Sleep, rambly rambly rambly, and a picture.

[same_sky]

The time change could not have happened at a better time. Evelyn's sleeping habits have disintegrated rapidly. I am really hoping that it's just a phase, but she is sleeping worse than she has since she was a newborn. I think it's a phase. In any case, she's been staying up until two or three in the morning lately, so anything that helps us push that back a little is welcome. We had a plan of cutting out her last nap of the day (she likes to sleep from eight to nine, which.. I know! It even sounds stupid when I just tell you about it! But that's what she wants to do every night--oh, and she only wants to sleep if I sit and hold her. Any attempt to put her down for that nap ends said nap.) but by the time it rolled around tonight, she was rubbing at her eyes and screeching at us, so a nap it was! I woke her up after half an hour, though, and tentatively, it seems to have helped. She was asleep by eleven/twelve. We are being very, very, very quiet so as to maximize the probability that she continues sleeping. Until you become a parent, I guess you never fully understand how important the sleeping habits of children are to their parents. I intellectually knew that it was a big deal but I sure did not comprehend just how much I would think about it.

I folded laundry today and realized that all of my towels look terrible. I honestly do not give a rat's.. fig about what my towels look like as long as they remove water from my person. I am just not into that kind of thing. However, we are expecting company (fun LJ company! I can't believe neither of us have posted about it! At this point I almost hate to be the first to break so I WON'T SAY WHO. You'll have to guess! HA! Like it's going to be some challenge or something.) this week and it suddenly occurred to me that other people would notice! I still don't care, to be honest (they're just towels, after all) but isn't it odd how someone new coming over makes you look at things differently? We fixed the bathroom wall before M's parents came over. By the shower, a small section had been water-damaged and had turned brownish and was peeling off. It was probably the ugliest thing in the house. We had never bothered fixing it because we intend to do the entire bathroom (which is itself the ugliest room in our house) in the near future and we might as well do all the drywall work at once, right? Especially right there where we'll be taking the tub out! Finally, we realized that I had just quit my job and therefore, money for frivolous remodeling projects (or time, with a newborn, to complete them) would be less than abundant, so we thought, hey, we could fix the wall at least! It took about half an hour (not even all at once) to fix the wall. Why do we put stuff like that off? I am still not buying new towels though. :) I will, however, have M clean the shower. It's the least I can do.

And just because I haven't posted many pictures lately, here we go with one of my new favorites.

She is so big! My baby should not be able to stand like that! I was taking pictures to begin with because she's wearing one of my most recent diapers.. that's why she's not wearing pants. That's the waterproof fabric that I mentioned previously that Evelyn loves so much, by the way. The diaper is nice and trim, too... though I don't love how it fits her. It's cute though! And she's standing!

Comments

[drottningen.livejournal.com]

There is a phase that happens, usually 3-4 months in which their very nice sleep patterns get obliviated. Unfortunately it doesn't resolve as quickly as it shows up!

[reebert.livejournal.com]

That is a cute diaper! :) My Auntie (thanks to my sister) bought me a bunch of the FuzziBunz all-in-one diapers! Yay! But she bought all mediums which will be great, but I'm going to have to make some of the smaller ones to get us by until they fit.

[same-sky.livejournal.com]

Thank you! And I didn't know you were planning to use cloth! How exciting! :) Evelyn is wearing medium FBs right now and has been since August.. she's still on the smallest snaps so I think she'll be able to wear them for a good long time! :)

[e11en.livejournal.com]

Chunka Munka! Look at her, so big and standing up! Cute, cute, cute!

[ms-jacket.livejournal.com]

If you think the sleep is important, just wait until the eating and potty training starts . . . you won't believe how much you'll talk about simple things like that. :-D

She is such a cutie, I like her diapers too!

[courtesy.livejournal.com]

She looks like M there :)