As you may have noticed, I spruced things up around here a bit in the name of fall. I've been working on this theme since mid Sept… but you know … kids, housework, etc. Just finally finished it. Yay me.
We had our carpets cleaned yesterday. They look pretty good … except where the kitchen meets the living room. They also used dry cleaning instead of wet which apparently coats every surface of your house in a thin layer of whiteish powder. Matt went BS crazy last night and wiped down and vacuumed the whole house practically cuz he was paranoid about it. Not that I don't agree … I just love to see him doing housework. hehe.
I have got to get my butt in gear for holiday shopping. I've been slowly collecting ideas for people, but I am really not doing so well. I dread going to the mall, even to window shop. I just hate it.
On the bright side, Discover Card is giving you $20 for each $200 you spend at specific malls between now and Dec 31. This is awesome for us because we spend a TON on groceries, etc. at Super Target and one of the malls (Colorado Mills) in CO (not far out of our way) has a Super Target attatched. Guess where we're doing our grocery shopping until Dec 31. They also have a Borders there. All the other shops kinda suck, but anyhoo, I will check them out. Wish they had an Amazon outlet. Moms and Dads and anyone who cares for little, plz help me out! Tabby is not napping at the sitter's and I'm at my wit's end. She generally goes to bed between 7 and 8 (though way closer to 7 since DLST ended) and so we get 2-4 hours with her in the evening before she's off to the land of nod and she can be anywhere from very good to unbearably cranky (and lately, I think partially because she's teething, it's been more towards cranky). I'm not sure what to do. We have recreated her home sleeping environment as well as we can at the sitter's (dark room, music, froggy blanky), etc and I'm just not sure what else to do. She is not a cry-it-out kid. I've tried that a bit and she just gets more and more ticked off as the minutes tick by. Anyhoo, let me know if you have any suggestions. Blah.
I wish I had some advice for you. I didn't do the cry it out method until Lila was older. I just couldn't handle it, and it didn't seem to work. When did it start? Do you think it could be the time change? Or maybe it's teething??
The new look? me likey!
Good luck getting that shopping behind you.
Is she only not napping at the sitters or not napping at that time now at all? Are you doing anything for the teething? If you're not, try Humphrey's teething pellets. You should find them at a pharmacy.