Day 1772

This week on Now I Know What My Parents Were Going Through: trying to keep your kid from staying up all night reading.

Day 1771

Only our waterbaby could get chilled playing outside when it's thirty degrees.

Day 1770

The children have started ganging up on us already and are conspiring to keep us from getting any sleep.

Day 1769

Yes, I do need the opportunity to sit on the little chair and colour with markers.

Day 1768

That thing where your baby is four months old and you realize you don't have any pictures of your whole family together...

Day 1767

Apparently it *is* possible for the baby to fall asleep before 10pm...

Day 1766

We got Lizard a little playhouse and I think she'd happily live outside now.

Day 1765

Brought Chinchilla to the doctor's office so he could flirt with all the nurses.

Also for vaccinations.

Day 1764

How to tire out a toddler: take them to the zoo and stick their baby sibling in the stroller.

You just have to be prepared for a day of exclamation marks.

Day 1763

Maybe Lizard has been sneaking her brother espresso beans so she can stay up and watch movies while we try to sleep train him...

Day 1762

A glimmer of hope on the road to a sleep-trained baby... only somewhat squashed by a squalling big sister.

Day 1761

Accompanying the toddler for her bike ride involves a lot more bike-carrying than I expected.

Day 1760

It's not good news for us for sleep training, but you have to admire Chinchilla's stubbornness endurance.

Day 1759

Nothing like hearing about other people's troubles to make you take stock and be thankful.

Day 1758

Babies: they'll do their best to sleep through a diaper change, but god forbid you put them down to sleep in their crib when they're tired...

Day 1757

I'm reasonably certain that four month olds lack the capacity for malice... but it's still sometimes hard to remember that the baby is probably not out to get us.

Day 1756

The baby won't sleep when he's tired, but at least the toddler likes me again!

Day 1755 (belated)

Chinchilla has decided to try to prove that he is more stubborn than his parents by refusing to be sleep trained.

Day 1754

Last night before sleep training. Trying to enjoy the no crying... and looking forward to a baby who sleeps.

May the odds be ever in our favour...

Day 1753

One of the most important lessons of parenthood is learning to accept that sometimes you will suck. One of the other important lessons is that you can't let sucking discourage you from trying to do better.

Day 1752

Lesson learned: you can't stay up super late watching Tour se France coverage when you have a baby.

Day 1751

Nothing like hearing about other people's relationship shenanigans to make you appreciate a spouse who is a true partner. 1751 days of married life; roughly twice that many days of enjoying the good fortune of knowing and being with each other.

Day 1750

Absorbing all the snuggles I can while my daughter believes that mommy is an acceptable parent.

Day 1749

Having a chatty baby is FUN.

And if this is really an indication that Chinchilla will be more talkative than his quiet baby sister, then  we're in TROUBLE.

Day 1748

Raising our kid right: she wants to go on a "benchure", but knows that you have to "sunsceem" first.

Day 1747

Took a toddler to the zoo for several hours in the blistering heat with a baby in tow and skipped naps.

Would absolutely do again.

Day 1746

Sometimes you know pretty early whether you've succeeded in making a reader.

Day 1745

Give a kid a set of dishes and you'll drink pretend coffee and eat pretend lasagna and goulash all day.

Day 1744

After all the excitement and anticipation about Gramma's arrival, Lizard almost managed not to be shy at all.

Chinchilla is doing his best not to sleep at all.

Day 1743

New difficulty level unlocked: cleaning rampages with multiple kids in the house.

Day 1742

Canada Day is less fun when you have a cranky toddler and a baby who won't nap. How am I supposed to watch fireworks in these conditions?!?

Day 1741

Impatient people who need lots of sleep probably shouldn't reproduce.