August 3, 2005
Well, we have officially made the Big Transition; as of two nights ago, Stazi is now sleeping in her own bed in her own room. The "bed" is actually a futon mattress folded in two and covered with a sheet, and she's sharing the room with Zeke, but still, it counts. This was precipitated partly by the fact that she's been waking frequently at night and I think it's because she's crowded and needs her own space, and partly by the 95-degree heat wave here. It's just too hot to have that many people in one bed.
So far things have been...iffy. The first night, she woke at midnight and then again at 4 AM, but I was able to re-settle her quickly both times. Last night she woke at midnight again, but wouldn't go back to sleep until 1 AM, which coincidentally is when Keith's alarm clock went off for his 2 AM start time at work today. So that was not super fun. However, we are going to keep at it.
In other Stazi news, I finally got around to buying her some hair detangler at the grocery store today. Zeke never really had this problem, because his hair is thick and wavy. Stazi's fine, delicate hair, however, tends to get snarled into horrific knots that are impossible to get out without yanking out half of her hair in the process. I got sick of seeing the hair on the back of her head sticking out in every direction and looking like a knotted mess, so I tried out the detangler this morning. I am happy to say it works like a charm. Stazi still wasn't happy with the whole process, but it was way less traumatic than the last time I tried to comb her hair, and all the tangles did come out.
And, uh, that's pretty much been the big excitement here lately.
Posted by Jan at August 3, 2005 9:29 AM
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Hey, fyi for future reference, Paul Mitchel has a grand de-tangling solution conditioner that my kids put on after shampooing, and it's just miraculous. Yes, it costs a lot, but you seriously need the tiniest amount. No need to rinse it out. You can even towel dry your kids' hair before putting it in so it dries faster. I rarely buy stuff by brand, but my hair-cutter-soon-to-be-an-LPN put me on to it when my kids were tots, and we still use it. It also keeps the frizz down for several days, and hence the knots, too.
Thanks for sharing your kids!
We just came back from camping: four kids, 11, 8, 5 and 2 yrs, plus 2 moms and grandparents. Fabulous experience! Songs galore, and mud-pies topped with seaweed everywhere!
Posted by: bibiana Powell at August 13, 2005 7:25 PM