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Planning To Plan

Filed under: Blah Blah Blah — Heidi at 4:43 pm on Wednesday, August 31, 2005

I’m sitting here trying to figure out what I need to get done so that I can get it all done. But, I keep screwing up my list because I’ll remember something I was in the middle of and I’ll jump up to do it just so I can check something off my list. (It’s a long list…anything I can check off looks REALLY good.)

I get a little out of control if I let the to-do list get away from me, which I seem to have accomplished the last two weeks. Basically, if it’s not on the list, it doesn’t get done.

That means no wedding gifts, no baby shower gifts, no clean laundry, no food in the house, no bills getting paid, no returned e-mails, no phone calls, etc. Other people suffer if whatever-it-is doesn’t make the list.

Honestly, I’ve just been so busy with other things. Like putting the new table together. And blogging. And trying to find someone to deliver 2 tons of rock and 3 cu. yd. of dirt on Saturday. Oh, and trying to keep the house picked up since our cleaning lady was here on Monday and it’s already trashed.

You know, important things.

I did plan ahead today. I just called AJ and asked him to pick up dinner.

Check.

DDOL: The Transfer

Filed under: Liam — Heidi at 4:37 pm on Wednesday, August 31, 2005

Well, I’ve discovered over the last few times of trying to do “The Transfer” (from the car to the bed) that it only works if L has been asleep in the car for fewer than 15 minutes.

When it works, he’s like a drunken little man with his head all wobbly. His eyes are little slits and they don’t focus. He just lies his head down on my shoulder as a very drunk man would at the bar just before last call. And when I put him in bed, he grabs Milo and Taggy and nearly smothers himself with the joy of having found them. Then he goes directly to sleep.

I know it’s not going to work when he opens his eyes and looks at me and makes noise when I get him out of the car seat. This is NOT a good sign. And this is what happened today. We were on our way home from Jen and Jules’ and he was out cold. I pull in the driveway and he’s wide awake. I was SO looking forward to that nap.

They never sleep when you really want them to.

Pics from the play date. (Click image.)

If those *sensitive* people aren’t reading, I’ll start swearing. I swear.

Filed under: Blah Blah Blah, Who's There — Heidi at 4:18 pm on Tuesday, August 30, 2005

For a while I had aunts and uncles and a whole bunch of people reading this who would be offended by a few choice words, so I’ve tried to avoid them - except for a few occasions. But hey, if they aren’t reading, why bother.

Aunt Betty…are you still out there? Anyone else besides Brad that I should be sensitive to?

DDOL: Miss Lin is not Miss Laura

Filed under: Liam — Heidi at 4:05 pm on Tuesday, August 30, 2005

We’re trying out a new Kindermusik class this semester. We wanted to take it with our buddies Jack and Ade. It’s going fine so far, and we love seeing the two of them each week, but it’s not the same as Miss Laura’s class.

A comparison:

  • Unfortunately, Miss Laura’s class isn’t convenient for us this semester. We didn’t make it a single time on time last semester. Miss Lin’s class is later in the morning.
  • Miss Laura’s class requires a bit of a drive to get there. Miss Lin’s class is two minutes from our house.
  • Miss Laura’s class doesn’t have Jack, but it does have Gabe. Miss Lin’s class has Jack, but no Gabe.
  • Miss Laura has a smaller classes. I don’t know if it’s her choice, but it’s really nice. Miss Lin has a class of 10-plus. There’s room for everyone, but it’s a little crazy.
  • Miss Laura has a rapt audience - parents included. If we want to talk in Miss Laura’s class, we get a gentle reminder that we can visit after class. Miss Lin stops class to tell stories.
  • Miss Laura is organized and has everything ready to go for the next song, dance, etc. Plus, she always gives very detailed instructions. She was a teacher and it shows. Mis Lin is a little scatter-brained. I just don’t have the patience for that.
  • Overall, Miss Laura’s class is generally a quieter atmosphere. I think L was a little freaked out today by all of the madness at Miss Lin’s. It was crazy.
  • Finally, Miss Laura encourages EVERYONE to sing. That way the ones of us who DO sing (not well) don’t feel like such idiots.

    • What can I say…Miss Laura rocks.

DDOL: Books about babies only taught me that most books about babies aren’t about mine.

Filed under: Liam, Mommyhood — Heidi at 7:05 am on Monday, August 29, 2005

I have been thinking a lot lately about babies, since my sis just had Ethan and he’s even more laid back than Em thus far. I am wondering if there’s any hope that my second will be a little easier than L when it comes to some of the things that we’ve struggled with this first year.

Liam is truly what I would consider a “high needs” child when it comes to sleeping. (Thank you ever so much for the lovely term, Dr. Sears.) It’s taken me awhile, but I have finally come to terms with the fact that I haven’t made him this way - he just is.

He is 14 months today and he has slept through the night a total of two weeks the entire 14 months - if I count all of the random nights along the way. However, I am very fortunate that when he doesn’t sleep, he’s pretty happy for the most part, unless he’s sick. I am grateful for that.

L has never been a good sleeper. (He used to take 30 min. naps and I thought it was great if we GOT a nap. Now we get an occasional nap of 3 hours and I don’t really know what to do with myself. And if we’re out of town or trying to get him to sleep somewhere other than his bed, forget about it.) None of the books that I read to try and help was worth a damn. What do you do when your kid doesn’t fit any of the examples in the book? And seriously, he can - and will - cry non-stop through the night if I try to ignore him.

I have been trying to get him to sleep through the night since he was nine weeks old because Babywise said he should. Whatever. Not my kid. Scratch that one off the list.

I also read Dr. Sears and I read Healthy Sleep Habits, Happy Child. They are fine books, but I’m not a Dr. Sears girl and HSHHC seemed to be thinkly veiled cry-it-out.

Then I read Ferber and tried the Ferberization thing, but it ended up being cry-it-out because he doesn’t respond well to me going into his room to “reassure” him.

I think about Em and Ethan and I’m a little jealous. It’s not that I don’t enjoy Liam. I totally do. I just know what a better mom I am when I get some sleep.

Maybe instead of reading sleep books, I should SLEEP.

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