WEBVTT 00:00:12.740 --> 00:00:15.240 Hi, everyone. Welcome back to No Manual Momcast, 00:00:15.359 --> 00:00:18.460 where this is a place for us to just be. real 00:00:18.460 --> 00:00:21.519 about the realities of motherhood, the hard, 00:00:21.620 --> 00:00:25.059 the good, the bad, the ugly. But this is a place 00:00:25.059 --> 00:00:27.420 for you to connect and hopefully you can relate 00:00:27.420 --> 00:00:30.519 to a little bit of what our motherhood journey 00:00:30.519 --> 00:00:35.359 looks like two years in. So today... Whenever 00:00:35.359 --> 00:00:37.939 we plan this one, which we didn't plan it really 00:00:37.939 --> 00:00:40.179 until today. By plan this one, you mean like 00:00:40.179 --> 00:00:41.659 three hours ago? Yeah, like three hours ago. 00:00:41.920 --> 00:00:43.979 But I was like, oh, this one's going to be a 00:00:43.979 --> 00:00:47.159 funny one. So today we're going to chat all about 00:00:47.159 --> 00:00:50.700 reasons our toddler cried this week, which I've 00:00:50.700 --> 00:00:52.740 seen. I don't know if you've seen like the reels 00:00:52.740 --> 00:00:56.460 on Instagram about it. and they just like make 00:00:56.460 --> 00:00:59.820 me laugh so much so when we like three hours 00:00:59.820 --> 00:01:03.619 ago planned this we I just started like jotting 00:01:03.619 --> 00:01:06.099 down all the reasons my toddler cried this week 00:01:06.099 --> 00:01:10.120 and they're pretty funny so yeah we had a couple 00:01:10.120 --> 00:01:12.000 come up this weekend so I had it in the back 00:01:12.000 --> 00:01:14.980 of my mind and then when we needed We kind of 00:01:14.980 --> 00:01:17.040 had a last minute change and needed to record 00:01:17.040 --> 00:01:19.439 this today. So I was like, this is perfect. It's 00:01:19.439 --> 00:01:21.959 an easy one to come up with. Yes. Yes. Well, 00:01:22.079 --> 00:01:24.439 let's start with our mom moments of the week 00:01:24.439 --> 00:01:28.000 first. Okay. I can start. So this weekend we 00:01:28.000 --> 00:01:30.599 had like kind of a crazy weekend. We did a bunch 00:01:30.599 --> 00:01:32.680 of stuff. We went to the zoo on Saturday and 00:01:32.680 --> 00:01:36.219 then Sunday we were going to go up to the mountains. 00:01:36.239 --> 00:01:39.079 We're going to go to Estes Park. Nice. And we 00:01:39.079 --> 00:01:42.280 knew that that would. mess with nap time like 00:01:42.280 --> 00:01:44.060 nap time just wasn't gonna look normal which 00:01:44.060 --> 00:01:46.459 we were fine with yep um but we were kind of 00:01:46.459 --> 00:01:49.439 like you know the drive to estes is like an hour 00:01:49.439 --> 00:01:52.180 and a half ish from our house so if lloyd sleeps 00:01:52.180 --> 00:01:55.079 for like the majority of that yeah then even 00:01:55.079 --> 00:01:56.900 if he doesn't sleep at home it's gonna be a short 00:01:56.900 --> 00:02:01.200 nap but it's doable yeah like it's fine yep so 00:02:01.200 --> 00:02:04.459 we get in the car he conks like immediately so 00:02:04.459 --> 00:02:07.909 fast But Zeta doesn't. I think her ears were 00:02:07.909 --> 00:02:10.650 like popping and she like wouldn't use her pacifier. 00:02:10.830 --> 00:02:13.729 So she was like screaming for probably 45 minutes 00:02:13.729 --> 00:02:16.849 straight. He's sleeping through it until she 00:02:16.849 --> 00:02:20.409 gets like one of those and lets out like the 00:02:20.409 --> 00:02:23.370 biggest scream in the world and wakes him up. 00:02:23.689 --> 00:02:27.110 Then she falls asleep and he was awake for the 00:02:27.110 --> 00:02:29.610 rest of the ride home and did not sleep for the 00:02:29.610 --> 00:02:32.150 rest of the day. Dang it. So it's like a short 00:02:32.150 --> 00:02:37.430 nap. Like half hour, 45 minute nap tops. Yeah. 00:02:37.430 --> 00:02:40.469 And we had this like as planned out as you can 00:02:40.469 --> 00:02:41.689 because we're like, we're going to get in the 00:02:41.689 --> 00:02:43.689 car. He's going to fall asleep. He'll sleep that 00:02:43.689 --> 00:02:45.789 whole time. Maybe he'll have a little downtime 00:02:45.789 --> 00:02:48.909 in his crib when we get home. So, you know. Nope. 00:02:48.949 --> 00:02:50.710 We did put him in his crib when we got home. 00:02:51.389 --> 00:02:55.590 He did not sleep. No. And we had. We had a good 00:02:55.590 --> 00:02:58.169 rest of the day. Yeah. I'm sure. Yeah. I think 00:02:58.169 --> 00:03:00.169 we were like, you know what? It's, it's a movie 00:03:00.169 --> 00:03:03.830 night. Yeah. Early bedtime. I think we did a 00:03:03.830 --> 00:03:06.250 movie and a long bath and an early bedtime, but 00:03:06.250 --> 00:03:08.569 yes, just one of those, like we had it planned 00:03:08.569 --> 00:03:11.310 in and it, that's not good. You know, you could 00:03:11.310 --> 00:03:14.250 plan it. Like we literally did the same thing. 00:03:14.389 --> 00:03:17.639 My mom moment actually has to do. kind of with 00:03:17.639 --> 00:03:21.460 the same thing. So my husband was up at summer 00:03:21.460 --> 00:03:24.659 camp in Estes Park this last week with his youth 00:03:24.659 --> 00:03:28.120 group. There was still color on the grass because 00:03:28.120 --> 00:03:30.219 we went to the - Oh, really? We went to the Y. 00:03:30.300 --> 00:03:32.360 We had to run around and there was still color 00:03:32.360 --> 00:03:36.300 on the grass from camp. Mass chaos. And so we 00:03:36.300 --> 00:03:40.520 actually went up to go visit Michael at camp 00:03:40.520 --> 00:03:44.400 on Wednesday of this last week and we stayed 00:03:44.400 --> 00:03:47.370 the night. But my mom moment, so - same thing 00:03:47.370 --> 00:03:50.669 we went up to camp and I planned it with nap 00:03:50.669 --> 00:03:53.349 time so hoping like both boys would sleep for 00:03:53.349 --> 00:03:56.250 the majority of the time Colt conked out right 00:03:56.250 --> 00:04:01.389 away slept for like 50 minutes um Cruz slept 00:04:01.389 --> 00:04:04.110 for probably like a nap a little over an hour 00:04:04.110 --> 00:04:08.240 which was great but yeah then a 50 minute nap 00:04:08.240 --> 00:04:11.039 is like not good enough for, especially cause 00:04:11.039 --> 00:04:14.240 it was like kind of an early ish nap. And so 00:04:14.240 --> 00:04:18.040 then we had the rest of the day at camp and they 00:04:18.040 --> 00:04:20.660 start their evening sessions at like seven o 00:04:20.660 --> 00:04:24.319 'clock at night. And we went to go to go watch 00:04:24.319 --> 00:04:26.319 cause we knew Michael was going to be on stage 00:04:26.319 --> 00:04:29.379 and we were like, wanted to go support him. And 00:04:29.379 --> 00:04:32.600 that wasn't until like eight 30 at night. And 00:04:32.600 --> 00:04:36.069 so before we went to session, I could tell that 00:04:36.069 --> 00:04:38.670 Colt was just getting so tired. And I was like, 00:04:38.709 --> 00:04:40.269 I was determined. Because then that's bedtime. 00:04:40.490 --> 00:04:43.490 Yeah, it was like normal bedtime. I was determined 00:04:43.490 --> 00:04:45.389 though. I was like, we're going to get to session. 00:04:45.850 --> 00:04:49.269 But Colt would not put his tennis shoes on for 00:04:49.269 --> 00:04:54.100 the life of, like for anything. And so. he was 00:04:54.100 --> 00:04:57.160 just having a full -blown tantrum like in the 00:04:57.160 --> 00:04:59.819 hotel room we were staying in and I'm just like 00:04:59.819 --> 00:05:02.379 trying to bribe him with anything to get his 00:05:02.379 --> 00:05:04.339 shoes on so that we could get down to the car 00:05:04.339 --> 00:05:06.300 and just drive to like the building where the 00:05:06.300 --> 00:05:09.579 session is and so I finally get his shoes on 00:05:09.579 --> 00:05:13.459 we get down to the car and then he I like open 00:05:13.459 --> 00:05:16.319 the trunk to like put the bag in the trunk and 00:05:16.319 --> 00:05:18.839 he like wants to get in the trunk to just like 00:05:18.839 --> 00:05:20.699 play and i was like nobody we gotta get in your 00:05:20.699 --> 00:05:23.939 car seat so i grab him out it creates a big like 00:05:23.939 --> 00:05:27.439 this big old tantrum again he like his tantrums 00:05:27.439 --> 00:05:29.220 he'll like throw himself back he'll try to like 00:05:29.220 --> 00:05:33.399 fall to the ground and so he's like in the trunk 00:05:33.399 --> 00:05:36.939 of my car having a full blown tantrum perfect 00:05:36.939 --> 00:05:39.660 and he goes during his tantrums he'll go mama 00:05:39.660 --> 00:05:42.470 up up. And then I go to pick him up and he goes, 00:05:42.550 --> 00:05:45.810 mama, move, move. And I'm like, I don't know 00:05:45.810 --> 00:05:47.850 what you want me to do. And this is happening 00:05:47.850 --> 00:05:51.189 for like 30 minutes, probably in the trunk of 00:05:51.189 --> 00:05:54.110 my car. There's multiple people walking by and 00:05:54.110 --> 00:05:57.430 like onlookers. Finally, I'm like, okay, buddy, 00:05:57.470 --> 00:06:00.129 do you want to just walk there to where daddy 00:06:00.129 --> 00:06:03.310 is? And he's like, yes. So I get the stroller 00:06:03.310 --> 00:06:06.329 out. I have Cruz like in the carrier and Cruz 00:06:06.329 --> 00:06:08.350 has been, Cruz is chilling the whole time, which 00:06:08.350 --> 00:06:11.629 I'm so grateful for. He's like used to this at 00:06:11.629 --> 00:06:13.649 this point. He's like, this is calming to me. 00:06:13.810 --> 00:06:16.589 This is normal. Yeah. So then I get the stroller 00:06:16.589 --> 00:06:18.670 out. But we have one of those strollers you have 00:06:18.670 --> 00:06:20.889 to like bend down to the ground to like unlatch 00:06:20.889 --> 00:06:23.949 it and like pop it up. And so I'm like bending 00:06:23.949 --> 00:06:25.629 down to the ground, like trying to make sure 00:06:25.629 --> 00:06:28.129 Cruz doesn't like fall headfirst out of the carrier 00:06:28.129 --> 00:06:30.649 because I'm not like his head's not strapped 00:06:30.649 --> 00:06:34.509 in. And so finally this like this man comes over 00:06:34.509 --> 00:06:37.110 and he could tell like. I think he was one of 00:06:37.110 --> 00:06:39.069 those like onlookers that was like sitting outside 00:06:39.069 --> 00:06:41.110 the building. He like comes over and he's like, 00:06:41.189 --> 00:06:43.470 can I help you with that? Like, I totally know 00:06:43.470 --> 00:06:45.889 what this is like. You got to just let him burn 00:06:45.889 --> 00:06:48.290 out sometimes. And I was like, yes, please. Like, 00:06:48.329 --> 00:06:50.129 thank you so much. And I was like on the verge 00:06:50.129 --> 00:06:52.810 of tears at this point because I was like, you 00:06:52.810 --> 00:06:54.230 know what? Let's just call it. Let's go up to 00:06:54.230 --> 00:06:56.589 bed. It's fine. We're not going to go. We're 00:06:56.589 --> 00:06:59.329 not even going to try. And finally, I get Colton 00:06:59.329 --> 00:07:02.269 the stroller. That man was super nice. And we 00:07:02.269 --> 00:07:05.220 get down to session and. Thankfully, he was pretty 00:07:05.220 --> 00:07:07.699 good at session. And then he slept really good 00:07:07.699 --> 00:07:09.779 for us that night at camp. That's great. Yeah. 00:07:10.279 --> 00:07:15.500 So it's funny that that's my mom moment. That 00:07:15.500 --> 00:07:18.560 leads into our episode really well. Yeah, right? 00:07:19.079 --> 00:07:21.639 So that was a super fun time. That's, I guess, 00:07:21.660 --> 00:07:24.240 one of the reasons Colt cried this last week 00:07:24.240 --> 00:07:28.180 was just being overtired, which I can relate. 00:07:28.480 --> 00:07:31.560 I cry when I'm overtired, too. So I can relate. 00:07:31.720 --> 00:07:35.949 Yeah. So we have a good chunk of funny ones, 00:07:36.029 --> 00:07:38.329 I would say, to add in here. I think we were 00:07:38.329 --> 00:07:40.310 talking before we got started. Most of them are. 00:07:41.050 --> 00:07:43.449 funny and not like super sad or serious or anything 00:07:43.449 --> 00:07:46.610 yes yeah um okay do you want to go first with 00:07:46.610 --> 00:07:50.689 yeah so my first one is Lloyd had a burrito the 00:07:50.689 --> 00:07:53.050 other day and so he like had taken a few bites 00:07:53.050 --> 00:07:54.790 so there was like an open end and a close end 00:07:54.790 --> 00:07:56.730 oh yes and then he went to take a bite from the 00:07:56.730 --> 00:07:59.350 close end and Stuart was like oh buddy like you 00:07:59.350 --> 00:08:00.990 should take a bite from the other from like yeah 00:08:00.990 --> 00:08:03.370 the other ends the open end so your burrito doesn't 00:08:03.370 --> 00:08:07.160 fall apart That's it. That made him cry just 00:08:07.160 --> 00:08:09.720 being told which end of his burrito he should. 00:08:09.720 --> 00:08:12.500 He's like, no, dad. I know how to eat this burrito. 00:08:12.699 --> 00:08:15.199 Well, and to the point where we had to like take 00:08:15.199 --> 00:08:17.540 a break from, I think it was breakfast. And so 00:08:17.540 --> 00:08:20.459 we had to like take a break. And Stuart was like, 00:08:20.579 --> 00:08:22.959 do you want to? He had to get something from 00:08:22.959 --> 00:08:24.680 the car, go to the mailbox or something. He was 00:08:24.680 --> 00:08:27.360 like, do you want to go on a little walk? And 00:08:27.360 --> 00:08:29.959 Laura was like, yeah. And so they did. And then 00:08:29.959 --> 00:08:32.830 he came back and finished his burrito. Sometimes 00:08:32.830 --> 00:08:35.009 you just need a breather. Yeah. Yeah. That's 00:08:35.009 --> 00:08:37.529 so funny. Get some fresh air. Speaking of like 00:08:37.529 --> 00:08:40.309 being in the high chair, so I'll piggyback off 00:08:40.309 --> 00:08:43.629 of that one. This one was actually tonight before 00:08:43.629 --> 00:08:48.169 I came over at dinnertime. Colt cried in his 00:08:48.169 --> 00:08:49.669 high chair because I wouldn't let him have my 00:08:49.669 --> 00:08:54.210 knife. Yeah. And so. That was a clear answer. 00:08:54.330 --> 00:08:56.629 I was not going to give him my knife. You don't 00:08:56.629 --> 00:08:58.850 just hand your two -year -old your knife? Not 00:08:58.850 --> 00:09:02.909 usually. Not usually. But it then ended up in, 00:09:02.950 --> 00:09:05.529 like, he will have, like, full tantrum in the 00:09:05.529 --> 00:09:08.009 high chair. And so it's also, like, a breather 00:09:08.009 --> 00:09:10.250 situation. Like, got to unbuckle you, get you 00:09:10.250 --> 00:09:13.679 out, calm you down. All right, buddy. I hide 00:09:13.679 --> 00:09:17.019 the knife. Yes. Mom doesn't need a knife at dinner. 00:09:17.019 --> 00:09:18.860 It's fine. You'll just eat your steak with your 00:09:18.860 --> 00:09:22.960 teeth. Yeah, exactly. So, um, yeah. Wouldn't 00:09:22.960 --> 00:09:25.679 let him have a weapon. Uh, I have one that goes 00:09:25.679 --> 00:09:27.840 hand in hand with that. Nice. I wouldn't let 00:09:27.840 --> 00:09:30.919 him play with the can opener. He can reach the 00:09:30.919 --> 00:09:32.840 drawer that the can opener's in and I try to 00:09:32.840 --> 00:09:34.799 like keep it in a spot that he can't reach it. 00:09:34.980 --> 00:09:38.340 Somehow he can always find it. And I'm like, 00:09:38.379 --> 00:09:41.340 obviously like. Not as bad as a knife. Yeah. 00:09:41.399 --> 00:09:44.279 For sure. But does have sharp edges. You're for 00:09:44.279 --> 00:09:45.980 sure going to end up hurting yourself on this. 00:09:46.220 --> 00:09:49.799 Yeah. Not the best toy in the world. No. Yeah. 00:09:49.860 --> 00:09:53.549 So I took it away from him and that was. That's 00:09:53.549 --> 00:09:55.190 so funny. I mean, it was pretty cruel to be fair. 00:09:55.289 --> 00:09:58.909 I feel like we're reaching a stage where I really 00:09:58.909 --> 00:10:01.509 have to be careful with what I put on the counter. 00:10:01.830 --> 00:10:03.909 I feel like Colt must have had a growth spurt 00:10:03.909 --> 00:10:06.370 or something that I didn't really notice because 00:10:06.370 --> 00:10:09.669 now it's like everything right on the edge is 00:10:09.669 --> 00:10:13.830 in reachable territory. Yes. And so can opener. 00:10:14.009 --> 00:10:15.850 Yeah, and you don't notice it until all of a 00:10:15.850 --> 00:10:18.690 sudden you're like, how did you get that steak 00:10:18.690 --> 00:10:20.669 knife? I swear it was out of your reach. Yes. 00:10:20.710 --> 00:10:24.220 Yep. Yeah. Yeah. I feel the same way. Yeah. Okay. 00:10:24.580 --> 00:10:29.639 My next one is that I wouldn't change his diaper 00:10:29.639 --> 00:10:32.879 first. So Colt has this thing right now that 00:10:32.879 --> 00:10:36.159 like anytime I change Cruz, Colt has to be changed 00:10:36.159 --> 00:10:40.220 first. And no matter how long it's been since 00:10:40.220 --> 00:10:42.879 I've changed his diaper, because Cruz like, I 00:10:42.879 --> 00:10:45.360 mean, he's four months old. He like gets his 00:10:45.360 --> 00:10:48.259 diaper changed more than Colt does. Right. But 00:10:48.259 --> 00:10:51.659 now if he sees me even try to attempt to. change 00:10:51.659 --> 00:10:55.120 Cruz's diaper he goes Colty Colty Colty turn 00:10:55.120 --> 00:10:58.039 Colty turn and then wants me to move Cruz out 00:10:58.039 --> 00:11:01.639 of the way Colty lays down and then even if his 00:11:01.639 --> 00:11:05.460 diaper is not wet at all he wants a new diaper 00:11:05.460 --> 00:11:08.039 so sometimes I'll even like take the diaper off 00:11:08.039 --> 00:11:10.279 I'm like okay buddy putting the new diaper on 00:11:10.279 --> 00:11:13.500 just put the same dry diaper back on because 00:11:13.500 --> 00:11:15.659 I was like you know these things are expensive 00:11:15.659 --> 00:11:17.779 yeah I was like you don't know how much money 00:11:17.779 --> 00:11:20.240 we spend on diapers, buddy, because it is. It's 00:11:20.240 --> 00:11:24.059 a lot. It is a lot. So that's like a new one 00:11:24.059 --> 00:11:25.899 that's kind of popped up in the last week of 00:11:25.899 --> 00:11:28.799 like him needing that. And if I, there's moments 00:11:28.799 --> 00:11:31.679 where I'm like, no, buddy, like your diaper is 00:11:31.679 --> 00:11:33.899 dry. We do not need to change you right now. 00:11:33.919 --> 00:11:36.159 It's okay. Mommy's going to change Cruz. And 00:11:36.159 --> 00:11:39.279 he goes, and that usually ends. That triggers. 00:11:39.460 --> 00:11:44.909 Yep. That's rough. All right, my next one. So 00:11:44.909 --> 00:11:49.409 our cat, Red, he's our boy cat. He got into some 00:11:49.409 --> 00:11:52.389 string that if he was for sure going to eat it 00:11:52.389 --> 00:11:55.690 and then like get sick or whatever. So Stuart 00:11:55.690 --> 00:11:58.169 ran after him to make sure he did not eat the 00:11:58.169 --> 00:12:02.210 string. And I said something like, Red, don't 00:12:02.210 --> 00:12:05.009 be a bad cat or something like that. Lloyd lost 00:12:05.009 --> 00:12:09.169 it. Really? First he got his like. So empathetic. 00:12:09.269 --> 00:12:12.809 Big cartoonish frown. I was like, it's okay, 00:12:12.889 --> 00:12:15.210 buddy. Like, Red was just doing something he 00:12:15.210 --> 00:12:16.990 wasn't supposed to. And then he just started 00:12:16.990 --> 00:12:20.929 crying so hard. And I was like, we still love 00:12:20.929 --> 00:12:24.230 Red. Like, he's still a good cat. It's okay. 00:12:24.230 --> 00:12:26.070 Like, Dad's just making sure he doesn't get sick. 00:12:26.870 --> 00:12:30.909 It was just so unexpected. Because usually, like, 00:12:31.129 --> 00:12:34.340 if we yell at the cats to, like. get off the 00:12:34.340 --> 00:12:35.960 counter or something that they're not supposed 00:12:35.960 --> 00:12:38.539 to be doing usually he does that like he'll repeat 00:12:38.539 --> 00:12:41.419 us so it'll be like red get down he says red 00:12:41.419 --> 00:12:45.279 get down yeah but this time he was just so sad 00:12:45.279 --> 00:12:49.299 that we called red a bad cat yeah oh my gosh 00:12:49.299 --> 00:12:52.840 it was that one was actually pretty cute oh he 00:12:52.840 --> 00:12:56.019 just loves his kitty he does love his kitties 00:12:56.019 --> 00:12:59.340 um okay my next one is i wouldn't let colt put 00:12:59.340 --> 00:13:06.019 a golf ball in his mouth So Michael has this, 00:13:06.059 --> 00:13:08.399 like, little putting green thing that he keeps 00:13:08.399 --> 00:13:11.919 in the garage. And pretty much every time we 00:13:11.919 --> 00:13:14.240 get out of the car, Colt grabs one of the golf 00:13:14.240 --> 00:13:16.659 balls and brings it inside the house. Of course. 00:13:16.700 --> 00:13:19.139 Which is, like, we've also had a problem with 00:13:19.139 --> 00:13:20.860 him, like, trying to throw the golf balls in 00:13:20.860 --> 00:13:23.039 the house. And I'm like, and he just, like, spins 00:13:23.039 --> 00:13:25.309 and then just, like. chucks it. You got to get 00:13:25.309 --> 00:13:27.230 like ping pong balls or something that he can't 00:13:27.230 --> 00:13:29.809 throw. I know. We have like a little ball pit 00:13:29.809 --> 00:13:32.330 that he like will throw those balls. He's just 00:13:32.330 --> 00:13:34.730 like super into sports balls right now. So any 00:13:34.730 --> 00:13:38.710 sports balls, but yeah, he like tried to put 00:13:38.710 --> 00:13:41.309 it in his mouth and I was, and I just like foreshadowed 00:13:41.309 --> 00:13:44.269 like this being a terrible situation obviously. 00:13:44.909 --> 00:13:47.269 And so I like grabbed it out of his mouth really 00:13:47.269 --> 00:13:50.750 quick and that. He lost it. Yeah. I'm like, I'm 00:13:50.750 --> 00:13:53.509 trying to keep you alive, buddy. Do you not understand? 00:13:54.330 --> 00:13:57.450 This is for your own good. I'm so sorry. But 00:13:57.450 --> 00:14:00.289 yeah. I don't want to drive to the hospital. 00:14:00.529 --> 00:14:03.710 No. Like my kid has a golf ball in his mouth 00:14:03.710 --> 00:14:06.590 and I don't know what to do. Yeah. Yeah. Right. 00:14:07.090 --> 00:14:11.080 Because we're entering that phase of like. Yes, 00:14:11.080 --> 00:14:12.779 we went through the phase of like teething where 00:14:12.779 --> 00:14:14.460 everything goes in the mouth. But this is like 00:14:14.460 --> 00:14:17.600 the like exploratory like, oh, can I put this 00:14:17.600 --> 00:14:20.779 in my mouth? Yeah. Yeah. Most of it is stuff 00:14:20.779 --> 00:14:22.960 that they're going to choke on. Yes. Yep. Yeah. 00:14:23.080 --> 00:14:26.080 Yeah. Yeah. I feel we're definitely in that phase. 00:14:26.820 --> 00:14:31.399 Next one is that Zeta was taking a nap in her 00:14:31.399 --> 00:14:34.259 crib. So she was upstairs and we were downstairs 00:14:34.259 --> 00:14:36.779 and she was sleeping and he wanted to hang out 00:14:36.779 --> 00:14:39.230 with Zeta. And I was like. That's really sweet. 00:14:39.269 --> 00:14:40.809 I was like, she's sleeping right now, so, like, 00:14:40.830 --> 00:14:43.769 we'll hang out with her later. And that was not 00:14:43.769 --> 00:14:45.570 good enough. That was not the right answer. Nope. 00:14:45.590 --> 00:14:47.710 He wanted her to hang out right then and there. 00:14:47.730 --> 00:14:49.769 That's so sweet. I was like, that's really sweet. 00:14:49.809 --> 00:14:51.590 I love that you want to hang out with your sister. 00:14:51.789 --> 00:14:53.549 She's sleeping right now. Yeah. I'm not going 00:14:53.549 --> 00:14:58.029 to go wake her up. Oh. So, and then because we 00:14:58.029 --> 00:14:59.929 can, we have, like, an iPad that will pull the. 00:15:00.679 --> 00:15:02.639 baby monitor up on it and so then he'll just 00:15:02.639 --> 00:15:05.559 point to a baby baby nap baby nap yeah and he 00:15:05.559 --> 00:15:08.240 wants to see her which is super cute oh and if 00:15:08.240 --> 00:15:11.039 i don't show him the ipad fast enough then then 00:15:11.039 --> 00:15:12.879 that's another one that's another one for sure 00:15:12.879 --> 00:15:14.419 yeah but yeah he wanted to hang out with his 00:15:14.419 --> 00:15:17.259 sister while she was napping sweet oh okay i 00:15:17.259 --> 00:15:19.570 just thought of one piggybacking off of that 00:15:19.570 --> 00:15:22.190 yes so last night we went to youth group just 00:15:22.190 --> 00:15:24.970 colt and i and we left cruise michael's grandparents 00:15:24.970 --> 00:15:28.990 are in town so we left cruise at home but before 00:15:28.990 --> 00:15:31.509 we left i was like okay colty let's go we're 00:15:31.509 --> 00:15:34.509 gonna go and he's like cruise like come on cruise 00:15:34.509 --> 00:15:36.850 come on cruise and i was like no cruise is gonna 00:15:36.850 --> 00:15:39.789 stay here with grandma and papa and that was 00:15:39.789 --> 00:15:44.440 that was what did it for him and It was so sweet 00:15:44.440 --> 00:15:47.759 because that's not usually the case at all. And 00:15:47.759 --> 00:15:51.139 Colt and I have not had a lot of, like, one -on 00:15:51.139 --> 00:15:54.980 -one time since Cruz has been born. And so I 00:15:54.980 --> 00:15:57.639 was like, oh, this is so great. Like, he's going 00:15:57.639 --> 00:16:00.940 to love this. Mommy and him time. And then when 00:16:00.940 --> 00:16:03.580 it came to, like. He's like, no, I won't. Yeah, 00:16:03.659 --> 00:16:06.179 he's like, brother's coming too, right? Why are 00:16:06.179 --> 00:16:08.870 you not? Taking the baby. Yeah. So I thought 00:16:08.870 --> 00:16:10.970 that was so sweet. That's really sweet. Yeah. 00:16:10.970 --> 00:16:13.149 And I had to like explain it to him and then 00:16:13.149 --> 00:16:16.149 he was good, but. We're coming back to him. We're 00:16:16.149 --> 00:16:18.509 not just abandoning your brother. Yeah. Yeah. 00:16:18.730 --> 00:16:22.929 So sweet. Okay. My next one is right now he's 00:16:22.929 --> 00:16:24.889 in this phase where he will come up to either 00:16:24.889 --> 00:16:28.909 Stu or I and say mom hug or dad hug. And he just 00:16:28.909 --> 00:16:32.509 wants hugs like all of the time. That's cute. 00:16:32.570 --> 00:16:35.029 Which is really, really sweet. The problem is 00:16:35.029 --> 00:16:38.110 we also have other things to do. Like I work 00:16:38.110 --> 00:16:41.230 from home. Yeah. Or, you know, just making dinner 00:16:41.230 --> 00:16:43.090 and doing normal things that you have to get 00:16:43.090 --> 00:16:45.389 done throughout your day. And so if it doesn't 00:16:45.389 --> 00:16:48.169 happen within like the exact time frame that 00:16:48.169 --> 00:16:50.629 he wants, which is immediately. So I'll be like, 00:16:50.750 --> 00:16:53.669 buddy, I have like ground beef on my hands because 00:16:53.669 --> 00:16:56.450 I'm making dinner. Like you got to wait. Yeah. 00:16:56.549 --> 00:17:00.509 Let mommy wash your hands. it's too much. Oh 00:17:00.509 --> 00:17:02.250 yeah. You can't wait for a mom hug. It has to 00:17:02.250 --> 00:17:04.970 happen right now. Or for Stuart, it happens to 00:17:04.970 --> 00:17:08.589 where Stuart works in a wood shop. So when he 00:17:08.589 --> 00:17:10.390 gets home from work, he's usually covered in 00:17:10.390 --> 00:17:12.829 like wood glue and acetone and all sorts of chemicals. 00:17:12.890 --> 00:17:15.430 He doesn't particularly want to get on our kids. 00:17:15.549 --> 00:17:18.819 Yep. And. lloyd will be like dad hug dad hug 00:17:18.819 --> 00:17:21.799 and stewart's like no like i gotta gotta shower 00:17:21.799 --> 00:17:24.559 yeah i gotta shower and clean up first and it's 00:17:24.559 --> 00:17:27.160 just too much for him oh he doesn't get it quite 00:17:27.160 --> 00:17:31.640 no not yet oh gosh those are so sweet okay my 00:17:31.640 --> 00:17:35.369 next one um is not I mean, it is sweet, but it's 00:17:35.369 --> 00:17:38.630 funny. Okay, so we have a garden in our backyard 00:17:38.630 --> 00:17:42.549 and we grow our own squash and zucchini. And 00:17:42.549 --> 00:17:44.569 I've been making zucchini bread like every week 00:17:44.569 --> 00:17:46.609 so that we can just have like a loaf of zucchini 00:17:46.609 --> 00:17:49.990 bread. And it's very good. I'll make you some. 00:17:51.029 --> 00:17:53.890 And I put some chocolate chips in this last one. 00:17:54.069 --> 00:17:57.450 Very good. And Colt has been having like a little 00:17:57.450 --> 00:17:59.630 piece of zucchini bread like every day, usually 00:17:59.630 --> 00:18:06.309 for breakfast. We were out of it, and he was 00:18:06.309 --> 00:18:10.910 so sad that we ran out of zucchini bread. And, 00:18:10.990 --> 00:18:14.069 you know, that was my bad for not. You should 00:18:14.069 --> 00:18:15.089 have been more prepared. Yeah, I should have 00:18:15.089 --> 00:18:18.369 stayed up late making zucchini bread. But apparently 00:18:18.369 --> 00:18:21.410 that's, like, the best way to have him consume 00:18:21.410 --> 00:18:23.670 veggies, I guess, is through zucchini bread. 00:18:23.829 --> 00:18:26.750 I mean, I would probably rather eat zucchini. 00:18:27.559 --> 00:18:30.859 in bread form in bread form than not even like 00:18:30.859 --> 00:18:34.900 fried zucchini yeah oh yeah for sure um so that 00:18:34.900 --> 00:18:37.160 was really cute and trying to explain to him 00:18:37.160 --> 00:18:40.299 like hey we'll make some more later yeah it doesn't 00:18:40.299 --> 00:18:42.779 just magically i mean it kind of magically appears 00:18:42.779 --> 00:18:45.339 yeah i can't just snap my fingers yep usually 00:18:45.339 --> 00:18:47.779 i'll like bake it at night so it's like yeah 00:18:47.779 --> 00:18:50.880 it does kind of magically appear yeah he's like 00:18:50.880 --> 00:18:54.640 where'd this come from but all right my next 00:18:54.640 --> 00:19:00.349 one is dad was at work just that he was kept 00:19:00.349 --> 00:19:02.869 asking like dad dad dad and usually he'll like 00:19:02.869 --> 00:19:05.490 point to our bedroom or point upstairs or you 00:19:05.490 --> 00:19:08.670 know wherever we are and i was like buddy like 00:19:08.670 --> 00:19:11.069 dad's at work so we we'll see him after your 00:19:11.069 --> 00:19:13.990 nap um you'll wake up from your nap and then 00:19:13.990 --> 00:19:15.529 it'll be a little bit and then dad will get home 00:19:15.529 --> 00:19:19.069 and he just he wanted dad to be home right then 00:19:20.000 --> 00:19:21.960 I was like, I feel so bad. You're like, I can't 00:19:21.960 --> 00:19:23.960 really explain how time works for you right now. 00:19:23.960 --> 00:19:26.119 Yeah. It's like, do I call Stuart and tell him 00:19:26.119 --> 00:19:28.779 he has to come home immediately? Yeah. Yep. I 00:19:28.779 --> 00:19:30.759 mean, his boss has kids. He'll understand, right? 00:19:30.799 --> 00:19:33.640 Yeah. Oh, for sure. Just, hey, can you use your 00:19:33.640 --> 00:19:36.960 PTO right now? Because Lloyd is so sad you're 00:19:36.960 --> 00:19:40.460 not here. Yeah. Oh, gosh. Okay. My next one is 00:19:40.460 --> 00:19:44.099 that dad buckled him in the car seat instead 00:19:44.099 --> 00:19:49.369 of mom. I mean, to be fair, that's a travesty. 00:19:49.390 --> 00:19:52.829 Yeah. Oh, yeah. Yeah. If it's not done the correct 00:19:52.829 --> 00:19:57.430 way, it will be turned into a situation for him. 00:19:57.529 --> 00:20:00.390 So, yeah, usually I am the one who buckles him. 00:20:00.529 --> 00:20:02.250 And it was like one of those days where it's 00:20:02.250 --> 00:20:04.950 like I was getting Cruz ready to go. Cruz was 00:20:04.950 --> 00:20:06.609 like crying in his car seat. So I'm trying to 00:20:06.609 --> 00:20:09.509 calm him down. And then Michael's like, OK, let 00:20:09.509 --> 00:20:11.829 me just usually Michael will put him in the car 00:20:11.829 --> 00:20:14.470 seat and then he wants me to buckle him. OK. 00:20:15.150 --> 00:20:17.849 And so it ended up being like Michael was just 00:20:17.849 --> 00:20:19.390 like, I'm just going to buckle you really quick, 00:20:19.470 --> 00:20:22.690 buddy. And it was not, not the right answer. 00:20:23.349 --> 00:20:28.549 So tears. Yes. My next one kind of goes with 00:20:28.549 --> 00:20:31.049 just getting in the car. And this isn't just 00:20:31.049 --> 00:20:34.269 this week. This almost always happens. And it's 00:20:34.269 --> 00:20:37.490 leaving grandparents' houses. Anytime we leave. 00:20:38.200 --> 00:20:40.559 Either grandparents' house. My parents' is a 00:20:40.559 --> 00:20:42.339 little bit better. I think partially because 00:20:42.339 --> 00:20:44.720 we're there a little more frequently, so he's 00:20:44.720 --> 00:20:46.740 more used to it. But especially Stuart's parents, 00:20:46.920 --> 00:20:49.160 it's like every time we get in the car and he's 00:20:49.160 --> 00:20:52.720 just so sad to leave G -Ma and Op -Op's house 00:20:52.720 --> 00:20:55.039 or Grandma and Boppa's house. That's so sweet, 00:20:55.039 --> 00:20:57.299 though. He just wants to hang out longer. Yeah, 00:20:57.380 --> 00:21:00.000 you're like, okay, if you want to. Yeah. All 00:21:00.000 --> 00:21:05.599 right. Okay, my next one is he cried because 00:21:05.599 --> 00:21:09.579 he head -butted Dad. Yeah, and because it hurt. 00:21:09.779 --> 00:21:13.019 Yeah. Yeah. That would hurt. I've talked about 00:21:13.019 --> 00:21:15.880 a bunch on the podcast how much my child likes 00:21:15.880 --> 00:21:20.799 to headbutt things, excited headbutts or angry 00:21:20.799 --> 00:21:22.819 headbutts. This was just like a playful one, 00:21:22.900 --> 00:21:27.980 and then it was a painful headbutt, understandably. 00:21:28.059 --> 00:21:32.599 So he cried, but I don't think he'll – I don't 00:21:32.599 --> 00:21:34.359 think he's learned his lesson from it. I mean, 00:21:34.359 --> 00:21:37.000 I usually cry when Lloyd headbutts me because 00:21:37.000 --> 00:21:40.700 it hurts. Because it hurts. Those heads are hard. 00:21:40.880 --> 00:21:42.380 He's headbutted me in, like, the mouth and the 00:21:42.380 --> 00:21:45.839 teeth a couple of times. Oof. Yeah. Yeah, it 00:21:45.839 --> 00:21:48.539 really hurts. I'm like, this kid has a really 00:21:48.539 --> 00:21:53.099 strong skull. Yes. He must at this point because 00:21:53.099 --> 00:21:57.039 there's been a lot of headbutting. Great. My 00:21:57.039 --> 00:22:00.650 next one is his sister was crying. Oh. So she 00:22:00.650 --> 00:22:02.970 was crying and that made him cry. And I don't 00:22:02.970 --> 00:22:05.049 know if it was, like, an empathetic thing. Or, 00:22:05.049 --> 00:22:07.670 like, an annoyed thing. An annoyed thing. Or 00:22:07.670 --> 00:22:09.470 if it was just, like, she's crying so I should 00:22:09.470 --> 00:22:12.089 cry. Like, everyone should be crying right now. 00:22:12.250 --> 00:22:15.410 Yep. A courtesy cry. Yeah. Like, this doesn't 00:22:15.410 --> 00:22:17.849 make my life easier because now I have to figure 00:22:17.849 --> 00:22:22.529 out what both of you need. But, yeah. And that's 00:22:22.529 --> 00:22:25.910 a whole thing, too. Yes. Yeah. Ugh. Okay, my 00:22:25.910 --> 00:22:28.670 next one is he cried because I had to feed Cruz. 00:22:29.789 --> 00:22:32.549 And that's been like a – That's been a thing 00:22:32.549 --> 00:22:33.930 this whole time. That's been a thing for sure. 00:22:34.029 --> 00:22:37.490 It stopped recently, but just this week it kind 00:22:37.490 --> 00:22:41.049 of started again of like, oh, no, he needs mom 00:22:41.049 --> 00:22:46.349 and he needs mom right now. And then if Cruz 00:22:46.349 --> 00:22:49.089 has to eat, then it's like, I don't know what 00:22:49.089 --> 00:22:52.769 to do here. Yeah, yeah. So poor Colty didn't 00:22:52.769 --> 00:22:56.170 get the attention he needed in that time. It's 00:22:56.170 --> 00:23:00.329 rough. Yeah. My next one is we were at the zoo 00:23:00.329 --> 00:23:03.329 this week and I wouldn't let him climb into the 00:23:03.329 --> 00:23:08.849 flamingo enclosure. He wanted to climb in. How 00:23:08.849 --> 00:23:13.549 come, mom? And I said no. It was pretty awful. 00:23:13.970 --> 00:23:16.190 You're like, sorry, buddy. I don't know what 00:23:16.190 --> 00:23:19.109 those flamingos would do. I don't know if they're 00:23:19.109 --> 00:23:21.289 vicious. I don't think flamingos are really vicious. 00:23:22.009 --> 00:23:24.609 let's not find out i guess i mean i know i don't 00:23:24.609 --> 00:23:27.730 want him to get the kangaroo oh for sure which 00:23:27.730 --> 00:23:31.170 also this is like a total side tangent have you 00:23:31.170 --> 00:23:33.029 been to the zoo since they've opened like the 00:23:33.029 --> 00:23:37.029 australian no exhibit so they oh wait where you 00:23:37.029 --> 00:23:39.390 can walk through with the wallabies yeah yeah 00:23:39.390 --> 00:23:43.789 which is like kind of cool but it's also i feel 00:23:43.789 --> 00:23:47.599 like poorly thought through because so For anyone 00:23:47.599 --> 00:23:50.400 who hasn't been to the Denver Zoo recently, they 00:23:50.400 --> 00:23:53.799 have a new Australian exhibit. So they have like 00:23:53.799 --> 00:23:57.619 kangaroos and wallabies and a few other like 00:23:57.619 --> 00:24:00.720 native Australian animals. And for the wallaby 00:24:00.720 --> 00:24:04.819 enclosure, you can like go in and they're not 00:24:04.819 --> 00:24:08.059 caged off from you. Yeah. But there's a path 00:24:08.059 --> 00:24:11.140 you have to stay on. So like when I heard that 00:24:11.140 --> 00:24:14.099 they were making this, my brain went like, oh, 00:24:14.160 --> 00:24:17.079 like. you were going to be, like, among the wallabies. 00:24:17.359 --> 00:24:20.039 It's like, no, there's, like, a paved path that 00:24:20.039 --> 00:24:22.099 humans have to stay on and then wood chips that 00:24:22.099 --> 00:24:25.519 wallabies stay on. Yeah. And it's kind of weird 00:24:25.519 --> 00:24:27.319 because it's, because you're not, like, supposed 00:24:27.319 --> 00:24:29.400 to go up to them, which, like, I guess is fair 00:24:29.400 --> 00:24:31.039 and reasonable, but then why did you make this 00:24:31.039 --> 00:24:34.039 exhibit this way? I don't know. Yeah. So, yeah, 00:24:34.099 --> 00:24:35.960 Lloyd was not happy. That was another thing. 00:24:35.960 --> 00:24:37.960 Then he couldn't go pet the wallabies. Yeah. 00:24:38.019 --> 00:24:41.599 Yeah. Which, I mean, I could, yeah, I get that, 00:24:41.619 --> 00:24:44.740 too. I'm like, oh, well. why can't i right all 00:24:44.740 --> 00:24:48.680 the other animals are like in yeah cages there's 00:24:48.680 --> 00:24:51.200 like a wall between us or glass or something 00:24:51.200 --> 00:24:53.140 and this is these are the only ones and they're 00:24:53.140 --> 00:24:55.099 on wood chips wood chips is like the playground 00:24:55.099 --> 00:24:59.039 yeah so yep yeah it feels like a weird design 00:24:59.039 --> 00:25:01.920 it does i thought it was cool like when we walked 00:25:01.920 --> 00:25:03.839 through it i was like oh this is so cool but 00:25:03.839 --> 00:25:07.319 then now as i have like a toddler who runs i'm 00:25:07.319 --> 00:25:09.559 like if he was out of his stroller i could see 00:25:09.559 --> 00:25:12.480 him just booking it yeah well and we had the 00:25:12.480 --> 00:25:14.380 stroller and we took lloyd out of it because 00:25:14.380 --> 00:25:17.579 i did not realize that he was gonna that or that 00:25:17.579 --> 00:25:22.099 he couldn't couldn't yeah yeah so no no to anyone 00:25:22.099 --> 00:25:24.599 if you're going to the denver zoo and you want 00:25:24.599 --> 00:25:26.440 to go see the wallabies keep your toddler in 00:25:26.440 --> 00:25:30.940 the stroller yep unfortunately no okay my next 00:25:30.940 --> 00:25:37.140 one is um colt cried because i was singing What 00:25:37.140 --> 00:25:39.240 song were you singing? Oh, I was singing Barbara 00:25:39.240 --> 00:25:42.059 Ann, which is like. It's the song of the year. 00:25:42.700 --> 00:25:46.000 Yeah, the song of the year for our kids. And 00:25:46.000 --> 00:25:50.640 he didn't like that I was singing along to it 00:25:50.640 --> 00:25:53.720 and not just him singing along to it. It was 00:25:53.720 --> 00:25:57.079 playing like on the speaker. And then I was like 00:25:57.079 --> 00:25:59.839 singing and like dancing and thought I was like. 00:26:00.269 --> 00:26:02.750 having a good time with him and he goes stop 00:26:02.750 --> 00:26:06.730 mama stop mama and then just cries i'm like do 00:26:06.730 --> 00:26:10.069 you not like my voice buddy i was like okay buddy 00:26:10.069 --> 00:26:12.569 i won't sing you just sing you sing i thought 00:26:12.569 --> 00:26:16.069 i could carry a tune yeah apparently not all 00:26:16.069 --> 00:26:18.930 right my next one um is just that he had a short 00:26:18.930 --> 00:26:22.950 nap this has happened so this week has been a 00:26:22.950 --> 00:26:25.869 little crazy because our kids are gonna They 00:26:25.869 --> 00:26:28.250 share a room. And so this is the first week I've 00:26:28.250 --> 00:26:30.150 been trying to have them both nap at the same 00:26:30.150 --> 00:26:33.390 time, which has been going better than I expected. 00:26:33.670 --> 00:26:36.329 Nice. But it does mean that Lloyd has had shorter 00:26:36.329 --> 00:26:39.589 naps than normal just because he hasn't had anyone 00:26:39.589 --> 00:26:41.750 sleep in his room with him since he was in his 00:26:41.750 --> 00:26:44.390 bassinet with us. So, like, I get it. That's 00:26:44.390 --> 00:26:47.109 an adjustment. That's an adjustment for me, too. 00:26:47.589 --> 00:26:51.940 So he's had shorter naps. And there was at least 00:26:51.940 --> 00:26:54.720 one day that I like had to wake him up. So like, 00:26:54.759 --> 00:26:57.359 if I let you sleep any longer, bedtime's never 00:26:57.359 --> 00:27:00.740 going to happen. And then he cried because I 00:27:00.740 --> 00:27:03.079 had to wake him up. And I was like, I feel so 00:27:03.079 --> 00:27:04.799 bad because I know you're tired and I want to 00:27:04.799 --> 00:27:07.549 let you sleep. But also. I need you to sleep 00:27:07.549 --> 00:27:10.369 at bedtime and not be up till like 1030. Yes. 00:27:10.410 --> 00:27:13.109 You're like, mom needs that time. Yeah. Yeah. 00:27:13.230 --> 00:27:17.289 Oh, speaking of naps. Uh, yeah. My next one is 00:27:17.289 --> 00:27:19.630 because he woke up from his nap and he's been, 00:27:19.650 --> 00:27:23.250 he's been doing this like just this last like 00:27:23.250 --> 00:27:28.069 week or so. If he wakes up from his nap, like 00:27:28.069 --> 00:27:30.470 on his own, rather than me having to wake him 00:27:30.470 --> 00:27:33.009 up. Cause he's like slept for too long. He like. 00:27:33.400 --> 00:27:35.799 wakes up he like sits there he usually throws 00:27:35.799 --> 00:27:38.220 everything out of his crib so blankets pillows 00:27:38.220 --> 00:27:41.519 stuffies everything out and he'll usually just 00:27:41.519 --> 00:27:44.339 sit there and while i like come up to the room 00:27:44.339 --> 00:27:47.039 and then i go in there and then he like cries 00:27:47.039 --> 00:27:49.740 right when i get in there and like lays down 00:27:49.740 --> 00:27:52.500 and like kicks his feet and then i'm like okay 00:27:52.500 --> 00:27:54.299 buddy like do you need a few more minutes and 00:27:54.299 --> 00:27:57.500 he goes yes and i'm like okay i'll give you a 00:27:57.500 --> 00:27:59.920 few minutes you just call Call when you're ready. 00:28:00.380 --> 00:28:02.700 And then I'll like go back downstairs for a few 00:28:02.700 --> 00:28:05.119 minutes. He'll like cry a little bit. Then he'll 00:28:05.119 --> 00:28:08.160 like sit there. And then he goes, Mama. And I'm 00:28:08.160 --> 00:28:12.299 like, all right, you ready, buddy? Yes. Okay. 00:28:13.200 --> 00:28:15.880 i mean i guess i need a few minutes when i wake 00:28:15.880 --> 00:28:19.839 up too i do too but like i yeah i don't know 00:28:19.839 --> 00:28:21.819 i thought he was ready when he was sitting there 00:28:21.819 --> 00:28:25.059 the first time maybe wait longer i don't know 00:28:25.059 --> 00:28:27.299 i don't yeah or is it good just gonna happen 00:28:27.299 --> 00:28:29.339 even if you wait half an hour i don't know yeah 00:28:29.339 --> 00:28:32.380 i'm like do i wait for him to like be like mama 00:28:32.380 --> 00:28:35.740 like call for me maybe maybe i'll try that but 00:28:36.480 --> 00:28:38.960 Yeah, that's been a fun new thing. I mean, waking 00:28:38.960 --> 00:28:41.299 up from, I also don't like waking up from naps. 00:28:41.299 --> 00:28:43.240 So I can't blame either of them on this one. 00:28:43.240 --> 00:28:45.079 No, I'm like the groggy feeling of like waking 00:28:45.079 --> 00:28:48.440 up from a nap. Like maybe that's what he was, 00:28:48.500 --> 00:28:50.799 he's experiencing. Yeah. And he doesn't like. 00:28:51.150 --> 00:28:52.869 obviously doesn't know how to communicate that 00:28:52.869 --> 00:28:56.170 or even like what it is yeah anything like that 00:28:56.170 --> 00:28:58.549 yeah there are so many of these things where 00:28:58.549 --> 00:29:01.349 i like do feel bad for little kids because i'm 00:29:01.349 --> 00:29:03.430 like you're experiencing this thing that's awful 00:29:03.430 --> 00:29:05.769 that as humans we all agree is awful like waking 00:29:05.769 --> 00:29:08.789 up groggy from a nap but you have no understanding 00:29:08.789 --> 00:29:11.130 or comprehension and i can't even like explain 00:29:11.130 --> 00:29:14.589 it to you or like if you have a sugar crash like 00:29:14.589 --> 00:29:17.599 as an adult you're like I did this to myself. 00:29:17.740 --> 00:29:20.740 I had too much sugar or whatever. But as a kid, 00:29:20.759 --> 00:29:22.599 you just know, like, I was feeling great, and 00:29:22.599 --> 00:29:25.380 now I'm feeling awful. Yeah, and what happened? 00:29:25.500 --> 00:29:29.039 And that's just it. Yep, exactly. Okay, I have 00:29:29.039 --> 00:29:32.680 one last one, and that was he had to put on his 00:29:32.680 --> 00:29:37.119 pants. So he's mostly potty trained. We still 00:29:37.119 --> 00:29:39.420 have him in diapers when he sleeps. So that means, 00:29:39.519 --> 00:29:41.480 like, we're not going to let him just run around 00:29:41.480 --> 00:29:45.000 pantsless? Mm -mm. I know. That's how it works 00:29:45.000 --> 00:29:47.799 in some houses, and that's fine, but we don't 00:29:47.799 --> 00:29:49.420 want him to. But you wouldn't prefer that. Yes, 00:29:49.420 --> 00:29:52.259 we don't want him to be running around pantsless 00:29:52.259 --> 00:29:54.880 as much as we can control it. And so I, like, 00:29:54.880 --> 00:29:57.420 took him potty, and then we had to put pants 00:29:57.420 --> 00:30:00.259 back on. And he didn't want to. He doesn't want 00:30:00.259 --> 00:30:03.859 to. And he has been fighting back just in general 00:30:03.859 --> 00:30:06.839 lately, specifically with me putting on his pants. 00:30:07.380 --> 00:30:09.619 Sometimes if Stuart's home, I'm like, do you 00:30:09.619 --> 00:30:11.700 want Dad to do it? And he's like, Dad. Like, 00:30:11.700 --> 00:30:15.039 okay, and then it's fine. But so usually I give 00:30:15.039 --> 00:30:17.259 him two options. Like you can either put on pants 00:30:17.259 --> 00:30:19.680 like a big kid and like I'll help you put them 00:30:19.680 --> 00:30:22.420 on or you can lay down like a baby and I'll put 00:30:22.420 --> 00:30:25.559 them on you. And lately he's been like, lay down, 00:30:25.660 --> 00:30:29.700 baby. Lay down, baby. Okay. Whatever. That's 00:30:29.700 --> 00:30:31.799 fine. Your pants are on. Your pants are on. It's 00:30:31.799 --> 00:30:37.460 less of a fight. Okay. Sure. So, but yes, I made 00:30:37.460 --> 00:30:40.599 him put pants on and again. What a terrible mother 00:30:40.599 --> 00:30:44.700 you are. Gosh. I know. I know it's awful. Okay. 00:30:44.779 --> 00:30:47.559 My last one, um, actually happened tonight at 00:30:47.559 --> 00:30:51.019 dinner as well. Well, before dinner, uh, he was 00:30:51.019 --> 00:30:53.599 helping make dinner and he was, it was actually 00:30:53.599 --> 00:30:55.259 Michael's grandparents that were making dinner 00:30:55.259 --> 00:30:58.079 and, uh, they were putting like salt on stuff 00:30:58.079 --> 00:31:01.099 and he just like takes a, like a finger full 00:31:01.099 --> 00:31:03.180 of salt and just like puts it in his mouth and 00:31:03.180 --> 00:31:06.640 eats it. And he just goes, ah, and like sticks 00:31:06.640 --> 00:31:10.910 his tongue out. And like runs over to me and 00:31:10.910 --> 00:31:13.710 is like coughing. And I thought he was like choking 00:31:13.710 --> 00:31:16.670 on food. And then I look and his hands like covered 00:31:16.670 --> 00:31:19.289 in salt. And I was like, oh, buddy, did you eat 00:31:19.289 --> 00:31:24.190 salt? And he goes, ah, just crying. And I was 00:31:24.190 --> 00:31:26.670 like, okay, let's get water, water, water. Lloyd 00:31:26.670 --> 00:31:29.630 likes to, well, Stuart likes a lot of hot sauces. 00:31:29.670 --> 00:31:31.619 And so he. puts hot sauce on almost everything 00:31:31.619 --> 00:31:34.200 he eats. Oh, yeah. And Lloyd wants whatever dad 00:31:34.200 --> 00:31:38.039 has. And so usually, like, first time he asks, 00:31:38.079 --> 00:31:39.819 we're like, no, buddy, you don't need it. And 00:31:39.819 --> 00:31:42.259 if he asks, like, two or three times, then Stuart 00:31:42.259 --> 00:31:44.579 will just, like... a drop on his finger and let 00:31:44.579 --> 00:31:47.180 him try it and that's the case most of the time 00:31:47.180 --> 00:31:48.900 and we're like okay milk milk here's your milk 00:31:48.900 --> 00:31:52.019 drink your milk yeah yeah we have had that happen 00:31:52.019 --> 00:31:55.420 a few times and we like usually wait till at 00:31:55.420 --> 00:31:57.859 least colt is like pretty much done eating because 00:31:57.859 --> 00:32:01.059 we know that like if it's too spicy yeah he's 00:32:01.059 --> 00:32:05.380 done and it like it it ends the meal so yeah 00:32:05.380 --> 00:32:09.640 that was i think this is just like a highlight 00:32:09.640 --> 00:32:14.369 of of just our our weeks with our toddlers and 00:32:14.369 --> 00:32:16.509 lives it's just what it looks like right now 00:32:16.509 --> 00:32:20.069 and most of these just like anytime my toddler 00:32:20.069 --> 00:32:22.589 cries i mean a lot of the times i'm like sympathetic 00:32:22.589 --> 00:32:25.789 of course but like sometimes they just like it 00:32:25.789 --> 00:32:28.769 makes you laugh it's like the burrito one yes 00:32:28.769 --> 00:32:31.269 both stewart and i had to like because i was 00:32:31.269 --> 00:32:33.490 like i don't want to laugh at him right now because 00:32:33.490 --> 00:32:36.809 he's clearly distraught yeah for whatever reason 00:32:36.809 --> 00:32:40.210 yeah but it was so funny and it was one of those 00:32:40.210 --> 00:32:42.750 like i have to walk away so i'm not laughing 00:32:42.750 --> 00:32:45.880 at my child who's crying at you yeah that's so 00:32:45.880 --> 00:32:49.480 good well we'd love to hear what your guys uh 00:32:49.480 --> 00:32:53.119 whether you're like in full toddler hood right 00:32:53.119 --> 00:32:56.500 now with your kids or maybe you have older kids 00:32:56.500 --> 00:32:59.299 still want to hear like reasons why your kids 00:32:59.299 --> 00:33:02.680 cried this week yeah i got upset yeah tantrum 00:33:02.680 --> 00:33:06.519 yep yep or even just like thinking back to when 00:33:06.519 --> 00:33:09.279 your kids were young we'd love to hear some of 00:33:09.279 --> 00:33:12.990 those funny Funny moments. Okay. Do you want 00:33:12.990 --> 00:33:17.430 to hop into your win of the week? Yes. So I mentioned 00:33:17.430 --> 00:33:21.529 this a little bit. We're trying to get the kids 00:33:21.529 --> 00:33:24.069 used to sharing a room, but I'm also really trying 00:33:24.069 --> 00:33:27.410 to get Zeta napping in her crib. Yeah. Because 00:33:27.410 --> 00:33:29.890 up until now, we've mostly done contact naps 00:33:29.890 --> 00:33:32.190 or she'll sleep in her swing and it's worked. 00:33:32.430 --> 00:33:36.349 But now she's like, she'll have like a 15 minute 00:33:36.349 --> 00:33:38.940 nap. If it's a contact nap or in her swing. And 00:33:38.940 --> 00:33:41.259 then something will happen to wake her up. Yeah. 00:33:41.680 --> 00:33:44.460 You know, Lloyd wakes her up or something. And 00:33:44.460 --> 00:33:46.660 she's old enough that she's interested in what's 00:33:46.660 --> 00:33:48.660 going on. So she wakes up and she doesn't fall 00:33:48.660 --> 00:33:51.460 back asleep like she did when she was a newborn. 00:33:51.680 --> 00:33:53.819 Yeah. So I'm like, okay, we got to get you in 00:33:53.819 --> 00:33:56.380 your crib. Yeah. So you can get like actual good 00:33:56.380 --> 00:33:59.259 naps. Yeah. And it's been going surprisingly 00:33:59.259 --> 00:34:02.519 well. Oh, good. Yesterday, I would not have said 00:34:02.519 --> 00:34:06.289 that. And everyone was in tears. For the most 00:34:06.289 --> 00:34:11.630 part, it's been going really well. That's awesome. 00:34:11.849 --> 00:34:14.469 Almost every day this week, we've gotten at least 00:34:14.469 --> 00:34:17.550 one solid nap in the crib. Nice. And then a couple 00:34:17.550 --> 00:34:20.070 other of like, okay, it was a short nap, but 00:34:20.070 --> 00:34:23.570 you slept in your crib. Yeah. And at least one, 00:34:23.570 --> 00:34:27.050 she got herself to sleep too. Yeah. So. That's 00:34:27.050 --> 00:34:29.489 awesome. And I'm like, oh, this is. And actually, 00:34:29.570 --> 00:34:34.010 the other thing, she's been going to sleep in 00:34:34.010 --> 00:34:37.920 her bassinet. before we do so it's like at bedtime 00:34:37.920 --> 00:34:40.760 at Lloyd's bedtime yeah they both go down and 00:34:40.760 --> 00:34:44.260 she sleeps in her bassinet um so we're like oh 00:34:44.260 --> 00:34:46.500 we have like awesome you have like some time 00:34:46.500 --> 00:34:50.699 a little time just the two of us and it's crazy 00:34:50.699 --> 00:34:53.119 that's nice like I forgot I gotta start working 00:34:53.119 --> 00:34:56.099 on that yeah I mean for we tried it a couple 00:34:56.099 --> 00:34:59.789 times and it didn't work and then again with 00:34:59.789 --> 00:35:01.429 the nighttime thing it just came to the point 00:35:01.429 --> 00:35:03.829 where it was like she'd be sleeping on me and 00:35:03.829 --> 00:35:06.130 the tv would be just like a little bit too loud 00:35:06.130 --> 00:35:08.150 and she'd wake up and then she'd be up till 10 00:35:08.150 --> 00:35:12.130 30 yeah and so it just wasn't working and we 00:35:12.130 --> 00:35:15.110 tried it one night this weekend and it did work 00:35:15.110 --> 00:35:18.349 and so we're like well let's keep trying it and 00:35:18.349 --> 00:35:21.010 i mean we've had a couple of like false starts 00:35:21.010 --> 00:35:22.750 or whatever and had to like go back and get her 00:35:22.750 --> 00:35:25.949 back to sleep but overall it's going really well 00:35:25.949 --> 00:35:28.469 and I was like oh yeah I forgot what it's like 00:35:28.469 --> 00:35:31.289 to have like alone time with my husband sometimes 00:35:31.289 --> 00:35:35.010 yeah what does that look like it's crazy I forgot 00:35:35.010 --> 00:35:39.210 it's a thing dang well commend you for because 00:35:39.210 --> 00:35:41.869 that's a lot of work like yeah a lot of trial 00:35:41.869 --> 00:35:46.590 and error I feel like yeah it's it's just a lot 00:35:46.590 --> 00:35:49.969 of like who knows if this is gonna work and if 00:35:49.969 --> 00:35:52.760 it doesn't like Like do we keep trying or do 00:35:52.760 --> 00:35:56.079 we stop trying because it's not. Yeah. Yep. Yep. 00:35:56.139 --> 00:35:58.460 So commend you for that. I know I need to like 00:35:58.460 --> 00:36:01.579 start doing those things, but it just feels like 00:36:01.579 --> 00:36:04.679 a lot of work. So I feel like we found like a 00:36:04.679 --> 00:36:07.280 sweet spot in time. Yeah. And so I don't know 00:36:07.280 --> 00:36:10.860 if that's Zeta specific or if that's like. Yeah. 00:36:11.000 --> 00:36:15.179 Yeah. Yeah. Okay, my win. So I mentioned for 00:36:15.179 --> 00:36:18.719 the mom moment that Michael was up at camp with 00:36:18.719 --> 00:36:21.579 his youth group this last week. And so this was 00:36:21.579 --> 00:36:24.900 like the longest time I solo parented. So it 00:36:24.900 --> 00:36:27.760 was four nights. We actually went up to camp 00:36:27.760 --> 00:36:30.500 one night. So technically three nights of solo 00:36:30.500 --> 00:36:33.860 parenting. And both of my kids are not the best 00:36:33.860 --> 00:36:36.920 sleepers. And so I just went into it like super 00:36:36.920 --> 00:36:39.699 anxious and nervous about like especially the 00:36:39.699 --> 00:36:42.420 night times and like knowing I was just going 00:36:42.420 --> 00:36:47.780 to be exhausted. And I was for sure. And definitely 00:36:47.780 --> 00:36:52.340 drank more caffeine than usual weeks. But I just 00:36:52.340 --> 00:36:55.500 like overall, it just went really well. And I 00:36:55.500 --> 00:36:58.699 was so grateful for that. We had like hard moments, 00:36:58.920 --> 00:37:02.619 but. All of us survived. We all came out happy 00:37:02.619 --> 00:37:05.780 and very grateful. Michael was home that Friday. 00:37:05.780 --> 00:37:07.880 No one's permanently traumatized. No, hopefully 00:37:07.880 --> 00:37:12.920 not. No one other than myself. But no, I just 00:37:12.920 --> 00:37:15.539 was, it went really well. Thankfully I had like 00:37:15.539 --> 00:37:18.579 someone helped me every single day, whether it 00:37:18.579 --> 00:37:21.500 was for like just a couple of hours or like I 00:37:21.500 --> 00:37:24.199 was able to put the boys in childcare for like 00:37:24.199 --> 00:37:27.599 six hours on Tuesday. So then I could like shower 00:37:27.599 --> 00:37:32.489 and just. have a moment to myself so we survived 00:37:32.489 --> 00:37:35.449 and that is just my win of the week of like I 00:37:35.449 --> 00:37:38.250 went into it really anxious and nervous and it 00:37:38.250 --> 00:37:41.869 just went very well in comparison to what I thought 00:37:41.869 --> 00:37:43.329 it was going to be I thought it was going to 00:37:43.329 --> 00:37:47.170 be terrible and it and we did it you did it yeah 00:37:47.170 --> 00:37:51.329 yeah yeah I haven't had that like since Zeta 00:37:51.329 --> 00:37:53.730 has been born Stuart hasn't like gone away but 00:37:53.730 --> 00:37:56.519 last summer Stuart went away for Probably the 00:37:56.519 --> 00:37:58.099 same amount of time, like, four nights or something 00:37:58.099 --> 00:38:00.320 like that. And that was enough. It's not easy. 00:38:01.000 --> 00:38:03.179 Yeah, because you literally, like, don't have 00:38:03.179 --> 00:38:06.559 a set. No. You know, normally when you're sleeping, 00:38:06.599 --> 00:38:08.900 you're like kind of on edge. Yeah. You can't 00:38:08.900 --> 00:38:11.179 even just like shower and be like, I'm off the 00:38:11.179 --> 00:38:13.059 clock for these 20 minutes because you're going 00:38:13.059 --> 00:38:14.880 to listen to it for him while I'm in the shower. 00:38:14.920 --> 00:38:16.599 It's like, no, I'm in the shower. And also after 00:38:16.599 --> 00:38:19.760 I'm actively listening. Yeah. Yeah. And that 00:38:19.760 --> 00:38:25.559 total like phantom cry is so real. I ever since 00:38:25.559 --> 00:38:28.380 Colt was born, like I have not taken a shower 00:38:28.380 --> 00:38:30.940 since that. I haven't thought one of my kids 00:38:30.940 --> 00:38:34.440 was crying. Yeah. Yeah. So good times. Yeah. 00:38:34.519 --> 00:38:36.159 If you're not a mother yet, something to look 00:38:36.159 --> 00:38:39.800 forward to. Yeah. Well, thanks for tuning in 00:38:39.800 --> 00:38:44.699 today to No Manual. And we hope that you enjoyed 00:38:44.699 --> 00:38:46.599 today's episode. And hopefully you can relate 00:38:46.599 --> 00:38:50.780 as a mom of just like, hey, toddler cries. Really 00:38:50.780 --> 00:38:53.820 any cries of kids, like whether it be funny or 00:38:53.820 --> 00:38:56.579 not. It's just, you know. It's a part of motherhood. 00:38:56.619 --> 00:38:58.320 Yeah. It's part of motherhood. Tears. And we've 00:38:58.320 --> 00:39:00.159 all cried about all those things too. Oh, for 00:39:00.159 --> 00:39:03.199 sure. Yeah. Whether it's me as an adult or as 00:39:03.199 --> 00:39:05.860 a kid. A lot of them recently. Yeah. Yeah. Especially 00:39:05.860 --> 00:39:09.280 the golf ball in the mouth. Yeah. All right. 00:39:09.360 --> 00:39:11.900 Well, we will see you guys next week. Have a 00:39:11.900 --> 00:39:12.239 good week.