Last night Anna did not want to settle down to play, she was instead in the bounce off the walls mood, and torture mommy mood.
I had her chair and a bucket of toys and two books into my bed – to try and find anything to calm her down.  Finally I just pulled her chair [...]

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Last night Anna had a bit of an upset tummy, so we had a nice quiet play in bed time.  Then after some cuddles and slowing down, she was feeling a bit better.
First she took her bottle and when I was not paying attention to her, she unscrewed the cap and nipple part, tipped it [...]

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People are amazing.  Saturday night it is about 9pm and Anna is getting ready for bed, sitting in the window drinking her last bottle.  All of a sudden knock, knock, knock at the door
We were expecting no one and had not heard a car pull up … so I look out the window and see [...]

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Last night we did not even have dinner till about 9:30.  I try to have Anna’s schedule that at 9pm ish we have just us play time for about 30-60 minutes depending on how she behaves and feels, and how tired I am of just quiet play time.  Then into her night night.
Generally I then [...]

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Last night when I took Anna into bed, we were having quiet time, talking and playing and singing.  I told her the story of what happened 5 years ago about how her brother and sister and I were sitting in the old house, discussing and choosing to bring a baby home and how the same [...]

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at night we sing

Every night before Anna goes to bed, we sing a night night song.
We sing Twinkle Twinkle Little Star each night.
When she  does not want to go to bed yet, she gives you a BIG hug, and wants to sing MORE.  When she is tired she listens and goes right to bed.  Or is in bed, [...]

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