Learning by Momosis

Roo had nightmare tonight, and in order for him to calm down and get back to sleep I had to cup my hands tightly over his ears for over 10 minutes. The regular routine was helping him, and then he actually put my hands over his ears and held them down tightly and said something [...]

While I’ve said I’m not quite in blogging mode, today warrants a special entry. Well, technically it was yesterday, since I’m writing this at 12:25 am.
A bouncy chair has been a critical part of our sleeping routine for over 3 years. So much so that Oma and Papa even designed and fabricated a special oversized bouncy [...]

Bear is 3 years old. Today is a great day, because he ate chocolate pudding! Woo Hoo!
Here’s a not-so-quick review on Bear’s eating, although I assure you I am still leaving out lots of details.
Bear started out as a weak, struggling baby who left the hospital at 5 days old and under 5 lbs. He had [...]

Okay, this is another one of those “just write the update, don’t make it too complicated” posts.
This was the second day ever where I had the boys all morning and all afternoon on my own. A week ago (or was it two weeks? I guess I could check my own blog for that info) I [...]

I figure an update on the day is due before I doze off…
The boys and I had a better than average day through lunch and up to the start of naptime. I was really proud of how well they were doing today. I’ve been talking about this “special day” coming up for a couple of [...]

 
I am attempting to take care of my children on my own from 10 am to 5 pm today. This has not been attempted by any adult for over 2 years. The fact that I’m posting this is a good sign — so far so good. It often gets dicey by lunchtime.
The chances that nap [...]

About 2 years ago, bedtime with Roo was emotionally exhausting (as though the rest of the day wasn’t). But this was a special time of day. His body had a hard time calming down, he was hungry all the time but couldn’t eat, he was anxious about a number of things we were yet to [...]

Saw Mr. T (therapist) this morning, who says that my biggest challenge continues to be sleep deprivation.
That is all…

I am incredibly thankful for a good night’s sleep last night for everyone.  Things were getting (more) desperate (than usual) around here! That is all…
Update: Make that an almost good night. Turns out Oma had been up with Isaac since 5:40, but they were be so quiet I hadn’t realized that yet. Anyway, thank goodness [...]

I can hear the fireworks faintly as I type. I’m in bed with my laptop, Roo sleeping next to me. My only thought about fireworks this year is hoping that they don’t wake up Roo just after I spent over an hour getting him to sleep. We executed the routine as usual today, because changing [...]