Whats up there! This previous weekend, Wes and I have been house solo. Right here’s a recap!
Matt had a live performance (Dispatch and OAR – ah, faculty reminiscences!) he wished to go to with a bunch of pals up in Pittsburgh space (the place his dad and mom dwell) final evening, and Matt’s older brother and his two older boys (Riese’s cousins) have been going to be up there, too, so it made sense for the 2 of them to go and revel in a protracted weekend!
They left Friday afternoon and they are going to be again later this night (Tuesday).
I used to be unhappy to overlook out on the socializing, however I’ve been touring a lot these days and lengthy highway journeys with Wes should not tremendous enjoyable, so I made a decision we’d keep house. It felt like the precise name!
Wes is 14+ months now and he’s a BUSY man who not often stops transferring.
He’s happiest outdoors, adventuring and climbing issues, so I used to be tremendous comfortable once we ended up having some actually attractive climate this previous weekend – lastly, the loopy warmth broke!
Since he began strolling at 9.5 months, he’s tremendous regular on his ft now and might just about run already. He’s making an attempt to determine leaping however hasn’t fairly gotten there but!
He LOVES stairs – he needs to climb up and down them for ages working towards. He by no means needs a serving to hand, he at all times needs to do all of it himself. My large little man!
The massive replace is that we simply switched Wes to 1 nap (as an alternative of two) a pair weeks in the past. It felt prefer it was time – he was beginning to do one actually lengthy nap after which not likely desirous to go down for the second, and the second was additionally getting fairly late so then his bedtime could be late, too.
I’m THRILLED to be on a one nap schedule. It simply provides us a lot extra flexibility to have the ability to get out and do issues, and I like that his schedule is predictable and constant now, too.
With two naps we did all of it based mostly on wake home windows, so the entire day completely modified based mostly on what time he awoke very first thing within the morning, after which based mostly on what time he awoke from his second nap. It was driving me nuts to by no means have the ability to plan/predict our day by day routine!
We’re nonetheless determining the correct quantity of daytime sleep and time for him to be awake earlier than bedtime, however we’re getting there. We’re doing a midday nap now (we moved again by half-hour each few days to slowly get him there), no matter what time he wakes up within the morning.
To date he’s been taking actually epic naps – 3 hours normally – however I believe it’s slightly greater than he wants as a result of he’s been laborious to get down at evening and waking up tremendous early within the morning (oof).
So, we’re going to experiment with chopping his nap at 2.5 hours, after which giving him an extended wake window earlier than bedtime – possible 5 hours. We’ll see! Any ideas welcome. 🙂 I’d love for him to not be waking up at 5:30 anymore…
Anyway, on to the weekend recap!
Solo Weekend with Wes Recap
Friday
I forgot to take images Friday night, however I believe we went for a stroll within the late afternoon/early night, after which had leftovers for dinner – a variation of my Saucy, Quick Chicken recipe – Wes is a giant fan.
I’ve been out of the behavior of watching TV – normally I find yourself studying earlier than mattress and Matt will watch some TV – however I found one among my favourite senseless reveals (“By no means Have I Ever” on Netflix – so cute and entertaining) had a brand new season out, so I made myself some popcorn and pounded via a number of episodes earlier than mattress!
I positively discover I don’t sleep fairly as properly after I watch TV proper earlier than mattress vs. learn in mattress for awhile to wind down… however the present was so enjoyable I had a tough time turning it off!
Saturday
Wes was up at 5:45 on Saturday and I used to be majorly regretting my later than regular night of TV, however oh properly. At the least it was a lovely morning!
We had a easy breakfast of a few of my Microwave Banana Oatmeal, after which headed out brilliant and early to take a stroll over to the espresso store for a latte for me and a breakfast burrito for us to share slightly later, then walked to the farmer’s market!
All of the produce proper now’s attractive – particularly the peaches! I purchased an entire slew of them they usually have been tremendous scrumptious.
It was good to truly make it to the farmer’s marketplace for the primary time in awhile – with him on the 2 nap schedule, he was normally happening for a nap round 9:30, so it didn’t go away numerous morning time particularly if Riese slept slightly later (she’s normally up round 7 or 7:30ish lately).
After the farmer’s market, we headed to a close-by park to share our breakfast burrito – it has eggs, sausage, cheese, roasted pink peppers, and spinach, and Wes and I each find it irresistible!
He’s fairly choosy about meals in the meanwhile but when he doesn’t eat sufficient he received’t sleep properly, so if I discover one thing he’ll truly eat numerous I’m thrilled.
After the burrito we wandered round a bit, however he stored making an attempt to stroll up onto folks’s porches or proper into the highway (after which having a tantrum after I tried to cease him), so I made a decision we would have liked some fences in our life – again into the stroller he went, after which we walked over to the playground as an alternative!
We had enjoyable there for about an hour, then headed house. It was solely 10am however felt a lot later, ha.
We bumbled round a bit taking part in – Wes is basically into tossing all our tea luggage in every single place:
After which he had some extra leftover breakfast burrito for lunch plus a peach and a few peas, and I had a easy salad I forgot to get an image of. Plus a peach as properly!
He took an epic nap – from 12 to three – and after his nap we had a fast snack, then drove to my mum or dad’s place to have some firm for the remainder of the afternoon + dinner.
I’m positive doing our personal factor within the morning, however by the 4 to 7 p.m. vary I’m normally feeling a bit lonely and prepared for some grownup firm, and a change of surroundings!
My dad and mom and I took Freyja the canine (sure, they nonetheless have her except they’re touring – my dad loves her SO a lot I believe it will break his coronary heart to present her again to us at this level! they first took her initially of the pandemic to “experience out the pandemic with a strolling buddy”, however clearly that went on longer than anybody deliberate) for a stroll with Wes within the stroller, then performed at their home for a bit.
For dinner my mother made us my Salmon with Lemon Mustard Dill Sauce – yum, my fave!
Wes used to like salmon however he’s been refusing it these days, so he had string beans, rice, and a banana as an alternative, and Freyja was thrilled to get his salmon discards (his didn’t have sauce on it) that bought tossed on the ground earlier than I might cease him. Oh properly!
I introduced him house, bought him to mattress, after which watched extra of my TV present. Wes took awhile to settle and I needed to go in as soon as to calm him round 8:30, however he lastly went down.
Sunday
Oof, Wes was up at 3:30am screaming so I gave him a bottle, after which he was up at 6 for the day. I believe his nap was too lengthy the day earlier than… whoops.
Both method, I’m drained and never loving it, however right here we’re.
We shared an Ezekiel cinnamon raisin English muffin with almond butter and hemp seeds and one other farmer’s market peach for a simple breakfast.
He was extra within the peach than the English muffin (I gave him little bites of mine, so it’s not on his plate), so I ended up sprinkling hemp seeds on his peach as properly to get him slightly further endurance.
After we ate, performed slightly, bought dressed, and it was out the door to stroll to the espresso store once more! One other lovely morning – hooray!
We took a brief stroll whereas I talked to Matt + Riese on the telephone, then headed to the playground once more.
Because it was early (about 8:30 by the point we bought there) we just about had the place to ourselves!
Wes was tremendous into climbing issues and doing a number of the little steadiness beam kind stuff – adventurous little man! He doesn’t have any phrases but – guessing he has been too busy with the bodily stuff to do each?
Though he did simply begin singing “Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star” to himself – not with phrases however simply sound. It’s SO cute! He loves music.
We stopped for a snack round 9 – he likes these South Block snack balls and so do I!
We headed house round 9:45 as a result of I truly had a sitter coming at 10 so I might go to yoga + lunch with my good friend Jen.
I used to be on the fence about doing this as a result of I felt responsible however in the long run I made a decision everybody would profit from me having a refreshing break, so I went for it. The sitter that got here is our date evening sitter, so Wes may be very conversant in her!
Yoga felt actually good (we went to my native fave, Thoughts the Mat in Del Ray), and my good friend and I grabbed lunch at Stomping Floor after. I like their salad with roasted hen, feta, farro, and dried cherries – so good!
I used to be again house by 12:45, and Wes was down for his nap so I showered and relaxed till he was up round 3.
Submit-nap we had a snack, then performed for awhile earlier than strolling over to a neighbor good friend’s home for a play date with their 2 yr outdated.
Their son was feeling shy/grumpy and never concerned about a playdate, however fortunately Wes was comfortable bumbling round their yard. We simply stayed for a short while, however it was good to have some transient grownup interplay!
Again at house, we shared some hen tacos for dinner – these had leftover cooked hen, guacamole, a pre-chopped slaw combine with some lime juice, black beans, and some chopped uncooked mushrooms. Plus some chili garlic cholula sauce.
They have been fairly good and simple to throw collectively! Wes was solely within the hen and guac, so I gave him some leftover pancakes from Friday morning as properly to ensure he bought sufficient meals.
Towards my higher judgement, after getting Wes down for bedtime I stayed up and watched the final couple episodes of my present… which I majorly regretted at midnight when Wes awoke screaming and I needed to go in and provides him a bottle.
He has slightly chilly proper now and perhaps can also be getting some new tooth? Who is aware of, his sleep isn’t usually THIS rocky anymore lately…
He was up for the day at 6 once more yesterday (Monday), so I used to be positively feeling fairly tough come morning. However I rallied as on Mondays we’ve a babysitter come so I can work!
I hope you had a pleasant weekend – see you again right here on Friday with some Issues I’m Loving These days!
