Big Girl Bed & CSN Giveaway!

So it's been a week of co-sleeping...and no one is well rested.

We were in NYC for the weekend and the crib that the hotel provided to us was teeny tiny so Hannah ended up sleeping in our bed. Her first night back at home was a great one but that was probably due to 3 days of late bedtimes and an 11:30pm arrival.

After some negotiating the past two nights, I managed to get her to sleep in her own bed - more specifically, her mattress on the floor. It lasted a good 4 hours before she came walking into our room and hopping into bed.

So while I've been re-arranging our home office furniture, looks like my new home decor project is Hannah's room. I'm going to keep the crib in there for a while but think she might need proper sheets to be tucked into every night.

And since I'll be shopping, I figure you might as well too!

Leave me a comment with your suggestions on how to keep Hannah safe and sleeping in her room all night long and you could win a $35 gift code to use at any of the CSN stores. (Sorry, this giveaway is only open to residents of Canada and the USA).

I'll pick a winner next Wednesday February 23rd at 9pm (EST) so leave your comment before then.

Good luck!

Shame on Me

One week.

That's how long its been since my last blog post (I have the Google Analytics to prove it).

And what a week it was.

My last post was about Hannah's first day at daycare. Well, we got through the week and enjoyed an extra long (5th anniversary) weekend to recover. By Friday, Hannah was eating, napping and having almost cry-free days. And I had scouted out my new route to work and was making it in record time. All this to say we started getting into a routine, as easy as that can possibly be.

But a three day weekend and major sleep ins can change that oh so quickly. After a weekend of a runny nose (and lots of chicken soup through a straw), I figured it best to let Hannah sleep in this morning so she'd be in tip top form for her first day back. And sleep in she did. Until 8:30.

I dropped her off at 9:15, and as expected, upon pickup was told that she didn't nap. In fact, she woke all of the other kids up by talking to herself. So much for sleep-ins being a good idea.

So, it felt like day one again with a cranky little girl come super time and an insatiable appetite. Today was our one and only day of daycare this week with the Jewish holidays looming. So it will be back to square one again next Monday. With all of the pending holidays, its a bit of a roller coaster for these kids. They won't have a structured week until October.

But we will persevere, and make it through.

So to all my readers, I apologize for the lapse in posts. I will try my hardest not to do it again. And just to show you how badly I feel, my next post will have a super (expensive) giveaway!

And to all my Jewish readers, Happy New Year!

Drum Roll Please...

I am so happy to announce the winner of Midnight Mom's first ever giveaway.

The lucky winner of a $40 gift certificate to CSN Stores is: Lisa

Lisa, please be in touch with me by email so that I can get your coordinates to have your prize sent to you.

You can email me at lauren dot cracower at gmail dot com.

And for all of my new and old followers, stay tuned because there will be another giveaway just days away!

Giving Back to my Readers

I am so happy to announce Midnight Mom's first ever giveaway.

All current readers will be entered in the draw. If you are not a current follower, you have until this Friday July 10, 2010 at 5pm to sign up and automatically be entered to win.

So what's at stake?

One lucky reader will win a $40USD gift certificate to use on any ofwww.csnstores.com 's 200+ websites. CSN offers every product imaginable: from baby gear to home furnishings to cookware. I especially love their All Modern website!

Just in time for summer, this giveaway can get you almost anything you need to make the most of the warm weather and to have some fun in the sun!

Good luck!