{"id":149,"date":"2010-09-27T07:45:07","date_gmt":"2010-09-27T07:45:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/10.131.168.108\/wordpress\/?p=149"},"modified":"2010-09-27T07:45:07","modified_gmt":"2010-09-27T07:45:07","slug":"the-baby-times-todays-issue","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/elhogue.com\/shannah\/2010\/09\/27\/the-baby-times-todays-issue\/","title":{"rendered":"The Baby Times (Today&#8217;s issue)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Front Page<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Headline: Night Terrors: Not Fun<\/p>\n<p>Synopsis: So, I&#8217;m pretty sure Alex had a night terror last night. &nbsp;I wonder if some of the last couple of weeks&#8217; sleeping issues have been those. &nbsp;Even when I thought it was gas or constipation. &nbsp;Who knows? &nbsp;But anyway, he woke up after being asleep for about 2 hours just screaming; I went and got him, but he kept screaming. &nbsp;For his dad mostly. &nbsp;It was kind of heartbreaking to hear. &nbsp;Anyway, we did our best to comfort or whatever, and after about 10 minutes (felt like 25 to me), he settled back down and slept the rest of the night. &nbsp;So I looked up night terrors while Eric was getting him back to bed. &nbsp;And yep&#8230;that description pretty much matched. &nbsp;I hope we aren&#8217;t going to do that on a regular basis. &nbsp;*shudder*<\/p>\n<p>Headline: Family Fun Day<\/p>\n<p>Synopsis: We spent yesterday with my family in C-ville for my SIL, Debbie&#8217;s birthday party. &nbsp;It was, overall, a really fun day. &nbsp;Everyone was in a good mood, the babies all got good naps, we played outside for a couple of hours, we chatted and laughed and generally just enjoyed the day. &nbsp;Oh, and my mom made lasagna&#8230;yummy!<\/p>\n<p>Headline: Making Progress<\/p>\n<p>Synopsis: So the preparations for NLS are slowly moving along. &nbsp;I am getting boxes sorted and cupboards rearranged. &nbsp;I think Eric is going to help me move up the rest of the boxes I need to sort through today (at least I mentioned this to him last night). &nbsp;Poor guy&#8230;for him all this prep just means hauling things up and down multiple stair cases. &nbsp;Good thing he loves me! <IMG height=15 src=\"http:\/\/www.xanga.com\/Images\/smiley4.gif\" width=15> &nbsp;But still, it feels good to have some things on my pre-baby to-do list crossed off!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Health &amp; Wellness Section<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Headline: Cold Season Hits Home<\/p>\n<p>Synopsis: Erin has been quite the fountain of snot this weekend. &nbsp;And she has an irregular, but still harsh-sounding cough. &nbsp;So we didn&#8217;t do nursery yesterday or go to a party on Saturday night (I just couldn&#8217;t take germs to infect strangers&#8217; kids). &nbsp;But she&#8217;s sleeping okay, so hopefully it won&#8217;t last too long or transfer to Alex just as she finishes it (or to me just before I have to give birth&#8230;wouldn&#8217;t that be fun?).&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Headline: Toddler Developments Are Fun&#8230;Mostly<\/p>\n<p>Synopsis: The twins are certainly doing all sorts of fun things these days. &nbsp;Erin is picking up (ie, repeating) words left and right. &nbsp;Alex knows a lot of words that he won&#8217;t say for another two weeks. &nbsp;We love to watch Mommy write words (mostly Alex, Erin, mommy, daddy, papa, gramma, etc), and Erin is started to almost recognize them when I write them down. &nbsp;They love pushing their strollers and playing with balls outside. &nbsp;And of course, swings and slides just make their day. &nbsp;Oh, and the other day, we discovered that they love to carry and fill buckets with &#8220;nature&#8221; when we&#8217;re outside&#8230;too cute! Then, on the other hand, we are also struggling to share, and we don&#8217;t do well when we don&#8217;t get our way. &nbsp;The fit-throwing is certainly not a mommy-favorite event. &nbsp;But as I think that&#8217;s all part of childhood (and being human) we&#8217;ll just keep addressing those one day at a time. &nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Technology Report<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Headline: Mommy Gets iPod Touch<\/p>\n<p>Synopsis: As a reward for my work on the book project I had this summer, I decided to buy myself an iPod Touch. &nbsp;I was going to just get an ereader, but then, I realized as I talked to Eric about it, that all I would be able to do on it was read books. &nbsp;And for a just a little more money, I could get all the capabilities of both big ereaders (nook and kindle), plus a bunch of other stuff. &nbsp;So Eric went with his brother on Saturday and picked one up for me. &nbsp;He&#8217;s helped me set it up and link it with his Touch (and my dad&#8217;s, too, I think). &nbsp;Those two spent a lot of time looking at 3 iPods yesterday during the party, comparing and downloading and such. &nbsp;But so far, I think I&#8217;m going to like my new toy. &nbsp;And I have a B&amp;N gift card to spend on ebooks for my new reader. &nbsp;I&#8217;m very excited!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>And that&#8217;s the news for now&#8230;happy Monday!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Front Page Headline: Night Terrors: Not Fun Synopsis: So, I&#8217;m pretty sure Alex had a night terror last night. &nbsp;I wonder if some of the last couple of weeks&#8217; sleeping issues have been those. &nbsp;Even when I thought it was &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/elhogue.com\/shannah\/2010\/09\/27\/the-baby-times-todays-issue\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-149","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/elhogue.com\/shannah\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/149","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/elhogue.com\/shannah\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/elhogue.com\/shannah\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elhogue.com\/shannah\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elhogue.com\/shannah\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=149"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/elhogue.com\/shannah\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/149\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/elhogue.com\/shannah\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=149"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elhogue.com\/shannah\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=149"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elhogue.com\/shannah\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=149"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}