I haven't washed my hair in over a week. Possibly longer.  I've lost track.  It's not that I enjoy having dirty hair.  Or even that showering isn't a big deal to me.  I'm a pretty cleanliness-conscientious person.  Ask my husband.  I believe in bathing every. single. day.  But these days are wiping me out.  So much so that lifting my arms to scrub my scalp when I finally manage to get in the shower at the end of the day just doesn't seem worth it.  So I don't.  I still bathe. I'm not that far gone.  But, the rest of my 20-30 minute shower is spent standing under the scalding spray of wonderfulness.  Just standing.  Because I am stinking worn out.  I do pretty well during the day, considering I'm getting roughly 4 hours of scattered sleep each night, mostly because of this guy.      But, I get to about 7:30pm each night, and my brain and body jointly say to me,...

I got several helpful comments on yesterday's post, both on here and on the phone. I appreciate the feedback! I wanted to share with you some things we've tried today, most of which are based on the 18-month sleep regression article I read at 3:30 this morning. 1. I added back in the morning nap.  It took her half and hour to settle, but once she did, she slept for 45 minutes and woke happy and stayed that way the rest of the morning.  2. We were consistent. Each time we heard her sit up and start to rock, we went in and told her to lie back down and that it was time to rest. Her daddy swatted her leg the third time (she had on thick pajamas, and she didn't cry, but it was a physical reminder to her that she was not being obedient), and we didn't hear from her again.  3. I followed the same routine for her afternoon nap, and I had to tell her three times to lie down.  She woke an hour and a half in when police cars, a fire truck, and am ambulance pulled up lights bla...

So, yesterday , I completely skipped over Day 2 in my mind and started looking at red things throughout my morning. Then, I realized I'd slipped a day and deleted the post.  Today, after less than 4 hours of sleep, I am recycling those pictures because I'm too tired to do anything other than make sure my children stay alive.  Day 3 of Capturing December -  Red