I just love it when Kaden goes down for a voluntary nap. There's SO much housework to be done at the moment. Ugh. I should clean the kitchen, go through the paperwork in the office, fold laundry, clean the bathrooms and straighten up the living room. And all I want to do is write. Buh.

Buh. I knew this was a contributing factor as soon as I saw the title.

From this article: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/13838594/?GT1=8307 discussing the growing (and alarming) numbers of premature babies (1 in 8 in the US) the Institute for Medicine recommends:

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I'm very unhappy with the way I've been handling Kaden's nighttime tantrums. It just doesn't sit well with me to leave him crying and whining and screaming for however long it takes him to calm down. I mean, that's totally CIO. He's three, so it's not as though he's an infant who can't understand WHY I'm not coming to get him, but frankly, he's ( Read more... )

Sweet, cold chunks of watermelon, AHH. I seriously contemplated going to sleep while putting Kaden down for his nap, and it was a real connundrum: "Am I more thirsty or tired?" But the thought of watermelon got me up and I'm glad for it. It's the sort of thing I can eat compulsively, as in, a whole watermelon if it's already cut up. The cutting up ( Read more... )

I don't wanna go wake up the baby! He's just going to be all demanding and clingy and "Want mommy to pick me up?" and I'm just soooo tired ( Read more... )

I lost my temper at Kaden today. *hangs head* It got bad. I'm ashamed to be posting this, but it's kind of funny, so ( Read more... )

God fucking damnit, that stupid baby ( Read more... )

I have the worlds most amazing and wonderful toddler ( Read more... )

Kaden's adorable little toddler pillow arrived yesterday. *cue paroxysms of cuteness* When he wouldn't go down for a nap on Tuesday I moved our CD player/alarm clock/radio into his room and put on Mozart. He LOVES it, to the point that he sleeps on top of the pillow now so he can hear the music. Woo hoo! I was very worried about his tendency to ( Read more... )

Having done it for a weekend, I bring you the five best things about Dannus being gone for two days ( Read more... )