The Cutter Rambles

Need More Sleep

For the most part, the Cutlet has been an excellent sleeper.  She may sometimes scream her head off while awake, but when it is time to sleep, she sleeps.  Having heard horror stories from other parents, I am extremely thankful about this.

Unfortunately, for the past couple of weeks, the Cutlet has become somewhat of an early riser.  Typically, she hasn’t been getting up super early, but rather between 6 and 6:30. 

I’m sure there are some parents out there who would be incredulous about this.  “You’re complaining about getting to sleep past 6???”

Well, she had been sleeping past 7 (and sometimes 8 on the weekends) and that last hour of sleep can be quite precious in the morning.  So we weren’t especially pleased with this change of pace.

Oddly enough, this seem to start happening right as we changed the clocks for Daylight Savings Time.  In theory, this should have had the opposite effect since we moved the clocks forward.  We couldn’t quite figure it out except that maybe since we’re putting her to bed an hour earlier, she was waking up even earlier to compensate.

A more likely explanation is that she’s getting close to starting to crawl, and the stress of that upcoming milestone is interrupting her sleep.  Apparently, quite a few babies experience this type of sleep regression around her age.

The problem has been made worse this week by the fact that she has been suffering from a bad cold.  I know I sometimes have trouble sleeping well when I’m not feeling well.

Regardless of the cause, I hope she moves past it soon.  I could certainly use a little more sleep in the morning.

Random Thought of the Week

Well, this past weekend killed my NCAA bracket.  At least I was not alone, since just about everyone in America had picked a Kansas vs. Ohio State final. 

Now, pretty much all the pools are going to be won by those people who picked Kentucky or Connecticut in the Final Four, since I’m guessing not too many people had VCU or Butler there.

Random Picture Found on the Web

So why exactly do people think facial tattoos are a good idea?

One-hit Wonder of the Week

Here is the video for “What is Love?” by Haddaway.

Normally, this would have probably been a quickly forgotten dance song.  And then, Saturday Night Live chose to feature it in a skit:

The skit became a huge hit and even spawned a decent spinoff movie, and so “What is Love?” was forced back into America’s consciousness.

Even now, when hearing the song it is difficult to resist bobbing my head, as I’m sure it is for most of you as well.