Hello Again

Hello again. I am back from the land of the mombies. So I think we've found out the cause of Thing 2's sleeping problems, and it falls into what the doctors wouldn't listen to me about. On Thing 2's birthday, we bought our last cannister of formula (thank god, because that shit's too expensive) and slowly weaned him off of it. He's been eating people food just fine, but I'm always worried if he's getting proper nutrition. The day after we stopped the formula, I set him in his crib, and he slept

The Quest Continues for Sleep....

It seems that at the exact moment I'm about to give up on finding a way for Thing 2 to sleep, I stumble upon a natural remedy that tickles my fancy. On my personal facebook page, I belong to a number of mommy groups (cheesy, but I love it). They share everything. Literally, everything, from pregnancy problems to baby bumps to freaking adorable pictures of newborn babies that make my ovaries explode. These groups are the reason why I know and advocate as much as I do about breastfeeding, baby

The Sleep Struggle Continues

Oh man am I glad that it is now the weekend. Weekend means no getting up at 4 am to watch the Nephew! I know that tomorrow is Friday but because it's the holiday, the weekend is starting early. Which is okay.  My only issue is that I desperately need Thing 2 to sleep so that I can return to myself. What I mean is, is that this functioning on only two hours of sleep here and there can't go on. I'm exhausted all the time, my patience is always so so thin (raising a five year old, you need as much