Aside from her pulling magazines out and tearing them apart, crawling up on the table to attack every bowl, spoon, cup, homework, etc on top, emptying out every bin by our front door, moving piles of dirty laundry so that they are scattered across my house, retrieving all of my baking supplies and randomly dropping them where she walks...you get the picture... her latest escapade is pulling on the lights from the Christmas tree. And, I've been kicking myself in the ass all day for not taking it down over the weekend. She wasn't that bad with the tree all last week...
In other news... I went to the gym tonight for the first time in like 6 months!! And, I was able to walk for a total of 45 minutes. Of course, I had to take a break and change a poopy diaper, but at least I did it. I'm thinking tuesday nights are going to be a good starting off point. From there, I will have to find the time to squeeze it in. I need to be healthier. And, I had a semi-nutritious meal afterwards: salad and chili...YUM. My new favorite thing in my salad is Craisins.
Hope you are all getting the sleep I need... and please hope that she sleeps better tonight. I wound up giving up around 1:30 last night b/c it was one of those nights where she barely lasted 15 minutes in the crib before crying. I almost went back to the couch with her...I slept better there. I don't know what's worse: sleeping on the couch with her or throwing her in the bed with both of us... I'm sure the Super Nanny would have a field day with us... especially since Max has started with the 'I need a drink in bed with me in a sippy cup and hubby decided to cave on this one' has started. Gotta break that habit!! We did better with the first 2 when all this crap happened. What the hell is wrong with us when it comes to Max and Franny??
Later!!
Dawn, Can you just let her cry until she falls back asleep? After a couple of days she will get the hint. I know this sounds horrible but w/ my oldest daughter we had to close the door & cry ourselves for 3 days until she stopped crying and stayed in her bed, in her room. I think we become more lenient with each child. Water by the bed is not really a big deal unless accidents start to happen. If they do then it is the perfect fix to that issue...NO MORE drinks at bed time. GOOD LUCK girl & try to get some sleep. Take care, Cynthia :)
ReplyDeleteHey Cynthia... ha... we could let her cry it out but she is in a room with my other daughter who needs to get up for school... and so I feel guilty about waking her and or course the other 2 are right next door. We had to let my eldest cry it out...but, there was no one else to worry about. Thought we could nip this over the holiday break. But, as you can see, we did not:( I am thinking we will let her cry on Friday/Saturday nights and see how that goes. I need all of my other children and my hubby to camp out downstairs for it work!!
ReplyDeleteI wish I had better advice for you hon...it's just gonna take time with the way its working now...hey, why not put her crib over in the apt next door, she wont wake anyone...LOL...JK
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