Home At Last

after a long, but good week back home in RI. I will blog more later, i though i was up for the task of writing now but am exhausted and am looking forward to my bed. yay.

the longest day ever..

so my flight shouldve landed in rhode island at 7:20pm last night. i got to the airposrt at 1:30pm. My flight was delayed. we left the ground a little after 7pm. for those who cant do the math that would be 5 1/2 hours in an airport with a 1 year old. and then a 3 1/2 hour flight. he did surprisingly well waiting. I rented out a couple of kids to entertain him. the little girl was 7, the little boy was 3. (i didnt really rent them out, but they were waiting too and they played with the baby for like 2 hours.) worked out well. on the plane he fell asleep before we even left the ground. YIPEE!!!! i couldnt believe my luck, a sleeping baby after an exhausting day. my child is the best.

fast forward and hour into the flight. the person in front of me pops open a soda can. the baby just about jumps out of my arms. and my luck just ran out. we fussed an dcried and whined for 45minutes (but not screaming like another child) and then played for the last 45 minutes. not so bad. he was happy and smiley at 10:15 while we were getting off the plane.....all smiles while getting the rental car and when we go tto my dads....and then when i put him to bed i think he realized how unbelievably tired he was and screamed until midnight.....then finally fell asleep. then up at 1:42am crying again but only for about 5 minutes......and up to start the day at 6:50am. lets just say that I am exhausted.

countdown..

T-minus 4 hours and 20 minutes till take off.....

and there was virtually no nap this morning.

can you tell my excitement?

it is boiling over with anticipation.

and it doesnt help that i have a history of panic attacks relating to flying. :)

WOOOOOO-HOOOOOOOO

hhmmm...

So not only do i have to fly alone with a go go go jumpy, squirmy, cranky when he's confined child, we now get to throw in sick to that category as well. oh goody, its going to be a fabulous week. He's coming down with some sort of cold and is miserable. we have snot bubbles coming out of the nose (cute i know) and lots of tears when waking up now probably becasue he cant breathe not to mention the teeth coming in that i know are bothering him. super. and we will be far away from the comforts of home and his own crib and all his toys and throw him into an unfamiliar environment. yay. oooh, and lets also throw in the hectic schedule i always have when going to RI driving from one end of the state to the other usually at least once a day. poor thing will probably be even sicker by the time we get back home next week. super.

Flying with baby...

So I'm flying home next Wednesday with the baby. One of my closest friends is getting married the Sunday after i get home. Congrats Jon!! Anyways, that means me and the baby flying home....alone...without E. Ugh. He will probably fly up just for the wedding but that means i have to deal with the baby solo on the actual flight. So far flying with the baby hasnt been horrible, but it definately hasnt been relaxing! And I am forseeing a hectic, exhausting flight this time. My child isnt exactly the "cuddley, just want to hang out on mom's lap" kind of kid. He is a "oooh, whats that, lets pull that down, oooh, something else, lets rip that apart, oooooooooh, I wanna go over there" kind of kid. He never stops moving, whether its crawling, cruising, squirming, anything that is not still. so, flying should be a blast! anyone know where I can get some baby tranqulizers? JUST KIDDING for anyone who thinks I might have been serious. The only time he actually sits still for a minute or two is when I read him a story before nap time or bedtime, and even then its short-lived and occasionally non-existent. so yeah. i am SO looking forward to it. i will probably end up standing in the galley in the back of the plane with the flight attendants like last time. he doesnt cry or complain but it is super exhausting just standing holding a 20lb baby for 4 hours. woo hoo. anyone want to join me?

haha.

Link

So i tried to put a link in my text yesterday. The Infant Swim Resource should have been a link to www.infantswim.com Why does it not work? I have tried editing it and it keeps coming up as www.blogger..... etc no matter how i change it. I've done links in text before and now I feel stupid becasue I dont remember how i did it. help me :)

Infant Swim Resource

We started our swim lessons today. Not so much swim lessons but survival swim lessons. Infant Swim Resource is a survival swim program that essentially teaches babies as young as 6 months old to float if they were to ever fall in a pool or other body of water. The videos of some of these babies floating is pretty amazing and being that this is south florida and drowing is a major cause of death amoung infants and toddlers I thought that this program was not only facinating but well worth the money. For babies under 1 year they only teach them to turn over onto their backs when they are in the water and float, after a year they also teach them to swim a few feet, roll over, float take a breath and them swim some more repeatedly until they reach a wall or safety. Its a 6 week program where you go every day. The lesson only lasts 10-15 minutes. Its quite a time commitment but again, i feel its very worth it. So today was our first lesson. He cried the entire time but not not load screams like some other kids I saw before him or after him, more like a pissed of complaining whiney cry. Yes, it sucks to see your child cry, and a lot of people feel this program is cruel (mostly because they think they throw the babies in the water and dont actually know anything about the program) but I strongly believe it is effective and well worth a few tears. And once the babies are confident in their abilities they wont be "afraid of water" like many people also believe. Anyways, the first 2 pictures are of him in the water with theinstructor. The third is of him laying on the side of the pool after, his hair sticking straight up due to the fact I was rubbinghis head after until he stopped whimpering, and the third is just cute. He looks mad but its actually just the shot, he was actually laughing and smiling after the lesson!!