Ah, the Wonderful World of...

Disney? Babies? Parenthood?

Not sure which one of these headings I should be listing this post under. I think it invloves all 3. Well, to be honest maybe not Disney. But sometimes I think ALL brand development marketed for children is all their fault. That being said, I LOVE Mary Poppins, The Fox & the Hound, and Toy Story. It was really hard to find those Buzz Lightyear sheets for a california king size bed... but when price is not an issue, you really can get anything.

Right, the point. I seem to be losing focus here these days. Maybe thats a good thing, you'd have to tell me. BUT, lets get back to the wonderful world of babies, and therefore parenthood.

I think I may have mentioned here a few days ago that there was not much sleep happening 'round these parts. Well, save for Fer, who can sleep through anything. Elliott has been going through god only knows what. But the screaming and the crying fits were like those only experienced during our first few weeks having moved her to Chicago. When everything was wrong and nothing seemed like the only home she's known for 3 months.

So, I am sure you can figure that I have been a freak trying to figure out what the hell is going on with her, and now that I think I have, I feel like I am Queen of the Wonderful World of Babies. (or an idiot, but you have to guess which one is true) And, true to form, boring or not, I am going to share it with you.

1. Temperature change. Ok, so I know that I am kinda crazy with the heat control (or should I say lack of heat round these parts). Last year I went all winter with the thermostat set to a balmy 66. BUT, we were able to afford our heat bill, so there. AND i can only imagine that we were the only ones to see a decrease this year in our heating costs. Which I ruined yesterday when I upped the setting to 68 while we are home (and back to 66 while we are not.) Because, I think we may have been freezing the Bean.

I KNOW I KNOW. GET OFF MY BACK. She wasn't turning blue or anything! And it was only a few nights, and its not like I let her cry all night. I went to her, I made sure she could go back to sleep. I did not dose her with Tylenol like I wanted to! Once I realized that it was the temp, I fixed it. 2 layers of clothes for sleep (since she sleeps like Fer, all over the place/sans blankets), and upped the heat. Besides, it only just got cold here, so it took me a minute to figure out what was going on! And until last night, we kinda forgot that last year she had a space heater in her room as well.

Which being the good mom that I am, I did not want to put in her room again this year since we have added carpet to her room and I don't want to burn us down. And, in my defense it was kinda hard to tell what was going on with her since she is still teething molars AND was not eating much for dinner. Which brings me to:

2. Change in dinner time. I was trying to feed her at 6pm so that we could all eat together before putting her to bed and to coordinate with being able to pick Fer up at the train so he did not have to walk home in the cold. Well, she was not eating cuz she was too tired for dinner at 6, so now, its dinner at 5. So sometimes Fer is gonna have to walk.

Fer's comfort or Bean's comfort. You tell me. (and my guess is that you, sweet internet, are a 50/50 split. Bastards! ALWAYS pick the comfort of the baby!!)

In Other News:

Who knows if this is bad or not, but I am totally strung out on Arcade Fire these days. Its probably old news, or maybe even no news to some of you, but I just happened to click on it in Fer's iTunes a few weeks back, and now I just can't get enough. Until I do, and then I'll hate it, just like with everything else.

Except chocolate cake. There can never be too much chocolate cake.
yuuuuuummmm. chocolate caaaaake.

-over and out-