Sleep Training Fail

It's approximately 9:30pm and I am sitting here with my glass of water in tow waiting for the next episode of "Scandal" to air (my guilty pleasure). Right next to me is my little ace....did I mention I have a 13month old? I know right!!! What is he doing up? He should be asleep. Well I must confess, I am a failure at sleep training.  I have long been in denial and chucking up my inability to train my little munchkin to sleep with the excuse of inheriting my family genes (I have a long history of relatives including me that tend to keep late hours for no reason). I have tried every method in the book -cry it out, no tears, fill him up with food e.t.c. ...... name it and chances are I have tried them all. Nothing worse that watching your little toddler cry it out and you have to completely ignore him while consoling at intervals. I remember sitting in the corner and crying myself out too. What in the world was Ferber thinking? I know a lot of moms that have successfully applied that method but it is definitely not for the faint of heart. Maybe another reason could be because I am a SAHM and I feel like we can go to sleep and wake up whenever we can. Yeah I know...... it's probably going to come back and bite me in the you know where. I have been told "it's okay he will learn it by himself".  I am still a work in progress. I need help........ I am definitely open to whatever works (except the "cry it out" method of course)

"so hard to watch this cutie patootie cry it out"

Tear Jerker of the Day

I stumbled upon this video and boy!! did it bring tears to my eyes. It brought back my memories of being a second grade teacher in an inner city school. I had my fair share of  "troublesome" kids but I still loved them like my own anyway.  This video resonates the same reasons some of the kids would give whenever I questioned them on why they always got into trouble.

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Mommy Mind Detox

So I just got off a five day detox to get my life back in order and kick off a brand new way of eating..... (5 days on the Juice diet ...talk about "Brutal") It eventually paid off though. Lost as much as 14lbs (Disclaimer: I am in no way endorsing a juice diet as a way to lose weight) but I felt like a mother-load left me. I felt rejuvenated, felt so alive because i evacuated the gunk out of my system; then I figured why not detox my mind mentally!!.....hmm why not start a blog to let off some mommy steam.

So a brief description into my world. I am a mom to an adorable 13month old son, a wife to a TDH (tall, dark and handsome) hubba!! hubba!! husband and an owner of a 2 year old feisty Bichon Frise. Also a former educator who is coming along to understand that kids don't come the way you pray for them to be all the time. They indeed have their own personalities, you have to mold a major part of their life and then guide them through what the Lord sends them down to you with. The journey of mother hood has indeed been a ride. It is a journey that has had its ups and downs... I have lost my mind and gained it back. I now understand that being a good parent is understanding that you can never be perfect all the time and what the book says about parenting is far from fetched from reality. I welcome you all to my wonderful life. 

a moment is the answer to all of lifes mysteries!