more tooth, no poop, and sleep - and that's just the baby

Carly has almost another tooth! She is doing well so far with this teething thing. Only a couple of fussy days with the first one, and now I can feel the sharpness of the second one bu can't see it yet under there.

My mom came to visit over the weekend, and left thinking I am a liar about all this poop stuff. Carly did not poop at all while she was here!! In fact, she did not poop for about 52 hours.. from 3:00pm Friday till about 7:00pm Sunday.. but poop she did on Sunday night! Fortunately, this time it stayed in her diaper. Stunk though, shooooooweeeeeeee!

Last week we finally stopped swaddling Carly at night and tried letting her cry it out to put herself back to sleep. There was no reason for her to be waking up every 2-3 hours! It was like having a newborn again for a few days. Had to come with a new plan, so I tried sticking her in a sleep sack and letting her roll around in her bed till she got comfy... bam, sleeping like an angel! She only cries a little (less than 10 minutes) now when she goes down, and sleeps through the night again! woohoo! AND we are able to put her to bed earlier too! Which means I actually have time to sew after the kids go to bed, instead of going straight to bed. Last night she went down at 8:45, and Caleb at 8:30-- however, Caleb was still singing/talking/playing at 10:15... little stinky!

Speaking of the C-man, he's up to a lot these days. Talking like a champion, when he wants to, this is. This morning he was singing the ABCs. That's his latest obsession. "Mommy, say ABCs!" "Daddy, say ABCs!" Once last week we drove out to Hawkins to visit a brand new baby and on the way home Mommy and Daddy were forced to sing the ABC song for about 15 minutes straight. I somehow convinced Caleb to let us listen to the radio after that but it was a close one.

Potty Training has hit a wall.. I am just not going to force him to wear pullups just so he can pee in them like diapers.. they are too expensive! When a kid is afraid to pee in anything but a diaper, I just don't see a reason to make his life harder by taking his diapers away. It might be backwards thinking, but I have a feeling that he'll let us know when he's ready.

Tried to give him a haircut Saturday morning, and he screamed like we were trying to cut his fingers off or something. So, maybe a few days to recover from that trauma, and we may take him to a kiddie cuts place and see what they can do.. If we DO pay for a haircut, it's going to get buzzed so we won't have to pay again for a while. I am cheap!

Alright, someone is throwing a fit for unknown reasons.