Human beings spend on average one third of our lives asleep

Except me.

Aaron has gone through a sleep regression over the last month. He used to sleep up to 8 hours at night but that changed and he was waking up 3 times a night - 11pm, 2am, 4am. He also was really irritable for a couple weeks so I took him to the doctor hoping it was an ear infection. She said it wasn't and that his night waking was because he was hungry - hmmm. She suggested starting solids.

So I panicked because in the month since his last appointment, he apparently hadn't even gained an ounce. I left the office and went to the grocery store and picked up formula (to supplement) and rice cereal. I tried rice cereal when I got home and he hated it. The more I thought about it I realized that #1 - yes, he probably is hungry, #2 - he isn't ready for solids considering he can't sit up yet (why she didn't recognize that I don't know), and #3 - supplementing with formula was a complete over-reaction.

See lack of sleep makes you process information a lot slower.

So I decided I would forego solids since it doesn't make ANY sense and I would nurse him more. He seems to have gained some weight and he is definitely less grumpy. His sleep seems to have turned the corner a little and he is waking up twice now - between 11pm-12am and then again around 4-5am......

one day I will return to sleeping one third of my life away

1-month and counting

Zofia's 2nd birthday is next month! I have less than one month to figure out what we'll be doing this year for her birthday. I have to do something this year since her 1st birthday was pretty low-key....OK, I was a complete loser and it crept up on me.

This year I'm going to decorate her cake (at least that's the plan) so I am looking at cake ideas for inspiration. Party planning to include: power wash the deck, guest list, invitations, buy supplies for cake and party, make cake decorations in advance (practice, practice, practice), birthday outfit, etc etc etc.

Surprisingly, there are not a lot of places in the area to get Wilton supplies. I'm relegated to Michael's or Bed Bath and Beyond. I wish I were in Delaware, then I'd go to Sheila's Party World...they have everything!!

The magical world of make believe

While Aaron is giving me fits of screaming, Zofia on the other hand has been keeping me ever mindful that 'this too shall pass' and is beginning pretend play!

Yesterday we were outside (who wasn't) playing in the grass and she said "pretend to eat grass". I said OK. She came up to me with her empty palm up and started feeding me "grass". I asked her what it tasted like and she said "grasshoppers".

Today she made me soup - all different kinds of soup. Butter soup, green soup, rice soup and boy was it yummy! She also served me some tea and had some herself. She shared her tea with "the boy" (a magnet doll) that was sitting in a chair.

Where did my baby go?

one minute he's the sweetest thing on earth - I just want to gobble him up; the next minute he's a screaming machine and NOTHING consoles him. I swear he screamed for 4 hours tonight. Teething? maybe. Ear infection? maybe. So then I'm left struggling with the decision of whether to drug him up or not. Pacifiers don't help, neither does rocking, singing, or bouncing. In lieu of medication, the only other option is to nurse - so then I worry about starting habits that I'll have to break...ugh. I nursed him to sleep, poor guy.