They call me jaws.

It finally happened, ever since Noah's first tooth showed up it was always a thought in the back of my mind. three days ago, he was getting sleepy so I took him in our room to nurse him for a few minutes before his nap. This is the only way he will ever fall asleep, unless we are in the car. So I'm laying there half asleep myself I smiled down at him and then he smiles and tries to roll over on his belly. For some reason he really wants to try to nurse on his stomach. He tries to do this whenever he's on his side on the bed. As he does he tries to take my boob with him and he bites down.. hard. Oh man it HURT soooo bad!! In the pit of my stomach it hurt.I immediately screamed and pulled my nipple out of his mouth I was almost afraid to look, but it really didn't look all that bad, just a little red spot, but it did break the skin. I said firmly "Noah, you don't bite Mama that hurts!"
His whole face crumpled up and he dissolved into sobs and looked at me like I was the cruelest person in the wold. I hope that will be the first and last time I have to experience biting.

So the past couple days have been good. I sat down and made reward charts and chore charts for Isabella and Jackson. And I made a house rules chart. Josh laughed when he came in and saw all of it taped to the fringe door. He said "Oh Emily, that's cute see, you are domestic!" I had fun making them I used Isabella's magic markers and construction paper and stencils.

The kids were all excited when they saw them the next morning. I sat them down to go over the rules. Most of which they already knew but this was actually the first time I had written them down. They were more excited about getting a sticker for each day they didn't have a time-out and did all the things are their chore chart.

It was really warm and beautiful today so we spent a good part of it outside in the backyard playing. Then we took the kids over to my Mom's she offered to watch them so Josh and I cold go get something to eat. It was good just to get out! We went to our favorite Mexican place, then to Marble Slab, yum! Then we went back to pick up Noah, Bella and Jack were staying the night. They were getting ready to pick out their bedtime stories when we left. Mom said Noah hadn't slept the whole time we were gone so I was sure he would pass out as soon as we got home. It was already 8:30 and he normally he falls asleep around 8. Well, he fell asleep in the car but as soon as I went to take him out of the car seat he woke up. I tried to put him back down but within two minutes he was sitting up in bed screaming. SO... then I tried to nurse he was really fussy and wiggly and just generally had no interest so I just paced around the house, talking to him and jiggling him and rocking him until he FINALLY wore himself out and fell asleep About 10:45. I know he's teething his two bottom teeth are already in and I can feel one just about to break though on the upper left side so I'm sure that was a big part of it too. We were out of infants Motrin and I couldn't find the teething tablets. Plus we JUST transitioned him to his own room. Well, not really his own he shares with Jackson. He started off in the pack and play right next to our bed. He was up every couple hours nursing for MONTHS and it was just easier to have him with us. Most of the time he would end up splayed out in the middle of our bed sandwiched between Josh and I. He's done pretty well with it so far, he still usually wakes up about once a night to nurse but within 20 minutes nurses and then falls right back asleep. But, Isabella has been making up for Noah sleeping better. She was up at least three times last night. She's convinced the wicked witch of the west is under her bed! Whenever I get more than 5 hours of sleep straight I'm gonna throw a party!