Kale's 12 month check up

Kale had his 12 month check up on Dane's 3rd birthday. Dane came along and got his 3 year check up as well...what an awesome birthday present! I thought is was interesting and amusing that these 2 boys have continued to be almost the exact same size at all their check ups. Kale weighed in at 23 lbs, 1 oz (a half lb heavier than Dane at 12 months) and they measured the exact same height 31.5 inches and fell into the 90th percentile for that. Kale has done better with sleeping over the course of the last week. Last Friday night, I was about to pull my hair out. He woke up 3 times between 10pm and 1am. So Cameron took over and guess what?!? He slept until 7:30am. Apparently my hubby is a baby whisperer and knew better than I how to get that baby to sleep. We have finally been pushed to the point of the ol' cry it out method. I was so opposed to this prior to having kids but we did it with Dane and it worked very quickly with him...like pretty much the first time we did it. He was 10 months old and he cried for about 5 minutes and we didn't have any issues with him after that. Of course, he was always a much better sleeper than Kale. Kale unfortunately isn't catching on to the cry it out method as quickly. Thankfully he doesn't cry for very long, it's more about frequency with Kale. I think God figures I can't take more than 10 minutes of them crying because Kale is generally quiet at about the 10 minute mark when I am peeling back the covers to run in and comfort him. Last night it was 8 minutes at 2:30am and then I heard him make a few peeps between then and 6am when he woke up for good. It is the hardest thing for me to stay out of that room when he is crying but he is a year old and needs to learn to sleep!! We definitely wait to do it until they're much older than we probably should. Maybe if we attempted it at 6 months, Kale would be a pro sleeper by now.

We started Dane with potty training yesterday. We were planning to wait until summer because I have heard it's easier, but he told us he wanted to wear underwear so we're going with it. Yesterday was pretty good (I think) with 2 of each accident. I was initiating him going about every hour to hour and a half. He wasn't fighting me on it so overall it went well. Just now, he ran to the bathroom and said "I go pee pee on the potty!" So I went in after him and he did it...even initiating it! Everyone said wait til he's ready and I think he is!