House of ZZZZZZZZZ

I am tired.

Like, I am really, really tired. I am so tired I cannot even think straight. I just mispelled the word "straight" three times, and then again just now.  I don't know what my problem is. S-T-R-I-A-H-G-T. See? That's not so hard.

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Wait. What was I talking about? Oh. Right. I'm supposed to be bringing you the "best in mom blogs everyday." Hilarious tales and heart-tugging stories. Or something.

Noah started walking on Monday. Sort of. He took a few wobbly steps a few wobbly times, and has refused to do it again ever since. He's all, "Eh. Wasn't that great. I'm over it."

Also over: sleeping through the night. Which was...my point...to that story...I think.

What was I talking about?

Stars and garters, I'm tired. Here are links to three blog entries I read today that made me laugh, and even better, I totally didn't fall asleep in the middle of reading any of them, which is probably an even greater honor than the Cougies.

Crazymumma is humbled repeatedly by her children. Also many empty bottles of beer.

"I'd like to give a shout-out to my seasonal allergies."

Okay, this post by Jozet is almost a month old but I laughed when I read it a month ago and I went to read it again today all on-purpose-like and yes, I totally laughed again.You probably will too.

Comments

[Anne]

Hey, thanks for the shout out! I will do my best to continue being irreverent and exhausted a the same time. I will also come back later to do more reading, my lovelies need me....

[Missie]

Amy,
With you on the sleeping through the night thing, or actually, the lack thereof. I just started a program to get Alison to sleep through the night and it is working. Email me and I can tell you about it and recommend a book to you that my dr recommended to me.

May you rest in peace. (but not, like, permanently.)

[Anne]

Wow, what a loaded site, there is just so much information! It is nearly bedtime around here, and it is the first week of school, so on the weekend I hope to carve out some time to read and blog and neglect my family.

As to your question about playgroups, don't they have Community Centres where you are? Or maybe within a grade school? That is how it is done up here for the most part. And while I can agree with you that there are some tiresome parents to have to deal with there are always some gems.
A playgroup can save your sanity....

[sherry]

"FISHSTICKS!" made me laugh so hard I nearly peed.

We're having a non-sleep riot right now. In fact, after sleeping a whole hour at bedtime, my 9-month-old is sitting here on my lap, CLEARLY tired with all the eye-rubbing and the way her head is lying on my shoulder, but refusing to sleep. Gah.

[Black Belt Mama]

It's the teething I'd bet. We're going through the same non-sleeping through the night. My daughter is up to six teeth. What's the Noah teeth status? Also, they say that when babies are working on something new like walking for example, that they don't sleep as much. Teething plus new skill equals no sleep for mama.

[MotherPie]

The brains of moms:
somehow they keep working, don't they. The sleepless nights with babies turns later into sleepless nights waiting for teenagers to come home safely...

[andy]

DUDE! You just made my whole week/month/extended time period of certain length! Thanks for noticing the little people, yo!

And, as a dude, i think all your business is hilarious, and not all in a mommy way, either. Damn good. Thanks for the shout-out. You rule!

[Tara]

I sort of hate to tell you this, but the not-sleeping-through-the-night COULD be related to Noah working on his new skill (walking). I noticed that my son would go through periods of not sleeping well any time he was on the verge of a huge developmental breakthrough--crawling, walking, etc.

I hope your sleep situation improves soon. If you think some "retraining" might be in order, we resorted to "Healthy Sleep Habits, Happy Child" when our son was 11 months old and waking up at night to PLAY. For HOURS. It worked for us.

[Amalah]

Yes, I definitely think the sleep regression is related to walking. I've watched him stand up in his crib, in his sleep, and then start screaming when he wakes up.

Also seems to maybe be a little separation anxiety? He'll go back to sleep while I'm standing next to the crib, but the instant he hears my footsteps (damn creaky old floors!) he jolts awake and screams some more.

We used to let him "fuss it out" occasionally because it usually only took him a few minutes to settle back down. Now? He'll go from fussing to screaming and coughing and choking in no time flat, with tears streaming down his face, and oh my GOD. I can't handle it so I pick him up and thus doom us to night after night of this because I don't know what I'm doing anymore.

Time to investigate the sleep-training books, I guess. Sigh.

[Missie]

Amy,
Alison and Noah must share half of the same brain, because your post sounds just like our lives here for the past 14 months. Let me tell you, this technique that my dr recommended works. Started it Tues night, which shall forever be known as the NIGHT FROM HELL, but last night? She slept from 9pm to 4:15am, then back to sleep at 4:45am until I woke her at 8:30. I am telling you, I should have done this MONTHS AGO. I HAVE LOST PRECIOUS PRECIOUS MONTHS OF SLEEP OVER THIS. I AM STUPID. UGH.

Anyway, if you're interested, holler.

[Black Belt Mama]

I've heard the saying that when the kids get to Kindergarten, they all poop on the pot and sleep through the night. It's true. I couldn't do the cry it out thing ever because my kids scream, choke and then gag and barf, and also hold their breath and pass out. With my second, I'm not minding her waking up as much because I'm savoring the extra time she wants to cuddle or sleep in my bed. They're only little for so long.

[lildb]

Oh, THANK you thank you thank you for linking to Lady Halushki. She's so brilliant, it pains me.

[Kristjana]

My little guy, who turns one tomorrow, went through a TERRIBLE sleepless phase from 8 to 11 months... we finally figured out that it was the room he was sleeping in (an alcove of my husband's office... his real room was too far away downstairs from ours). I rearranged it in a more friendly fashion, put more of his "stuff" in it, and then started a little ritual where we say "night night" to everything out the window, close the curtain, then everything in the room, before sitting down in the rocker. It's truly worked, and now he's back to happily sleeping through the night. Good luck to you. Remember, as soon as you figure kids out, they change. ha ha...

[jozet]

Thank you...zzzzzz...for the...ZZZzzzzzzzz...shout out...snufflesnoozysnore....

:-)