I just realized that it's been a little while since my last blog post. I have been busy making a book of my blog instead of actually writing blog posts. Blurb is a cool program that will import your blog and let you turn it into your book. The process reminded me of the good old days in high school of doing layout for the newspaper and Lionize. So here is a random assortment of what is going on in our lives right now.
Dave and I both are in need of a good night's sleep. Eileen inherited my propensity for talking in her sleep. This combined with a recent run of nightmares repeatedly wakes us up all night long, along with requiring frequent trips downstairs to the kids room. It was so sad the other night when we could hear her crying, "No timeout. No. I don't like it," over and over again. Eileen rarely goes to timeout although Linus frequently tries to put here there.
Speaking of sleep, Linus is quickly giving up nap entirely. Eileen has rapidly gone from 3 hour naps to 1.5 hour naps. I miss my peaceful rest time in the afternoon. I'm relieved Linus will have preschool in the afternoon next year so I will only have to deal with naptime for one child.
We recently started focusing on getting Linus to stay dry through the night. Nighttime pullups were proving no match for him and I found myself washing his bedding several times a week. Part of the problem was he frequently just enjoyed the convenience of a pullup. Admit it. You know you've often thought you were just wearing a diaper so you didn't have to get out of bed. We decided to bribe Linus with the large caveman playmobile set he had been drooling over in the playmobile catalog. You were be surprised how well playmobile acts as a motivator. We currently take Linus to the bathroom before we go to bed. He looks so goofy half asleep. We are giving it a little more time before we stop that part.
Other big news is that Eileen has gone gluten free. She has had a distended belly forever, looking more like one of the poor Ethiopian children from the 1980s than just a chubby toddler. Eileen has also struggled with diarrhea since August. As a result, potty training has slowed/backslid. After her having a bout on my lap while in underwear, I relegated Eileen to pullups. Like her brother, she got too comfortable with them. Evil pullups. We've tried lots of yogurt and probiotics to help her poor gut with some success. Anyhow, after playing Google doctor I thought it sounded like going gluten free after Christmas (I couldn't deny her Christmas cookies!) might be a solution. We've seen a marked improvement. Now that she can wear pullups less often and not having explosions of diarrhea, Eileen is doing better with potty training. The rest of us miss gluten. I stole Linus away for a date to Starbucks to eat gluten. There have been a few tantrums protesting the lack of gluten. I'm hoping it's something she'll outgrow. I don't think she is truly allergic.
We are making slow progress with the house. My brother is almost done with the drywall. The contractor was able to finish work on the back drain that had to be dug up. Today painters came to give us an estimate on painting the whole basement, stairwell, and an upstairs bathroom. So who knows, maybe by Easter I will have my basement back.
Today both kids are sick. Eileen has had hives this yesterday (probably from a virus) and Linus has a cough and fever. After cancelling our plans for fun adventure, I did take Linus to get a haircut. Normally, I take him to a kids salon at U Village. They do a great job but it's kind of expensive at $30. Instead I took him to Supercuts. I should have listened to the Yelp review that said watch out for the guy with the coke nail. Being me, I didn't know what a coke nail looked like. Once the hairdresser started cutting Linus' hair, I quickly learned. Linus noticed it too and wondered why he had one really long purple nail. I asked for a crew cut and he didn't know what I was talking about, so I said buzz cut. I then stood by in horror as I watched him butcher Linus' hair. For the record, he didn't give Linus a buzz cut. I give a lousy haircut, but I think anything I did would have been better. Linus is wearing a hat for the rest of the day. I think tonight either Dave or I will try and fix his haircut. Lesson learned. Do not go to Supercuts or at least do not let the guy with a coke nail who doesn't know what a buzz cut is to cut your child's hair.
So that's us right now. Never a dull moment.
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