The power went out at about 2am last night, and came back on ~4:15pm today (ice storm). It got a fair bit chilly. Normally no big deal, but since we have a wee one trying to sleep next door to us who hasn't yet grasped the concept of using a blanket, it does present some challenges. After spending the morning at the mall, where it was warm, I debated in which setting Owen would resist napping the most: at a friend's relatively unfamiliar house or in a cold crib. We opted for cold crib since it wasn't too terribly icy cold (upper 50s/maybe 60 I'd say)...but it was chilly enough that I thought the little man could use a few layers to encourage nap success. We ended up with onsie + socks + thermal shirt + footie fleece pj's + sweatpants + fleece jacket + fleece slippers. He was a cute little insulated snowman. Knowing the slippers would not be long on the feet, when I was putting him in the crib I looked at him very sternly and told him that it is very cold, the heat is broken and do NOT take those slippers off. I was shocked that they were still on when I went in to put blankets on him after he was asleep. It was chilly enough that I spent his nap under my covers, too, and ended up asleep. Not a bad afternoon. I really feel for anyone who is still without power; it is a cold night. At one point we heard that it may have been til Monday until repairs were complete, so we are grateful for the early reprieve.
Friday, December 12, 2008
Power outage
The power went out at about 2am last night, and came back on ~4:15pm today (ice storm). It got a fair bit chilly. Normally no big deal, but since we have a wee one trying to sleep next door to us who hasn't yet grasped the concept of using a blanket, it does present some challenges. After spending the morning at the mall, where it was warm, I debated in which setting Owen would resist napping the most: at a friend's relatively unfamiliar house or in a cold crib. We opted for cold crib since it wasn't too terribly icy cold (upper 50s/maybe 60 I'd say)...but it was chilly enough that I thought the little man could use a few layers to encourage nap success. We ended up with onsie + socks + thermal shirt + footie fleece pj's + sweatpants + fleece jacket + fleece slippers. He was a cute little insulated snowman. Knowing the slippers would not be long on the feet, when I was putting him in the crib I looked at him very sternly and told him that it is very cold, the heat is broken and do NOT take those slippers off. I was shocked that they were still on when I went in to put blankets on him after he was asleep. It was chilly enough that I spent his nap under my covers, too, and ended up asleep. Not a bad afternoon. I really feel for anyone who is still without power; it is a cold night. At one point we heard that it may have been til Monday until repairs were complete, so we are grateful for the early reprieve.

The power went out at about 2am last night, and came back on ~4:15pm today (ice storm). It got a fair bit chilly. Normally no big deal, but since we have a wee one trying to sleep next door to us who hasn't yet grasped the concept of using a blanket, it does present some challenges. After spending the morning at the mall, where it was warm, I debated in which setting Owen would resist napping the most: at a friend's relatively unfamiliar house or in a cold crib. We opted for cold crib since it wasn't too terribly icy cold (upper 50s/maybe 60 I'd say)...but it was chilly enough that I thought the little man could use a few layers to encourage nap success. We ended up with onsie + socks + thermal shirt + footie fleece pj's + sweatpants + fleece jacket + fleece slippers. He was a cute little insulated snowman. Knowing the slippers would not be long on the feet, when I was putting him in the crib I looked at him very sternly and told him that it is very cold, the heat is broken and do NOT take those slippers off. I was shocked that they were still on when I went in to put blankets on him after he was asleep. It was chilly enough that I spent his nap under my covers, too, and ended up asleep. Not a bad afternoon. I really feel for anyone who is still without power; it is a cold night. At one point we heard that it may have been til Monday until repairs were complete, so we are grateful for the early reprieve.
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