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I guess it's a good thing that nothing depends on whether or not I am keeping up with my blog! Between the 2 boys, I have very rare moments where I can actually type with both hands, and when I do, I have been trying to earn some money! It's on a site called ChaCha, and it's pretty slow going in the beginning. I basically answer questions that were sent via text message to the ChaCha site, and earn between .10 and .18 each answer. Not much, but on busy nights, when both the kids are actually sleeping, I can usually make around $5/hour. I figure it's better than nothing! Some of the questions I get are pretty... interesting though! Let's just say that a LOT of naughty 12 year olds ask question that seem to be aimed at getting a rise out of you. It makes it difficult to answer in a nice, informative way when what I want to do is tell them that if I were their mom, I would be washing their mouths out with soap! The questions are not all like that, in fact most of the time, I just look up phone numbers and addresses. I am slowly earning my way towards a new cloth diaper stash :)
Speaking of cloth, I have settled on my favorites. During the day, I really like the good old fashioned prefold diapers. I have some amazing covers that let you skip pins, and I have yet to have a single leak from these! I didn't realize how much I loved them until I put a disposable diaper on Connor so I could wash all his diapers at once. 10 minutes into it, he had a typical breastfed baby blowout that was nowhere near contained by the Pampers Swaddler that I used to love! I thought maybe it was a fluke, after all, he did eat a lot that morning. So a couple days later, we went to BW3, and I put another Pampers on him so I didn't have to worry about carrying dirty cloth around when I changed him there. Not 2 minutes after we got home, I had to change his entire outfit b/c the diaper couldn't hold up, and he had only been wearing it for 20 minutes at most! Now when we go out, I use a brand called Fuzzibunz. They are a pocket diaper, meaning that they have a leakproof outside and inside is a pocket made of a material that pulls wetness away. You can put whatever you want in the pocket to soak everything up. The ones I have are pretty thin, so they don't give him a bubble butt look :) We are still working on the perfect night combo. Connor still nurses 2-3 times a night, so he pees a LOT! What seems to really work is a fitted diaper (a thicker version of a prefold that has velcro fasteners and elastic at the legs) which is made of bamboo. I have a hemp diaper doubler around that, and top it off with a wool cover. Wool turns out to be virtually leak proof! It's a pain that it has to be handwashed, but unless he poos, that only has to be done once a week.
Aiden is slowly working on potty training. If he is naked, he uses his potty 100% of the time. He even poops on the thing! Any clothes whatsover though, and he has accidents. He is too independent to ask for help, and b/c he has so little strength in his right hand, he can't undress himself :( I have a project that I want to do that involves sewing rings on his pants so he can pull them down, but I am completely sewing illiterate!
We have hit a huge wall in Aiden's therapy! He has decided he is done with it! His poor therapist struggles so hard with him, but he won't even look at her without throwing a tantrum :( I hope it's just a phase, because he was doing so well. Paula said it's because he isn't "therapised", meaning he is new to OT, and the novelty has worn off. He finally realized that OT is hard! We have a new pediatrician that we will see tomorrow about a referral to a neurologist, and hopefully OT through the hospitals here since EI stops for the summer. Maybe after OT in a clinical setting, he will appreciate having someone come to our house for it! I just hate to see his progress come to a crashing halt because of his stubborness! Aiden will be starting preschool in the fall through headstart at MSU lab preschool. This will be perfect because he will be in a class that is run by OT students! I am so glad that he will qualify under headstart because that preschool is one of the most expensive around, and there is no way that my unemployed butt could afford it, no matter how much he needs it! The EI program was originally working on getting him qualified as special needs so that he could attend that way, but he's too smart! There has to be more than 1 reason for a child to qualify, and his only issue is one sided motor skill delay. The child landed in the above average/gifted category for vocabulary and understanding! Once you can get past his pronunciation of certain letters, you really can carry on whole conversations with him :)
Sick of reading yet? Ha, I guess I have traded regular blogs for entire months crammed in one summary :) I really will try to do better!