Moving On
After a few changes we finally closed on our old house around 12:30 on Wednesday just 3 weeks since we received a contract on it. We are still surrounded by boxes & trying to get organized. I've kind of taken a break for the past few days. Moving is exhausting! :) I know I should be sad about selling our first house, but for some reason I'm not. I guess the whole time we lived there I never even thought about it being "our" house. Somewhere in the back of my mind I knew we'd sell it eventually & so I just never got too attached. I look forward to the day when we are "settled" in one place & the house we live in is really "ours", but I have a feeling that's going to be a while. In the meantime we'll just make "Home" wherever our little family is. I'll post photos of the old house & new house whenever I find the usb hook up for my digital camera.
Our new neighbors are moving away & are giving us their old storage shed. We should receive that in a few days! I can't wait b/c it should house some of these boxes we are tripping over!
We've been trying to encourage John Christian to sleep in his twin "Big Boy" bed & to let Charlie have his crib. The crib we bought for Charlie had a defect. One of the wooden rail slats cracked at an angel! It was dangerous & I was quite upset about it! Anyway, I figured that since John Christian is almost 3 & his waist almost comes up to the rail on the crib it's time for the bigger bed. I was also thinking since he's potty trained it would be easier for him to go potty in the middle of the night if necessary.
Well, we are on week #2 & I am about to loose my mind. He doesn't go to sleep until between 9 & 10PM. I may try baby gating him into his room, but knowing him he'll just climb over the gate. I'm giving it a few more tries (maybe) & then it's back to the crib.
UGH!
Charlie has also gotten me into the bad habit of picking him up in the middle of the night. I know he is now just doing it b/c he knows I'll come & pick him up. I tell myself that I'm not going into his room & that he will fall back asleep eventually. Then, somehow I am so tired the moment I hear him it's like I go into auto mode. I jump out of bed, pick him up, & put him into bed & we immediately fall back asleep. Sometimes I wake up & find myself holding him & don't even remember getting up. He's pretty spoiled & I totally blame myself. "Whatever Charlie wants Charlie gets!"
Part of the reason I do pick him up so fast is that I'm scared he will wake up John Christian & then I'll be in a real mess with them both running around. I need to stop this madness! I'm getting tired! :)
Ok, the boys need me. I'll write more later!
Our new neighbors are moving away & are giving us their old storage shed. We should receive that in a few days! I can't wait b/c it should house some of these boxes we are tripping over!
We've been trying to encourage John Christian to sleep in his twin "Big Boy" bed & to let Charlie have his crib. The crib we bought for Charlie had a defect. One of the wooden rail slats cracked at an angel! It was dangerous & I was quite upset about it! Anyway, I figured that since John Christian is almost 3 & his waist almost comes up to the rail on the crib it's time for the bigger bed. I was also thinking since he's potty trained it would be easier for him to go potty in the middle of the night if necessary.
Well, we are on week #2 & I am about to loose my mind. He doesn't go to sleep until between 9 & 10PM. I may try baby gating him into his room, but knowing him he'll just climb over the gate. I'm giving it a few more tries (maybe) & then it's back to the crib.
UGH!
Charlie has also gotten me into the bad habit of picking him up in the middle of the night. I know he is now just doing it b/c he knows I'll come & pick him up. I tell myself that I'm not going into his room & that he will fall back asleep eventually. Then, somehow I am so tired the moment I hear him it's like I go into auto mode. I jump out of bed, pick him up, & put him into bed & we immediately fall back asleep. Sometimes I wake up & find myself holding him & don't even remember getting up. He's pretty spoiled & I totally blame myself. "Whatever Charlie wants Charlie gets!"
Part of the reason I do pick him up so fast is that I'm scared he will wake up John Christian & then I'll be in a real mess with them both running around. I need to stop this madness! I'm getting tired! :)
Ok, the boys need me. I'll write more later!
posted by Rebecca at 4:42 AM
1 Comments:
Hey Bec,
I am sorry for your madness. About John Christian, skip the baby gate...he will climb over. Go to Babies R Us and buy the doorknob covers that go on the door. To open, you have to squeeze and turn at the same time. Children don't have that dexterity until about age 7. Explain to him that you don't care if he gets out of his bed and plays, but he must stay in his room. Another thing that works...buy him a digital alarm clock. Show him 7:00 AM. Draw a picture of 7:00 AM as well and put it beside the clock. Tell him when it the clock matches the picture, then he can come out and visit. Make his room a place that he WANTS to be, and he will probably stay there....These are just suggestions that we did with Walter and that I recommend to my parents. They work for some, but not for all:) Love you and thinking about you!!!
Jennifer
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