on discipline??

Weaning: Ummm....

So I gave up! People aren't perfect, ya know!

I started reading information about weaning and one of the sources said that if I do it too abruptly the Xavier could get traumatized. I stopped weaning after read that.

We will try again once I read more on it.

Weaning: Day 2

Last night was much better than the 1st night. I gave Xavier milk before bed and he slept from 10:30 until sometime early this morning. I nursed him and he went back to sleep and then we woke up at 7:30am. He probably didnt need to nurse but I just did it anyway.

I think he is getting the hang of it and I hope soon he will sleep through the night and be totally weaned!