As I've mentioned 345,603 times before, we have terrible sleepers. We've tried every trick in the book from immediately going to them to cry it out to prayer to baths. Pretty much everything shy of casting a spell of some sort, and sometimes at 3am I wouldn't rule it out... Finally our almost 2 1/2 year old is sleeping through the night almost every night, and while our 7 month old had been doing okay (but not sleeping through) before, he is now up much more often as he is teething. It certainly is a challenge, and I forget what it is like to consistently sleep through the night myself (I can probably count on one hand how many full nights of sleep I have gotten since the summer of 2011), I have come to accept it and repeat "This too shall pass" often. I wouldn't trade my beautiful children for a full night of sleep.
So two nights ago when he woke up during the 2 O'Clock hour Matt went up to him in an effort to not have him nurse back to sleep, which we are trying to break him of. Well after a while I rolled over to send him a text (Matt, not Wes... though maybe that would help - "Wes, Hi this is your mother, please STTN, TTYL... you know in the AM") telling him he could just go ahead and bring him in our bedroom and I would nurse him. Typically my husband does not have his phone on him in the middle of the night so this was my first half asleep error. I remember holding my phone thinking I was texting him. Suddenly Matt walks into the room with Wes and I sit up and tell him I was texting him and look down at my text. This is what I saw:
Apparently texting while you are half asleep results in gibberish that no one can interpret (and he didn't even have his phone on him of course).
Have you ever texted someone while you were asleep or almost asleep? Maybe you texted the wrong person?
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Hey there! If you are a mom (or dad) of a teething child you probably have heard of amber teething necklaces. Spark of Amber kindly provided one for us to try out and I'm excited to share our experience with you! If you haven't heard of Amber necklaces let me allow Spark of Amber to tell you a little bit about them.
Spark of Amber:
Baltic Amber is a fossilized resin. Europeans greatly prize this beautiful stone for its claimed 100% natural anti-inflammatory, pain relieving, and calming properties. The healing oils of the Baltic Amber are said to relieve teething pain, tame baby’s irritability and relieve inflammation in the throat, ear, and stomach.
The necklace I received can be found here. It is a great length and fits both our 7 month old and our 2 year old. The pieces are nice and smooth and has not irritated their skin, which is something I was a bit worried about because both our children have very sensitive skin.
Safety! As parent's we're always thinking about our kid's safety right? When I received our necklace I was very glad to see that it is knotted between each and every bead, which means if for some reason it breaks they won't be all over the floor as a choking hazard. If it broke, only one bead would come loose - at the place where the string broke.
They are cute! My daughter has not really had an experience with jewelry yet so I wasn't sure if she would tug at it or be annoyed with it on. I was surprised when she didn't even seem to notice it was on. It's a cute fashion accessory for her even without regard to the beads doing their job. I was even more worried that my 7 month old would tug at it and was a tad worried he'd yank it off and break it. It's long enough on him that I can slip it under his shirt (which is actually ideal so the beads contact more of his skin) and he forgets all about it.
I wasn't sure how a yellow necklace would look on a boy but I think it works! For the most part though he has been wearing it under his shirt to give more contact with the skin (except for the pictures) so if that is a concern for you wearing it under the shirt makes it virtually unseen.
So does it work? Well Wes hasn't really been teething this week (or maybe he has and the necklace has helped??) so it's hard to say. I was quite skeptical but I had a headache the other day and decided to put the necklace in my fist to see if it helped and my headache went away pretty quickly. Placebo affect? Maybe, but it can't hurt so next time I get a headache I'll be trying it again!
** These necklaces are not intended to be chewed on and they are not intended to be worn while sleeping for safety reasons**
Wes had just woken up from a nap and was still a little sleepy when I was taking pictures :)
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