"mompetition"

Found this article to be really amusing. During one of P's dr's visits several months ago, I was asked if he knew 10 words (or something close to that). Suddenly, I felt somewhat speechless. I was unprepared to answer this question. I felt like I failed as a mom (well, not really). I mean, to not count and recall every word your child knows prior to a dr visit is just so wrong. Obviously being facetious.

So, I found myself racking my brain trying to think of all the words a 9 month old could possibly know: "papa", "ball", "Paolo" (or more like 'Paaaaooo'). I just couldn't think of 10 words.  Of course after the visit I called my husband, sister and some others who are close to P and asked them to help me think of all the words he knows. My sister made the situation amusing. She definitely mentioned words he did know, but from what I recall, also snuck in some words he definitely didn't know!  Anyway, I wanted to share this blog post. I love one of the comments regarding mompetition. Luckily, I don't know any friends or moms who have tried to have a mompetition with me :)

http://www.mamapedia.com/voices/how-many-words-does-your-child-have

Sleep training is working!

Happy to report that P is taking less and less time to fall asleep on his own. I followed Super Nanny's tactics and they seem to be working so far. 1st night, as I sat in his room, he tried for 1.5 hours to get my attention by crying and throwing his paci at me. The next night, this occurred for 30 min. Last night, it took about 20 min. It seems to be getting better! Yeah, P!!

Mommies Talk Sleep Talk...or Walk?

My son Hates sleeping...like really really hates it! He's never thought it was a cool idea to sleep. Now that he's a year, you know, the big ONE year old mark entails many changes. One change, in particular, is enforcing the sleeping rule. It's an easy rule: Go To Sleep. That's the rule. Simple, right? Well, not so simple with P. He wants to play, he wants to jump up and down in his crib, take his pj pants off and throw them on the floor, whip his pacifier across the room, etc. He will do anything not to sleep.

Tonight, with the help of my husband sitting in his room with me in complete silence and the help of deep breathing, I survived the grueling task of putting him to sleep. He fell asleep on his own. It took ONE and a HALF HOURS and a lot of on and off crying, but he did it.

I could read lots of books on tips and tricks, but don't have patience to read about sleep nor do I have time to read a whole book on sleep habits, so, for those of you with awesome little ones that love to play and despise the mere thought of sleeping, what have you found to work, how long will I have to endure his cries for help out of his crib??

*excuse typos...blog typed on phone