This week has definitely been the week of change in Jasper's life (and thus, in my life as well). In hindsight, I think maybe we should have spaced out these 4 major life-changes, but for some reason, they all just happened to happen within the last 6 days.
Change #1- limiting his binky (aka pacifier) to his crib ONLY.
We implemented this change on Monday and this change has been challenging, mainly because Jasper has been addicted to his binky since birth. He's done ok with this change, and it has the helpful bonus of making him love his crib even more than he already does. But it is challenging for me because he fusses a lot more now when he's tired in the car, etc. But we're slowly making progress with this.
Change #2- big boy undies
We implemented this change on Tuesday and I already blogged about Jasper transitioning from diapers to big boy undies on days while we're here at home, but what I haven't written about is how much he LOVES his undies. Absolutely LOVES them. He's very proud of his "big udies", as he calls them. It's pretty cute! This change has been fun and has gone really well, despite a few accidents.
Change #3- turning his crib into a toddler bed
I have been so, so nervous about this change and have been putting it off for months. However, due to Andrew's insight and prompting, we implemented this change last night, on Friday evening. I have poured hours of heartfelt prayers into this change; I've feared Jasper refusing to get in bed, refusing to stay in bed, wandering the house during the wee hours of the morning, falling down flights of steps and breaking his neck, etc. However, this change has been amazing. While it's only been 24 hours since we converted his crib to a toddler bed, it's been a perfect scenario. Jasper loves, loves, loves his big boy bed and is SO proud to have it. He calls it his "big ed" and it's his favorite place in the house; the pictures below are when we first showed him his big boy bed last evening. He seriously couldn't stop rolling around and doing somersaults in it; he was in heaven!
He's yet to get out of the bed once we put him in there, and when he wakes up, he plays quietly, just like normal. I give God all the credit for this. If you know Jasper, then you'll know how "wiggly" and energetic this little boy is. The ONLY way this change could have gone so smoothly is for the Lord to have His hand on it. I'm thanking God constantly for how smoothly this is all going so far; His grace astounds me.
Change #4- Jasper's 1st hair cut
Jasper's 20 months old and has never had his hair cut before; it's not necessarily long, but it sure is shaggy. Weeks ago, we scheduled his appointment with our dear friend and neighbor, Amy, who is my hair stylist, also, and the appointment was today, Saturday. In contrast to change #3, I didn't pray about this "change" at all. I didn't even give it much thought. That was a huge mistake. Huge, huge, huge. Andrew got 1 or 2 cute pictures of Jasper getting his hair cut, but Jasper's happiness lasted only about .02 seconds before the gates opened up and the dams burst forth and the wailing, gulping, "I'm-being-tortured-someone-save-me" screaming started. It was absolutely horrible. However, Amy gave Jasper 2 suckers during our visit, and ever since the appointment, Jasper has talked in happy, excited, and elated tones of "Amy!! 2!! uckers! 2 uckers!". And then he'll touch his hair and happily talk about Amy some more. Thankfully, Jasper acts like it was the best experience of his life. :o) Due to all the emotional trauma and torture-like convulsions, Amy didn't really get to cut any hair. She got maybe 2 or 3 snips in, but that's about it. We've all agreed that it was Jasper's first and last ever hair cut. I'm not sure any of us could go through that again.
Now, I know we just started implementing change #1 where we are limiting Jasper's binky, but we brought it along today just in case he would go crazy during the hair cut, and since he did indeed go crazy during his hair cut, we let him have his binky. Little help that it did, though, poor baby.
Now here we are, on Saturday night, and after 4 changes in Jasper's life in the past 6 days, I have to admit that my momma's heart is a little weary tonight (it doesn't help that he's been a downright ornery pistol all week; he's gotten loads and loads of loving discipline.). I've been so excited to see our baby grow and change into a young boy, but it's definitely been hard for me to say goodbye to the baby stage; it's also been a lot of work and emotional drain to go through these changes so quickly. While Andrew was giving Jasper a tubby tonight, I was reading the bible and the Lord really refreshed my soul with the following 2 verses:
"Make me to know Your ways, O Lord;
teach me Your paths.
Lead me in Your truth and teach me,
for You are the God of my salvation;
for You I wait all the day long."
Psalm 25:4-5
How gracious of the Lord to refresh my soul and redirect my focus and put it on Him, where it belongs; what a precious blessing it is to not only know the ways of God but also teach them to our young son. My prayer is that I wait for the Lord all the day long, despite my circumstances and emotions.
I don't want to end this blog on a sad note, so just as a side blip, we took Jasper to Chick-Fil-A after his hair cut as a reward, and a cow came out to say hi to all the kids and Jasper just totally flipped out with joy! It was so cute! He kept loudly saying, "MOO!! BIG!! MOOOOO!!" all during lunch.
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