Tyler is doing great. He has been night weaned for a couple of months now and he has actually moved to a twin bed off our bed. He goes down there between 8-10 depending on his nap and then climbs up with us between 5-7. I like having him in the room as his room would be on the other side of the house with how our house is set up. I think it's a natural step to get him out of the bed and but still close to us! It is working out really nice as I am having far less back,neck and shoulder pain! :) In relation to this we have cut back nursing to before and after bed and his nap. I believe it is still a need of his that I need to meet but I was getting a little agitated with him being on me all day so this is a good compromise in my mind!
Tyler has continued to do well on his potty all day. He will use it all day long with no accidents but we have to keep him naked all day! The second I put underwear on him he thinks its ok to go. So we just put it on hold for a couple weeks and started again this week and he seems more interested in his underwear with monsters on them! So hopefully we will be on the next phase of potty training.
I am really worried about Tyler's teeth though. We took him to a pediatric dentist when he was one and she advised that we wipe his teeth down with some wet gauze every night to get the buildup off so we did that for 6 months and his teeth started to decay. We took him back about two months ago and she gave us a fluoride gel and we put that on a night but it has continued to get worse. We brush his teeth and floss daily but his top four teeth are continuing to decay regardless of what we seem to do. I am going to contact the dentist again to see if there are more proactive measures we can take before it gets worse. I have a serious fear of having a child with silver teeth.... but we have been on top of his oral health from day one! We used the little finger brush as soon as he got teeth!
As for me. I have become a vegetarian again. I was enjoying having a wide range of things to cook but I continued to gain weight. I had previously lost 17 pounds and then I added meat back to my diet in November while changing nothing else and proceeded to gain it ALL back. I have started a couch to 5k program yet again! I ran the first week but was unable to run all of the intervals and my shin was hurting after my third run so I am taking a couple days off and will resume tomorrow.
Perhaps the most exciting thing going on is that Tim went to Minnesota to interview for a promotion. This would mean us moving to Albertville, MN which is about 45 miles outside of Minneapolis. While I am happy for this opportunity for Tim and the prospect of not having to struggle as much financially I am rather stressed. I am worried about moving away from the state I was raised in and to the cold which I have never lived in and most importantly leaving our family. I also am upset about the fact that we would have to leave our church that we truly love. I am so happy that Tim is starting to have a relationship with God. It was a day that I hoped would come! We are excited about raising Tyler in the church and all of the principles he will learn.
We will find out by the end of the month if we will be moving. I leave you with some pictures of Tyler.
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