Mummy overslept

On Sunday night, I decided to piggy back off of the weekend and put Emerson to bed in the playpen. I caved after five minutes. He wasn’t crying, or anything. He was just lying there, but he wasn’t falling asleep. I was extremely tired, so I aborted the plan, popped him in bed with me, and nursed him down. We slept like shit. On Monday night, I decided to give it a real try and to put him down in the playpen. It took me about 30 minutes of rubbing his back, but he did go to sleep around 730pm. I went downstairs and watched all of my shows. It was a nice three hour block of time to myself. I started to fall asleep on the couch, but then he started crying, so I went upstairs and put him in bed with me. I know, I caved, but putting him down at bedtime is my first goal. I’m trying to make this an easy transition. Last night, it took him awhile longer to go down. He didn’t sleep as long in the playpen before waking and crying. I put him in bed with me again. We slept amazing though. Tonight, I’m going to try to toughen up and when he wakes in the middle of the night, keep him in the playpen. I’m lowering the crib on Friday when I work from home, so we can start that over the weekend. I think he’ll be happier in the crib because there’s more room. We’ll see how that goes. I hope I’m right.  I know it’s a process, but the sheer fact that I can lay him down awake and put him to sleep without nursing is huge. I’m also glad that we’re doing it without tears and crying it out. I hate that and I am not tough enough to do that. Daycare has conditioned him to be able to sleep without a bottle/nursing. I just want to be able to follow through with what they’re doing because obviously it works!

 

Outside of that, nothing much is going on. I can’t wait to grocery shop on Friday. We are down to the bare minimum again and I’m struggling with making dinner every night. Last night, I made the most random meal. We only had a few pierogies and hot dogs left, so I cooked those along with some veggies and mashed potatoes. Tonight, I’m at a loss. I forgot to get  ground meat out to thaw, so I’m going to scrap that idea and just save it for another night. I’m thinking tonight will be another pasta and garlic bread night. Emerson loves garlic bread, so I’m sure he won’t be too disappointed. We’re going to do breakfast for dinner tomorrow night. Even though I meal plan, I have no idea how we end up running short before the two weeks is up.

 

I slept in this morning, which meant I was late to work. Now, I’ll have to work a half hour longer. The good thing is I don’t get off the bus too much later, so I’m not that much later picking Emerson up at daycare. Yesterday, I sent the most delicious Leprechaun munch into daycare for their St. Patrick’s Day Party. The mix itself didn’t look that appealing, but it tasted amazing and I put it in a really cute barrel jar. Today, Emerson was on the calendar to provide snack. I made an Easter trail mix. Yum! I have so much cereal and pretzels left over from snack the last two days, which is nice. Emerson can eat that at home.

 

We have nothing planned this weekend. I need to check out the weather. It would be great to head to the park, or something. Daycare has been taking the kids outside since the weather turned nice, so Emerson is getting some fresh air. I’m not though. It would be awesome to do something this weekend. I guess I should check around to see if anything is going on and make some plans for us. Alright, that’s about all I have for today. I hope you guys have a super Wednesday!