Posts filed under Sleep - Or Lack Thereof

A little-known side effect of being pregnant is that all the hormones cause the pregnant lady to have the strangest dreams.  Even when not pregnant, I have been known to have some pretty crazy dreams (I recall one in particular that featured a female Paul as Paulina), but lately my brain has been working overtime [...]

As any mom of a toddler can tell you, it’s no fun when your kid gets sick - especially when it involves a fever, a recurring ear infection, and a trip to the ER.  But that was last week.  I’m happy to report that after a fun-filled weekend of visiting relatives in Connecticut, Hazel is [...]

Things have been pretty busy here at Casa de Rags… Hazel continues to teethe - the latest count is two fully through the gumline on the bottom, two fully through up top, and two more up top and one more on the bottom breaking through as we speak - with numerous other swollen and nearly [...]

Hazel has passed the 3/4 of a year mark. Unbelievable. Time really does fly when you become a parent… except when it doesn’t. Like all the nights lately when Hazel has awoken - by the eruption of teeth through gums, or a bad burp, or the wind blowing just right - and [...]

Most days Hazel takes her naps like a perfect little lady - they do vary in length, but I can generally count on a few hours of downtime each day. Some days, however, she cries and cries despite the rubbing of the eyes and the yawns and the half-closed eyes. It seems like she knows [...]