No book review yet

I'm not done yet with the book. Close, but not done. Once I'm done we are going to start putting our plan into action. One thing we have done is started to change the discipline. We've read that part of the book, both of us and I have it written down as a quick go to guide as well as having it marked off in the book. I have noticed breaking my discipline habits are going to be hard but I have done good so far. That is important as well. So, it hasn't been easy but it's worked when we have been 100% successful in following her guidelines. Jason has been doing a great job as well!

So, tonight I plan on finishing the book and then we both will sit down at the dining table and make out our rules and schedule. This honestly comes at a perfect time because Gage starts school next month and I planned on starting a new schedule/routine to get us all ready for him to go. So this works out great on timing. I can work it out to fit the school routine.

That is where we are right now. I am going to try and do a detailed review of each section and such. So far I really do recommend this book if you are in a similar situation as us. Where nothing seems to be working, you are getting way too angry/frustrated and its lashing out. They laugh at you when you try to discipline. We were at the end of our rope and so far it is working. I have high hopes. We just need to do our part and stick to it, not give in.

Off to finish the book and then start our strategy!

A change of plans

When we became parents we honestly had no clue what we were doing. We were young and in love, we loved our first born. He was our easiest baby and toddler. He's definitely proven at times to be a stickler in the whole 5 year old range. However, he's definitely smart and knows what he wants.

Dane is our most difficult. Mainly we were spoiled with the first child that we yes, did expect the same thing to happen again. Who doesn't dream to have two easy going, easy teething, crawling, walking, talking, happy go lucky babies twice? Who doesn't dream to have a toddler who is content to play and not get into cabinets or play with cords? Yes, we had our moments with Gage. He did give us some run for our money but mainly, he was such a laid back child. The big D however is loud, rambunctious, into every. single. thing. possible. He has his volume set to extremely screeching loud. I know a good portion of it is vying for our attention because well, he has an older brother to compete with and a younger brother. They all get their own time and attention from us but what 2.5 year old doesn't want more? Listening, the word is next to Joke in Dane's dictionary.

Bishop, well he's still only a baby. He does what most babies do. Crawls everywhere, is standing up, pulling up on furniture and starting to brave it and standing on his own. He tests the waters. Mainly with climbing the stairs. He'll get to the 2nd stair and then look back at you and smile. That means he's going to bolt so telling him no is pointless to him.

However lately things have been.. difficult. Jason and I have actually sat down and discussed how we're lost, we're both tired of the same routine and nothing is happening or getting better. We figured it out, it's us. We need a change and we are making that change.

We have seen the show Supernanny. Yeah, I know, what parent honestly turns to a TV show? Well after trying and trying and nothing working, we have. Not really the TV show but the nanny herself. Borders is sadly closing (but it worked in my favor) and I bought a book by Jo Frost called How To Get The Best Of Your Children. 

So, I am working on reading it. We are going to be serious about this. We want to be good parents and right now we feel like we are both failing. Something has to change, we do give in more then we should and it is starting to back fire on us. If we can find a way to be consistant and set, if we can find a way to make good on our word better then we have and this book can help us? Great.

I will review it when I am done. So far I am liking it. I have had to jump around a bit to find specific things that we are dealing with. Such as bed time, but I have been reading straight through and taking notes. We will be putting rules on our fridge and both abiding by them and sticking with them. We will also be putting our family time table up, becoming talking clocks. I'll explain it when I review it :)

Lets hope it works! Its up to us, but getting ideas and steps on what to do is what we need the most.

We found out we're having a..

Boy!

Yup, we're having yet another boy! I at first thought that if this baby was a boy and not the girl I had hoped I would be disappointed. But quite to my surprise i wasn't! I was quite excited again. I mean, I already have 2 boys so I think I know what I'm doing when it comes to them, haha. 

Monkey is refusing to except that this baby is a boy. It's quite cute actually. You can tell he had his heart set on a baby sister haha, however it doesn't seem to work in our favor like that! I'm okay with it, I thought I may possibly be disappointed but already having 2 boys but I'm even more excited. I know what I'm doing, I know what to expect. I can't wait. I hope one day to have a little girl but right now I am okay with and even more excited with having 3 sons. 

D doesn't know whats going on and honestly couldn't care less haha. One day we'll get him to understand! I am thinking of buying him a doll to help him get used to being nice to a baby. I know he'll be a great big brother even though he won't be in the full understanding. Hes such a loving little boy.

Speaking of D, tomorrow I have to go pick up lab orders from his doctor and then we head over to the place that does x-rays. He needs to have x-rays done on his legs so we can get a referral for an Orthopedic surgeon downstate. D has a very badly bowed leg, only one leg though. It has started to affect how he stands, walks and runs. So I brought it up at his 15 month check up last week and his doctor said we'd get on it. X-rays first then go to see the doctor. Its 2 hours from our house so it'll be a trip there. Thankfully my mom said she'd make the trip with me if we have enough time in between when we found out when the appt is to when it actually is. So she can put in the time off. 

Life doesn't come without little surprises. I hope for nothing serious, I hope that the most that would need to be done is bracing and he can continue to be a happy go lucky 1 year old that he already is. I would hate to not have him be able to be our trouble!

Moving is coming up quite quickly. We're looking at around April 15th to be able to start moving in. I'm quite excited! We picked up tons of paint samples today in hopes to getting colors chosen soon. 

That's about it until another blog :)