-----of the article in the Times which I am SURE people will start asking me about any second:
I still won't be blogging about the technicalities of my marital status. And honestly? It would be great if it wasn't written about in national publications. We don't need the scrutiny. I was happy to read that A) the IRS wasn't interested in commenting and B) liberal states do not want to appear to be harrassing transsexuals. Huzzah all around. It's not like I am moving to the South any time soon anyway.
-----of American Idol
This is the first season that I am watching this part, the first season that I have ever watched a results show. I must say that I feel just a little bit more a part of something. I feel better when talking to my parents, less like I am holding myself above them with my disdain for lowbrow pop culture. I feel downright normal and American and it's fascinating.
That said, last week was a fricking travesty. Leaving that damn dreadlock boy and that damn blonde chick and taking away my Irish girl. For shame, America. Next they'll be voting off my other favorite belter, the one who did the Starlight Express number. It should be way more showtunes and way less Mariah in future.
-----of Baby Mama
There were issues. Like, (semi-SPOILER)
the part where they say that she took a test right away and it was negative so she thought it didn't work and then Tina Fey says that the drugs she was on could give her a false negative. What IVF drugs would give you a false negative? It's a false positive we get concerned with after triggers and such. Silly. They needed this to make the plot work. But oy.
I laughed a lot. The Sigourney bits were funny. I liked the Weeds guy who played the doorman. I liked the Steve Martin Whole Foods thing to a point. The end was dorky.
I love Tina Fey 4 realz, tho.
------of my time at the beach house with charlotte and fam:
Charlotte is going to marry Wes and be my sister wife. That is how much I love her. And her wife and her kid. Truly astonishingly lovely. The way they talk to that boy is just remarkable and was like having a real live parenting class take place in front of you. We were talking about circumcision and Smarty asked what we were talking about and Charlotte told him, "We're talking about penises and how some parents decide to do something where they remove a part of the skin on their sons' penises. Like your friend so and so." True and plain and not sugar-coating but not judging. Awesome. And it got better. Smarty: "I like my penis." C: "That's great. And do you think so and so likes his penis?" Nodding. Really, you don't meet too many boys who DON'T like their penises, eh? But so well-put. (It goes without saying, I hope, that I am not asking for circ commentary here)
We had such a good time with them.
And we played scrabble one night and Charlotte got 180 points in one turn. ONE HUNDRED AND EIGHTY POINTS. She used seven letters (we were playing a nine tile version) and covered two of the triple word score tiles. In which case you get to triple your tripling. None of us knew this was possible. It was outrageous. And then she was all amazed that none of us wanted to continue playing with her. After she got 180 points.
------of CIO
We have the initial go-to-sleep CIO down pat. More than a week now, every night. We were down to 1-3 minutes of crying until tonight when he suddenly cried for nearly 30 minutes again. We had put him down earlier than usual because he seemed so tired so maybe that was why.
Middle of the night is much, much harder. Wes and I didn't make a plan because things were going well. And then I decided to try to get him to go to 6am without nursing but I forgot to tell Wes. So we had a night of crap fighting hell where we were not awake enough to really talk and ended up letting the kid cry for 90 minutes before giving up, which is just awful. After that, I decided I needed a break from it for a little while. So I am still nursing at 4am and bringing him in to our bed if I can't get him down afterward with little fuss. He is crying at other times, though - random 2 or 3 am wakeups. We are not going to him before 4. I just can't do it anymore. 4 is the cutoff at the moment. When we get him to sleep through until 4, I will start shifting it later. And then I will tackle naps. I am aiming to have him all trained and scheduled by the time I go back to work. It is not fun but I really don't feel as bad about it as I thought I would, mostly because he acts EXACTLY the same whether we stand there and try to soothe him or whether we just leave him. He cries, he calms and starts to fall asleep, he wakes himself up and screams, repeat. He has to learn to put himself back to sleep. I can't teach him that. He has to do it himself. And learning it is a huge important gift. I don't want him to have this problem on an ongoing basis. I want him to be a good sleeper. And I need sleep, too. I had reached a level of fatigue that was making me a bad mommy. And a bad wife. And dumb. Plus, my body is crap as it is and lack of sleep is the number one thing that makes my fibro flare. Ow ow ow.
A question, though, for other CIO'ers (really not open to anti-CIO'ers, thanks) - what do you make of teething pain? Weissbluth, in a typically mean viewpoint, says that studies show it has no effect. That is just bullshit in my opinion. Teething hurts. Hurting sucks. I think I am more qualified to say so than Weissbluth. So. He is cutting 4 teeth all at the same time. We give him Tylenol before bed. Does anyone out there think the wake-ups could be because of pain? When the Tylenol wears off? Is it permissable, possible, advisable, to go in and give him another dose when he wakes up? Thoughts?
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