Sleepytime Quartet

So, it's almost Friday again. We have had a pretty good week. Kids in great moods, going to bed at reasonable hours....but not staying asleep.

What do people do when they have kids at this age that have to share a room? I thought we were on the right track, but then Carina has started waking up at 1am every night crying. We try to just let her cry, because she doesn't cry very long, but then Dante wakes up crying! And he gets out of bed and comes into us crying - loudly! Which then really wakes her up... you can see our dilemma. The other morning, Carina woke up at 4:30, so I just brought her to our bed. Then, Dante woke up at 5:30 crying and it was 6:15 before I got them both back to sleep. We are still having to put Dante to sleep in our bed most nights, as Carina doesn't want to give it up when Dante is ready to fall asleep. I know this is just a phase and once Carina figures out how to stay asleep or go back to sleep easier, this will pass. But, in the meantime - any suggestions?

Carina has been very chatty the last couple of days, saying what sounds like "bubba" - which is perfect, that's what we call Dante around here. It would not surprise me if her first words are his name since she just thinks he's the cat's meow. That is, when she's not making the cats meow by pulling their hair!

Dante is very into letters and numbers, spelling and counting. The other day, he spelled Carina. Then I asked him to spell a couple of 3 letter words like "hat", "sun", "jet". He did it! He's now moving onto being able to read some words as well. The other night, he was counting stuff at dinner, as always, and he got to 29 and then said "20 10". I said, "30", so he starts "31, 32..." We did record a video of him singing his abcs with peanut butter in his mouth, that probably only a parent would enjoy.



Dante is looking so good lately. His hair is very slowly coming in and his eyelashes are growing back. When he was born, he had the biggest swirl of hair on the crown of his head; we always said it looked like a hurricane on a weather map. I can see it coming back, so I decided to track it's growth with photos. The best part is that he is starting to fill out again and just look healthy. Dante was always a big kid, so it's nice to see meat on his bones again. He took his last "minty medicine"(zantac) this week and he seems to be doing just fine. Eating like a toddler boy should. Not much progress on the potty this week, but it will happen - hopefully not in the bathtub anymore.

This weekend, Chris and I are getting out for our friend's birthday, music class on Saturday morning and hopefully, lots of playing outside! The weather has been beautiful here - blue skies, days in the 70s, with cool, clear nights...