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Thursday YOU're not my mom! Well, Thursday was a big day for Arthur. He turned 14 months old! And his birthday present? His first night away from his mother. We wanted to test the waters to see if it would be possible for Miklós to take him to Hungary without me, and it seemed like this would be a good time, as we were moving between two homes and had the grandparents around to help out. The morning started out pretty normally, though. Arthur woke up a bit before 7:00, and wa

Monday Arthur woke his father up on his 40th birthday at 6:45. It was a morning full of playing with his grandparents, eating a lot, and sitting in the stroller. I didn’t end up nursing him for the second time until nearly noon, at which point Arthur crashed pretty quickly. I wasn’t complaining; it gave me a little bit of “me” time. He didn’t sleep for super long - maybe 40 minutes or so - but it was definitely something! Arthur loves birthday hats Afterwards, we went on a wa

Saturday Well, Arthur didn’t start Saturday off in the best mood. He woke up at 6:30 or so, and then again when his pops went downstairs a little after 7. The morning involved quite a bit of crying and screaming, and a changing incident in which Arthur kicked his diaper and sent poop flying over his pops and my yoga mat. Naturally he also managed some wiener grabbing at the same time, and then proceeded to rub it in his face. What a cutie patootie. This pretty much sums up th

Thursday Once again, Arthur’s morning had two starts to it: the first, when he woke up at around 6:00, and the second once again at 7:15. The morning had its ups and downs, with a lot of reaching both for my boobs and his crotch. Sometimes he’ll grab at it even after his diaper is changed and it’s covered in clothes; it’s really cute. Chewing on paper while doing gymnastics Given his 11:00 nursing session took place after a bath, and his father was at home, I figured Arthur’s

Monday Little Boobookins woke up a bit early on Monday - 6:40. Still, he was in quite a good mood throughout the morning, so I couldn’t complain, especially as I didn’t get up until an hour afterwards. I have to say, though, he’s been a bit of a booger when it comes to susu. His new thing is to drink a bit, take a break to chat and do whatever, and just when I think he’s done and start packing away the boobs, he decides he wants more. Today, he was especially demanding, and k

Saturday Arthur slept in until 7:30 on Saturday - 7:30! We’re unsure whether it was because Miklós slept in the room with him for the first time in weeks, if not months, or whether he was just tired. We’ll see - Miklós is crashing with him again tonight (the air mattress is aggravating his back), so if we’re lucky, the little bug will sleep in tomorrow as well! This is the way all car trips should go! We had another trip to Tilburg planned for the day, this time to choose out

Thursday Arthur’s October started with an on-and-off wakeup; he first started crying at 6:30, went down again for a while, then started up, then went down again. Miklós finally took him out of the room at 7:00. The bug was a sweetie for the majority of the morning, which was pretty much filled with the usual activities: eating, drinking, reading books, and stroller shopping. It was also a bath day, which I was hoping would mean a nap when I nursed him at 11:00. And nap he did

Monday Ugh. Arthur woke up at 6:35 on Monday. I was really really hoping he’d go back to sleep, so I sat in torment while he cried, and after exactly five minutes, his cries subsided; he was asleep again! I breathed a massive sigh a relief, and frantically did my morning puzzles while I waited on tenterhooks for Arthur’s second awakening, which I knew would be the real start to the day. That one happened just 15 minutes later, a bit before 7:00. And just like that, our day ha

Saturday Arthur’s Saturday started off right at 7:15. We’ve gotten into a kind of routine where I get up between 6 and 6:30, and Arthur gets up between 7 and 7:30. This way, I’m guaranteed a reasonable chunk of toddler-free time to start the day. I’ve taken to keeping some sodas in my room to chug while I wait for my coffee; I daren’t go down the stairs for one, because the creak very often wakes the beast. Hello in there! The morning passed fairly uneventfully. Arthur discov

Wednesday Wednesday marked the first day of Miklós’s second trip of the year. Luckily, Arthur wasn’t aware of that when he went to bed, and that might be part of the reason he slept in until nearly 7:30! Tomorrow might not be so nice. Still, he was certainly aware of his father's absence; every time we passed Miklós’s office, he said “Papa.” Arthur was surprisingly cheerful and chill throughout the morning, and didn’t have a problem when I left his room to do laundry. He also

Monday I was very impressed with Arthur on Monday morning - he slept in until nearly 8! And even then, I think it may have been my venturing into the bathroom that actually woke him up. I guess he really was tired last night! We had a productive morning shopping and eating - Arthur tasted cucumber multiple times and wasn’t a fan, although coating slices in cashew butter helped! No nap when I nursed him at 11:00, though for a minute he seemed close to it. Then again, given his

Saturday Arthur woke up a bit after 7:00 on Saturday, or at least that’s when he woke Miklós up. This time, his pops didn’t feed him the fruit he was jonesing for, so Arthur had to make do with chickpeas, carrots, and yogurt, none of which he was terribly enthusiastic about. One of Arthur’s new tricks is to hold out his baby spoon to you when he wants you to reload it. However, he doesn’t just give it to you - oh no, he wants to play tug-of-war with you! So it’s quite a proce

Thursday Arthur woke up pretty much at 7:00 on the dot on Thursday. After a susu breakfast, the whole family set off to the hospital so I could get my hemoglobin tested, to see if it could be related to the chest pain I felt the previous day. Whenever I have a blood test at the hospital (and man, I feel like I’ve had a bunch in the past couple years since we’ve moved here), Miklós likes to treat me to a coffee afterwards. And the hospital does have a really nice café. While t

Monday Arthur’s Monday began first at 6:30, at which point his dad let him cry for a few minutes and he fell back asleep. The second beginning to the day was at 7:00. He was in a pretty sweet mood for much of the morning, spending most of it on his favorite activity of pointing to everything in sight and asking “Dat?” Once again, Arthur took a solid 50-minute nap on me during the mid-morning. Gosh, it makes life so much easier to have that down time to get things done. Grante

Saturday Arthur woke up at 6:50 on Papa’s first day home. He had a small breakfast with his pops before I got up and the little guy spent quite a while nursing on me. I think his dad’s presence has calmed him down to a certain extent; he was content in his room without us interacting with him for longer than he has been in a while. And, for the first time in the past week and a half, he actually NAPPED on me during his late morning nursing session. Clearly, there was a connec

Arthur woke up at 6:40 on Friday. Ugh. Perhaps he would've gone back to sleep if I had let him cry a bit longer (he was only sitting up in his crib rather than full-on standing like he usually is) but I couldn't deal with hearing it, so it was an early start for us both. Ah well, it makes me extra glad Miklós is coming back tonight and I can sleep in a bit tomorrow. The explosive poop he did in his sleep sack as soon as he finished nursing also made me pretty happy Papa is c

Arthur slept in until nearly 7:20 on Thursday - it was great! He was fairly laid-back throughout the morning, except during breakfast, when he had an absolutely gargantuan appetite. It's so interesting how some foods will be completely unappealing to him at one meal, and a huge hit at the next one. I will say, he was much more into his skillet pizza and yogurt today than he was yesterday! Or maybe he was just hungry enough. The usual lack of a nap when I nursed him at 11, but

Arthur slept in until 7:15 on Wednesday morning, which means I had a whopping 15 minutes of toddler-free time to get ready for the day! Honestly, it was much appreciated. It was a productive morning, with errand running, lots of breakfasts, and a bath. Arthur discovered how to splash in the bathtub today, and so that was quite fun. FINALLY Our day followed its now typical pattern of Arthur not permitting himself to nap on me, but falling asleep in the stroller after about 5 m

Monday Arthur woke up at 6:45 on Monday morning. Or at least, that’s when I woke up and heard him wailing. I really hope he wasn’t awake long before then. I do wish he had slept longer though - sure, he got maybe 11 hours of sleep, but given he’s napping less than an hour a day, the sum total is still pretty pitiful. Maybe when Miklós gets back. The escape artist stands proud of his work Shockingly, Arthur was okay in his bedroom for about three minutes as I used the bathroom

Saturday Arthur woke up a little before 7:00 on Saturday. Or at least that’s when I heard him - I had been excited to be up and about at 10 to 7 myself, figuring I’d have a bit of time to myself before the kraken awoke. But as soon as I started padding to the bathroom, I heard sounds coming from his bedroom, which soon escalated to wailing. Ah well. Arthur was in a bit of a mood throughout the first part of the morning. Even after nursing, I couldn’t leave his room for a seco