I see the moon, now please let me sleep!

Aug 30

Posted by: Rachel in: blog, caleb isaiah, cute things kids say, just another day in paradise, me myself and i, memories, moon phases, parenting, ramblings, you might be a mom

Okay I think I’m pretty convinced now. Julie over at A Celebration of Our Journey has written about the full moon and new moon having an effect on her son, and we had discussed it some through email. We have Windows Vista, so I found a moon phase widget to put in my sidebar on my desktop. I was even able to enter the exact longitude and latitude of our location. It changes throughout the day and I can click on it to find out the illuminated fraction. I have really enjoyed having it there. The dates of the next two new moons and full moons are listed. Today is a new moon.

The moon is the darkened circle next to the info

Last night when I put Caleb to bed, he was very restless. I spoke to him several times before just starting his CD of music over and leaving the room. He started crying after a few minutes. I put him in our bed and laid down with him. All in all, it took me an hour and a half to get him to sleep. I mentioned to Scott before bed that it was probably going to be a bad night. And sure enough, he kept me up until 3:30am tossing and turning. I carried him back to his bed because I was so tired and frustrated. He was back at 6:00, wanting to get up for the day. I felt like I had just laid down. We did sleep until 8. I didn’t want to get up then, but 8 seems to be the time by which we need to be up and potty-ed to make sure he’s dry. Much later and I’m washing sheets.

When I’m not completely exhausted, the moon thing is just fascinating to me. He drove me nuts on Friday too. Obstinate would be a good word for it. He’s honestly a really good kid overall. But we all have our days.

While I’m rambling I’ll just go ahead and tell you, I have now nicknamed him Chatty Caleb. If you will listen, he will talk. Nevermind your shopping. You can do that later. Complete strangers. He talks their ear off! Most giggle and humor him but we actually had one guy run from him in Lowes the other night. And don’t even try to ignore him. He will put you in your place.

A little girl, probably about 5, and her mom were on the paint aisle in Lowes. Caleb walked up to the little girl and said, “Hey!”

She smiled.

“You have Dora on your shirt!” he says, just busting all up in her personal space and poking at her. She had already back up against the shelf as far as she could.

She still didn’t say anything.

“Seek (speak) to me! Mommy why won’t she seek to me?!”

We all began chatting about our chalkboard paint and her daughter’s room. She asked several questions about brush and roller types. Meanwhile Caleb continued to chip away at the little girl’s shy shell. Finally he just got a paint brush and started painting her. That got her giggling and with Caleb stirring the pot, they both turned into little trouble making wild indians! Climbing all over stuff and painting all us parents with brushes and rollers. As we were about to part ways, I said “Come on monkey.” The mom said “Monkey. I call her monkey sometimes too. Well a friend of mine does.”

Little children are always quick to correct, “Not a friiiend, your boooyfriend,” she exclaimed.

Her mom told me it hadn’t been long, she still just wasn’t used to saying that yet. We chuckled together at the honesty of a child.

At the playground a few weeks ago, Caleb was flagging down every passerby to talk to him. As he chatted up one lady, she asked how old he was. “I’m free years old, how old are YOU?” No secret is safe, no question shall go unasked by an inquisitive three year old.

Comments

4 Responses to “I see the moon, now please let me sleep!”

    Mrs. Schmitty
    August 31st, 2008 12:26 pm

    Oh yea, the moon totally affects my kids. One night we were driving home from a pool party and I figured they would all nod off as they had been swimming all day. They were SO rowdy!! We turned a corner and out from behind the trees…yup, you betcha a GIANT full moon! I looked at hubs and we just grinned.

    Julie
    September 1st, 2008 5:10 pm

    I love your stories about Caleb, he’s such a funny kid! And THANK YOU for making me feel a little validated since people look at me really weird when I bring up the moon thing! Daniel had some trouble falling asleep and was up EARLY even though he should have slept in for how late he was up. He did fine staying dry all day though. (Last New Moon he had accidents all day long).

    Val
    September 2nd, 2008 2:25 pm

    How about howling at the moon? If it’s true….a full moon must be over our house at all times!

    Getting that widget…looks cool!

    Dianna
    September 2nd, 2008 8:38 pm

    I love the picture you have for your desktop!

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