Tagged

The rules are as follows:
1. Post the rules!
2. Answer the questions about yourself
3. At the end of the post, list 5-6 people you would like to tag and leave a comment on their blog letting them know
4. Let the person who tagged you know that you posted your answers.

So here goes....1. What were you doing 10 years ago? 1998 - Moving from Santa Barbara, CA down to Laguna Hills, CA and working full time in HR for a magnetic resonance imaging company in Anaheim, and hating my 22-mile-one-way commute.

2. What are 5 things on your to-do list today? laundry, shop, pack, photography stuff, and sleep

3. What are some snacks you enjoy? hummus & pretzels, almost any kind of fresh fruit, Just Tomatoes freeze dried corn, Yummy Earth root beer candies. Oh, and raw cookie dough.

4. What would you do if you were a billionaire? travel the world, help the needy, support our church in a big way, pay off our house, lots of other things!

5. What are three of your bad habits? staying up too late, being the queen of good intentions, starting things I don't finish

6. 5 places you have lived? Abilene, TX, Santa Barbara, CA, Laguna Hills, CA, Rancho Santa Margarita, CA, Frisco, TX.

7. What are 5 jobs you have had? out of the 34 or so... photographer, systems analyst, HR coordinator, payroll clerk, typesetter

8. What is currently playing on your Ipod? the worship music from the last rotation I did at church

9. What are the last 5-6 books you have read? The Discipline Book, The Baby Book, Moo, Baa, La La La, Doggies, Elmo Loves You

10. Who do you want to tag? Erin, Adri, Jenny Ha Ha if she's up to it, April, Misty (like she's got the time!), and anyone else that feels like wasting some time! :-)

I *heart* Dr. Sears

"Babies will wean and someday they will sleep through the night. This high maintenance stage of nighttime parenting will pass. The time in your arms, at your breast, and in your bed is a relatively short while in the life of a baby, yet the memories of love and availability last forever. "

This is why we 1) cosleep and 2) REFUSE REFUSE REFUSE to sleep train our daughter to go to sleep on her own.

I do not want to send the message to her that we are only available to her during the day. I want her to learn that (to use Dr. Sears' phrasing) sleep is a pleasant state to enter into and a safe state to remain in. I do not believe that leaving her to cry alone until she falls asleep will accomplish those goals.

I'm not criticizing any other parent for choosing to use the cry-it-out method to get their children to sleep. I believe that, generally speaking, parents do what they feel is best for their families based on their own beliefs and principles when it comes to raising children. So why do I not get the same courtesy from other parents? If I'm venting about having trouble with sleeping, just offer some sympathy and encouraging words: "This too shall pass."