With Craig being off this week on holidays, it's given us the opportunity to get a lot of things done that we otherwise wouldn't be able to do. Yesterday we took a drive to the dump to get rid of a bunch of construction materials that had been sitting in the garage from the basement reno. We spent a couple hours there watching the trucks drop off their loads. Today we headed to my in-laws for haircuts. My mother-in-law is a hairdresser and has a shop in their house. It's great that there's someone familiar to the boys to cut their hair. Shaun knows the drill by now and sits so nice all the time. He looks so handsome now! 
It was Ian's first haircut today and the only part that needed cutting was his fancy little mohawk. It's been around since the day he was born and many early pictures of him have the mohawk standing up straight off the top of his head. Today Leah chopped it all off. Ian sat really well on my lap while Shaun did a terrific job distracting him with various hairclips and combs.
Ian's also Suckie free now! We decided since no one had to work this week that this was The Week to take away the pacifier. I expected more of a fight out of him but other than taking a bit longer falling to sleep initially, that was it. He stayed sleeping, didn't fuss and complain in the middle of his nap or at night time, and woke up happy! I think too many people wait too long to take away the pacifier and by the time they get around to it, the child is talking and able to demand having it back. Plus it helps that Ian has a blankie he's in love with and also has Louie the monkey that Shaun bought for him when he was only a day old. Those guys seem to have made the transition easier. Add in that he was ONLY allowed to have the suckie at sleep times, and it all adds up to success!
Next step is to start him sleeping in the toddler bed at naptime. I think I'll wait until further along in November before doing that. I want him to be comfortable in there before the baby comes but he just started walking and hasn't completely figured out how to actually climb on to the bed yet. It's set up in his room and he sits on it occasionally when he and Shaun are playing or reading so he's quite familiar with it. Hopefully he's as easy-going about moving to a bed as Shaun was. Poor baby has to grow up so quickly!
It was Ian's first haircut today and the only part that needed cutting was his fancy little mohawk. It's been around since the day he was born and many early pictures of him have the mohawk standing up straight off the top of his head. Today Leah chopped it all off. Ian sat really well on my lap while Shaun did a terrific job distracting him with various hairclips and combs. Ian's also Suckie free now! We decided since no one had to work this week that this was The Week to take away the pacifier. I expected more of a fight out of him but other than taking a bit longer falling to sleep initially, that was it. He stayed sleeping, didn't fuss and complain in the middle of his nap or at night time, and woke up happy! I think too many people wait too long to take away the pacifier and by the time they get around to it, the child is talking and able to demand having it back. Plus it helps that Ian has a blankie he's in love with and also has Louie the monkey that Shaun bought for him when he was only a day old. Those guys seem to have made the transition easier. Add in that he was ONLY allowed to have the suckie at sleep times, and it all adds up to success!
Next step is to start him sleeping in the toddler bed at naptime. I think I'll wait until further along in November before doing that. I want him to be comfortable in there before the baby comes but he just started walking and hasn't completely figured out how to actually climb on to the bed yet. It's set up in his room and he sits on it occasionally when he and Shaun are playing or reading so he's quite familiar with it. Hopefully he's as easy-going about moving to a bed as Shaun was. Poor baby has to grow up so quickly!
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