Can’t you do those sums in your head?

Number of times kid woke me last night, screaming, scared, or needy: three
Number of times spouse work me last night, snoring: three
Number of times cat #1 woke me last night, kneading kitty bread on my all-too supple belly: two
Number of times cat #2 woke me last night, yowling to go outside, totally ignoring the eight [...]

It’s official…

The single reason my son is a terror and I am a writhing mess:  lack of sleep.
I suspected it, but thought there might be greys and nuances and spectra. Nope. He slept through the night last night, and I got a full eight hours uninterrupted by cat or child or snores (you know who you [...]

We’re paying our kid to sleep through the night

Well, really, we’re offering our kid stickers to sleep through the night. We’ll see what happens. We gave him three stickers tonight and told him that each time he calls us and we have to come in, we’re taking a sticker back to bed with us. Whatever’s left in the morning he can keep. Whatever [...]

Falling asleep on the job

Drifting off during bedtime stories ain’t just for kids anymore.