Night Life

Twice this past week the little one has woken us up in the middle of the night. The first time, I rocked her for 15 minutes, tried to put her back in her crib, at which point she screamed and woke up her mom. So she came in and rocked her for about two hours while I went back to sleep... I had to work the next day, she did not.

Last night she again woke in the middle of the night, but this time, it only took about 10 minutes of rocking before she was able to go back to bed.

She may be having nightmares now which is just awful to think about, since they can have them at this age, but they aren't able to tell the difference, and they don't know what dreaming is.

So in the middle of the night we'll ask her if she wants to go back to bed and she'll say "no" in a quiet quivering voice and it just breaks your heart.

Breast-feeding helps prevent diabetes in moms

MSNBC -- According to recent studies, it appears that breast feeding may actually help prevent diabetes in women. That's kinda cool. More...

Baby on the way

No, not us. I found this today using the "Next Blog" button up at the top. They're at about 15 weeks right now. http://mybabysecret.blogspot.com/

A, You're Adorable

A fun song I hear often on Launchcast (because I ranked it high), sung by John Lithgow.


A - You're Adorable

So who here knows the alphabet?
Oh, you think you know the alphabet?
So, let's hear it . . .

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

Now here's the song that goes along with the letters:

A - You're adorable
B - You're so beautiful
C - You're a cutie full of charm
D - You're a darling
E - You're exciting
and F - You're a feather in my arms

G - You look good to me
H - You're so heavenly
I - You're the one I idolize
J - We're like Jack and Jill
K - You're so kissable
L - Is the lovelight in your eyes

M, N, O, P - I can go on all day
Q, R, S, T - alphabetically speaking
You're OK

and U - Made my life complete
V - You're so very sweet
W, X, Y, Z - it's fun to wander through the alphabet with you
To tell you what you mean to me

A - You're adorable
B - You're so beautiful
C - You're a cutie full of charm
D - You're a darling
E - You're exciting
and F - You're a feather in my arms

G - You look good to me
H - You're so heavenly
I - You're the one I idolize
J - We're like Jack and Jill
K - You're so kissable
L - Is the lovelight in your eyes

M, N, O, P - I can go on all day
Q, R, S, T - alphabetically speaking
You're OK

and U - Made my life complete
V - You're so very sweet
W, X, Y, Z - it's fun to wander through the alphabet with you
Although it seems a silly thing to do

I L-O-V-E Y-O-U
I M N love with U!

A Time-In instead of a Time-Out

BABYCENTER.COM -- Lori found this one and sent it to me. It talks about a good alternative to a "time-out" for a child so small that they often don't understand a time-out as well as why they seem to rebel or misbehave. I liked it, since it seems like a time-out at this age requires putting her in her crib or something and we don't want to confuse bed-time with punishment or we'll never get her to nap during the day.

Choke!

Tonight on the way home from church, Rachel apparently swallowed a piece of cracker wrong. I was driving so I couldn't see, but she started coughing and making gasping noises and even spit up a little bit. A really scary thing to hear and not be able to do anything about. Well, as I was changing lanes so that I could get over to the shoulder if necessary, Lori was turning around and turning the light on and Lori's mom was patting her on the back. I am so glad she was sitting back there with Rachel. It all turned out well, but it was freakin' scary. As soon as she was feeling alright and could breathe normally again, guess what she said?

"Cracker. Cracker."

They told her there were no more crackers in her bag. It was a lie, but one I was grateful for.

Happy Halloween!

thanks to MS for this one.