This no plug thing is killing me. Eve has
\n always been an awesome sleeper and now she’s just a mess. It’s
\n been five days now and she still screams every time I try to
\n put her down. She’s back in the pack-n-play for the most part
\n because she won’t stay in her bed. What normally happens is
\n after 20 minutes of screaming I give in and lay down with her.
\n Then, and only then, she falls asleep. If I don’t lay down with
\n her, she screams and screams and screams… she’s very loud,
\n very persistent, and very articulate. It breaks my heart. One
\n of the hardest parts of parenting, I think, is the uncertainty
\n of when something moves from being helpful to being a habit. I
\n don’t necessarily mind laying down with her to help her with
\n this transition, but I don’t want to end up in a situation
\n where the only way she’ll sleep is if I lay down with her… oh
\n wait, we’re already there! <\/p>\n
On the
\n bright side, potty training is going very well! Lex made it all
\n day today with no accidents!! When we went to the WW meeting
\n (our first outing of the week!) I gave him the choice of a
\n pull-up or nothing. He said, “Mommy, I want a pull-up, just in
\n case, because I don’t want to get any pee in my car seat!” The
\n line is so familiar I’m sure I’ve uttered it several times this
\n week, in anticipation of today :) Pull-ups are pretty fancy
\n these days and have “magic” stars that disappear when the
\n diaper is wet. We made a deal that if the stars were still
\n there when we got home (ie: no pee in the diaper) he would get
\n a sticker and a treat. He did it! We went to the WW meeting and
\n ran a few errands and he used the public bathrooms twice and
\n came home with a dry pull-up! He is awesome! :)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
This no plug thing is killing me. Eve has always been an awesome sleeper and now she’s just a mess. It’s been five days now and she still screams every time I try to put her down. She’s back in … Continue reading