Yesterday was a strangely perfect day. No nap in the morning, even though the boy was tired, rubbed his eyes, yawned, etc. I tried, people. You know I did. But no dice. I called a mom friend who’s been having…
Month: November 2008
the last word?
I’m not going to count on anything lasting longer than a month, anymore, ever. At least not until he’s 18. That said, there’s a sense of wanting to post a wrap-up to the latest round of sleep training. This time,…
sleep is the word
Last night he cried for 20 minutes, and slept straight through till 6:30 a.m. Color us amazed. Scott had so much energy today — he thought it was nerves and then realized it was just that he hasn’t had enough…
live blogging the sleep training
It worked? After last nights’ crying session, he slept till 4:30 a.m. That’s better than it’s been most nights lately. But here’s the really wild part: I got up, Scott brought him to bed, I nursed till 5:15 — the…
falling
falling… behind. I’m falling behind, people. On emails, on responding to commenters, on getting my next post written for WEtv.com. I called in reinforcements for tomorrow — nanny care for the boy so I will be able to focus for…
booms and busts
The adorable, colorful, alphabet foam puzzle mat we got for the living room? Kind of a bust. The boy loves to pull it apart. Put the smaller bits in his mouth (probably not a good idea — definitely not strong…
happy halloween: me and my monkey
Dear Old Navy, The costume didn’t exactly look like the photo in the online catalogue. But I kept it anyway because I couldn’t be bothered to go through the whole return this and risk not liking the next one either…