If you have met or know my Dad, you probably know why I think he is the most amazing man alive. But this summer, while I was away from my wonderful husband, my Dad pulled through as my real live superman. I was truly a maiden in distress and came to the rescue.
He held my hair back and brought me water as I puked, he bought me ice cream when I couldn't eat anything else and didn't even flinch when I ordered a tripple (:
and he took care of my two wild kids while I lay around incapacitated, he even taught Brooklyn how to hit her first tennis ball over the net while I slept at home.
Where he really went above and beyond is when he took it upon himself to help me ween the most addicted nursing toddler in the history of the world. Jude, at 17 months was still nursing between 6 and 9 times a day! - well I should say night. Since we had been sleeping in the same room since early May, and always where he would wake up several people when he started screaming, he learned quickly that I would just nurse him to shut him up.
Not only did my Dad start putting Jude down for all his naps, but he took him through the night and taught him that he wasn't going to get Mom when he woke up to nurse. In fact, 2 nights with Grandpa Greg and he was sleeping through the night! Well. that is until 6:30am when Dad would take Jude out on the Canoe to keep him from waking everyone up!
Two full nights of sleep changed my life and I actually didn't throw up for 3 full days! I have a thousand times better since I stopped nursing Jude and SOOO grateful for Grandpa Greg!
The amazing thing is my Dad made me feel like I was doing him a favor by letting him put Jude to sleep. He was thrilled that he was able to bond with Jude and found great satisfaction in sleep training him for me.
Of course the rest of the family - My Mom, Dana, Brig, Brooke and Vic were incredible supports during that difficult time as well and I could write a blog entry about each one of them and everything they did - honestly, I have to do my final for Hypnobabies though!
More blogs to come now that we have internet in our apartment finally though!
Honestly Thank you sooo much Dad and Family for being such incredible supports to me this summer! I needed you more than ever and you pulled through for me! I promise to cook again next summer (:
He held my hair back and brought me water as I puked, he bought me ice cream when I couldn't eat anything else and didn't even flinch when I ordered a tripple (:
and he took care of my two wild kids while I lay around incapacitated, he even taught Brooklyn how to hit her first tennis ball over the net while I slept at home.
Where he really went above and beyond is when he took it upon himself to help me ween the most addicted nursing toddler in the history of the world. Jude, at 17 months was still nursing between 6 and 9 times a day! - well I should say night. Since we had been sleeping in the same room since early May, and always where he would wake up several people when he started screaming, he learned quickly that I would just nurse him to shut him up.
Not only did my Dad start putting Jude down for all his naps, but he took him through the night and taught him that he wasn't going to get Mom when he woke up to nurse. In fact, 2 nights with Grandpa Greg and he was sleeping through the night! Well. that is until 6:30am when Dad would take Jude out on the Canoe to keep him from waking everyone up!
Two full nights of sleep changed my life and I actually didn't throw up for 3 full days! I have a thousand times better since I stopped nursing Jude and SOOO grateful for Grandpa Greg!
The amazing thing is my Dad made me feel like I was doing him a favor by letting him put Jude to sleep. He was thrilled that he was able to bond with Jude and found great satisfaction in sleep training him for me.
Of course the rest of the family - My Mom, Dana, Brig, Brooke and Vic were incredible supports during that difficult time as well and I could write a blog entry about each one of them and everything they did - honestly, I have to do my final for Hypnobabies though!
More blogs to come now that we have internet in our apartment finally though!
Honestly Thank you sooo much Dad and Family for being such incredible supports to me this summer! I needed you more than ever and you pulled through for me! I promise to cook again next summer (:
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Heather
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