vj found this in rec.crafts.beads, from "EL" :
]He will sleep someday, I promise. When he's 13 or so.
and then you won't be able to get him up in the morning. especially Saturday morning.
----------- @vicki [SnuggleWench] (Books)
passing grades on these three damn finals!!!
(of course - the stupid law school doesn't normally post grades until mid-January... hmmmm Epiphany gifts?)
for true gifts -- I wish for: (got one already - a new toaster from mom and dad)
A housekeeper fairy to clean my house (LOL)
A digital controller for my kiln (so I don't have to babysit for hours)
A new pair of warm fuzzy purple socks or those sock slipper things (I don't like regular slippers)
for a "dream wish" list --
One of those cool coffee tables that has glass top - and places to put things underneath the glass - like a museum case - which I could fill full of beads.
A new couch for the family room -
another summer class at Penland (won't happen this year no money - bar exam end of July)
a class with Loren Stump
someday - a trip to Pilchuk... and meet Dale Chihuly.... Cheryl of DRAGON BEADS Flameworked beads and glass
In short, the right six numbers Barbara Dream Master
Autumn is a second spring when every leaf is a flower. ~~ Albert Camus
If you can find one (check "oriental" furniture/antique shops)-- get a hibachi table. Those were THE item to buy when we lived in Okinawa, if you had any sort of little thing collection to display. People who had the time/skills bought the old ones and refinished them, and they were wonderful-- copper lined "box" part, dark wood with little drawer and/or small cupboard, a wood drop-in top taht they generally removed and replaced with glass. The next most popular items were the step tansu-- great to display other treasures.... No, I didn't get any of them; couldn't afford the well built ones, and I seriously doubted the flimsier ones would have withstood a couple of rug rats climbing and crashing into them. Kaytee "Simplexities" on
Id like all of you to get all of your wishes. Thats my first wish. Then, Id like .... hmmm... a bigger work table thats close to the computer... then I can multitask more easily. And I wish I lived closer to my online friends. Diana
Celine is SO right. I've been there and done that. I got sucked into my husband's vortex of depression and essentially became agoraphobic and homebound for about five years.
Like my "display case" clock! It's a nice rosewood grandfather-clock sort of thing, except that the works are a modern battery-operated unit and the entire length of the case is glass-enclosed shelving. I lusted after it the moment I saw it, and finally came up with the money to buy it. It's a perfect cat-proof display for my scuptural lampwork collection and other fragile stuff.
Celine
don't forget a new laptop computer and wireless networking...heehee
Oooh.. that would be nice. I could chat with you while I take a bath! Diana
hmmm, i think you might have to have a rule like i had to make....no computer in the bathroom.
You are a lucky lucky lady! My 1st daughter started sleeping all the way through the night (not the 5 hours that is technically considered "sleeping through the night") sometimes after her 2nd birthday. My son was easier, started sleeping through the night at around 8 months I think, actually managed somehow not not wet his diaper at all for about
7-8 hours at a stretch, but did wake up at 5 am every morning. Not for a feeding... I mean that's when he woke up for the day. He's still an early riser.This latest one sleeps less than any baby I've ever known. She briefly had a stint where she was sleeping 4-5 hours at a time, but now she wakes every 2-3 hours. Introducing solids has made not a whit of difference, although now she *is* finally taking naps during the day...
Tink! You? Hard to imagine, but I certainly do understand. I've been through times when I couldn't/wouldn't leave the house. Not that long, though. I usually HAVE to leave the house for work, but there was a stretch of about six months when I was *ahem* working a phone job from home, and I got to the point where I A: wouldn't answer the phone unless I was on the clock, and B: wouldn't leave the house unless I absolutely had to. I was also depressed and drinking a lot, which for me, go hand in hand, as in I can manage depression much better when I drink in moderation or not at all, yet I tend to respond to depression by trying to drink it away. Hm, took me a while to discover that it *doesn't work*!
What I want for Christmas is
Enough money for the mortgage payment
Enough money for the health insurance payment
Everyone I love healthy and happy and safe.
On Tue, 16 Dec 2003 16:51:27 -0500, Kalera Stratton wrote (in message ):
You have my sympathy and empathy. DD didn't sleep more than 45 minutes at a stretch until she was seven months old. I remember the first time she slept through the night (at about a year). I sat on the edge of my bed all night in a panic, because I was sure she was dead.
Yes, I'm a total nut. I routinely checked the child and the pets to make sure that they were still breathing. They're used to it - even the dog only opens one eye before giving me an "Oh it's you" look, and goes right back to sleep.
Kathy N-V
vj found this in rec.crafts.beads, from Kathy N-V :
]You have my sympathy and empathy. DD didn't sleep more than 45 minutes at a ]stretch until she was seven months old. I remember the first time she slept ]through the night (at about a year). I sat on the edge of my bed all night ]in a panic, because I was sure she was dead.
i did that with my first, too! Johnny, otoh, did nothing BUT sleep for his first six months [he was
10 weeks early]. we were REALLY worried about him. often had to wake him to feed him. THEN, one day, he woke up. seldom, if ever, took a nap again. it was like he was afraid if he closed his eyes, he'd miss something. up at 6:00am - crashed at 8:00pm . . . and never stopped moving in between!]Yes, I'm a total nut. I routinely checked the child and the pets to make ]sure that they were still breathing. They're used to it - even the dog only ]opens one eye before giving me an "Oh it's you" look, and goes right back to ]sleep.
oh, good! it's not just me!!!!!
----------- @vicki [SnuggleWench] (Books)
Oh my gosh I'm so glad someone else does that! I sneak downstairs in the middle of the night to make sure my older ones are still breathing. The little one is in our room, and I know she's alive because if I move AT ALL she wakes up to nurse. If I get up to go to the bathroom she freaks out... not crying, just this very cute yelling. I think she's cussing me out!
My son was a big baby. 9 1/2 lbs. At two weeks he was hungry all the time and the doctor suggested giving him cereal at night. Thereafter he slept 7 hours.
Tina
Well, I guess I am lucky! He will sleep during the day at home, but does NOT want to sleep during the day when away we figure he doesn't want to miss out on anything exicting!
Gosh, my son was 9 lbs. and born 3 weeks early. My pediatrician didn't want me giving him cereal until he was at least 3 months old. What he did suggest was me having a beer each night around dinner time to increase my breast milk supply. It worked like a charm!
take care, Linda :)
Vancouver Island, bc.ca :) (remove 'nospam' to reply) See samples of my work at:
also, there are teas containing Blessed Thistle, fenugreek, licorice, and other lactagogues (milk-increasers). One is called "Mother's Milk" something like that, at the health food store.
If your baby is really wakeful, it CAN be that the mom has lots of adrenaline going, and its getting to the babe. Try finding a few minutes to be calm/meditative BEFORE nursing, as well as quieter time when nursing. Stay away from stimulation when possible--don't argue with the TV, that sort of thing. Sarajane
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