When they named laptop computers, laptops, I don't think they were really meant for 8 hours of work on your lap. They should have been called crick-in-your-neck-tops.
Hours upon hours in a cramped hot office in Miami is not a good work environment. I think I need to soak in the hot tub now.
Monday, April 21, 2008
The Toddler Bed Experiment
Sunday we converted Lil J's crib into a Toddler Bed. It's basically his crib without the front railings but with a small lip so he won't fall out. His first time sleeping in this was an afternoon "nap". He cried and complained but we explained that if he rested for an hour, we could go to Chucky Cheese to play afterwards (and that's a whole other story).
Big J and I were upstairs and we could here Lil J playing quietly in his room. After about an hour, her started to cry so I went downstairs to see what was wrong. OMG!
There he was, standing up against the gate to his room (we gate it b/c we don't want him on the stairs alone). There were clothes on the hangers all over the floor because he emptied out the bottom rack of his closet. There were toys everywhere. There was blue gel from his scar medicine smooched into the carpet, his hair, his clothes and on the dresser. It was also all over the wipes container. He must have gotten it open and then tried to wipe it clean. He must have taken his shirt off because it was back on but inside out and backwards. Then I finally realized why his was crying and saying he was stuck. He had also taken his shorts off and put them back on but both legs were through one leg hole and he was hopping around and couldn't walk.
The whole mess was so funny that we couldn't be mad at him. It was our own fault for not making his room even more toddler proof than it already is.
So, after we were all cleaned up, we headed out to go to Chucky Cheese. Lil J, who obviously didn't nap, fell asleep 5 minutes into the car ride. I stopped at Baby Love to pick up something to lock his closet sliding doors with and installed that as soon as we got home. We woke Jacob up to go to Chucky Cheese and went inside. The place was a zoo. There were lines to use any of the games and rides. There must have been at least 4 birthday parties going on at the same time and we were the only white family in the place, not that that's an issue, it was just a little odd to be the minority.
So, we headed to Big Al's Aquarium Store were we spent 30 minutes looking at the fish in the tanks and the alligators. Then we had dinner at Applebee's and headed home.
Last night, Lil J slept in his toddler bed for the first time and we had no issues whatsoever. Today, after dinner, we are going to Target to let him pick out his very own sheet/blanket set for his big boy bed.
Big J and I were upstairs and we could here Lil J playing quietly in his room. After about an hour, her started to cry so I went downstairs to see what was wrong. OMG!
There he was, standing up against the gate to his room (we gate it b/c we don't want him on the stairs alone). There were clothes on the hangers all over the floor because he emptied out the bottom rack of his closet. There were toys everywhere. There was blue gel from his scar medicine smooched into the carpet, his hair, his clothes and on the dresser. It was also all over the wipes container. He must have gotten it open and then tried to wipe it clean. He must have taken his shirt off because it was back on but inside out and backwards. Then I finally realized why his was crying and saying he was stuck. He had also taken his shorts off and put them back on but both legs were through one leg hole and he was hopping around and couldn't walk.
The whole mess was so funny that we couldn't be mad at him. It was our own fault for not making his room even more toddler proof than it already is.
So, after we were all cleaned up, we headed out to go to Chucky Cheese. Lil J, who obviously didn't nap, fell asleep 5 minutes into the car ride. I stopped at Baby Love to pick up something to lock his closet sliding doors with and installed that as soon as we got home. We woke Jacob up to go to Chucky Cheese and went inside. The place was a zoo. There were lines to use any of the games and rides. There must have been at least 4 birthday parties going on at the same time and we were the only white family in the place, not that that's an issue, it was just a little odd to be the minority.
So, we headed to Big Al's Aquarium Store were we spent 30 minutes looking at the fish in the tanks and the alligators. Then we had dinner at Applebee's and headed home.
Last night, Lil J slept in his toddler bed for the first time and we had no issues whatsoever. Today, after dinner, we are going to Target to let him pick out his very own sheet/blanket set for his big boy bed.
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