Sleep, toilet paper + gift sets

Sleep.

We've done it.  A lot of you told me it would be worth it.  Last week at this time I laughed and said no way, never.  But it worked.  He's sleeping like a champ.

Nap time this morning... zero crying my friends.  Thanks for all the prayers and advice.  They really did help :)

...and anyone going through sleep issues, hold on.  It does get better and you aren't alone.  I promise.

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Toilet paper.

Guys this is awesome.  I can't help but share :)

I won a years supply of toilet paper!!!

My friend and fellow blogger, Mandy --- over at Creative Cents --- just had a Quilted Northern Toilet paper giveaway.  And I won!!!

And, to make it all that much sweeter, I found out this morning that I don't even have to go buy it.  They will send it straight to my door!

Isn't that just the bees knees?!

Check out Mandy's blog, here, for future awesome giveaways and great useful blog posts!

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Gift sets.

Looking for the perfect baby shower gift? 

Right now.  Up in the shop.  Check this out...

Right now we have only a few, but they are in my absolute favorite

 Elephant Print...in both blue and pink!  Is it not adorable?!

This is all I have left of this fabric for now.  

So don't wait, I'm not making any promises that I can get it again!!

Get yours today over in the new Gift Set section of the Beautifully Esoteric Shop!!

Have a great day :)

Oh no she didn't.

My kid is putting himself to sleep.  He still cries for a good 10-15 minutes.  But it's more of a whimper.

It's a miracle and I'll take it.  :)

For those of you wanting my deep dark secrets...well...I'll give them, but I won't put this advice in any parenting book.  Because it's bad.  Real bad.

We were finding that he was chugging his bottle while we rocked him and then freaking out when we put him in the crib.  He has a super crazy sensitive gag reflex, and so he was crying, then coughing, then gagging, and so on.

Well, one afternoon I got the crazy idea to not let him chug the bottle before I put him in the crib.  You see where this is going...

So, I read him a story, said "nigh-night", and yes, laid him in his crib with his bottle.

(Okay everyone, let's say a collective, "oh no she didn't")

Yep, this Mama did.

And it worked.

And I did a victory dance.  For real.

And in about a year I will be writing a blogpost about how to wean your kid off of needing a bottle in his crib to put him to sleep.   But why fight tomorrow's battle today?

Because today we have a kid who puts himself to sleep.

So today, I will dance.  Hallelujah.