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Spike's Bitches 40: Buckle Up, Kids! Daddy's Puttin' the Hammer Down.  

[NAFDA] Spike-centric discussion. Lusty, lewd (only occasionally crude), risqué (and frisqué), bawdy (Oh, lawdy!), flirty ('cuz we're purty), raunchy talk inside. Caveat lector.


Scrappy - Apr 21, 2008 6:49:20 pm PDT #5837 of 10001
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.

So sorry, WS! What a difficult thing to go through.


beth b - Apr 21, 2008 7:14:20 pm PDT #5838 of 10001
oh joy! Oh Rapture ! I have a brain!

extra strength and restful sleep to you windsparrow


meara - Apr 21, 2008 7:47:10 pm PDT #5839 of 10001

Oh goodness, WS, that sounds awful! I hope for the resident's sake it was nothing big...like the time my grandmother passed out and started talking nonsense at Christmas Dinner. We had to call 911, but by the time they got there, she was fine. It was bizarre.

Am in Indy. Have to be somewhere ass early in the morning. Gah.


Jessica - Apr 21, 2008 9:18:04 pm PDT #5840 of 10001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset

It's funny, I still have the reflexive twitch about sleep training, but DAMN, I wish we'd tried it out.

Thing is, so do I! But the emotional balance of the household has finally tipped to where we both hate the idea of sleep training less than we hate the idea of a possibly infinite number of more sleepless nights in that fucking rocking chair.

They slept with me until they wanted their own space. I made a couple feeble attempts at keeping them in their room, but they were miserable and I was miserable.

Heh - we were the reverse. We made a couple feeble attempts at cosleeping before admitting (with some relief) that we are ALL happier sleeping in our own space, baby included.

WS, how scary!

(And now it's after 2 and Waking #1 seems to have finally ended, so I'm going to sleep myself.)


omnis_audis - Apr 21, 2008 11:50:01 pm PDT #5841 of 10001
omnis, pursue. That's an order from a shy woman who can use M-16. - Shir

o dear dog, I finally got thru all the messages in the right side bar. I sure hope everyone is still friends. I think this is my 2nd lightbulbs (1st was save the Firefly)... wow. this one seemed a lot... wow.

ION. Just finished watching Animatrix. Pretty cool.


Stephanie - Apr 22, 2008 12:32:04 am PDT #5842 of 10001
Trust my rage

I am glad D went back to sleep. I wish I was asleep myself. I should get up and shower but there is a baby snuggled against me.


vw bug - Apr 22, 2008 1:12:18 am PDT #5843 of 10001
Mostly lurking...

I hope he slept the rest of the night, Jessica. Sounds like otherwise, though, it was a pretty successful night. Hang in there.

Edited to delete minor freak-out. No use getting all worked up about it until I actually know there is something to get worked up about.


billytea - Apr 22, 2008 3:04:56 am PDT #5844 of 10001
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.

So, conversation with a work higher-up over dinner:

Him: So what did you study at Uni?
Me: Huh. Law, Ancient History, Latin, Biblical Literature, Pure Mathematics, Statistics, Economics, Actuarial Studies, Accounting, and Philosophy. Oh, and the CFA.
Him: Have you ever felt that maybe you should try to become more well-rounded?
Me: Fair enough. Maybe I should learn a foreign language.


Laura - Apr 22, 2008 3:21:32 am PDT #5845 of 10001
Our wings are not tired.

My plan to become well rounded included pastries.

Heh - we were the reverse. We made a couple feeble attempts at cosleeping before admitting (with some relief) that we are ALL happier sleeping in our own space, baby included.

I wish more parents could stop stressing over 'the right way' to do things and could accept that what works for them is the right way. It's all trial and error and when you got it down with one kid the next one is the polar opposite.

I hope the parents and non-parents all slept well last night.

Eeep Andi, that is tough and scary.

huh, that was odd, my post was bold. way too early for that.


Volans - Apr 22, 2008 3:26:36 am PDT #5846 of 10001
move out and draw fire

My plan to become well rounded included pastries.

Yeah, I definitely became well-rounded in college.

OK, I can keep clicking Read New, but the trash isn't going to take itself out.