Oh that wonderful time in a toddlers life when they make the transition from crib to toddler bed. So much freedom, so much fun.
Unless you are the parents.
And have twins.
With one child it’s put them back in bed a few times and make the room dark and they’ll generally sleep. Playing with things [...]
Fair warning–this will be a whine/rant/complainy post.
Here is a snapshot of my night.
7:30pm– The boys start getting cranky and rubbing their eyes. Looks like time for bed. They’re wanting to nurse, so we did that and once they were done, I put them down for bed. This was about 7:45. Both boys disliked this option [...]
So soon after returning from vacation, we took a ride to the local airport yesterday and dropped the hubby off. Work has called him to California, much to my dislike. Though things probably won’t be as difficult as they were while he was in the Philippines back in May, single parenting infants and a preschooler [...]
Well, we are definitely making some–progress that is.
Here is a snapshot of last night.
11:30 –You know there is something about 11:30. 6 nights out of 7, a baby will wake up at 11:30. You can almost set your watch by it. And it’s not even the same baby every night–weird.
Anyhow,
11:30pm–Just as we are [...]
Seeing as how our 9th anniversary is this week, the not-too-far-away Grandparents graciously offered to come sit with the kidlets last night (Thanks guys!). Adam and I had our first date in a long time! It was nothing fancy, but it was nice to be out–together–without our wee brood.
It is always strange for me [...]
Well, either the sleep gods heard me or my babies did, because last night they slept pretty good! Gavin woke for his usual 11:30 “Ohmygawdwhere’smynuk” waking (only it was a little early–11:00, as I was going to bed). I then fell asleep after Daddy settled him down. Then at 12:30 Liam woke. I settled him [...]
This is a winy rant–you have been warned.
Yes, it is 4am. I don’t know what to do anymore. I am desperate. I need sleep. I have slept more than 2 hours in a row a handful of nights in the past year of my life. I am running on fumes. My stomach has been [...]
This …odd…almost…rested…feeling that I have.
It seems vaguely familiar but I cannot quite place it…
Oh! I know! Thank Hypnos (or whoever may have been responsible)–I managed to get some semblance of sleep last night!
The Aunt and Uncle sat for the kids last night while I was doing the neighborhood bunco thing, and hubby had to go [...]
Seriously, could someone tell my children that 5am is not really a good time to get up (no matter what the sun says?)
This is what last night looked like:
8:00pm- The boys are fed and put to bed
8:30pm- Lidia goes to bed (fabulous bed time! No issues at all)
10:15pm- Gavin wakes up. I went ahead [...]
When we brought the Princess home, we had a few months of wakeful nights. It was never terrible, by any means. At most she would wake up 2 or 3 times, and never for long. In the very beginning it was often. After a while it subsided, then we hit another patch somewhere in the [...]