the other day i took a moment to read annie over at PhD in Parenting’s post in which she asked crib using parents to tell her what the transition to a bed was like for them and their child. she put the post up out of curiosity, not understanding how the child who needs [...]
Posts Tagged ‘sleep’
some recent thoughts on parenting
Posted in parenting, tagged nighttime parenting, sleep on 11/28/2009 | 11 Comments »
co sleeping with my bean
Posted in parenting, tagged bean, nighttime parenting, sleep on 11/24/2009 | 8 Comments »
the last few nights the bean has been coming into the bed with me sometime between 11 and 1. he arrives in the room silently and i only know to wake up and find him because i have heard his door opening on the monitor i still use with him. i wake up slowly and [...]
it is so dark out
Posted in parenting, tagged nighttime parenting, sleep on 10/05/2009 | 1 Comment »
at 4 am the other night chickpea was up to nurse and she had a lot of trouble settling back down. she is cutting about three molars right now and that means a lot of nursing, tossing, turning, whining, and such. around 5 am she was just nodding off, laying across my belly and latched [...]
trying a theme
Posted in parenting, tagged crafts, rhythm, sleep, theme on 06/28/2009 | 1 Comment »
we do have a rhythm to our days around here – kind of – a loosey goosey kinda sorta rhythmish thingy. but, it is not the kind of rhythm i feel super about. it is more like the kind of rhythm i told myself was ok while i got used to having more than one [...]
sleeping in
Posted in parenting, tagged bean, photo, sleep on 06/24/2009 | 2 Comments »
wordless wednesday…sleeping in:
where is the baby?!?
Posted in parenting, tagged chickpea, nighttime parenting, sleep on 03/15/2009 | 2 Comments »
ever since the pea got sick she has been waking up a lot at night. she used to sleep for a few hours in her crib when she first went to sleep and then after i went to bed when she woke i’d bring her to our bed for the rest of the night. but [...]
35. no more babies
Posted in my life, parenting, tagged babywearing, breastfeeding, chickpea, photo, sleep on 02/22/2009 | 5 Comments »
broccoli eating
so yes, the eyes have been a drippin’. i don’t want to alarm anyone and i do appreciate the hugs and well wishes. it is just – so hard – to deal sometimes. i love babies. i love love love them. and i think, to be brutally honest, i [...]
18. de-mad
Posted in parenting, woowoo, tagged sleep on 02/06/2009 | 2 Comments »
bean and chickpea both sleeping at about 2.5 years and 6 weeks.
i think one of the reasons i do not come up with working on sleep plans is because i get mad so easily. and mad just does not help. if i am not trying, i am not failing, and i am not [...]
16. sleep balancing
Posted in my life, tagged babywearing, nighttime parenting, sleep on 02/04/2009 | 3 Comments »
chickpea asleep in jorinde while i cook
some kids are born as sleepers. these kids shock and amaze me. i was reading a note written by a non-sleep training friend of mine that said that her 7 month old daughter falls asleep laying down holding her husbands hand each night. my eyes practically [...]
2. by a thread
Posted in my life, woowoo, tagged nighttime parenting, sleep on 01/24/2009 | Leave a Comment »
last night was not an easy one. i think at some point i got about an hour uninterrupted but most of the night it felt like one kid or another was up, wanting me to hold them, wanting to snuggle, needing a drink, needing milkies. the bean decided 5:50 was a good time [...]
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