Thumbs Up/Thumbs Down - #16

I did it again! Really needing sleep this week though!

Up:

• My baby girl turned one month old on Saturday! Though she wasn't super cooperative during her pictures, she is usually a very good baby. Kennedy is still very newborn in that she continues to sleep most of the time. I know I shouldn't be in a hurry for her to grow up, but I can't wait to interact with her and learn her unique personality traits. 

• I am now down to only 10 pounds to lose until I am back to my pre-pregnancy weight (more than that to be at my 'desirable' weight). These holidays are falling at the complete wrong time though. I doubt I'll get there by Christmas, but if I could at least wear some of my old clothes that would be a plus.
• Jackson has always had a really large vocabulary and annunciates words very well. He's been combining two words together more and more which my Mom (a speech therapist) will tell you is a two year old trait! His favorite combos this week were, "Go Tech" and "Daddy Home!" What I am most proud of though is that he now says thank you all the time without being prompted. It is a great feeling knowing that despite some of his recent behavior, he is learning some good manners! He still has to be prompted with please, but I'll take what I can get.

Down:

  Usually I have a hard time coming up with downs or I don't have very many, but this week is a different story. As they say, "when it rains, it pours."

• Jackson has been sick with a virus since Tuesday and had a fever of 103.8 when I took him to the pediatrician. Poor fella was NOT feeling good and it showed. The doctor just said that it was a virus and to treat the fever with Advil and Tylenol. No sore throat or ear infection and lungs were clear; just a runny nose and very high fever. Thankfully Kennedy cooperated in letting me take care of JP and giving him more TLC than normal. Jackson is much better now, just congested.
• Mike's work schedule was awful this past week. Every day he'd tell me when he would be home, but show up 2-3 hours later due to things that 'came up' as the day went on. Plus he had to go into work this weekend too. It wouldn't have been so bad, but taking care of a sick toddler and a newborn is hard to do. I just didn't have enough hands to meet everyone's needs when they needed to be met. There was a span of 45 minutes where both children were screaming and crying hysterically. We managed to make it through though!
• Sickness aside, Jackson has been very defiant recently. He specifically does things you tell him not to do, he's been throwing tantrums, and his behavior in Mass has been downright embarrassing. As of yesterday, we are cracking down and sternly enforcing 'time-out'. Hopefully that will get his attention. The terrible two's have definitely set in!

Jackson sharing some sugar with Kennedy!