It’s been two nights since we started the Ferber sleep method, and so far we’ve been much more successful than I expected. The first night, Edwin whimper/cried for 56 minutes before falling asleep. After that, even though he woke up three times over the course of the night, we only had to go in his […]
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Life Is About… Expectations
The other night around midnight, Edwin awoke as usual with a brief fussy noise which quickly escalated to a cry. I reached into the co-sleeper and the moment he felt his hands on me, he switched from his “I’m awake, come get me” cry to his “I want to eat” cry (which goes something like, […]
The Symbol Of Spode
Today, in early anticipation of the season, I got out my treasured Christmas Tree Spode. For those of you who don’t know the pattern, it looks like this: I have a pretty big collection, as my family adds to it each Christmas, and it gives me great pleasure to eat, drink, and serve from it. […]