Step 2 To a healthy family!!!!

I have done the grocery shopping! And I spent the majority of my time on the outer rows. (think about that.... most grocery stores keep the dairy, meats, and produce on the outside rows against the walls). I did have to delve into the rows for Pasta, cereal, baking goods, and some condiments (ya after last night I am surprised I needed any too, but Miss Jasmyn is the RANCH QUEEN). So my cart was mostly fruits, veggies, dairy, eggs, and meats. Meats with just "chicken" or "beef" in the ingredient list! LOL!

Menus planned for dinners this week:

BBQ Chicken legs (minus the skin), green salad, potatoes and onions grilled, watermelon

Beef & Chicken kabobs with Onion, mushroom, bell peppers, pineapple

Spaghetti sauce with whole wheat noodles, green salad and french bread

Taco salad with Gr. beef, Kidney beans, Salad, Cheese, olives, tomatoes, avocado, sour cream, and salsa

Hamburgers grilled with all the fixings, fruit salad, baked beans, raw veggies.

I am sure we will have left overs on one or more of those days. So that will get us through the week.

Surprisingly I am pretty proud of myself!

What is Step 3? hummmmm......................Getting everyone on a better sleep schedule and in their own bed!

Mason recently started climbing out of his crib. So he is now in a toddler bed. The down side of course is that he can get out of the toddler bed and move around. He can even open doors now. So it has been a bit of a struggle to get him to take nap or go to bed at night. Last night he fell asleep in his bed to only wake up and then he wouldn't go back to sleep in his bed. He ended up in bed with me at 2am and slept through the night. This is NOT a habit I want to form since he was sleeping so well in his crib.

And as with any transition from baby to toddler hood comes a period of separation anxiety with Mason. As he gets more freedom he needs more stability from me.

We don't really have a good plan as far as Mason's sleeping goes. With Jasmyn & Kaleb they moved from co-sleeping with me into a full size bed co-sleeping together. It has just been in the last year that they have slept in separate twin beds. Neither of them ever slept in the crib at all. So this is all very new to have a child climb out of a crib. I am a bit unprepared. Any suggestions?

We are marching forward to a healthier Jen and a healthier family.