The good and the bad...

As I'm sitting here typing, I'm listening to my poor sweet baby crying in his room. And it breaks my heart. You would think after 3 kids that I would be champ at sleep training. Nope. I still hate it. Every. time. :( I know it's my fault. I'm still nursing (yes, I know he's 20 months..), but I'm going to try and wean him. I don't mind still nursing him and he is super attached, but I know the longer I wait to wean the harder it's going to be. It's already a little embarrassing that he's asked my mom, and close friends at church for "milk" while patting them on the chest. Yep. He doesn't discriminate. So, I know I need to get this process going. It's just so hard though! Especially because he's been such a great nurser since fresh out of the womb and he is so attached. And, he's used to being nursed to sleep at naps. So, right now he's probably really confused..and mad at mama. So sad. Now, I can hear him. He's talking to himself. So, that's good...except we have to leave at 2:20 to pick up Nate at preschool. And, it's 12:39...which means he should've been asleep a good 40 minutes ago. Which takes me back to my first point...it was so nice when I could just quickly nurse him to sleep! What's a mama to do?!

Well, some good  great news is that I had a really good parent teacher conference yesterday with Noah's teacher. We are so blessed to have her as his 1st grade teacher and I was reminded of that yesterday. She seems to really understand Noah and she wants what is best for him. He has improved so much in the last couple of weeks! He is finishing his work on time and he seems happier. She said after fall break that she is going to do some more challenging work for him. So, that's good. Because right now he's breezing through the work (or he's zoning out or not doing it because he "already knows how to do all this stuff" ). We'll see how that goes. His behavior is great and he's well liked by his peers...we just need to work on his social skills. But, all in all he's doing great and yesterday he said three words that I didn't know would ever come out of his mouth.."I like school". Thank you, Lord!

So, there's some of the ups and downs of parenting. Just another day in the life of a mom.