My mom used to put the tv on vacation - in the closet

Why not the night time - is that when you use it more or less? I guess if its easy it wouldn't mean as much!

I am quite afraid in the night without lights on

You know, sometimes I am too!

sounds nice jillhill. I think we all need days like that. Times when the electiricity (hopefully not on a freezing day) and have to write a letter, read a magazine or book or take a walk.

That's sounds like a nice way to fall asleep. My baby is asleep on my lap right now! We still nurse, so he still co-sleeps - I can't wait till he's weaned!

So at times when you're busy with other things it doesn't matter. But what of timmes it might smart a little at first? Like turning your phone off for like 24 hours. Not watching tv for a few days or surfing the web - finding other things to do - writing handwritten letters to those you'd usually talk to on the phone?

lol mine still co-sleeps too, she probably will untill she is trained to sleep in her own big girl bed, she wont sleep in her crib, but the new baby is SURE going in the crib and staying in the crib! i thought when i weaned my daughter i would get her to sleep in her crib at the asme time. LOL it so didn't work that way. How old is your baby? and is he (i think you said he sorry if its a girl!!) your first?

He's my first and he's almost 14 months. Still co-sleeping. We're going to skip the crib.

He used to have a papazon chair from fisher price - it would swing gently and had music and stars and moon would play out on the walls and he would go to sleep anytime in that - we got it at the tail end of colic - because the doc wanted him sleeping upright because of spitting up.

Then with the bassinett he would cry so much and that was just a pain getting up and down, so we got a little co-sleeper - too big for that now!

Now I've read once a baby can climb over the side of the crib its time for a big bed - well he's a great climber so we'll just transition to his bed too - one with side rails.

Wow yours will be so close together - how old is your baby again - 18 months! You need a kingsize bed. It be too hard to be aware of both of them I think - but many people do it! You'll totally have to keep me posted!

hehe right now i have a double. I am sure i wont have half as much time to mylot in roughly 7 weeks, but i will try my best to pop on whenever i have a few mins;)

I had to laugh at the first sentence. We have our tv and computers on at all times here - many times we are doing both - or like the last week - after the baby goes to sleep I've been watching the lost series season one on the computer at abc.com - I did the same with Jericho.

No I wouldn't classify media as bad but just wondering if we'd be able to live without it. I think I would for a day or so - but take away my chapstick and watch out! I really need to do that one of these days, take away any lip aids I have - including olive oil - which I've used in emergency situations when I can't find anything else - much like a junkie drinking down mouth wash. Its a real addiction. I can't think clearly without it.

This is the first winter I haven't had chapped lips because I have been using a whole lot of chapstick.

I had to give you best response for that first sentence!

Thank you.

I can understand that - although it would be like a forced vacation from work! BTW your cafepress page is great - but not as amazing as your photography web pages - as their are only three items so far in your store.

Mmmm...I've added more at cafepress..hehe

Maybe you didn't scroll all the way down..have nine things there

Your response totally made me smile. What would we do if all of sudden the electricit all over were cut off - I have to get off the grid fast so this will never happen. I think I'd like to be attached to the grid just in case but also have wind and solar power too - back ups! And generators!