Sunday, January 18th - 3 Good Things: And the cranky toddler is back!

It was another decent night of sleep for Grayson. His stretches of sleep are still not as long as other babies his age - at least that's what I can tell from talking to my mom friends with similarly aged, or younger, babies. But he's getting better and that's all I really care about.

Carter had his second last swim class today. I didn't make the mistake of sending him with Jeff this time and left Jeff and Grayson home together while Carter and I went. He wasn't great for me, but he wasn't terrible. The past three days or so, my little angel (who I was just gloating about last week) has reverted back to monster status. He's not listening, acting up, and whining a ton. I'm not sure what the issue is, but in spite of my getting more sleep, I'm still low on patience, and he's driving me bonkers.

I was in kind of a crummy mood today, for no good reason. Nothing about the day was particularly  bad - it was just not a particularly pleasant or happy day for me either. Plus, my clogged milk duct issue, which seemed to be nearly resolved on Friday, started to come back on Saturday. I don't understand what the issue is or how it's even possible considering the fact that Grayson is still nursing every 3 - 3.5 hours at the longest and I never feel like I "fill up" or get engorged at all in that time. So, how the milk is still building and backing up, I have no flippin' idea. Breastfeeding this time around is a total pain in the ass. I'm hoping we're just working out all the kinks now and that things will be smooth sailing from here on out.

It was harder for me to think of three good things today, to be honest. But here's what I came up with:

1. Carter wore his life jacket in his swimming lesson today and actually liked it. Normally, I dread life-jacket day because he flips his lid and it's a nightmare trying to deal with Mr. Stubborn Butt, however, today he liked it and had fun wearing it. He normally doesn't much care for backfloats and clings to me pretty strongly, but today, I managed to get him to let me pull him around by his hands while he did his backfloats. This is decent progress for sure!

2. I am happy that we are the kind of family who puts their kids in extra-curricular activities and that we are fortunate enough to be able to afford to do this. Not every family is able to do this financially, so I feel like we're a pretty lucky little group.

3. I took the kids to my Aunt's place for supper. Carter LOVES being there and it got me out of the house and playing a game of cards. Anyone who has played cards with my grandparents knows that the opportunity to do so is not an opportunity one wants to miss. These people are hysterical. 

Tomorrow is Monday. I intend on making that okay by getting Starbucks and by going to Superstore to shop for cute pants for Grayson. He has pants, but he has a shortage of cute pants. This is an important distinction. Wish me luck.