Oisìn At Three Years Old!

My Darling Boy, 

I am finding it hard to believe you are now three year old! Where has the time gone? It only feels like yesterday when we where in that newborn bubble getting to know

 each other, days spent feeding, changing and cuddling you! 

You have turned into a threenager almost over night! We managed to miss the terrible two's with you but you have hit the threenager head on! You are so moody, laughing one minute then crying the next because you dinner in your own words is just too tasty!!!

You run around the house in the nude because it's time to get dressed and then decide the minute before we leave the house that you suddenly hate the outfit you have on! 

All of sudden you no longer do what we tell you, you have decide to ignore every order we give!

You also play on us, when Mammy says no you ask Daddy!! You also have took up fake crying and it very amusing to see you try squeeze out tears!

You have a fierce temper and because of all the emotions that you are trying to understand you lash out quickly. Yet now you say sorry straight away and sometimes cry if you know you have been wrong.

Your imagination is so fun to watch you love playing pretend, sometimes Daddy and I will watching you play and listen to you, and we smile. You love to play chef with your kitchen and builder with your tool kit. Yet your favourite toys are still you toy cars and of course Woody from Toy Story, Santa Claus brought you Buzz LightYear and he has been added to your favourite toys.

You totally loved Christmas this year, we didn't think you would understand it as much as you did. You totally understood Santa Claus, presents and loved Jolly The Elf On The Shelf who you are still sad has gone back to the North Pole! You loved singing Jingle Bells and Santa Claus is Coming To Town. You made lovely Christmas decorations in day care and asked Santa for watch like Granddad's and a chocolate doughnut! You got some lovely surprise from Santa but your favourite was your minions!

Minions is one of your favourite movies, along with Toy Story, Alvin & The Chipmonks, Monsters Inc and new favourite The Grinch!

Peppa Pig is still always on the TV but we are doing our best to get you to watch other TV shows!

You are back in pull ups full time as you where getting very upset in day care when going the toliet and we thought it best to leave potty training for now. In the new year we will be trying again and hopefully you will be ready.

My beautiful boy, Happy 3rd Birthday you have gave us the best three years of our lives

we love you so much   

Dealing or Not Dealing with Potty Training Regression

After spending most of August getting Oisìn potty trained the last thing I thought about was potty training regression! He was doing so well and took to using a toddler toilet seat instead of a potty.

I think he had a set back when in creche he moved to the larger toddler room with two new childcare assistants. Although he loves the room and most of his friends moved with him, I don't think he felt comfortable asking to go to the the toilet. I don't blame creche or anything like that these things happen. I do think at home I went about it all wrong! I panicked, stressed out and thought I was doing something wrong! 

Then I started to google everything about toilet regression! I tried EVERYTHING! 

I made a song up to sing when he needed the toilet-it didn't work he wet himself while singing it!

I used stickers as a reward-didn't work stickers where everywhere and so was the puddles of pee!

I told him he was a big boy and he needed to wee in the potty or toilet-didn't work the lip came out and he burst into tears....major Mammy guilt

I used one jelly sweet as a reward-didn't work he sat on the toilet pretending to go and then had a tantrum if he didn't get a sweet!

So I stopped and remembered that this clever little chatter box isn't even three yet! I was stressing out, putting so much pressure on this little boy who although picks up many things quickly was just had a set back with potty training.

 He can have a full conversation with me, sing songs, dress himself, tell stories, feed himself but yet he still isn't three years old. Sometimes I need to remind myself of that! 

I remembered my own words in my own post regarding potty training that every child is different and to have patience.

Why was I putting so much pressure on his little head?!
I was guilty of comparing him to other children in his creche and his friends. Nervous that he was behind other children in his age group. I stopped and gave myself a serious wake up call!!
I took a step back and looked at how upset, unhappy and even slightly scared he looked when I brought him to the toilet or when he had wet himself.

I took the stress and pressure off him and put the pull ups back on. He goes the poo in the toilet and will always tell me when he needs to go to the toilet for that. Now that I have took the pressure off him he tells me more now when he needs a pee. Of course he goes in his pull up alot of the time but he is now much more vocal when he needs to go.

The advice I would give other parents is don't stress about it. I put way to much pressure on myself and on my son, it will happen but it will do so when he is ready.

Oisìn Almost Three Years Old!

My Darling Boy,

I wasn't going to do another update till your third birthday in December,

but I could let this Summer past without documenting it!

This Summer you said goodbye to all things baby, although you will forever be my baby!

You took things in your stride, became even more independent and become more of a little boy then ever! 

Over the Summer you moved into a toddler bed from a cot and you love your bed. Lately you have been having bad dreams, and little night terrors. Your little imagination has created monsters and dragons in your bedroom! Daddy has created this magic Monster spray (water) for night time to banish those awful creatures! Normally after a cuddle you go straight back to sleep, but sometimes you try push to sleep with us and being honest sometimes we give in!

Your speech has always been good but now you really are a little parrot and we have heard you repeat some bad words that you have overheard!! Your favourite thing to do at the moment is make up fairy tale stories and tell them to me and Daddy! You also love to sing and dance, you know some Bob Marley songs as well as nursery rhymes. One of my favourite things you do is when a song comes on the radio you will say 'I love that song' even though you have never heard it before!

This Summer you also finally gave up your soother (dummy/pacifier) we tried give up this before but it never worked. Until we weaned it down to bedtimes only, then one day I put it away and you never asked for it since! You haven't been well lately with a chest infection you haven't asked for your soother but have sucked your thumb when feeling poorly.

You also dropped your mid day naps! One day you just wouldn't take one for me and that was that! I do miss you going for naps if I'm honest as that's when I got most of my housework done! Yet now my favourite time of the day is when we have quiet time, we watch around 40 minutes of TV and you snuggle beside me! I should be doing housework but this is so much better!

Over the Summer you have also become very attached to me, of course you still adore Daddy. Yet it has got hard for me to do anything with my little shadow following me. Before you had no problem going on sleep overs to Aunts and Grandparents, now its much harder chore for us all! You refused to stay in your Aunts when you realised I wasn't going with you! I am hoping this is just a stage you are going through due to us having spent most of the Summer together, because as much as I love you, we both need our independence.

One of the biggest things you conquered this Summer was potty training, it took you a while but you are getting there. You still have accidents especially when you are playing and forget to go to the toilet! You only used your potty a handful of times then when Nanny bought you a junior toilet seat you took to that straight away. One thing that makes me smile is that you really like your privacy while using the toilet once we have helped you on the seat you ask to turn away or leave the bathroom and then you call us again when you are finished!

Last week you went back to daycare after a Summer of play camp, this time you are in the pre-school room. Some of your friends are there but most of them have moved on to early start school, because you where born in December you don't start till next year. You also have some new childcare assistants so last week you found it a little strange and we had a few tears when Daddy and I left but I know you will settle in fine and have lots of friends.

This Summer was bittersweet as you left behind babyhood and started the journey of growing up

Bump To Baby - Oisín's 22 Month Update

Milestones:
He started part time daycare which he loves!
Enjoys helping me do chores around the house
Can name his different body parts eyes, ears, mouth, hair etc
Can name different objects in his books cat, ball, fish, baby, etc

Personality:
He is still a funny little personality
He is very independent and really likes to do things himself
He is still finding sharing very hard but has got better at it since starting daycare
He is fast becoming a little chatter box and loves to ramble to us even if we don't know everything he is saying!

How Many Months Old?: 22 months old!

How Is Oisín Eating?: Oisín loves his food and his diet has expanded even more after starting daycare. He now loves, chili, chicken curry and casseroles. He eats more spicy food, with peppers, onions and garlic in it! He still loves his fruit and bananas are still his favourite!

How Is Oisín Sleeping?: Normally Oisín is sleeping very well. The three days he is in daycare he comes home at lunch time when I am home from work and has a two hour nap. He still sleeps through the night and loves his own bedroom. The past few weeks have been hard on him as he had an ear infection and now has another ear infection and also a throat infection so he doing his best to sleep at night!

Is Oisín Talking Yet?: Since starting daycare Oisín has come on so well with his talking. He says lots of words now and can now name objects. He loves to babble on and sit and "read" his books. He is fast becoming a little chatter box!

How is Oisín Routine?: 
Oisín wakes around 6.30am-7am every morning he has small bowl of cereal and a yogurt drink
Then around 8.30 he will have a small cooked breakfast or toast
If I am in work he will be with my Mam on Tuesdays and they play go to the play ground and to the shops
Wednesday, Thursday and Friday are daycare mornings he does be in daycare from 9am till 1.30pm he gets snacks and a large lunch there. He loves it and has made lots of friends. On daycare days he will nap from 2pm till around 4pm!
After nap time he goes out to play in the front garden with his neighbour friends or plays on his swing set in the back garden
Dinner is normal 5.30pm or 6pm he loves most foods and thankful he isn't a fussy eater
Tuesdays are swimming nights and stays up a little later to go swimming with his Daddy and will be in bed around 8.15pm
Sundays, Wednesdays and Fridays are bath days he has a bath and will be in bed by 7.30pm

How is Mammy & Daddy this Month?: We are good planning Christmas and also Oisín's 2nd birthday (I can hardly believe we are almost at that time again) We are looking forward to having some date night time again soon

Oisín's Bedroom Tour

My little boy has moved from our bedroom into his very own room!

He loves his little room and like with everything else he took to

it like a duck to water, slept through the whole night and hasn't been in our room or bed since!

His room isn't finished I am always adding to it and re arranging

but the colour scheme is orange and green and the theme is woodland animals

Here is a little tour but I will do one again when it's finished!

 Oisín's little book shelf

He loves bedtime stories and he like to look through the pages himself

I really like the Adam's Cloud books by Benji Bennett

The stories are beautiful and I was get a lump in my throat reading them to Oisín

A little shelf for a little man!

More books on this shelf

The very first book we bought Oisín Guess How Much I Love You

His children's bible is also kept on this shelf along with a little trinket
of a little boy that was once my great aunts, then my brother's and now Oisín's

His moon night light that he likes on when we read

bedtime stories or if he is a little unsettled at night

We have little pictures like this dotted around his
room along with the pregnancy scans
of him

We are not finished his little room and I will
do an update soon when we are finished
but it's starting to become a lovely space
for a lovely little boy!

Bump To Baby - Oisín's 20 Month Update

Milestones:
He loves to be involved in household chores
Helps me empty the washing machine!
He can drink from a cup
and Oisín love to feed himself at meal times


Personality:
He is really enjoying mixing with other children and enjoys play dates with his friends
Still has a fiery temper when he doesn't get his own way
Loves giving kisses and cuddles to his family
Is copying everything he sees us doing!

How Many Months Old?: 20 months old!

How Is Oisín Eating?: He has finally seemed to pass his fussy stage! He has been really enjoying his food lately and loved trying new things. Really enjoy fruit and vegetables, he is finished with formula and fully weaned onto cows milk he still like some warm cows milk before bed.  

How Is Oisín Sleeping?: Oisín took to his bedroom like a duck to water he loves sleeping in it and has been sleeping like a log since he moved into it!!! He also loves to play with his cuddly toys in his cot when he wakes in the morning!

Is Oisín Crawling or Walking Yet?: He is walking and running now, but he is having problems with his feet he walks on the inside off his feet. He will be going to a specialist to get insoles put into his shoes to help corrector this.

Is Oisín Talking Yet?: Oisín is really coming along with talking he tries to say every word and is learning new words every day

How is Oisín Routine?: His routine has changed a little since he is in his own room. I also expect it to change when he starts daycare in September.
Oisín wakes around 6.30am-7am every morning he has small bowl of cereal and a yogurt drink
Then around 8.30 he will have a small cooked breakfast or toast
If I am in work he will be with my Mam and they play go to the play ground and to the shops
He then has his lunch at around 1pm and goes for a nap after most days he has a two hour nap in the afternoon
After nap time he goes out to play in the front garden with his neighbour friends or plays on his swing set in the back garden
Dinner is normal 5.30pm or 6pm he loves most foods and thankful he isn't a fussy eater
Tuesdays are swimming nights and stays up a little later to go swimming with his Daddy and will be in bed around 8.15pm
Sundays, Wednesdays and Fridays are bath days he has a bath and will be in bed by 7.30pm

How is Mammy & Daddy this Month?: We are doing good enjoying the last of our summer

Bump To Baby - Oisín's 18 Month Update

Since will be away on the 27th I thought I would post this today

Milestones:
Oisín is now walking and running
He has tried to climb the stairs
Talking much more
Favourite words are Daddy Mama, bye bye, baby, ball, peppa pig and bumble bee!
He has start to draw and loves scribbling with his crayons

Personality:
He is going through a cuddling phase
his favourite thing to do is give kisses and hugs!
Now that he is walking he doesn't want to hold our hands anymore
which can be hard when crossing the road!
He is start to have little tantrums when he doesn't get his own way!

How Many Months Old?: 18 months old!

How Is Oisín Eating?: He is still going through a fussy stage, 

Some days he is great and will eat everything other days barely anything!

He is almost weaned off formula he only has one 4oz bottle at night now

The rest of the time he drinks cows milk, water or sometimes juice

How Is Oisín Sleeping?: He has been sleeping great still goes to sleep at 7pm till 7am 

Is Oisín Crawling or Walking Yet?: He is walking and running now!

Is Oisín Talking Yet?: Oisín loves to talk and has recently be learning new words
His favourite words are bye bye, baby, bumble bee, mama, nana, moon, peppa pig and dog

How is Oisín Routine?: His routine is the same as past months nothing much has changed

How is Mammy & Daddy this Month?: We are really good and so looking forward to our holidays!

Watch Him Grow 21/52

Weekly picture of my Child

Oisín 16 months old

Nanny and Granddad got him a new sandpit

It took him a few minutes to get used to it

but Nanny helped him play

and soon there was sand everywhere!!

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Weekly picture of my Child

Oisín 16 months old
He doesn't bother much with TV anymore
but when Mr Tumble is on TV he has to get so close
he laughs, talks and sings along
he can't get enough of this show! 

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Weekly picture of my Child

Oisín 16 months old

There is a new Sheriff in town

Love our professional photos we got back this weekend

Bump To Baby - Oisín's 16 Month Update

Milestones:
Oisín is now kind of walking on his own!
(He is still very nervous but is taking small steps on his own)
He shakes his head to say no!
He is cutting four teeth at the same time
Speaking lots more words
He has starting to try climb the stairs
(funny he is nervous to walk but is brave enough to climb stairs)
He loves to open cupboards and the washing machine
He imitates everything we do now!
He loves looking at his reflection and will talk to it
He really likes me to read to him 
and will turn the pages when I ask him too!
He pretend laughs when he hears laughing
from us or the TV!

Personality:
The main thing I have noticed the past few months is
how curious he has become!
He loves looking around at everything and watching
how something is done!
I have also noticed how much he loves music
he will dance and sing when we have music on
He also loves when his Uncle Conner bring out his
instruments he loves to strum the guitar or banjo
He also picked up a tambourine in a shop
wouldn't let go of it until I bought it for him! 

How Many Months Old?: 16 months old!

Weight & Height?: 

How Is Oisín Eating?: He is still going through a fussy stage, 

he will not eat mash potato anymore for me! 

He mainly likes food he can fed himself, 

anything spoon fed he just doesn't want anymore! 

We have started to try get him to spoon fed himself

but he doesn't seem ready yet. He still loves

all his fruit and veg! 

He is cutting bottom teeth so he loves anything soft on his gums

How Is Oisín Sleeping?: He has been sleeping great but due to a cold and teething
the past week his sleeping patterning is all over the place!

Is Oisín Crawling or Walking Yet?: He is walking talking small steps by himself more every day!

Is Oisín Talking Yet?: Oisín loves to talk and sing we don't understand most of it but new words this month are Peppa Pig, Yeah, Hello, Bye, and Three!!

How is Oisín Routine?: His routine is the same as past months nothing much has changed

How is Mammy & Daddy this Month?: Tired, trying to get into a housework routine now the big nights are back. Slowly getting better at date nights and couple time!

Watch Him Grow 16/52

Weekly picture of my Child

Sleeping beauty Oisín at 15 months

Tired after a morning of swimming

and shopping in Ikea!

Watch Him Grow 13/52

Weekly picture of my Child

Oisín at 15 months old

This little man got his hair cut at the weekend

no more hair in his eyes!

He looks so grown up!

He had been teething like crazy the past few weeks

but still only has seven teeth!

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Weekly picture of my Child

Oisín 14 months (almost 15 months)

Look at this cheeky chappie!

How I love those blue eyes 

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Weekly picture of my Child

Oisín 14 months old

Oisín wishes you all a Happy St Patrick's Day

we had a good day even if Oisín had a cold and 

I wasn't feel well!!

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Weekly picture of my Child

Oisín 14 months old
Our poor little blue eyed boy hasn't been himself since last
Thursday when his two top eye teeth
started to cut through his gums
He is off his food, vomiting, and just wants to sleep all day
Poor little mite hopefully he will feel better soon.

Watch Him Grown 9/52

Weekly picture of my Child

Oisín at 14 months old
Showing Nana all his teeth!
I love his gap in between his two front teeth

Five Things 8/52

This weekend was a lovely one
Oisín took his first steps
we had a lovely family dinner
while watching the rugby and football

Two days after I wrote his 14 month update
Oisín took his first steps on Saturday morning at 8am
Hubby was in work this weekend so was gutted he missed it
This is the face Oisín pulled when I tried to get him walking
on camera!

Snowing on Sunday!

This little man was in awe of the snow
on Sunday!

I forgot to take a picture of us all
put we had a big family dinner on Sunday
my Uncle and Goddaughter are huge
Tottenham fans sadly they lost
but Ireland did win the rugby

After the family had all gone home,
Oisín in bed I settled down to catch up on
Call The Midwife and Mr Selfridge

Bump To Baby - Oisín's 14 Month Update

Trashing the house as usual!

Milestones:
Oisín can now walking hold our hand
He loves to babble, talk and sing
He is getting better at walking every day
He now stands up in his cot every morning!
Oisín is now cutting two more top teeth
but still only has two on the bottom!
He has weaned himself off his soother (dummie) (pacifier)
He only takes it at night time
or when he is upset

Personality:
I going to write a little about Oisín's little personality 
The past few months Oisín has really started to become his own little person
He really enjoys playing by himself, 
if I join in and he doesn't want to play with me
he will put his hand out for me to go away!
He has always be independent but lately he wants to do everything himself
feed himself, play by himself, bum around the house himself!
He also has a little temper and when he doesn't get his own
way he will clench his hands, his face goes red and he screams!
He loves to talk and sing. He sings and hums along to the radio and TV
He has took to carrying a sock around with him
it goes everywhere and even to bed with him at night
Since he has been teething the past month 
he has got more attached to me, follows me
around the house and loves cuddles

How Many Months Old?: 14 months old!

Weight & Height?: 

How Is Oisín Eating?: His eating pattern has been different this month as he is going through a fussy stage, and also a stage of throwing food around everywhere! I know this is normal but I don't like seeing him go from a baby who would eat anything to a toddler who has more food on the floor then in his belly! He still is a good eater and loves blueberry or banana porridge in the morning! New breakfast foods he likes are pancakes, eggs, toast, smoothies and cheerios! 

Dinners are difficult as he is teething it's hard to find a balance to what he will eat

and what is not going to hurt his gums. New foods he likes are rice cakes, roast potatoes, peas (he loves peas), roast chicken, green beans, yorkshire puddings, and he loves stew! 

He has more or less weaning himself off formula milk he has two 4oz bottles one in the morning and the other before bed. During the day he drinks cows milk or water

How Is Oisín Sleeping?: As he is teething, sleeping the past while has been a mix bag! He still goes for a 1-2 hour nap in the day, sometimes he will take two one hour naps during the day. He will go to bed between seven and half past but if he is teething he can wake up to five times a night. Lately he has been going to bed at 7.30pm and waking at 5am! He is still sleeping in a cot at the end of our bed but we are hoping to do up the back bed room in March/April and move the cot into that room then.

Is Oisín Crawling or Walking Yet?: He has never crawled, but he bums around and is very fast at it too! The past few weeks he has finally took an interest in walking he loves to stand, so now he will put his hands out to walk between myself and the sofa. He will also walk holding on to his trolley walker, or when holding myself or hubby's hand.

Is Oisín Talking Yet?: He loves to talk to himself, he loves to mimic all around him. He blows kisses, waves bye, talks into his pretend phone, puts his hands on his head and gives me lots of kisses. He favourite words are baba, dada, bye, mama, wowwo, gone, yeah, tata and hiya! He also love to hum, shout, scream and laugh.

How is Oisín Routine?: Oisín's routine is good he wakes has breakfast, early morning if I am not working we go for a walk, some week days my Mam or hubby have him. Between 10am and 11am he goes for a nap, he will wake around lunchtime and we have lunch, I am normally home from work them. We play, clean and watch TV in the afternoon. Monday we go swimming and Tuesday we go for walks in the park. Then its dinner time and at the moment Oisín loves to throw all his dinner over himself or on the floor! Every Wednesday, Friday and Sunday is bath day and he loves to play in the bath with his toys, then its a bottle and bed all done normally by 7.30pm

How is Mammy & Daddy this Month?: I am good tired but good! Slightly struggling to find a good balance between work, teething baby and then housework but trying my best. Hubby and I are good after a night out for his birthday this month that we really needed. Then having a bit more couple time on Valentines night. We are going to try have a date night at least one a month from now on.

Watch Him Grow 8/52

Weekly picture of my Child

Oisín 13 months old

Here Oisín is really enjoying his new favourite snack

blackberries!