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Cribs Tents for the Boys
We crib tented with Juliana when she dove out of her crib before she turned two and that worked well for us. So it wasn’t a question of if we would crib tent with the boys, but when to do it. I...
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A Horse Named Moo
Wyatt has an assortment of “friends” that he needs to have in his crib at night. He takes an inventory and requests any that are missing before he will lie down. He usually falls asleep with 2 of them...
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One of those Phone Calls Every Parent Dreads
I saw the daycare phone number on my phone and sighed. It was 8:30 and I had only dropped them off 40 minutes earlier, how was one of them sick? As soon as I answered I could hear him screaming in the...
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Random Juliana
Juliana gets fixated on a tv series and watches every episode on Netflix and then she moves on to another one for the next week or two and she will eventually circle back and repeat. This week Dinosaur...
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Mornings – Why Must They be so Early
After almost 6-1/2 years of motherhood I still really miss sleeping in on the weekends. When Juliana was a toddler I could wait to get out of bed until she was awake and then she would happily watch a...
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Ruslan and Wyatt 3.0
I usually write separate posts about the boys, but so much of what they are doing is the same right now so it made sense to combine. The boys are playing together a lot more – they play in the kitchen,...
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Big Boy Beds
We knew it was time to move Ruslan and Wyatt to big boy beds, but we weren’t looking forward to it…too much freedom for 2 wild boys. When we moved Juliana to a big bed, nothing changed. We put her in...
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Just This Once I Wanted to be Very Wrong
There was no doubt in my mind that the transition to big boy beds was going to be a challenge, but I wanted to be wrong. I wanted to believe that it would be as seamless as moving Juliana to a bed…but...
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First Night Away from Each Other
When Juliana was 2, she would occasionally spend the night at my parent’s house. She enjoyed it and it was a nice break for me. Juliana turned 3 while I was in my first trimester with the boys and I...
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I Want My Two Hours
During the week I wake-up early enough to shower and get ready, make lunches and check work e-mail before the kids are awake. Then it is time for Juliana to get up, eat and get on her school bus. Then...
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Sharing the Warmth
At 6:45 each weekday morning, I go into the boys room to get them ready for school and they are usually sound asleep. If they hear me come in the room, they borough deep under their blankets in the...
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His Favorite Sleep Stories Have One Thing In Common
Most people call them dreams but Wyatt calls them sleep stories. Stories that happen while you are sleeping – Wyatt is very literal. After months of sleeping all night every night and occasionally...
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I Find Their Promises to Be Disingenuous
I sent the boys upstairs to change for bed last night and soon Ruslan returned. As he came down the stairs I could hear him yelling, “where are my underwear?” As he rounded the corner to the kitchen...
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