Showing posts with label sleep. Show all posts
Showing posts with label sleep. Show all posts
Monday, November 4, 2013
Friday, May 31, 2013
Too early.
My kids are NOT predictable yet.
If I put them to sleep at 6:30 p.m. then I have a 50/50 chance of them getting up at 5:30 a.m. or 7:30 a.m. the next morning. A few days ago it was 7:30 a.m. It gave me the courage to do it again last night (that, and Finn was clearly crashing, so what are you gonna do?).
Tonight was not that morning.
When kids are literally crawling IN your hair at 5:30 a.m. you question everything you know about being a mother...or at least your bedtime routine last night...
(Random facts: A few of my top personal pet-peeves: 1) Having my hair pulled, 2) Having my glasses shoved into my face or having the glass smudged repeatedly, 3) Having my clothes literally pulled off my body by little hands. If you can't tell, I'm a little more of a "hands off" person by nature...) ;)
Finn updates:
1. He has taken to using the word "awesome" a lot lately. It usually in the car when he sees some sort of big truck. He always uses the word correctly. Neither Jonas nor I use the word much at all, so all I can think is that he heard Jonas use the word while they were watching some YouTube video about trucks, or something like that, and it stuck. Big trucks are awesome. Obviously. :) He also uses it in other circumstances, though, thus proving his brilliance.
2. He ran into the bathroom this morning and said to me "Hi Mama, I'm Finn, I didn' wan' to scare you" as he softly patted my leg. Then he ran back out, back in, and did it again. Repeat by 6 or 7 times. Very cute. He reeeeeeeeeeeeally didn't want to scare me, evidently. :)
3. He will often grab my hand and pull me in some direction saying "SHOW me, Mama! SHOW me!!" Which means he wants to show ME something. :) I also will say that to him when he is trying to explain something to me with just words and I'm completely not understanding a thing he is saying. So now he uses it often, but usually backwards, which I love. :)
Layla sayings:
1. I can't remember if I've posted about this already, but one thing Layla says all the time (and that makes me laugh pretty much every time too) is "How we bout we" instead of "How about we...". It's just so cute. :)
If I put them to sleep at 6:30 p.m. then I have a 50/50 chance of them getting up at 5:30 a.m. or 7:30 a.m. the next morning. A few days ago it was 7:30 a.m. It gave me the courage to do it again last night (that, and Finn was clearly crashing, so what are you gonna do?).
Tonight was not that morning.
When kids are literally crawling IN your hair at 5:30 a.m. you question everything you know about being a mother...or at least your bedtime routine last night...
(Random facts: A few of my top personal pet-peeves: 1) Having my hair pulled, 2) Having my glasses shoved into my face or having the glass smudged repeatedly, 3) Having my clothes literally pulled off my body by little hands. If you can't tell, I'm a little more of a "hands off" person by nature...) ;)
Finn updates:
1. He has taken to using the word "awesome" a lot lately. It usually in the car when he sees some sort of big truck. He always uses the word correctly. Neither Jonas nor I use the word much at all, so all I can think is that he heard Jonas use the word while they were watching some YouTube video about trucks, or something like that, and it stuck. Big trucks are awesome. Obviously. :) He also uses it in other circumstances, though, thus proving his brilliance.
2. He ran into the bathroom this morning and said to me "Hi Mama, I'm Finn, I didn' wan' to scare you" as he softly patted my leg. Then he ran back out, back in, and did it again. Repeat by 6 or 7 times. Very cute. He reeeeeeeeeeeeally didn't want to scare me, evidently. :)
3. He will often grab my hand and pull me in some direction saying "SHOW me, Mama! SHOW me!!" Which means he wants to show ME something. :) I also will say that to him when he is trying to explain something to me with just words and I'm completely not understanding a thing he is saying. So now he uses it often, but usually backwards, which I love. :)
Layla sayings:
1. I can't remember if I've posted about this already, but one thing Layla says all the time (and that makes me laugh pretty much every time too) is "How we bout we" instead of "How about we...". It's just so cute. :)
Friday, May 10, 2013
*Yawn*
We have never recovered from Daylight Savings.
My kids are on a trend of getting up earlier and earlier. Today Finn got up at 4:45, and Layla got up at 6:15.
Of course, when Finn gets up that early it's usually because he's itching or something, so he's CRANKY on top of getting up early and losing sleep.
4:45. Yeesh. Now, granted, they both "slept through the night." I do have very, very vivid memories (nightmares, really...) of those infant stages still--because for me they lasted for years. :) So, I get it. It's not quite the same. But I've learned everything is relative. What is "tired" now wasn't "tired" then--it was "rested" then. :)
My kids were asleep in bed by 6:56 p.m. last night. Awesome, right??? Yes--IF I had gone to bed at that same time, too!!! Alas, I did not.
Live and Learn. Tonight, bedtime by 8:30 sharp.
*yaaawn*
My kids are on a trend of getting up earlier and earlier. Today Finn got up at 4:45, and Layla got up at 6:15.
Of course, when Finn gets up that early it's usually because he's itching or something, so he's CRANKY on top of getting up early and losing sleep.
4:45. Yeesh. Now, granted, they both "slept through the night." I do have very, very vivid memories (nightmares, really...) of those infant stages still--because for me they lasted for years. :) So, I get it. It's not quite the same. But I've learned everything is relative. What is "tired" now wasn't "tired" then--it was "rested" then. :)
My kids were asleep in bed by 6:56 p.m. last night. Awesome, right??? Yes--IF I had gone to bed at that same time, too!!! Alas, I did not.
Live and Learn. Tonight, bedtime by 8:30 sharp.
*yaaawn*
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