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Occasionally Ash suffers from minor sleep regressions, but we’re in the midst of a terrible one right now, one where he will not fall asleep until about 10pm, often when I just give up and go to bed too. He’s normally a great sleeper- since he was two months old he’s had a strict 7pm [...]

I think one of the most annoying things about entering Ash into day care is that he’s no longer pooping on the potty, as he has been since he was five months old. Elimination Communication has always been a big part of my belief system, something I learned about from Ashley and a few other [...]

There’s little I hate more than apartment hunting. Job hunting trumps it, but not by much. We moved into our current place in December, and thought it was going to be long term. We signed an eight-month lease, bringing us up to August 1. This winter was FREEZING. We’re in a 105 year old house [...]

Dear Ash, You’re 21 months old today and I love you and YOU LOVE ME. Do you know how I know that? It’s because you told me so! Music to my ears, kiddo, it was pretty much the best thing I’ve heard since your first giggle. You were riding on your tricycle around the house [...]

I’ve been very upfront and frank with my boss about missing my child and how little this job actually brings in after Clive’s lost wages from not being able to work as often now that he’s responsible for Ash every Saturday and on Thursday evenings, and so she knew that I was having a hard [...]

Ash’s day care room is a rectangular shape, with one full wall a window. The room is very sunny and Ash can see the cars and trucks whizzing by, both wonderful features. Today, as Clive was getting out of our car to pick him up at the end of the day, Ash spotted him and [...]