My previous post doesn't read the way I hoped.
It wasn't my intention to put down natural birth supporters, anything but. I'd take a Bradley class next time if I could actually line up a sitter for the whole series. (probably not workable, but it'd be nice!) I've mentioned before that I'd like to try hypnobirthing. That is more my speed. I love the full labor coach training that Bradley gives to partners, though.
We went shopping today, rugs for the bedroom (which we have started to redecorate, we have spiffy new furniture and linens but still the vile, old peach paint and blue velvet curtains; the room looks like Let's Make a Deal went horribly wrong!) and a book buying spree. I picked up The No-Cry Sleep Solution for Toddlers & Preschoolers by Elizabeth Pantley. I read the original book and couldn't go through with it when Charlotte was less than a year old. I felt like she needed me too much at night. I was surprised at the "sleep training" content of Harvey Karp's Happiest Toddler on the Block, but I didn't read it all so I can't pass judgment yet. I'll let you know what I thought of the new Pantley when I'm through.
Oh, and the unexpected fruit of C going to bed at 7 last night was getting up at a quarter to freakin' six o'clock. Maybe I am not so unhappy with an 8:30 bedtime! She crashed out in the car & didn't wake for the stroller transfer in the bookstore, which was why I spent so much money in there....... oh hooey, I just remembered that I forgot my coupon. Wonder if I can bring it back in.
Doing too much shopping these days. And reading, and eating. Have I been lonesome with hubby out of town? You betcha. I can tell I've been on the downward side of things by my recent reading list:
Anne McCaffrey's Dragonriders of Pern -- the entire series, for the four-whompillionth time. I got the newest one for my birthday, her son Todd's second book, (Dragonsblood) and while I enjoyed it, the reviews on Amazon are, sadly, accurate. The emotional depth that makes the rest of the series such a lifelong friend just wasn't there. Someone in the Amazon reviews ("shadodantz" to give credit) put it really well:
In "Dragonquest", losing one's dragon was guaranteed to cause suicidal depression at best. Here, it is treated almost as "Aw man, lost my dragon. Bummer. Oh well, life goes on..."
LOL. I won't even start on the continuity errors, because these are all through the original series, and it would be unfair to pick on the son for committing the sins of the mother. They're kind of jarring though.
At least this time I pulled myself back from the brink of actually writing fanfics. I did read a very good one. (Dragonschoice) Site is down right now, hope it returns.
Oh heck, Charlotte is about to fall sideways out of the rocking chair, again, more later.
We went shopping today, rugs for the bedroom (which we have started to redecorate, we have spiffy new furniture and linens but still the vile, old peach paint and blue velvet curtains; the room looks like Let's Make a Deal went horribly wrong!) and a book buying spree. I picked up The No-Cry Sleep Solution for Toddlers & Preschoolers by Elizabeth Pantley. I read the original book and couldn't go through with it when Charlotte was less than a year old. I felt like she needed me too much at night. I was surprised at the "sleep training" content of Harvey Karp's Happiest Toddler on the Block, but I didn't read it all so I can't pass judgment yet. I'll let you know what I thought of the new Pantley when I'm through.
Oh, and the unexpected fruit of C going to bed at 7 last night was getting up at a quarter to freakin' six o'clock. Maybe I am not so unhappy with an 8:30 bedtime! She crashed out in the car & didn't wake for the stroller transfer in the bookstore, which was why I spent so much money in there....... oh hooey, I just remembered that I forgot my coupon. Wonder if I can bring it back in.
Doing too much shopping these days. And reading, and eating. Have I been lonesome with hubby out of town? You betcha. I can tell I've been on the downward side of things by my recent reading list:
Anne McCaffrey's Dragonriders of Pern -- the entire series, for the four-whompillionth time. I got the newest one for my birthday, her son Todd's second book, (Dragonsblood) and while I enjoyed it, the reviews on Amazon are, sadly, accurate. The emotional depth that makes the rest of the series such a lifelong friend just wasn't there. Someone in the Amazon reviews ("shadodantz" to give credit) put it really well:
LOL. I won't even start on the continuity errors, because these are all through the original series, and it would be unfair to pick on the son for committing the sins of the mother. They're kind of jarring though.
At least this time I pulled myself back from the brink of actually writing fanfics. I did read a very good one. (Dragonschoice) Site is down right now, hope it returns.
Oh heck, Charlotte is about to fall sideways out of the rocking chair, again, more later.
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