date: Fri 25 Jul 2025 11:47:18 PM PDT
subj: little people changing sleeping more getting stronger
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This week has been an interesting for us. Our son has started
sleeping 8 hours. He gets tired around 7:30 to 8:30 pm, likes
his bottle before heading off to sleep. Our daughter is is
starting to get tired around the same time as our son, but is
only sleeping about 5 hours. Its scary and exciting. Scary
because its unusual for us, and exciting because we might be
able to start to get on a more normal schedule.  

Our son is getting stronger with his tummy time. He's putting
his head up with his arms under his chest. He loves looking at
the high contrast stars with stripes, and rocket ship in his
play area. He did stop smiling as much this week, and has a real
frown face. Its like he went from smiling to frowning.  I'm
hoping he smiles more because when he does he looks so happy. 

Today I did get a smile from him, when he was in his rocker on
the table and kitty came up to visit us. I said kitty is here
and he seemed to really like the word kitty. He had a huge
beautiful grin, the kind that lights up a parent's heart. Only
for a moment, and the lovelier the moment, the shorter it seems.
He was content there and he listened while I made coffee and
showed him the coffee beans. I gave him a monologue of making
coffee, until I broke and told him one day we'll have coffee
together. 

Our daughter is super interested in faces right now, and she
gets a huge smile when we talk to her. She tries to talk back a
bit with her coos, and most of the time she is pretty happy. She
does her bam bams (kicks her legs) and just looks around with a
smile or near smile on her face. 


Bath day again. The kids are clean ones again. No cheesy necks.
My daughter was very relaxed in her bath today. I scrubbed and
washed her hair. It was like she was at the salon getting a head
massage. She seems like she enjoyed. She didn't wiggle all over,
and let me gently scrub her head. My son behave a bit different,
although he seemed to enjoy getting his head scrubbed as well,
but he looks all around in the bath tub. He nearly puts his
mouth in the water he is so interested in his environment.
Eventually he got to relax like his sister and enjoy the warm
water. He is neat to watch sitting up, he is getting so big in
the bath if he was able he could sit up and his chest would be
out of the water. Bath time is always a treat. The warm water
seems like a natural place for them. 

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Our time off work is ending, and its a bummer. Nanny or daycare
is approaching fast. We wish one of us didn't have to work so we
can stay home and take care of our children, but reality is
harsh. The area we live in with the economy the way it is
dictates we both work, and that means our children see someone
else a majority of the time during their waking hours. I can't
seem to change this fact right now for us. Give the potential of
some financial stability, and spend time with our children, or
be destitute in the future. The later is still possible no matter
how hard we try today, but there is a certainty if we don't. I
still don't have to like reality. The days of one parent income
and four children seemed like a good time even though I never
lived it. I watch Leave It to Beaver more than once and seemed
like a nice life.