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Recent Randomness...
Greg and I had a date night tonight. Wahoo! G's daddy watched the little ones, and we happily enjoyed our night of freedom...
We went to the game with G's cousin, and her date told me that he was in the Jersey Ward for the past few years. So funny. I knew he was cool when I first saw him! Anyone who survives the journal square ward must be a winner...
This was Quins choice of clothes for her date with "backa" (Grandpa). As you can see, she is quite stylish in her choices. Oh and don't forget the purse. Her latest obsession the last few months is going bye bye with my purse. She insists on the car keys, shoves them in my purse, then parades around while yelling, and waving bye bye to everyone... She even adds some hip swing for a little sass...
Greg and I had a date night tonight. Wahoo! G's daddy watched the little ones, and we happily enjoyed our night of freedom...
We went to the game with G's cousin, and her date told me that he was in the Jersey Ward for the past few years. So funny. I knew he was cool when I first saw him! Anyone who survives the journal square ward must be a winner...
This was Quins choice of clothes for her date with "backa" (Grandpa). As you can see, she is quite stylish in her choices. Oh and don't forget the purse. Her latest obsession the last few months is going bye bye with my purse. She insists on the car keys, shoves them in my purse, then parades around while yelling, and waving bye bye to everyone... She even adds some hip swing for a little sass...
Her other obsession (which is quite annoying), is climbing. This monkey is into everything.... I've had to resort to keeping my stools on the table. It's a good look I think...
If I don't, this is what I find....
In further randomness, we were bombed by a bird the other morning. I heard the loudest bang, and then I heard Carson say, "a bird hit us mommy!" He was right.
A BIRD. HIT. US.
It was so sad because the little sucker was hyperventilating in pain on my porch! Icky and sad at the same time. I felt so bad that it was dying a slow death that I called my mom and asked her what to do (naturally)... She called the vet, and the vet said, and I quote: "we don't do birds".
Soooo, I just let it be... Cuz I don't really do birds either...
Ready for the happy ending? After about 10 minutes, I knocked on the window, and the little birdie popped back to life! I was so happy I didn't have to clean it up. And happy it didn't suffer. I'm sure its singing and flying around gayley as we speak... Right? RIGHT???!
Quincey just kept looking out the window saying "I sowee, I sowee" (I'm sorry)
Annnnd, I gotta go.
I'm being beckoned by my sleepless son at 10:35 PM. He's got two problems:
1. He took a nap today. Doesn't bode well with falling asleep at night...
2. He has been having nightmares and insisting on sleeping with ALL his lights on every night.
I've already been up there three times. Apparently he had a bad dream during nap time. Something about a monkey and a lunch box... It appears that the monkey is still terrorizing him because he tells me it's on his bed. hmmm.
Hes been negotiating hard for sleeping in our bed, but I'm just not sure I'm down with that one... A few minutes ago when I was up with him he told me that his pillow didn't like him and that it wanted him to sleep in our bed with us. Clever.
Before that, he was talking with me and Greg, begging to stay in our bed, and Greg quietly said to me "It's a slippery slope [letting him sleep with us] Erin." and Carson quickly replied "It's not slippery!!!"
Any advice from all you good moms out there? Do you let your kids in your bed because of nightmares? Once in a while I don't mind, but I'm afraid it will end up being every night!!
6 comments:
Do you like that I'm up and commenting at 3:30? (nursing and surfing my phone) Ok, so we don't let the girls jump in bed ever because the slope does feel slippery! But, I think that I'm not as accomodating a mom as you are in general. I'm too into the rules to relax and recognize there is some flexibilty! We usually go in with lots of kisses and hugs when they wake from nightmares. When they are really sad we lay in their bed for 10 to help them relax. Maddie knows there is no sleeping with us socage doesn't even ask anymore, but maybe if Carson asks you could focus on explaining what you'll do if he does have a nightmare? Ok! Encough from the peanut gallery! Night!
Oh wait! I LOVE the pic of quin in the pantry! I have the same problem and have contimplated burningv the chairs!
Love Quins outfit!! What a funny little girl you have. Your posts are always so fun.
With the sleeping in your bed thing, that is something I have struggled with too. But we decided not to go there either. so instead I go lay in their bed with them till they fall asleep and seem to have calmed down. Doesn't happen to often where as I think if we let them come into our bed it would. But you gotta decide what works best for you. =)
my pediatrician was telling me last time i was in with max, that nightmares are SO common for 3 year olds. max has them a lot. i was worried he was just some paraonid kid b/c he never seems to have happy dreams, but she reassured me it was normal. right before ruby was born, he would wake up almost every day and want to sleep with us. and we kind of didn't tell him no. i'm such a pushover. (need to work on that one big time.) anyway, after the baby came, she is sleeping with us and there isn't room for all of us, so we had to tell max he needed to sleep in his own bed. (kind of sad too, b/c it's like the baby is taking his place, which breaks my heart for him as it is because it's sad for him). anyway, he actually has done pretty well with it and this his bed is cool now. but it took a few weeks to get there. i'd say just avoid it all together and make him sleep where he belongs.:)
good luck.
Poor Max! Whenever my son would come in at night, I would take him back to his room and his bed to calm him down and cuddle. Then, when he is feeling better in his own environment, I would leave and he usually went right to sleep. I felt like if he was comforted in his own room/bed, it wouldn't seem so scary after I left. A bit more effort but worth it :)
I never let my kids sleep with me, I am a light sleeper. We sometimes would let them make a bed on the floor next to our bed. Good luck.
well... I do know how you feel, cause Ayden has been having nightmares for about a year and a half! Serious! I'd let him sleep with me for like 5-10 min and then we go put him back in. Sometimes I have to tell him when I lay him down that he can't sleep with mommy and daddy tonight, he has to stay in his own bed and it actually works. But, the best thing for the nightmares has been his 'monster spray'. Dad makes it special for him. (aka- water in a spray bottle). My friend gave me the idea, and it works great! The monsters don't like the smell, so they will leave or not come in the first place. He sprays it EVERY night, without fail. And, if he wakes up with a nightmare still, I ask him if he wants to spray his monster spray and he always does and then goes right back to bed.
Gotta love it!
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