Are you trying to say that you had a good sleep? Because my understanding is
- you woke up several times crying
- peed your pants a few times
- maybe pooped your pants too?
- did you need your mothers comfort to get back to sleep?
- perhaps you had a bottle?
Well, considering you are a full grown adult that slept like a baby, I am recommending perhaps professional help of some kind. In all seriousness though how did such a comparison come to exist? I always have a little laugh to myself when people use that metaphor.
Tuesday 7 June 2011
Thursday 2 June 2011
Big Girl in the Big Girl Bed
So we braved it, the cot is in seven pieces in the garage and the big girl bed has been remade with some funky flanellette sheets and a splash of lime green and pink. The colour scheme eventually spread throughout the rest of the room during that week but enough of that for now.
Mum is tired. Princess enjoyed the newfound freedom just a little too much. What with the up and down up and down freedom and all. So far so good i guess. Princess had resorted back to nightwakings before the transition, i guess i kind of thought this might help, and i am thinking it might be? You see sweet dearest princess has slept through the night since she was 2 weeks old, up until about a month ago. So i am still not used to the whole getting up through the night thing, and i do LOVE MY SLEEP! At the worst she was getting up about 4 or 5 times. So i put the foot down.
Had a firm word to hubby (seeing as a partially blame the night wakings on him). No more giving her a bottle if she resists bedtime .
-i had her off bottles at 12 months
AND no more sleeping in the bed with her when she wakes up at night. This meant strength on my part to, as it meant, i actually had to get up instead of getting hubby to.
Night 1 went well. Got her to bed within 40 minutes with only 1 night waking. Woke up in the morning with princess's face covered in texta and a black sharpie point coming straight towards me. Tonight is night 2, only 20 minutes to get her to bed and, well, i can't quite tell you about the night wakings just yet, but i will tell you i went to check on her after about 10 mintues and found her drifting off to sleep in the ball pit in her cubby house. Cute, but not an acceptable form of bedding. Oh, and the bedroom? Yeah i redecorated, went with bright purple, lime green and hot pink. Updated a little babies room into a funky playspace for a toddler. Im quite proud. Other than that not much has been happening, i guess that explainss the lack of posts lately. I wouldn't want to bore you. See? im such a considerate being.
Mum is tired. Princess enjoyed the newfound freedom just a little too much. What with the up and down up and down freedom and all. So far so good i guess. Princess had resorted back to nightwakings before the transition, i guess i kind of thought this might help, and i am thinking it might be? You see sweet dearest princess has slept through the night since she was 2 weeks old, up until about a month ago. So i am still not used to the whole getting up through the night thing, and i do LOVE MY SLEEP! At the worst she was getting up about 4 or 5 times. So i put the foot down.
Had a firm word to hubby (seeing as a partially blame the night wakings on him). No more giving her a bottle if she resists bedtime .
-i had her off bottles at 12 months
AND no more sleeping in the bed with her when she wakes up at night. This meant strength on my part to, as it meant, i actually had to get up instead of getting hubby to.
Night 1 went well. Got her to bed within 40 minutes with only 1 night waking. Woke up in the morning with princess's face covered in texta and a black sharpie point coming straight towards me. Tonight is night 2, only 20 minutes to get her to bed and, well, i can't quite tell you about the night wakings just yet, but i will tell you i went to check on her after about 10 mintues and found her drifting off to sleep in the ball pit in her cubby house. Cute, but not an acceptable form of bedding. Oh, and the bedroom? Yeah i redecorated, went with bright purple, lime green and hot pink. Updated a little babies room into a funky playspace for a toddler. Im quite proud. Other than that not much has been happening, i guess that explainss the lack of posts lately. I wouldn't want to bore you. See? im such a considerate being.
Saturday 21 May 2011
A little more about me
So i have filled you in ( Sort of ), on what usually goes on during my day, i have also given you a brief run down on how i got to be where i am today. But what about the in-betweeners? I'm just going to jump on in there with a list.
100 28 Things you may not know about me.
1. I'm now 20, but am rarley compared to others my age as the lifestyle i have compared to most fellow 20 year olds i know is of dire opposites.
2. Still engaged, have been for over 2 years now, and i am not planning on getting married until all my children can be at my wedding
3. I'm a taurus, and a very stubborn taurus at that.
4. Anti-religous, i don't mind for others to have theirs, just dont push it on me please.
5. I enjoy
6. singing, in the car, in the shower, wherever
7. scrapbooking, if i ever get the time for it
8. blogging, it's a new found love of mine
9.bed, before princess i would stay in bed all day
10. working, i have always been a very work driven person.
11. I dislike
12. liars, no need for it
13. Mice, just seeing one will bring on near fainting and hyperventilating
14. judgement, because people are always too quick to judge me and are usually wrong
15. wine, besides 1 brand of red, i just cant stomach it
16. Other little things
17. i have always wanted a garden
18. i Prefere a flat white coffee to a cappacino
19. I can never understand why some people do the things they do
20. I keep alot inside because i dont like confrontation
21. I wish i had a close friend like in the movies
22. I generally wish more things happened like in the movies
(labour- little bit of sweat one push and the babies out, gee that would be nice)
23. I watch too many movies
24. I fear the death of loved ones and how i will cope
25. Lost my father very young
26. Have a terrible memory, i write lots and lots of lists
27. I always start new things and consequently stop after a very short time.
(Be proud i am still blogging, have found it quite therapuatic)
28. I always get sidetracked and forget what i was doing
*Wanders off to turn the jug on for cup of coffee*
Thursday 19 May 2011
Giant parenting fail on my part *sigh*
So princess had her first night in the cot with the toddler rail on last night. For the most part it went well, she stayed in bed, slept all night, all the good stuff you would hope for. Until this morning. Expecting her to come into me when she woke up, I didn't set an alarm, just waited for my snotty wake up kiss and nose honking. Instead I woke up to a childs cd player being thrown on my head, and a bright eyed child who had clearly been awake for a while. Do I dare get up to inspect the damage?
Fail one, was me expecting her to come into me. How bloody stupid. I can only imagine , her running the halls of the house with all the freedom in the world singing "I'm walking on sunshine" ( if she could sing) .
Fail two, was not shutting doors, she had free run of the entire house. That includes the bathroom. So I get up and the bedroom is not too bad except for the cd player next to my pillow. Walk out, OH FUCK . Powder foundation Everywhere. An entire bottle, the stuff was over priced to begin with and now instead of being on my face it's on the toilet seat, the lounges, AND the cat.
Giant mummy fail on my part, i say, as I wander off to the shops to invest in even more childproofing latches etc. Or I could just not be a fricken idiot and keep the doors shut.
Fail one, was me expecting her to come into me. How bloody stupid. I can only imagine , her running the halls of the house with all the freedom in the world singing "I'm walking on sunshine" ( if she could sing) .
Fail two, was not shutting doors, she had free run of the entire house. That includes the bathroom. So I get up and the bedroom is not too bad except for the cd player next to my pillow. Walk out, OH FUCK . Powder foundation Everywhere. An entire bottle, the stuff was over priced to begin with and now instead of being on my face it's on the toilet seat, the lounges, AND the cat.
Giant mummy fail on my part, i say, as I wander off to the shops to invest in even more childproofing latches etc. Or I could just not be a fricken idiot and keep the doors shut.
Wednesday 18 May 2011
Just a little realisation
WARNING: The following text contains soppy mumming ramblings about being proud, excited, "they grow up to quickly" etc.
Seriously though, they do. I could have sworn it was just yesterday i was grunting and groaning starkers naked in front of a rather large audience to deliver my beautiful little princess. Yet today, i am puliing down cot sides to make room for "toddler rails". Today, i watched my litle girl eat dinner by herself and proclaim to me "Yummy! Num num din" . Today, i got a back rub when i asked princess for one.
-Quick side note, why does it seem she understands everything i say except for the things i REALLY want her to understand i.e. "Please, no don't take the cat in the bath.. aw too late"-
Anywho, back to what i was saying, time is getting ahead of me. I was asked recently the age of princess and had to stop myself at saying 15 months when i realised , wait no, she is 17 months old now. Getting closer to 2, that scares me.
What doesn't scare me however, and more pleases me, is hearing from a number of people that my daughter is advanced for her age, her REAL age after i have corrected myself. Now i don't know, I don't have other children to compare to... (for now). Is it perhaps something other people say to make you feel good? Or have i gone and bred myself a genious baby? Maybe i should be putting my other genious eggs to good use while they are still ripe. Not sure, will have to take it to hubby and get back to you on that one.
Proud mummy blog complete. I will be sure to have come off my high by my next blog, where i can go back to whinging about another coffee gone cold.
Seriously though, they do. I could have sworn it was just yesterday i was grunting and groaning starkers naked in front of a rather large audience to deliver my beautiful little princess. Yet today, i am puliing down cot sides to make room for "toddler rails". Today, i watched my litle girl eat dinner by herself and proclaim to me "Yummy! Num num din" . Today, i got a back rub when i asked princess for one.
-Quick side note, why does it seem she understands everything i say except for the things i REALLY want her to understand i.e. "Please, no don't take the cat in the bath.. aw too late"-
Anywho, back to what i was saying, time is getting ahead of me. I was asked recently the age of princess and had to stop myself at saying 15 months when i realised , wait no, she is 17 months old now. Getting closer to 2, that scares me.
What doesn't scare me however, and more pleases me, is hearing from a number of people that my daughter is advanced for her age, her REAL age after i have corrected myself. Now i don't know, I don't have other children to compare to... (for now). Is it perhaps something other people say to make you feel good? Or have i gone and bred myself a genious baby? Maybe i should be putting my other genious eggs to good use while they are still ripe. Not sure, will have to take it to hubby and get back to you on that one.
Proud mummy blog complete. I will be sure to have come off my high by my next blog, where i can go back to whinging about another coffee gone cold.
Monday 16 May 2011
Liar Liar Pants on Fire!
Two blogs in one day. Wham-o. I just have so much to say. So many people to say it to.. ok so all three of my readers.. Hello to you, can i just say it is nice to no longer be talking to myself. Not that i am not used to it or anything *snickers*
I lie to myself, ALOT. Here are some of the lies i tell myself-
*Im going to get up early and be showered and dressed before princess wakes up.
I sleep till princess wakes up and drag myself out of bed, lounge around in my pajamas for two hours.
*I'm going to power clean so i can have the rest of the day free.
I delay many things and my washing ussually sits for a couple of hours and gets thrown in the dryer.
*I'm going to start an excercise regime to lose the "gut"
After 17 months, "baby weight" just ain't cutting it as an excuse anymore. I'm still gunna use it though!
*I will not have a 4th, 5th, coffee because i know it is bad for me and will give me a headache
Currently sitting on my 4th.
*Put princess to bed and do quick top up clean so i can wake up to a clean house
Put princess to bed, make coffee, sit on butt, do nothing.
* i will show H my appreciation for him.
mmm bed.. so warm... sleep?
Bad mummy! Bad wifey!
I lie to myself, ALOT. Here are some of the lies i tell myself-
*Im going to get up early and be showered and dressed before princess wakes up.
I sleep till princess wakes up and drag myself out of bed, lounge around in my pajamas for two hours.
*I'm going to power clean so i can have the rest of the day free.
I delay many things and my washing ussually sits for a couple of hours and gets thrown in the dryer.
*I'm going to start an excercise regime to lose the "gut"
After 17 months, "baby weight" just ain't cutting it as an excuse anymore. I'm still gunna use it though!
*I will not have a 4th, 5th, coffee because i know it is bad for me and will give me a headache
Currently sitting on my 4th.
*Put princess to bed and do quick top up clean so i can wake up to a clean house
Put princess to bed, make coffee, sit on butt, do nothing.
* i will show H my appreciation for him.
mmm bed.. so warm... sleep?
Bad mummy! Bad wifey!
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