The thing that’s been giving me the toughest time over the last six or so months is Pea’s sleeping habit. Or lack thereof. In hindsight, she’s never been a sleeper. We had to train her. Over and over. But now? That she’s just about four? It’s not so easy. She knows how to work the [...]

Do you hear that sound? That would be me, obsessively knocking on every inch of wood within a six foot radius before I write what I’m about to write… Coco is sleeping through the night. She is sleeping all night long. Going down at 7 and sleeping through until 7 the next morning. This is [...]

Once upon a time, I lived in a home that was quiet. At night, my girls would go to sleep, willingly. Sure, Coco was waking up a few times a night to nurse, no big deal. And Pea? She was the champion of sleepers. 7 to 7 with not a single peep. And now? Coco [...]

Why is it that every time I begin the official process of sleep training, my little one will suddenly, out of no where and completely out of character, decide to sleep through the first night? Why? It gives me such a false sense of accomplishment. And pride. Because, look: my baby slept through the night [...]

Coco is coming up on 10 months, in just a few days. It’s hard for me to imagine that when I first started writing this blog, she was a mere five weeks old. She was tiny and sweet and she slept. My God, did she sleep. For hours and hours. And while I know that [...]

It’s 6:45 on a Sunday morning, and I am wide awake, showered, dressed and in make-up. Why? Who does that on a Sunday? Apparently I do, the mother of Pea, child who will not sleep in past 4:58 am. That’s right, this has more or less been going on for the two weeks since we [...]

Last night was Pea’s first night in her new bed, and it went pretty well. I was prepared to get no sleep at all, but since she refused to nap yesterday, she was absolutely exhausted when we put her down at 7:30. She sang to herself for a little while and then was silent. I [...]

I am tired. We sleep trained Coco a few weeks ago, to great success, but the brief trip to NYC really did us in. She’s back to waking up again every two hours or so and I just don’t have the energy to let her cry it out right now. It’s so much quicker to [...]

When Coco was just a couple of weeks old, I can remember distinctly being at The Little Gym with my older daughter and telling the other mothers (more like bragging to the other mothers) that life with a newborn was so easy this time around because Coco was such a master sleeper already. Five hours [...]

Oh my gosh, Coco is teething. Hard. I’m changing her shirts up to six times a day (and sometimes her pants, too!) because of all the drool. Both of my shoulders are sore from being gummed by her, as are my fingers. And my once happy-to-sleep-all-night little baby is now waking up three times a [...]

Coco is just like her father. She likes to sleep in. I heard her first rumblings this morning while I was feeding her sister, at about 7:30. And then, silence until almost 9! When I snuck into her room to check on her, she was sound asleep, sucking on her little thumb. It amazes me [...]

At night, before Pea goes into her crib, we’ve started reading to her in her big white chair. It’s a routine I remember from my own childhood, and we were so excited when she became interested in anything longer than the typical board book she’d been addicted to. She has two current favorites on her [...]

OHMYGAWD! My little baby girl, whom I will call Coco, is all of 5 weeks and 5 days old, and last night she slept for SEVEN STRAIGHT HOURS! I put her down in her crib at 10 and didn’t hear from her until 5 this morning. In general, she’s been a decent sleeper – up [...]