Thursday, May 29, 2008

I'm sitting here typing this all up and listening to my three year old son who is still up and it's midnight and he's singing!  He's at this stage where he is falling asleep around 5 PM and there's nothing I can do to wake him up or keep him awake.  So, he'll sleep for 3 hours and then he's up all night!  He's my fourth child, so you would think I had this all figured out by now.  I've tried giving him earlier naps and he won't take them...but he needs them.  I'm open to any advice you all might send my way on this topic.  Help!  :)

Aside from that, it's time to sign up for my Photoshop classes again and I'm so excited!  We have so much fun and learn so much in the classes.  I'm very excited to announce that I'm adding another new class for June!  The new class is an advanced Photoshop CS3 class that will cover some things you can only do in CS3! 

class_CS3super_thumb_LRG You can sign up here!  Classes start next week!
I'm also planning on adding an Illustrator class for July!

Here is a free template for you
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Thanks for the comments.

14 comments:

the3chickens said...

And I always thought I was the only one with that problem :) My son is 2.5 and very often, he's still up at midnight. Sometimes he sleeps at 8pm and wakes up at 3am! Sorry no solutions for you but you're not alone :)

Anonymous said...

When I download this file it says it does not contain any files.

Karen M in FL said...

Thanks for the great template. I love the flowers.

Anonymous said...

Thanks for sharing!

Beth said...

Thanks so much! This is pretty.

Anonymous said...

Thanks for the template!! It is wonderful!

Anonymous said...

Thank you for the wonderful template Andrea!

Suzette said...

Thank you so much Andrea for all the times you share your talent with us.

Anonymous said...

Great template! TFS.

Laura said...

Sleep problems are no fun, except hearing them sing is sweet. What time is he getting up in the am? Maybe he needs to get up earlier so he will nap earlier in the day? My guys just turned three and are up by 730 usually and napping at about 2:30ish, maybe 2 until 4ish. Then bed at about 830-9 ish.

Thanks for the great template, love the tropical look of it!

Myxi said...

My only solution is to try to retrain him by NOT letting him take a nap in the daytime, and keep him up until 7 or 8 PM. You will probably have to deal with a very tired and cranky lil' guy for a few days, but they say it takes several days to make something a permanent habit. It's harder on you than on him.
Thank you so much for the wonderful template Andrea. :)

Anonymous said...

Love your templates, as always! Thank you!

Karen M in FL said...

I had the same problem downloaded and it said it was a blank file.

Anonymous said...

Thank you!!

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