Archive for July, 2009
he has a way with words and sleeping
I am falling down in my reporting in that I should be relaying all of these stunning sentences the boy puts together. I should be taking notes at all times. He should have a list.
But I don’t take the notes, so… yeah. Ummm…
I’ve also been wanting to note the words that he still pronounces his […]
Posted by calm mama on Friday, July 31st, 2009 at 9:59 pm in milestones, sleep, baby baby baby | 5 Comments »
jonah’s excellent morning in pictures
First, there were the hats. He’d spotted the hat boxes in the closet yesterday and demanded access.
This morning, access granted:
He liked the Russian military hat the best. I daresay it was fetching.
Later this morning he climbed up on the couch to play the guitar/ukulele.
First, he needed to make an important/imaginary call:
then, it was time to […]
Posted by calm mama on Saturday, July 25th, 2009 at 10:15 pm in baby pics, baby baby baby | 3 Comments »
the sleep consultant experience continued (hook removal)
Are you experienced?
Sorry, I couldn’t resist.
So, where was I? Oh yes, we saw her again on Tuesday. This time, Jonah came with us. It was kind of an observation visit. We were not going to discuss anything difficult or heavy or make any plans in front of him because clearly he understands every freaking word […]
Posted by calm mama on Thursday, July 23rd, 2009 at 10:19 pm in sleep, just me, don't panic | 3 Comments »
sleep update (in which miracles do happen)
One of the reasons I may have been lax at updating all and sundry on the sleep progress is that I feel disconnected from it. It has become Scott’s JOB. Four nights in a row I wasn’t even around for it. Two nights since I’ve been here but still barely involved. As a perfectionist control […]
Posted by calm mama on Monday, July 20th, 2009 at 4:32 pm in sleep, don't panic | 7 Comments »
the sleep consultant (a.k.a. in which my ego is bruised for the betterment of sleep-kind)
You know, this really should be all about him. But it is about me. In that way that parenthood is forcing a total re-evaluation of my ego, my personality, my (bad) habits. Holy cr*p. Life was so much easier when I was only responsible for myself.
And then blogging about parenthood just adds this other layer […]