2 days and 2 and a half nights of the no sou sous it’s been a mixed success. The first night went well but the second was a disaster. It started with having a full day of activities and missing his nap. So he was tired and went to bed with only a minor plea for a sou sou around 7. Of course that was to early for our little guy and at 2:30 he was up. I intercepted him on his way to get Violet sou sou. I’m not sure if he got it if he would have gone back to sleep. What I do know is that without it he didn’t. He was up till around 5:30ish when he finally fell back asleep.
Today was another day without a nap, with the family trip to Whittamore Farm taking up the afternoon. He never seemed tired though and after last nights weird sleeping pattern he didn’t fall asleep till 9:30ish. Once again there was a plea for a sou sou, but I managed to convince him that he should try and sleep another night without it. Once he agreed to try he feel asleep. The question is will we have another late night wakeup? So far so good.
We’ve also not had a nap time without a sou sou. We’re also not up for another long night, so if he can’t sleep we’re thinking we might pull out one of his sou sous instead of fighting with him. I’m hoping we’ll be able to hang in there, but only time will tell.
Ok, I know it’s wrong, and I know Melissa will probably not want to be seen in public with me for a while after saying this. But I really want to try this burger. Doesn’t it just look so burgeriffic???
I usually try to post earlier in the day, but I couldn’t seem to find the time to blog today. Now that I’m sitting in front of my computer as the day draws to an end I have the time and thought I probably should. It’s been an interesting night here, we decided that tonight was the night that Jacob would give up his Sou Sou’s, better known to some as Pacifiers. He’s been really good about only having a Sou Sou when he sleeps, but we think it’s time that he moves on. We’re worried about how it’s effecting his teeth.
So tonight the Sou Sou Fairy came and took them away. In there place will be a Diego Rescue Pack. This isn’t the first time that we’ve tried to trade his Sou Sou’s for the Rescue Pack, every other time we ended up with a sad boy would couldn’t sleep. Today its been different. Though it took him till after 11 to fall asleep. He didn’t have the quite the same reaction as the other times. It seems like he wants to move on, but he’s just scared. He’s never slept with out a Sou Sou. Ever since he was a new born baby in the NICU he’s had one and tonight for the first time, he’s sleeping without one. It’s a big step for our little guy.
Of course the hardest part in the days to come is going to be Violet’s Sou Sou. We are going to have to watch him to make sure that he doesn’t take them from her. Of course I’m sure that wont be a problem.
Last Minute Update:
Of course I was I was going to post this entry who should come walking down the hall asking for one of his stuffed animals but Jacob. It seems that he’s still not managed to fall asleep. I’m still hopeful that we’ll get there tonight, but its not looking good. I’ll keep you posted.
The fall seems to be slipping away. We had a lots of plans for family outings but as the weeks slip past we haven’t made it to any. Apart from having Melissa’s family over for Thanksgiving dinner our fall has been a bust. It seems every weekend with either have other plans or the weather spites us.
This weekend we have a dilemma, do we go to the Whittamore’s Farm a family tradition that Melissa and I have had since we were dating. Or we go to the Boo at the Zoo. We could try and do both, but realistically that doesn’t seem likely. So we are left with a choice do we go for the family tradition or start a new one.
Of course there are a few great events in the months to come. We have The Santa Claus Parade and the Santa Train, and of there will be The Santa Experience and probably a visit to a mall Santa, but though they are all grate family traditions they are all more wintery. It’s a shame that it looks like we’re going to miss out on most our Fall traditions. Perhaps next year will work out better.
In my last post I asked two questions (My Online addiction), today ‘I’m going to answer them.
Why do I sign up to so many online sites?
This is an easy question to answer, I sign up to some many sites because I’m looking for the next big thing. The next tool or service that is either going to make my life easier or be useful in some other way. Plus I want to get my desired user name. That’s why I signed up to twitter in March of 2007, but didn’t really use it till March of 2008. So I want to keep creating accounts.
Now that I know I have a problem what do I do about it?
After thinking about it, I don’t think this is the right question. I think the question should really be; What is the problem with signing up to so many sites? The short answer is that there isn’t a problem. It is the managing of the account once I have them. I need to keep track of the sites I’ve tried. A way to sift through them and find the ones that are worth going back too. To that end I’m going to start reviewing sites on a regular basis.
The series will be called Cloud Gazing. I’m planning on having 2 kinds of reviews, First Look and Reviews. First looks will just be my first impressions, this will be for most if not all the sites I sign up for. Reviews will be after I have been using the service for a while and can give a fair review. The first review will probably be appearing next week.
Today I thought I would talk about a piece of software I probable interact with more with then any other. Its also the first look at software I use on my Windows Mobile Smartphone.
Facade from SBSH Mobile Software, It is a replacement ‘Home’ screen. It adds a bunch of functionality that is just so very useful. It’s more customizable then the ‘Home’ screens that come with the phone and with the release of version 2 it goes from being a good application to a great one. The interface is slicker, with improved graphics. It seems much more intuitive.
Facade adds tabs to your Home screen, Home, Schedule, Tasks, Calendar, Weather (If you have SBSH’s Pocket Weather installed) and Programs. Plus it allows for the addition of third party tabs, which I haven’t tried yet. There are also Skins you can get that change the look and feel. For my review I’m talking about the default layout.
Continue reading “Software I use: Facade”
Tomorrow my Dad’s second book “Pro Bash Programming: Scripting the GNU/Linux Shell” is released. If you are interested in Shell Scripts it’s probably a worthwhile buy. Even though I don’t write shell scripts I found his first book “Shell Scripting Recipes: A Problem-Solution Approach” fascinating to read. I’m looking forward to reading the new book.
Of course this will renew my interest in shell scripting and if I should get into it more. I don’t run Linux so I’d either have start that or see about working with Microsoft’s PowerShell. Perhaps I should try some of the scripts from the book in ‘PowerShell’ see if they run. I’ll post about my results when I try them.
Once again while surfing the internet I’ve come across a video that I thought should be shared.
One of the tricks of parenting is to learn to communicate with your baby, you want them to understand you. However, more importantly you need to understand your kids or any other kids you may receive into your home, so if you were looking to become a foster parent you would want to go through some sort of foster care training process to better understand the children and the children understand you. Things that you will learn with becoming a parent (natural, adoptive, or foster) is that from the moment they are born you learn to tell the differences between their cries. That high pitch scream is because she wants to be held, that lower sustained while is because she is hungry. But interpreting screams is hard work, and not always an exact science. That’s where teaching your baby to sign comes in. We used it with Jacob and it was great. We’ve doing the Signs with Violet, I thought I’d share what Violet did with her signs.
Last night when it was getting close to Violets bedtime and her final bottle of the night she started putting her hands together in the signing motion for more and looked expectantly at Melissa. It was something like this video, except this was without prompting. And much clearer hand movements
She was clearly asking for something, we think food. She had the wrong sign, because that’s the sign for ‘more’. When I brought her a bottle we did the sign for milk she tried to move her hand in the sign. So it’s clear that she’s getting it. Now it’s up to us as her parents to make sure that we keep using them around her and expanding her vocabulary of signs. Another way I want to help teach Violet her signs is to get Jacob doing them too. He still uses the sign for Please and Thank You. So all I have to get him to do is use it for Milk, More, and Eat.
