My boys!!

So, I finally decided to create a blog. More of a journal for myself. In April I decided to become a stay at home mom with my two boys. I also watch a little girl to make up for me not working outside of our home. It has been going pretty good up until a few weeks ago.

First, I will talk a little about my boys. Zachary is a 4 year old spirited little boy. He makes me feel crazy most days. Everything he does is more emotional than most children his age. He doesn't do well with change, so staying home has been a big adjustment for him. Every day, about a hundred times a day I hear "Who can I play with? What can I do? I am bored! Where can we go?" It is just a never ending day of questions!! And I know that letting him watch TV is part of the problem. Not just TV, but movies and the computer. Example: yesterday I banned him from watching TV after for the 3rd time of asking him to do something. He was a pretty good boy the rest of the day. He played outside, he helped around the house and not once did he ask, "what can I do?" The problem is... If I don't let him watch some TV I don't get a break. He won't leave me alone! I know that if he is in front of the TV for a few hours he will not bother me unless he is hungry. That is other thing that makes me crazy about him. He is always hungry. I put food in front of him and he won't eat. I warn him to eat or he will be hungry later and he won't be able to have anything else until snack time. And yet he still doesn't eat and a half hour later is talking about how hungry he is and being super dramatic!! He is also very loud most of the day. I have to tell him at least five times a day to be quiet or not be so loud. He is very exhausting, but he is a very caring  little boy. He never fails to tell me at least once a day that he loves me. And ever since Zach was a baby he has the best facial expressions: )

Now on to my youngest, Lucas!! Luke will be one in September. He has had reflux since birth. I tried breastfeeding Luke and just finally gave up because all he would do is spit up and eat. I just couldn't keep up with him. This time around deciding to stop was a little easier and I felt less guilty, but there really isn't a day that goes by that I don't wish I could have continued. He was on medicine until around 6 months old when I decided he didn't really need it anymore. The medicine doesn't prevent him from spitting up it just makes the spit up less acidic. The kid spits up a hundred times a day. It was really bad when he was tiny baby cuz we never really knew when it was going to be HUGE spit up or even a projectile vomit. Most days this meant several changes of clothes for us and him. It has been one of the only times I have been happy to have hardwood floors. Most of the time I despise having hardwood!! (that is another story) We had a couple months though where the spitting up had slowed way down. I was super hopeful that he was growing out of it until he started sitting up and moving around. Now we are back to huge puddles of spit up and changing clothes several times a day. Not only that but now I get to listen to him scream at me all day. I believe he is trying to tell me something but I obviously can't understand him so he gets frustrated and just screams at me. I have been trying to teach him sign language, but I am not consistent and he hasn't really picked up any of it yet. He also has been really close to crawling, but gets so mad when he can't. But I have to say that for the most part he is a very happy little boy and super funny: )