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• I had forgotten how strange and wonderful it is to have a new baby at home. And how much I love my own bed. #
• The dairy is officially open for business. #
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• Besides the squishy new baby, the best part about the past four days has been the complete absence of heartburn. #
• I think I'm actually getting MORE sleep now that I don't get up to pee every hour. Cannon is a great little sleeper so far. #
• I can't believe my life right now. Loving husband, two beautiful children, great job, great family. I am so richly and undeservedly blessed. #
• This baby is the best burper I've ever known. Cole was hard to burp, but Cannon just lets 'em rip. #
• My mother just Skyped with the dog. #blankstare #
• My littlest angel is one week old today! This has been the fastest week ever. #
• Lord, beer me strength. #
• A certain 2-year old has had a very hectic week. His schedule is all out of whack and he hates life. I need my normal sweet Coley back. #
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I'd like you introduce you to our son, Cannon James.  He was born on September 16, 2011 at 10:40 p.m., via repeat C-section.  He weighed 8 pounds 14 ounces (the same as his big brother Cole), and was 21 1/4 inches long (1/4 inch longer than Cole).

 

As you can see, he is absolutely beautiful.  Just as handsome as big brother Cole was when he was born.  They actually look remarkably similar when Cannon gets certain expressions on his face.  Cole isn't sure quite what to think about his little brother just yet.  He knows that he is "Baby Brother Cannon James", but I'm not sure that he is associating the baby with my formerly huge belly yet.  Cole came up here yesterday to meet his brother, and he would talk to him and smile, but didn't want to hold or touch him.  He just looked uncomfortable with the idea, so we let it alone.  He'll come around when he's ready.  Perhaps we can get that cute toddler holding baby picture today.  :)

Daddy has stepped out to the store for a few things , so I think I'll take advantage of the alone time by taking a nap.  The grandmothers will be here with Cole in a bit and I won't get the chance again until this evening.  Have a great Sunday!

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This post was written on Friday, September 16, but never posted.  I've backdated it, as it is now Sunday.  We've kind of had a lot going on.  :)  

Well, it is now Friday night, which means I am 39 weeks and 4 days pregnant.  What you may or may not know is that this is as pregnant as I’m going to be.  I am currently in the hospital in active labor, but thanks to the magic of modern medicine I am able to feel minimal pain and update the ol’ blog one last time before Baby Brother makes his grand entrance.

It all started yesterday, probably while I was at work and telling everyone that the pains I was experiencing were nothing more than Baby Brother being in some sort of funky position.  It wasn’t until I got in the car to go home that I thought that I might be having contractions.  They were spaced pretty far apart and not very intense, so I chalked them up to Braxton Hicks and we went on about our evening.  I wanted a steak for dinner, so we used a gift card at California Dreaming and had a wonderful dinner.  I’ve been daydreaming about the carton of leftovers all day.  Anyway, more little stuff throughout the night, but nothing severe.  I went to bed and slept okay, but noticed whenever I woke up to use the bathroom or reposition myself that I would have a small contraction.  At around 5:30, I woke up for good because I could no longer lie still through the pain.  I got up and went downstairs to eat some breakfast just in case (and I’m so glad I did) and clean up the kitchen, again, just in case.

All this time, my contractions were getting more intense and closer together, and I was feeling it a lot in my back.  When they were about 4 minutes apart and lasting 30-45 seconds, I went upstairs and told the Mister that we needed to start getting ready to go to the hospital.  So he got Cole a little bag ready, put a few more things in a bag for us, and got Cole dressed and took him to school.  While they were gone I ran a mop over the bathroom floor and sat down to use the bathroom.  When I was done I noticed that I had lost some of my mucus plug.  So I called the Mister and told him to hurry home, and when we got home we were on our way.

We checked in at Piedmont around 9:00 (stupid Atlanta rush hour traffic).  They got me all set up in a room and at my first check, I was at 2cm and 50% effaced.  Not too bad.  I labored for a few hours and at next check at 1pm, I was still at 2-3cm and 50% effaced, and baby was at a -3 station (really high, in other words).  We decided to try to labor some more after talking with my OB about our chances of a successful VBAC since I was obviously having a lot of trouble progressing (the same reason I had a C-section with Cole).  During the next couple of hours my contractions were increasing in intensity and I was experiencing a LOT of back labor.  I bounced on the birthing ball for awhile and walked around to see if I could get the baby to drop a little.  After a half hour on the ball I got back onto the bed.  Five minutes later the rest of my mucus plug came out.  Talk about gross, that was gross.  The pain really kicked up after that, so at 5pm, after 10 hours of back labor, I requested an epidural.  I could have kissed the anesthesiologist right on the mouth.  I was able to rest after that and felt pretty good.

The next check had me at about 3cm and 90% effaced.  The doctor and I were debating artificially breaking my water as she was performing the internal, and lo and behold, there went the bag of waters on its own (well, with an incidental poke from the doctor).  She noticed a slight bit of meconium in the fluid, so there is a NICU team on standby for whatever happens.  I went from a 3 to a 4 immediately, so we decided to give it a couple more hours to see what happens.

At last check, around 9pm, I was only at 5cm.  Since  I am progressing, I requested one more hour.  If at the next check I haven’t progressed far enough, we will go to the OR for a C-section.  Since there is the meconium issue, they would like to move on the side of caution and not really wait around any longer to get him out.  And I am perfectly fine with that.  We were ready to move forward with the C-section at 5pm, but decided to see if the epidural would help me relax and dilate more.  And then we were ready to go for the C-section at the next check when my water broke and we decided to give it some more time.  And then I decided to give it one more hour.  If nothing has gone on in this hour, I’m just going to take it as a sign that I should go forward with the C-section.  I obviously like being pregnant so much that my body does not want to relinquish the baby.  So we will go in and get him!

One way or the other, we will be meeting our baby tonight!  I’m so excited.  I was absolutely not expecting to even go into labor on my own.  I had so much to do at work today and so many plans for this weekend, so of course that earned me a fast pass to L&D.  But I’m so happy to be meeting this little guy tonight.  I’m also STARVING and can’t wait to get some Jello afterward.  ANYTHING in my stomach would be amazing right about now.  :)

So in 10 minutes we will know which direction we will be taking.  Please pray for us and the doctor, whether she be helping me deliver vaginally or performing the C-section.  I’m very grateful to have been given the opportunity to attempt a VBAC, but at this point the safety and well-being of my baby are my main focus.

Wish me luck!

ETA:  I went in for the C-section Friday night and Cannon James Burks was born at 10:40 p.m.!  Another post is forthcoming, but we are so smitten with our newest family member!

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Day 3 of Three Day Potty Training went, in a word, AWESOME. Cole didn’t have any accidents until the very very end of the day, and it was just a little dribble on the way to the potty. I barely count that. AND! He went poop on the potty! We were both so proud of him for going ALL DAY with no accidents.

Yesterday morning it was back to school and back to work. We struggled with what we should do regarding Cole’s underpants: should we put him in a pull-up? Should we put him in big boy underpants? How much did we truly believe that he could go all day without an accident at school? He woke up with a basically dry diaper yesterday morning. Do we chance it, or do we stay with the safe option? At the last minute, the Mister decided to put him in a pair of underpants and we would just hope for the best. We sent him with a supply of clean underpants, and he had spare pants and diapers at school should our experiment go drastically, dreadfully, horribly wrong. All day I worried about my boy and how he would do in his big boy underpants. Well, I got a call from the Mister on the way home from work after he picked Cole up, and he had ZERO accidents at school!! Came home in the same pair of DRY big boy underpants and the same shorts as he left the house in that morning! Of course we both had a fit over him and this huge accomplishment, and I promised him I would bring home a treat from the grocery store. I brought home some ice cream and chocolate syrup, a treat we could all enjoy after making it through the 3 Day Potty Training.

We sent Cole to school again in underpants this morning (he wears a diaper during his nap though; no sense in tempting fate, right?). Depending on how the rest of this week goes, I just may be a full-fledged believer in the 3 Day Potty Training Method. Cole got really good at telling people when he needed to go potty and started making his way to the potty at the first sign that he has to go. Hardly any accidents for two days is pretty amazing for a 2-year old boy who just last week had only pooped on the potty once (accidentally) and peed in a urinal at the mall. I hope and pray that he does as well today at school.

If the training sticks and Cole continues to do well with using the potty, then I will definitely say that three days stuck in the house running back and forth to a tiny potty was totally and completely worth it. Heck, even if he regresses a little after the baby comes, it will still have been worth it. He has shown us that he CAN and is ABLE to communicate his need to use the bathroom, and he can hold it in until we get to the potty. This is huge for such a young little boy. We are both just so proud of how quickly he caught on to the whole potty idea. It will definitely be a test when we start to travel again after the baby is born, but that won’t be until Thanksgiving (unless we decide to try a football game in late October or early November), so maybe he will be even more accustomed to using the potty. Then that begs the question: do we bring a small potty in the car with us or do we put him in a pull-up for trips? The decisions, they are neverending!

But anyway, long story short: 3 Day Potty Training works (so far). And Cole is awesome. But you already knew that.

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Day 2 (yesterday) went much better than Day 1!  We only had two and a half accidents and many many pees in the potty.  And two of the accidents actually finished up in the potty.  Good job, Cole!  We only went through three pairs of underpants as opposed to the thousands (okay, more like ten) on Saturday.

Cole is getting better with telling us verbally that he needs to go pee on the potty instead of just holding onto his undercarriage or crossing his legs.  This is great for me because in all my 38 weeks pregnant glory, I am prone to closing my eyes "for just a minute" and waking up a half hour later.  So whenever I heard that little "Mommy, I need to pee pee!" I was able to jump up and help him to the potty.

Some variations we are doing on the 3DPT that might get me side-eyed: we are still doing pull-ups for naps and overnight.  Right now my focus is getting him daytime trained for pee and poop.  I will consider that a big success.  I can worry about nighttime and naps when he starts waking up fairly dry.  I'm sure I'll be up early enough on maternity leave to check him first thing in the morning and take him to the potty.  Cole also went poop in his pull-up yesterday, which I'm fine with because he hadn't pooped in two days.  Hopefully he will make a poop in the potty today and start to get comfortable with that.  I also brought his potty downstairs into the living room instead of leaving it in the bathroom.  He still has to run to it because I'm not having him sit on the potty all day long, but we live in a split-level so our two usable bathrooms are both upstairs and the downstairs bathroom is broken right now.  And just like I'm in no shape to be stripping beds and changing sheets twice a day, I'm also in no shape to be running up and down a set of stairs every ten minutes (although that might help get labor started...).  So I put the potty downstairs so we can get to it easily and not have accidents because Mommy is too slow to lumber her fat butt up the stairs in time.

I think the potty training is starting to affect Cole's sleep, unfortunately.  Last night it took nearly two hours to get him to sleep, and he woke up soon after and climbed in the bed with us.  Boo.  I did enjoy the snuggles, though.  I don't get to snuggle him as much as I used to so I will jump on any chance I get.  A nearly three-hour nap fairly late in the afternoon might have been the culprit to the poor night sleeping, though.  Today we'll cut the nap by about half and see if that helps tonight.

Day 3 is currently going well.  We've been up since around 7:30 and had no accidents.  He's still in the same pair of underpants I put him in this morning.  I know its only been two and a half hours, but he's gone pee pee in the potty about five times and will walk over to it himself and start to pull his underpants down (he needs a bit of help with this part because he has a round little bubble butt and the band gets caught) and then he will go on the potty without any prompting.  I'd call that progress.  Look for another update either tonight or in the morning!

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Well, it went about like I had expected.  Lots of pee, about half of it in the potty, and about half of it in Cole's underpants.

By the way, toddlers in underpants?  NOTHING CUTER.

Anyway.  He did fairly well, but really lost interest toward the end of the day.  The Mister was focused on football for most of the day so it was hard to tag-team, so there were some accidents that probably could have been prevented.  He did great this morning, but I think naptime threw him off.  I committed the cardinal sin of the 3 Day Potty Training Method and put Cole in a pull-up for his nap.  He's also in a pull-up now in bed.  I am just in no shape to be stripping beds and changing sheets every nap and overnight.  I'm not sure if that confused him or if he was just over having to tell us when he needed to pee, but by about 7:00 he was DONE and ready to get in the bath.

I did manage to get Cole to go pee on the potty one more time before getting in bed, so there's that.  I harbor no delusions that he is going to wake up dry in the morning, though.  Hence the pull-up.  I'm not sure if he is entirely ready for this whole process, but I figure it was worth a try since we have the three-day holiday weekend and no plans to speak of.

We didn't have to deal with any poop today, which I guess is a good thing?  He sure had a lot of farts this evening that I was certain were going to turn into poop, but none materialized.  I'm not sure if he didn't want to poop because he just didn't have to, or because he didn't want to do it in the potty and wanted to go in a diaper/pull-up.  I imagine it would feel very strange to go poop in the potty after only going in a diaper for over two years.  But he's done it before (inadvertently), so hopefully he will be able to do it again.  I just don't want him to hold in his poop and it make him sick or hurt his little tummy.

Am I crazy for trying this?  He just turned two in June, and they say boys are slower to potty train than girls.  I know the book says that 22 months is the ideal age to start potty training, which he is well past.  But he still seems so young.  I guess theoretically he is ready.  He can communicate with us very well about what he wants.  We just need to get him to be able to better communicate with us when he has the urge to go potty so we can get him there in time.  And he was able to do that several times today.  Consistency will be what makes or breaks this weekend for us.  But if at the end of the weekend things still haven't improved and I feel he's just not ready, then I won't really have any problems with putting it off for another month or two.  I guess I just thought that we may as well try it now before the baby is born and see how it goes.  Maybe tomorrow will be better.  Maybe with no college football to distract us from the task at hand, we can get better at reading his cues and catching him before he has an accident.

But in better news, he has been sleeping better in his big boy bed.  He slept all night in it Sunday, Monday, and Tuesday.  He's woken up in the middle of the night a couple of times, but overall he is getting more comfortable with sleeping in there and getting up and down from the bed.  He gets down and can let himself into our room when he wakes up, which I appreciate because I don't have to get out of the bed to go get him.  :)  It's the little things.

Okay, end rambling.

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