Things are rough around here. All of us, meaning my husband and I, are functioning with sloth-like energy. Our souls are on the verge of soul-death. We have the energy to slowly put food in our mouths, chew it until it’s mashed up just enough to go down our throats, and swallow. And that’s about it. We’re pretty …
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The nap-time saga continues. Full force. Yesterday was a struggle the apocalypse of all nap-time disagreements. Things with nap-time got bad. Like, Jerry Springer Bad… Nathan pulled out his theatrical skills and dramatics, screamed like an irate banshee, yanked out handfuls of my hair and tossed it around the room like confetti, and there were tears. Lots …
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Nathan’s nap time schedule has been all over the place this past week. He’s totally off kilter, napping only 30 minutes at a time and waking up crying. He recently went through a great napping phase, however. The past month or so he was napping twice a day for one to two hours at a …
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I failed at nap time today. My attempt to put Nathan down for a nap didn’t just fail… it was an EPIC FAIL. I don’t know why he suddenly refused to nap; he was doing so well with his nap time routine. It all started last night. He normally only wakes up once during the …
Oh, thank heavens. I am so relieved right now that I am about to go outside and belt out some off-key tunes at the top of my lungs, only that would wake the baby. That’s right… I said wake the baby, which means that he has gone down for a nap. Quietly. Twice today. Without …
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