The Richardson Family

April 29, 2007

Sleep, what's that?

Tommy had his 2 month checkup yesterday and everything "looks good" as Dr. Matt our pediatrician would say. We mainly talked about the sleep situation (only having one bedroom for the kids and getting Tommy to go to sleep before 10 p.m.). My first question was, how do you get a 2 month old to go to bed at a decent time? Dr. Matt's response was, they will do it...when their parents teach them how. He suggested we put Tommy down at 7 and if he cries, let him cry for 5 min and then intervene. Then repeat the process every 5 min until he is asleep. As for only having one room for the kids, he said to put Kassie down later and she will eventually get used to it and be fine. I left feeling hopeful and determined about putting him in with Kassie.
Well, the first night of putting the doctor's advice into action wasn't so bad, both were asleep around 9:30 p.m. The second night, I had to put Tommy in the bassinet. Kassie just would not go to sleep and kept waking up the baby! It was after 10 when she finally gave up.
Tonight I'm still going to give it a try. However, I do have a few things I'll do differently. First, no nap for Kassie which I hate to do because around 5 o'clock she won't be so pleasant! Second, try and keep Tommy awake in the evening. We'll see how it goes. The doctor made it sound so easy!!

The New Do

This is Kassie's new hair style, not brushed. She is going through a stage of not wanting me to do anything to her hair. She runs away screaming "No!". This is what her hair looked like last Sunday for church.

Yesterday my friend asked Kassie why she doesn't let her mom do her hair and she said, "Because I just don't want her to!".

I have to pick my battles and hair isn't one of them, so I often go out in pubic with a child with crazy hair. When I get lucky, she'll put on a hat.

Best Buds

Here in Ohio we have finally been able to enjoy some nice weather! Spring is finally here, so we went to the park as a family last Saturday. Kassie and Lee watched the Little League baseball teams and played a few games of baseball themselves by running around the bases.

Lollipop

"Mom, can you take a picture of me and my lollipop?"

The T-man

Tommy Toodles Tom Tom
Tommy To To
Tommy has been smiling and cooing. We already have many nick names for him with the help of Kassie of course. I think her favorite has to be Tommy To To!!

It's Official

I have officially entered the world of Blogs!! I thought it would be a great way for family and friends to keep updated on the happenings here in Ohio.