Overheard at work today...

"One baby is just an accessory, two babies means a lifestyle change!"

American daycare at its best? Or perhaps just a highly sedated child. It has to be one or the other to say that one baby didn't change your life at all. They for sure don't have an almost-one year old who is daily growing in cuteness and mischief making. A process that seems to have been accelerated by our recent trip to South Carolina... (more on that later this week).

I wouldn't change in Peter for "an accessory" for the world though. Sure I don't love squeezing myself into the 6inch space we left on the back seat so I can play peak-a-boo with a stuffed giraffe for 2.5 hours, or the cracker crumbs that are on every flat space in the apartment right now because Peter found a cracker he had rejected earlier and began crawling with it. But I love the kisses and hugs, watching him falling asleep, watching him learn to walk and get smarter on a daily basis, seeing everyone ooo and ahh over him etc. etc. etc.

Either way - I don't think Peter agrees with that choice of wording

An accessory? Really? That's the best you could come up with?

No more crib

One big change we've made in the house since starting to implement Montessori ideas has been getting rid of Peter's crib. He really disliked it anyways and was trying to figure out how to climb out of it - so we figured we might as well try the Montessori method and get a floor bed. We took a friend's suggestion and bought a toddler bed and cut off the legs. It hasn't been a seamless transition, he's had some rough nights, but overall Peter has been a lot happier - which makes us much happier too!

He still doesn't like waking up though - which I understand. It doesn't matter how much he's slept, or if he wakes up in my arms or in his bed - he is CRANKY. But he gets over it quickly.