The Coffee Table

Riok absolutely ADORES the living room coffee table!!! As soon as he could move, his goal in life was to reach the coffee table. After all, it is the optimal fort of all 8-month-olds!


Of course as soon as he learned how to maneuver into the bottom part of the coffee table, getting out was an entirely different story.

Once he figured out how to get in, he proceeded to make everyone crazy as he yelled at the coffee table for not letting him out and for constantly hitting him on the head. No matter how many times he tried to sit up inside the table, it would continuously strike him down for no good reason!

He found this unacceptable, yet could not escape it's grasp. I would constantly drag him out and explain that if him and the coffee table could not play nice then they were not to play at all.

Over time they have found a common ground and the coffee table has even went to such lengths as to try and help Riok reach his developmental goal of pulling himself to standing.

Lately, Riok has found out that the coffee table lends an entirely new and exciting aspect to his life. Not only is it the BEST fort in all the land, but if you put one leg under the table, the other on top of the first shelf, and position yourself JUST RIGHT, it is optimal toe-sucking territory.



...And now you know the tale of the boy and his coffee table. His wondrous magical fortress of all that is right with the world!!

Elimination Communication

We started going "potty" at around 4 months old. I wasn't expecting to try it out, but Riok and I were really in tune, so HEY, why not?? Well, at around 6.5 months he apparently went on potty-strike, because nothing was 'happening'. No big deal. No pressure. It was fun while it lasted and more than I expected. We use cloth diapers, so I thoroughly enjoyed those few months of very minimal poop-cleaning. The past couple of weeks we haven't even sat on the potty at all. Today it seemed, for some reason, like he had that look in his eye and I thought it was time to try again. .....And at 8 months and 3 days old he went poop on the potty twice today. What a BIG little boy!!!

His strategy is usually to bend forward a little and concentrate (what a natural!)

SLEEP

So, I have a serious question as I post this at 1:45 in the morning. Do other parents have children that sleep? I honestly thought that by 8 months my son might be somewhat closer to sleeping through the night. And NO, I do not mean what the professionals qualify as sleeping through the night (although even that 5-hour stretch would be nice). I put Riok to bed tonight around 9:00. He woke up around 11:00. I changed him, fed him, put him back to sleep. He woke up again at 1:15. The only thing that keeps me from going COMPLETELY INSANE is co-sleeping. Without that, I wouldn't even be the walking zombie that I am, I would just be straight up DEAD!!! (Wait one sec, he's up again) Okay, now as he sits on my lap typing this plea with me.........Now, I know what you're asking yourself. Do I let him sleep all day long? HA. HA. HA. Don't make me laugh. Every few days he might take one 2-hour nap, if I'm lucky. Seriously, what am I doing wrong??? Now, I know you saw my previous Mt. Dew post, and you're thinking, DUH? But if I didn't do the dew, I could never keep up with him. So as a poll... How many mommies have had similar dilemmas??? ...And without further ado. The one rare shot of BLISS

Super Kids

Everyone thinks their children are the greatest. Everyone believes that they truly have SUPER KIDS. What no one realizes is that I have them all beat! For I am the mommy with all the power. The only one with true SUPER KIDS!!!

HA HA HA!!!