This was a month of milestones. Not necessarily for Abhi but definitely for us as a family.

In a lot of ways, it feels like things have come together. I feel pretty confident as a driver (though not as a parker); we know what we need with us for an errand, a day out, or even a road trip. We’ve definitely come a long way in figuring each other and our life together out.

The biggest event of the month was our trip to Indiana and Ohio to see my husband’s family. We headed for Indiana on Friday afternoon and spent the night at his parents’ house. Then we headed out to Ohio on Saturday to spend the afternoon and night there. Started the route back to Chicago Sunday morning, with a break in Indiana. Needless to say…it was a lot. But we made it and live to tell the tale. We definitely learned a lot and have already had chances to apply little hacks here and there.

We moved him to the crib. I really think that helped his sleeping. It could be that the mattress is nicer or that he has more room, but he definitely seems to rest longer and better. While he’s no better at going down—maybe even worse—I’ve noticed that he doesn’t wake up as quickly or easily. He still consistently sleeps through the night and has even soothed himself back to sleep once or twice.

As I mentioned, I’ve been doing elimination communication with him. It was sort of an experiment; a thing I wanted to try on for size. But it’s going really well. He seems to really take to it. It’s not perfect, but it’s really satisfying and I can already see progress.

Finally, I just couldn’t take it anymore. I cut my hair. I didn’t really mind him grabbing it occasionally. But seeing it falling out and getting everywhere was too much. I couldn’t handle all the pulling it off of things. It had to go. And I love it. Hilariously, I spend less effort on it and it looks like I spend way more.

The bottom line…