alexist

This week, Aliza has been very bad at night--she keeps waking up and the only way to soothe her is to bring her into bed with us. The only problem is that her sprawling is now really bad. (Next time, we're sidecarring the crib. The Arms Reach isn't level, apparently, so I'll just go the bungee cord route.) And she snores. It's really impressive snoring for an 8 month old, I tell you. (I've looked it up, and it's probably just due to extra saliva from teething; if she keeps it up then it might mean a deviated septum.)

This means (oh, and Neil's snoring has been particularly bad this week, so it's a snoring chorus in our room; someone should tape it when I'm asleep, since I do too!) that I haven't been sleeping well. Today I caught up. Not entirely good as there was other stuff I had to do (mainly, clean the flat: in-laws visiting tomorrow!) but I do feel much better.

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/09/08/opinion/l08movies.html (3rd letter)

The point of a plane ride is to get from Point A to Point B. A parent, or anyone else, should not have to forego the point of the trip because the airline wishes to inflict a film upon the passengers. Personally I think they should get rid of communal movies altogether. They're not only a problem for parents trying to control their children's viewing habits, but for any passenger who doesn't want to watch. (And they're always butchered to pieces, so even if you do like the film being shown, it's going to suck. Unless they show Disney movies, in which case all the adults will complain.)