Thursday, March 3, 2011
Ghetto Crib Update
Breaking news! Stop the presses! Last night, you slept from nine PM to six thirty AM in your new "crib" by YOURSELF, UNINTERRUPTED!!! Hallelujah, praise the Lord!! It has seriously been since October since such a feat was accomplished. Happy, RESTED family!
Mommy's Little Helper
Last night, Daddy was getting floss out of the linen closet and I was standing in the bathroom brushing my teeth. Katy, you were standing next to Daddy when he said, "Take this (floss) to Mommy." You then proceeded to take the floss from Daddy and walk purposefully to where I was standing and hand me the floss. You were all grins once your "mission" was accomplished. It was so cute!
Tuesday, March 1, 2011
Where's Katy?
One moment Katy has squeezed herself onto the bottom shelf of the bookshelf...
The next moment, I find her under the bed, head nowhere to be seen and bottom up in the air trying to retrieve a lost toy... 
Ghetto Crib
There are lots of things that childless parents say about those that do have children. "I'll never do THAT...", "My child would never do/say/act like THAT...","I would never buy THAT...", etc., etc. Then, the magical day happens when your baby is born and suddenly all of that goes out the window and you are doing all of THAT and more!
Case in point; the ghetto crib. What exactly is the ghetto crib?!? Well, most of you blog readers know that we've been struggling for some time now, with getting our now-one year old to sleep IN her crib, by HERSELF. Every time Katy would fall asleep and we'd try to transfer her to the crib she'd instantly wake up and we'd have to start the whole getting-to-sleep routine all over again. Or, we'd successfully transfer her to her crib only to be awoken by her cries an hour later. We'd do it again and again, finally succumbing in the wee hours of the morning to pulling Katy into bed with us just so that we could get some sleep, too instead of getting up, down and not being able to fall back to sleep.
Introduce a plain, old mattress on the floor, baby gate around it, pillows on all sides and voila (!), the ghetto crib is born! I can actually get Katy to fall asleep in the "crib"(by herself!) AND she stays asleep for several consecutive hours. Granted, it's not always uninterrupted sleep, but it's a VAST improvement to no sleep at all!
Getting back to the "I'll nevers..." Experts say not to put pillows, blankets, stuffed animals in the bed with a child as they pose suffocation risks. Experts say not to co-sleep. Well, sometimes, I wonder if these "experts" every really had any children because sometimes, you just need to do what works for you and your child. Don't worry, Katy is safe- we check on her regularly and she's old enough to be able to roll over and remove anything that might cause a breathing problem. Also, the ghetto crib goes against every grain in my interior designer body- it's not pretty but it works!
I'd post a picture of the ghetto crib except Katy is sleeping and I'm not waking her up... ;-P
Case in point; the ghetto crib. What exactly is the ghetto crib?!? Well, most of you blog readers know that we've been struggling for some time now, with getting our now-one year old to sleep IN her crib, by HERSELF. Every time Katy would fall asleep and we'd try to transfer her to the crib she'd instantly wake up and we'd have to start the whole getting-to-sleep routine all over again. Or, we'd successfully transfer her to her crib only to be awoken by her cries an hour later. We'd do it again and again, finally succumbing in the wee hours of the morning to pulling Katy into bed with us just so that we could get some sleep, too instead of getting up, down and not being able to fall back to sleep.
Introduce a plain, old mattress on the floor, baby gate around it, pillows on all sides and voila (!), the ghetto crib is born! I can actually get Katy to fall asleep in the "crib"(by herself!) AND she stays asleep for several consecutive hours. Granted, it's not always uninterrupted sleep, but it's a VAST improvement to no sleep at all!
Getting back to the "I'll nevers..." Experts say not to put pillows, blankets, stuffed animals in the bed with a child as they pose suffocation risks. Experts say not to co-sleep. Well, sometimes, I wonder if these "experts" every really had any children because sometimes, you just need to do what works for you and your child. Don't worry, Katy is safe- we check on her regularly and she's old enough to be able to roll over and remove anything that might cause a breathing problem. Also, the ghetto crib goes against every grain in my interior designer body- it's not pretty but it works!
I'd post a picture of the ghetto crib except Katy is sleeping and I'm not waking her up... ;-P
Blogging for Books- Secure Daughters, Confident Sons
Secure Daughters, Confident Sons; How Parents Guide Their Children into Authentic Masculinity and Femininity by Glenn T. Stanton, is a straight-to-the-point book about the inherent differences that make us either female or male. Stanton strongly believes that there are differences between the genders and that these differences need to be cultivated and nourished.
Stanton makes a case for both genders and is careful to point out examples of both throughout history and current times. The author points out the need and importance for recognizing, claiming and cultivating a child’s femininity or masculinity. He points out that there are necessary differences between moms and dads and that both are important in the overall understanding of our children and ultimately humanity.
This book is a great book to read even if you don’t have children as it would help to understand and define the differences between the sexes.
"I received this book for free from WaterBrook Multnomah Publishing Group for this review"
Stanton makes a case for both genders and is careful to point out examples of both throughout history and current times. The author points out the need and importance for recognizing, claiming and cultivating a child’s femininity or masculinity. He points out that there are necessary differences between moms and dads and that both are important in the overall understanding of our children and ultimately humanity.
This book is a great book to read even if you don’t have children as it would help to understand and define the differences between the sexes.
"I received this book for free from WaterBrook Multnomah Publishing Group for this review"
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