We forgot to tell you- June.

We slacked off on blogging so much that we forgot all of the things that have been happening. First and foremost, I am now officially a big girl in that I've given up my nuk.

I know. I'm not so happy about it either. And it was more like it was taken away rather than me giving it up. Since Christmas, I'd started chewing on my nuks (I had two left). Mama warned me that if I kept chewing on them, they'd get holes and we'd have to throw them away. Mama said this thinking it might happen months down the road. (I think they dreaded me giving up my nuk more than I did.) The next day, mama was changing the sheets on the bed and noticed that I had chewed holes in not one, but both of my nuks. She actually considered going out to buy new ones.

But mama's cheapness reigns supreme over the happiness of her children, so we had a long talk about the holes in my nuks. I refused to throw them away, so mama compromised and cut off tips so all I have left is the shield. Now they fit nicely over the faces of my stuffed animals.

It's been good and bad giving up my nuk. If you'll recall, Henry was three and a half when he gave his up, and that started three weeks of non-stop crying for two hours every night at bedtime. Exhausting. I didn't cry too much. I still ask if mama is going to fix my nukies. She said no.

The hard part about it all is that I've always had a hard time getting to sleep anyway. It takes me a LONG time to settle down. With my nuk, we were lucky if I was asleep before 10pm. (We go to bed at 8.) Now without it, I'm up until almost 11 every night and one night even made it up until 1am. Since the baby is in the room with us now, mama regularly takes away my flashlight and books, and has even taken my beloved blankies and rabbit. But even sitting in a pitch-black room doesn't help me fall asleep.

We thought maybe I'm napping too long in the afternoon (I'm still taking 2-3 hour naps). But on Sunday, I didn't get a nap at all and was still up until 11pm. So mama nixed stopping naps. If I'm not going to sleep at night, I'm still going to get what I can in the afternoon. Plus I don't think she's willing to give up her afternoon break.

Does anyone have any suggestions for getting me to sleep? Mama says she's about two nights away from raiding the medicine (or liquor) cabinet so this family can get a decent night sleep. Funny though, she didn't say who she was raiding them for...