My Boys Are Growing Up

Both of the boys are showing me how big they are lately! Eli wants to be so independent with everything he does. He no longer wants to be carried up or down stairs. I still hold his hand when we go downstairs because our stairs are a little steep. He likes to sit up to the table for meals instead of with his tray. This has actually cause us a little problem. He thought since he didn't need to be buckled in his booster seat he no longer needed to be buckled in his car seat. He was throwing huge fits every time we put him in the car. It took us a few days to figure out why he was throwing fits but once we did it was easily resolved. We just explained that everyone had to be buckled in the car and once we showed him that even mommy and daddy have to be buckled he was ok with it. :-) Another thing that Eli likes to do all by himself is put on his shoes. He is so proud of himself when he gets them on.

Eli put his shoes on all by himself!

He did such a great job! (wrong feet) :-)

Jude has also been going through some changes lately. For the last month he has really been losing interest in nursing. I was just trying to keep him nursing until he turned 1. Since we made it to his first birthday I decided to see how he would do without nursing. I don't think he has even noticed. We have also started limiting how much he has a pacifier. Right now we are leaving it in his bed during the day and letting him have it for nap and bedtime. We also are letting him have while we are in the car for now and maybe church (he can be loud). He has done pretty well with this. There have been a few times where he has fussed for it but I just get him interested in a different toy. And the latest change for Jude is that we have started giving him milk. Since he hasn't been nursing anymore it was time to give him milk. He really likes the milk, but it has been giving him some tummy aches. He has been waking up crying and tossing and turning in my arms. Yesterday was the worst. He just cried and cried in my arms until he fell asleep. Gas drops have been helping a little and the Dr said it may just take a few weeks to get used to the milk. He didn't have any milk today, I wanted to give his tummy a little break. Hopefully his tummy will adjust to the whole milk.

Jude with his first cup of milkIt was a hit!