Totally random thoughts today.
I feel like I am becoming lazy. My typical day so far is wake about 8 with Baby K9, change him, feed him and play until about 10, change him, feed him and put him down for a nap. Then I shower. Here is the problem with this routine, I feel lazy and then we don't get out of the house until after his nap and he really does better if he is late on his first nap rather than his 2nd. When I do errands later in the day he gets a much later in the day nap and then is just fussy and up late at night. I feel bad. It's my fault! So, my plan is to get up an hour before him and shower. We are beginning to get a fairly set wake up time so I feel this is possible. Then when he gets up I just need to dress him and feed him and we can take off. During his nap I can spend some time in the Word and exercising. Both, things I much need! Day 1 of this new routine: FAILURE! He woke an hour early, I changed him, fed him and then he wanted to cuddle so I took him back to my bed where we both fell asleep for about half an hour. It was sweet. It was a moment I loved and am so grateful I was home to enjoy! Hopefully, Day 2 goes a little better at mom getting up early and getting going. We'll see.
In other news, my almost 5 month old is rolling all over the place! He has figured out how to use his legs to help him move about his crib and turn on his crib toy. He has also figured out, sorda, how to roll over! He does it best when he is naked. I videoed it, it will be a fantastic video to have later in life! Here is a photo the first time he rolled from tummy to back. He was so proud of himself:
(sorry for the grainy pic, I used my phone and you can totally see my shadow in this!)
Now, I had another thought last night. How do you decide whose home your child will be allowed to play at without you? Do you limit your child to homes where you know the family personally and they are Christians? Do you allow your child to go to their friend's homes, knowing their family are not Christians and they may be exposed to some questionable ideas? I really am curious. I have a friend and they decided their children just do not have sleepovers at all. That way they are not picking and choosing and they do not have to worry about what movie or video game their child may be playing at someone else's home. Thoughts?
Here is Baby K9 at the Ocean last week, so stinkin cute! (The outfit, by the way, is 12 months! Granted his CD makes him a bit bulkier in the bum, but he was wearing one of his trimmer BG flips here. So not that much bulk!)
In other randomness, OK9 is at Refresher this week. One of the sessions was Officer safety. They had to watch a dozen or so videos where the Officers were not as safe as they could have been and it resulted in very sad outcome. I thought this was an awful session, but see the wisdom in it. You learn from other's mistakes. I also thought the general public should see these videos. It may change their perception. In any case one story OK9 told me that really stuck out was the story of the Officer who stopped a car for some reason. The Officer was yelling at the guy to get out and you could see the guy loading his gun (the bad guy.) The Officer, hesitant to use force because he had recently received flak from the public, did not shoot. The bad guy shot him and he died. A perfect example of why our men and women in blue cannot hesitate for even one second. I say with a fair amount of confidence that had the Officer shot the guy the public would never have understood. Do they understand now, now that he lost his life because he didn't use the force he is allowed to?
The Officers in our state our partnering with educators to go to Washington in support of funding Early Education. Preschool. I am so impressed with our LEO's taking this huge role of support here. They know that Early Ed can greatly decrease the chances of them arresting that child later in life, along with the many, many other important roles PrK serve in a child's life. It is the beginning foundation of learning, it sets the stage for all other later learning. Children entering Kinder who had PrK start off ahead of the game and are proven to have a higher success rate in school than those who did not have PrK. Now, obviously, we can't all afford private PrK. That is why we need our government to fund it, just like they do Public school. My hats off to our local LEO's for taking this huge step and supporting Education! Until then, make sure you are taking time to do some early learning with your child under 5. It's never too early to start! Read to them, play with them, talk to them! Get them in some playdates or playgroups. Heck, just take them to the park! Go outside, kick a ball around, run! Use everyday experiences as learning experiences. Early Learning should be fun, it should look and feel like play. We know that is how 0-5 year olds learn best.
Finally, after watching the Doctors yesterday (Yes, I watch. No, I wouldn't say I'm a huge fan!) Anyway, Dr. Jim Sears listed the dirty dozen, fruits and vegetables that the pesticides cannot sufficiently be washed off from and can even penetrate the skin. These are the foods he recommends buying Organic, especially if a young child will be eating them. There is a chemical in the pesticides that has been linked to ADD/ADHD in children. No new news, but a good list to have. Especially for me as I am beginning to make some of Baby K9's foods and need to be aware of what I am buying! The whole point in making his food is so I can control what he is ingesting. He did say you can safely buy other fruits and vegetables non-organic and can sufficiently wash the pesticides off or peel the skin without concern it got in the food. Here is the link:
