Tag: stay at home

Days without accident: 2
Nap Difficulty (1-10): 5
Dad Naps: 0
Meals Skipped: Breakfast, Lunch
Allergy Alert: Low
Special Events: Global Entry @ Dad’s Work

P had a horrible morning nap today.  Which is to say after an hour and a half I gave up.  I had a poor transfer and I think that may have called it.  Hard to say because as parents know, early on kids don’t make sense and are nondeterministic state machines.  Worse still today is the day we had to go into my office at 11:45 for our Global Entry interviews.

The original plan was to feed him his milk and get into the office to print some necessary forms and feed him lunch and maybe grab lunch with some coworkers.  What actually happened is I fed P his milk, which he drank more of than usual today and decided to feed him his food at home so he could go straight to his afternoon nap when we got back.  It was a gamble, but he ate fast enough today.  A quick diaper change and out we go!

On the drive into work he fell asleep (maybe 15m) before I had to take him out of his carseat.  I stalled as best as I could (kicked off the printing from my laptop in the garage).  I felt bad because he was really out.  P did really well given he had no real nap and didn’t cry and smiled for the folks we ran into.  Luckily P hadn’t broken any Customs Laws during his trip to HK so it was a pretty fast process.

When we finally got home he went straight into his napsack and into the room.  I realize the rush I was in to get out because his food bowl and bib were both unwashed and where I left them.  I also left the diaper on the changing table and the wipes box open (facepalm).  He had a good nap though (one intervention needed, but no morning nap so that’s expected.  He gets a pass on this one).

After Carin got back we let him chill in his walker for a bit. Thanks Rob for the hand-me-down.

Day 5, whew…check

Days without accident: 1
Nap Difficulty (1-10): 2
Dad Naps: 1
Meals Skipped: None
Allergy Alert: Medium
Special Events: Wall Escape, Eat all the things, Walk around the neighborhood

P may finally be doing a long nap.  4 days in a row (3 days unassisted) seems like it’s not a fluke.

Most of the variable time seems to lie in naps and feeding.  P is easily distracted and pace of eating varies greatly and he’ll sometimes want to play if I take too long.

No real special happenings today except P has proven that building a wall probably won’t stop someone who is really dedicated to getting by it.

I’ve also found that he wants to bite everything (even my feet, weirdo).  I left him alone for a bit while I washed dishes and he destroyed a fairly thick board book.  When I walked back I thought he somehow got dirt in his mouth due to the dark brown stuff on his face.

We went out for a walk to Chromatic Starbucks(Someone didn’t bring their wallet).  P seems to enjoy cars and roses.  (I had to tell him not to eat the petals).
Photo courtesy of my cousin last weekend

Day 4, check

Days without accident: 0
Incident Report: Crawled off Bed
Nap Difficulty (1-10): 1
Dad Naps: 2
Meals Skipped: Lunch
Allergy Alert: Medium
Special Events: New lower tooth budding, Bath time, Climbing skills put into practical use

Incident Report: At ~7:50 a.m. Preston was exploring the bed at which point he explored off the edge of the plane and slid down at which point his cranium impacted with the wood flooring.  He was shaken up, but was fine after some time as noted in the photo evidence below.

Naps today were great today.  Again uninterrupted sleep for his long nap.  I even got 2 in today.  His second nap messed with his eating schedule both because he went long and I also napped long.

After having 6 teeth (4 top, 2 lower) it looks like another lower tooth is finally coming along.  It is hard to confirm because his smiles only briefly flash the bud before his mouth is flooded with saliva.

Bathing P has become more difficult for a few reasons.  He now squirms when he’s getting his hair washed.  I think he wants to play with the water.  He has also learned that smacking the water makes a funny splash.  Lastly I think he’s starting to get big for the tub we’ve been using.  When I put him in the water starts to get dangerously high.  This is not helped by the fact that he likes to play now.

Finally today was the first time I saw him problem solve with a new skill in practice.  For context he lost a water bottle and was trying to retrieve it.

Day 3, check

Days without accident: 2
Nap Difficulty (1-10): 2
Dad Naps: 1
Meals Skipped: Lunch
Allergy Alert: Medium
Special Events: Cleaners came, went out for coffee and the bank
New Skill Learned: Standing on his own (very briefly)

So…new skill.  Standing on his own (like 3 seconds maybe), but it was repeated a few times so not a fluke.  We noticed that he recently learned how to stand on top of objects that were lying against the desk to get higher reach.  I guess all that practice paid off.

Cleaners also came by today and P is still scared of vacuums so we hopped out for a short errand trip to the bank and for some Dad coffee.  Half the strangers I run into still think P is a girl haha.

Naps today were great, I even got one in because he did the long one on his own.

The thing that seems to take the longest time (outside of just playing) is eating.  This kid eats all the time.  He has 4 milk sessions, a snack in the morning, 2 afternoon meals, and a fruit snack at night.  A lot of prep goes into prepping all his different items.  It’s also tough to tell which he’ll eat more of each day.  He had almost double the milk intake compared to yesterday, but ate less of the meals ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Shout out to Carin for doing meal prep after coming home from work.

Day 2, check

Days without accident: 1
Nap Difficulty (1-10): 3
Meals Skipped: Lunch
Allergy Alert: High
Special Events: Tried a baby music class

I’m watching the kid for 2 weeks while my mother-in-law is out of town.  First rule of temporary daddy daycare, turn on your OOTO for work so you don’t get pinged while wrestling with a kid on the changing table because he thinks it’s easier to change him on his stomach rather than his back…not that that happened.

I believe he knew it was my first day on the job so cut me a break on the napping.  He had a decently long nap requiring only a short intervention between cycles.  It may have also been because he was tired from our afternoon music class.

The notion of a music class is interesting because I don’t believe the teacher needs to be accredited in any particular way, but it did seem to be useful for him to socialize with other kids and get some different types of play and sensory engagement.  The age group was 0-1, but it seemed like there were two 4 month olds and a few closer to 10 months.  Preston seemed to do fairly well with the other kids, but was more interested in watching than joining in on the singing.  It was interesting to note kids all like to poke each other in the face and go after unattended cell phones.  My impression is it’s like a structured doggy daycare except you stay with your pup and the kids touch each other’s faces instead of smell each other’s butts, oh and there’s singing and stuff.

Time to myself today consisted of returning a library book, getting gas, and picking up a coffee after my wife got back from work today.

Day 1, check