Complainy

For some reason I've been putting off posting...I can usually get on here and blot down a whole lot of stuff without hesitation. May be partly due to being over-busy with the new house the last couple of months, and partly feeling like I didn't have a whole lot of news...Poor Tanner's Halloween pics are still at Walgreens. I forgot my camera that night and had to use a disposable. Its just not that easy doing errands with Tanner so sometimes those little stops get put off...He is a tough one for errands. Most days I dread it all day long or just avoid it altogether. He doesn't like to sit in the cart, puts up lots of fussing, sometimes screaming and crying, a little kicking here and there...he gives me a generally hard time all around. 9 out of 10 times I end up leaving with about 30% of my list accomplished. Yup. I'm "that mom". That mom that everyone looks at and pities for the screaming child in her cart. "That mom" that people look at and think "why doesn't she DO something about that child?!" That's ok. I'm quite used to it. He's been like this since he was a baby.
My second complaint tonight. He's still not a reliable sleeper. I guess we drew the short straw in that category. I'm giving up hope that he'll ever be one of those 8pm to 7am kids...Some nights go pretty well - he goes to bed around 8:30 or 9:00 and gets up around 6:00...that's a good night...glorious actually. But many-a-night go like this: After starting bedtime at 7:45 he's finally asleep and its 9:30 or later. I go downstairs to take a few uninterrupted minutes to do house chores before going up to shower and get to bed by 10:30, hoping for a little free time the next night...1am - Tanner's in our room "mommy, I wake up." I jump up and put him back in bed telling him over and over its the middle of the night and he has to go back to bed, etc etc...1:45 - same thing. 2:15 - same thing but add in a little crocodile tear tantrum because I wouldn't let him turn on his dolphin lamp...5:00am - here we go again - this time Rob handles it. 5:30 - its ground hog day. 6:00 - I get up with the energizer bunny and go down to start the day. That was last night. Am I just being dramatic?
So tonight I'm going to bed very soon. Hoping for a better night's sleep. He's a strong headed little guy and presents us with new challenges multiple times a day...but I don't mind that if I get sleep. I can pretty much handle anything he sends my way if I am rested...so on that note, I'm headed to my pillow...with intentions to post a much "merrier" post tomorrow. :)