I have decided that the phrase "Consistently Inconsistent" very accurately describes my life and our girls right now. While I am loving my new job and being able to set my own schedule, it isn't always as easy as it seems. There are many times that I want to work, but the people I need to meet or work with are not available. I have had two pay periods with the company. In one I worked 12.75 hours and the other only 2.5. I can't wait until I am more independent and get a few more clients because then I can really set my own schedule and have more consistent weeks and paychecks.
Lily is still working on potty training. I believe that she could actually be done with diapers now if she really wanted but that there are some control issues going on and therefore there are many times when diapers are necessary. She will go a whole day with using the potty and having a dry diaper the whole day and then the next she refuses to even go into the bathroom. While I feel kids shouldn't be pressured into potty training when they aren't ready, I am frustrated because I know she can do it. I keep trying to step back and not pressure but it is hard when the day before I didn't have to change any of her diapers. Consistently Inconsistent.
We have moved Evie into her own room and that is helping someone at night. While I still have to get up to feed her (and now have to walk across the house instead of just getting her out of the bassinet beside my bed) the time that we are sleeping is much more restful. The monitor that we use is a sound activated one so it doesn't pick up all the times when she is just moving slightly, but will let me know if she is really moving a lot or crying. She usually goes to bed the same time as Lily, so around 7pm. Sometimes I will go in and feed her before I go to bed anywhere between 10pm and midnight. Most of the time she doesn't even wake up for this feeding. Then she will sleep till around 5am when she wants more food. Then she will sleep (or at least lay quietly in her bed) until about 6:30am. Then there are the nights like two nights ago when she wakes up almost every hour from midnight till 6am. I really don't mind getting up and feeding her, in fact there are times when I like being able to just sit and rock with her in the quiet house with no distractions, but I would really like to know before bedtime if it is going to be a night where I am doing that once or twice or six plus times. Consistently Inconsistent.
On another note, I am going to try cloth diapering with Evie. It was something I wanted to do before Lily was born but there were many reason that we didn't. Now that I am staying home more I feel like it is a very doable option. I have been doing research online and there is so much info out there that it is a little overwhelming. I found a couple different types of cloth diapers at a consignment sale the other day so we are going to start with those and then go from there. I have also found a bunch of websites that have patterns and tutorials on making your own cloth diapers so once we pick a type that we like then I plan on doing that to save even more money. If anyone has any tips, advice, stories, or anything about cloth diapers I would love to hear them.
