ok. when a baby is a newborn, everyone wants to know, is he sleeping through the night? i am still not exactly sure why this is THE question, but i was asked it by strangers everywhere i went. and to be honest, i feel myself asking other moms this - as ridiculous as i thought the question was. but it's 2 years later, and i still remember those mornings i woke from a full night sleep! yahoo. now its toddler bed time and it's a whole new world. the first 2 weeks were hard. really hard. as in hardly any sleep. but i pulled a trick out of my hat and started closing his door every night. and he started sleeping through the night. it was such a great moment. but last night, i forgot to close his door. boom(hitting the floor), stomp, stomp, stomp, squish(diaper), squish, thump(fell over steve's gym bag), OW!(he is on my head thrashing for a spot on the pillow.) no one mentions that each feat you overcome during child-rearing, there is an equally terrible time coming ahead. here's pottery barn kids WEAK A$$ excuse for a toddler conversion kit. no side rails. just a stump piece of wood to screw into the side. so then i had to get a bed side rail ANYWAY. go figure. i still need to draft an angry letter to PBK since they are the snakes that knew i wouldn't buy the "kit" if i knew it was a stupid slat of wood. and by wood i mean, some manmade cardboard stained to match your ridiculously overpriced crib. but of course, it doesn't keep him contained so i have to put a whole slew of pillows at the edge of the bed so he doesn't reak his neck tumbling over the rail. items bought at target: 12, items needed:1.

Labels: bedtime, toddler