Heat Wave!

Wow, it's been a long time since I could see air pollution. The last 3 days have given us just that...visible air pollution. Or, a "warm haze" as I believe the news folks call it. It was actually looking FOGGY the other day ... humid air + millions of cars = fog apparently! So, yet another record-breaking hot day here in NYC. We had a warm winter, with little snow, and now we're hot (again). It hasn't been this hot out here since Mike drove his truck out here last August with no a/c. We're supposed to COOL DOWN to 93 tomorrow and 88 or so the next day. I guess I should be lucky though, as my house isn't flooded in the midwest. Any of you out there affected by that? I know it's been raining, but never would've thought it was raining that much. Guess now is when you're seeing the affects of the winter snow melt...with the late spring rains!

ACs have been on at night and during the day in whichever room I'm in. I prefer fresh air and open windows, but I think it'll be awhile as the lows aren't even hitting below 75 overnight! Lucky enough, the basement has stayed relatively cool...today the humidity has gotten the best of the basement and I'm wishing we would've brought our dehumidifier with us instead of leaving it with the Borns! So, the basement has even hit an uncomfortable 75-80 and humid. These are the day's I'm so thankful we decided against the upper level apartments!!!

I thought Q would be all about this warmer weather...well, she likes it okay and all...but she likes her wool blanket too.

Yep, that's my blanket from when I was a lil one! I can't stand even touching it as it's itchy wool, but she can't get enough of it. If it's lying over the side of the bed, she'll scootch to get it and it'll be on her somehow when I come to wake her up. This shot is of her waking up from her hibernation yesterday afternoon (she was only awake for about 4 hours total yesterday...). She's grown used to sleeping with blankets and I couldn't give her anything more than her burp cloth in the basement for fear of overheating and she wanted none of that. Later in the afternoon, though, she fussed in her crib and fell asleep on my down blanket in the basement...warm, but not too warm that she was a ball of sweat. Overall, since she has a love of blankets, her room is the coolest room in the house.

She's been doing pretty well with her sippy cup. I asked the doctor as I was concerned with hydration, starting solids, and the summer coming up. He recommended using the bottle as little as possible, as she may grow too attached to the bottle and make the cup transition tougher. She makes a face that's hard to explain when all she gets is water, but she'll drink it none-the-less. She licks the water drops off her face in her bath, so why not drink clean water from a cup? She's such a goof.

She has many loves right now, as she's a pretty darn happy kiddo. Right now, two of her favorites for bed time and nap time are her blanket and her sucker. Well, I decided the past few days that she's too reliant on her sucker or nursing to fall asleep. Her new bed time is closer to 9pm...so she should be sleeping till at least 6 or 7am, right?? Well, I've started trialling "self soothing" during the night...mostly because I can't hear her over the a/c very well, but also because I'd kill for 6-8 straight hours of sleep (while still getting to see my husband every day--as I could easily also go to bed at 9 and be awake for my day at 4). Today, this trial brought me to a screaming, almost inconsolable kiddo at 4am. So, I tried a sucker--she wanted none of that. I tried music and the sucker...nope. So, she got fed/by that point it was at least 15 minutes of sucker time on top of however long she was crying before I went in there. She nursed for 15 minutes! I don't remember the last time she nursed that long! So, we'll keep with our trials, but my ideal goal is to have a toddler who doesn't need a sucker to go to bed and sleeps through the night. I don't really care how I get there.

Since the heat index was over a hundred at noon yesterday, we missed story time at the library. I wasn't about to take me and her out in the high heat of noon for 45 minutes of reading. So we read at home. We were looking forward to social time, but it wasn't going to happen yesterday! We have a trial Music Together class we can sign up for in the next few weeks that I think she'll love. Daddy was dancing with her in the store on Sunday when I was trying on clothes and she's apparently got some good "side to side" moves. I'm so excited to see her with other kids!

The cats, on the other hand, may be enjoying the weather. They're bummed to be getting brushed inside, but I can't sit out there during the day to do it. I'd brush them at night...but then if they run, I'm worried they'll get lost... Killer likes to find the coolest spot in the house when it's warm (and it's only warm in summer!) His favorite place in the winter or cooler times is on the edge of our bed. The door by the office in the hallway was apparently his favorite place (I had the a/c on and it was sneaking through the bottom of the door).


Eggo, enjoys lying in the sun when he's inside, but searches for the shade when he's outside. I've given up trying to figure this cat out. He searched the house all day yesterday to find the rays..this little sunlight I can't block as it's from the skylight above our upstairs staircase.


Which leads me to my final thought for now (yeah right)...who is the mole?? I still think it's one of the blond chicks or the history teacher....I'd be bad at that game.