Thursday, October 05, 2006
Stay Tuned
The time has finally come. Carnival For A Cure will take place tomorrow. This is the event that I first mentioned in my post about my friends who have two children who have Cystinosis, a rare metabolic disease. A group of us, including our affected friends, have participated in the organization of this event under the direction of one very talented and serving friend. I look forward to sharing the results of the carnival and silent auction with you. Stay tuned...
Sibling Rivalry
We've reached the point in time where it's become quite necessary for us to move our almost 7 month old out of our bedroom walk-in closet where she sleeps in the pack-n-play and finally into her crib in her own room. Well, it's not really her own room, she shares it with her sister. In our few attempts to move her before, it seemed like it just wasn't worth the stress of having her in there with me being so worried that she'd wake up Anna. The truth is that Alissa hates her crib and loves the pack-n-play. Understandable being that she's always slept in the pack-n-play. What she needed was to have the room to herself for a while as she got used to sleeping in the crib.
So, I took the plunge and moved Anna's crib into Andrew's room and finally let Alissa have a room to herself. Last night was our first night and would you believe that everyone slept all night? Alissa screamed in her crib for probably 15 minutes before finally zonking, but the other two seemed relatively unphased by one another. I could hear them talking to each other for a few minutes before falling asleep, which actually did my heart a lot of good.
Oh, right, I titled this Sibling Rivalry. It's becoming more and more evident to me how each of my children's personalities could affect their relationships. Anna, who has always been fairly aggressive is also pretty sly. I find myself scolding Andrew when he complains that Anna took something from him as she sits there suspisciously quiet. I think she does the "wrong" thing, but gets away with it by being quiet. I gotta watch her!
Andrew, on the other hand, complains and whines about so much. He's very good with using his words and has quite a vocabulary. I'm grateful that he expresses himself so well, but the trick is turning the whining into something more productive.
Alissa is certainly too little to evaluate, but so far I see her demonstrating a disposition that really reminds me of Andrew. I guess time will tell.
So, I took the plunge and moved Anna's crib into Andrew's room and finally let Alissa have a room to herself. Last night was our first night and would you believe that everyone slept all night? Alissa screamed in her crib for probably 15 minutes before finally zonking, but the other two seemed relatively unphased by one another. I could hear them talking to each other for a few minutes before falling asleep, which actually did my heart a lot of good.
Oh, right, I titled this Sibling Rivalry. It's becoming more and more evident to me how each of my children's personalities could affect their relationships. Anna, who has always been fairly aggressive is also pretty sly. I find myself scolding Andrew when he complains that Anna took something from him as she sits there suspisciously quiet. I think she does the "wrong" thing, but gets away with it by being quiet. I gotta watch her!
Andrew, on the other hand, complains and whines about so much. He's very good with using his words and has quite a vocabulary. I'm grateful that he expresses himself so well, but the trick is turning the whining into something more productive.
Alissa is certainly too little to evaluate, but so far I see her demonstrating a disposition that really reminds me of Andrew. I guess time will tell.
Instant Gratification
For as long as I can remember I've been the type of person who wants instant gratification. I guess I take comfort in that I'm like most other Americans. Our society caters to my type with drive throughs, on-line ordering, and the multitude of weight loss fads. I mean I've even started placing my Sam's Club order on line and then I just go pick it up. I know people who have their groceries delivered to their houses.
Okay, the thing that made me think of writing this post was this recent plateau that I've reached with my weight loss. In the beginning of this leg of my weight loss journey I lost a significant amount of weight in the first few weeks. 17 pounds to be exact. But then I just hit this wall and despite my effort, I could not get past this point. It's easy to see why so many people fail at weight loss, myself included. Sure, I wanted to throw in the towel, but my mind automatically goes to, "then what?" After I put back on the 17 pounds and plus some most likely, then what would I do? So, I decided to persevere. I read all about plateaus and how to get past them.
In addition to Weight Watchers I added some serious exercise, which I knew I needed to do all along. This spinning class has been just awesome. I look forward to getting past this plateau and moving closer to my goal.
Okay, the thing that made me think of writing this post was this recent plateau that I've reached with my weight loss. In the beginning of this leg of my weight loss journey I lost a significant amount of weight in the first few weeks. 17 pounds to be exact. But then I just hit this wall and despite my effort, I could not get past this point. It's easy to see why so many people fail at weight loss, myself included. Sure, I wanted to throw in the towel, but my mind automatically goes to, "then what?" After I put back on the 17 pounds and plus some most likely, then what would I do? So, I decided to persevere. I read all about plateaus and how to get past them.
In addition to Weight Watchers I added some serious exercise, which I knew I needed to do all along. This spinning class has been just awesome. I look forward to getting past this plateau and moving closer to my goal.
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