Carter has a bad cold. So, he's been real cheerful lately. The past 3 nights he's been waking up in the middle of the night - and staying up for about 1/2 hour to an hour. Poor guy! (Don't forget about poor me, too.)

I thought I'd also tell you that before I had my own kids, I felt for certain that they wouldn't have a pacifier after they were a year old.

Aapo was two when I took it away (a year ago) and he promptly stuck his thumb in his mouth where it's been ever since.

Because I used to *know* that my kids wouldn't have pluggies forever, I'm humbly admitting to my former ignorance.