Molars. You can’t live with ’em. You can’t live without ’em. Emerson has been going through a major molar meltdown for the past week. My only question – when will it end!? Teething as we knew it was bad enough, but this is a whole new level of torture for the whole family. Tantrums, irritability, decreased appetite, fever, biting and refusal to sleep are just a few of the lovely symptoms. Thank goodness for re-runs of Friends from 1-3 am and I Love Lucy from 3-5 am. I would never have guessed this would be my schedule at 13 months! I spotted one emerged molar in Emme’s mouth last night; let’s just...
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Enter Sandman
What I’ve learned: Announcing that your baby is sleeping through the night will do nothing but jinx the situation. Don’t ever admit she’s sleeping through the night, or you’ll pay. Several months ago I wrote about how well Emerson was sleeping through the night. Since then she hasn’t slept through one single night. A few weeks ago I wrote that she was sleeping from 9 to 3. Since then she’s been sleeping from 10 to 12. After 6 months of getting less than half the amount of sleep I’m used to, I’m feeling pretty defeated. It seems like every time I start to feel really good about the way things...