Saturday, November 15, 2008

Will He Ever Sleep Again???

Now that Christopher has graduated from his crib to the big boy bed, I don't think we are ever going to sleep again. After a week of all three of us being up all night, I have installed an eyehook lock on Christopher's door to keep him inside. After 30 minutes of non-stop screaming and crying, I settled him down and left again. After another 30 minutes of the crying, I put Nicholas to bed and then sat down next to Christopher's bed until he fell asleep. Why was I able to be tougher with Nicholas? Was I tougher, or am I just imagining it? When will I ever get to sleep again?

Monday, November 10, 2008

Growing Up

My little guy is not so little any more. He spent his first night in his big boy bed last night. He only woke up once, at about 2:30, and I laid down with him. We both fell asleep and I didn't go back to my bed until about 4:30. Nap time wasn't much fun this afternoon, it took me 30 minutes to get him to lay down and I fell asleep again. We will get the hang of it, hopefully I won't start crying since my baby is almost 2 and sleeps in a regular bed . . .

On a funny side note, Christopher has started to realize when he passes gas. Everytime it happens he points down, laughs, and says, "I burp!" and then laughs again!

Sunday, November 09, 2008

Guinea Pig Sitting

We are watching our friend's guinea pig this weekend and in a way it's a good thing the boys are at their dad's house. When Christopher discovered that the guinea pig, Snowy, was here, he wouldn't move away from her cage. Every time she tried to peak her head out her house, he would scream and point to her. I think she might have had a small heart attack at one point. She stopped coming out of her house when Christopher started yelling at Nicholas for going near her. I guess he thinks he is the only one who can look at her! The poor thing hasn't gotten out of her house since Friday. She pokes her head out, grabs food, and scrambles back in. I hope she isn't too traumatized.

Thursday, November 06, 2008

The Nudist

I don't know why but my children like to be naked. Christopher does not want to wear clothes. His playgroup came over today - Penelope, Clair, Cooper, Joshua, and Luke - and Christopher played with them for two hours while he was completely naked. I think he wore his pullup for maybe 15 minutes the whole time they were here. He just does not want to wear clothes or his pullup. He doesn't want to pee on the potty either, which does not make things easier for me! I cleaned up to messes today! Nicholas and Christopher are so similar and yet so different. Nicholas spent one summer in the pool naked and streaked at a Christmas party. I guess they just like to be free . . .