sippies help them stand!

yesterday we had a late playdate. the girls were due for a nap, but their schedule's been more erratic than usual and i didn't want to cancel the playdate (selfish mommy). so i gave them sippies wth a little more than the splash of apple juice i usually put in (tader joe's organic--cheap and good). i'm not sure if the sugar actually got them wired, but we all did seem to have fun with our 8.5 month old guest and her mom. then they crashed pretty hard for a half hour nap at 4.30 (and they still went to sleep by 7 when chris left for the celtic's game, 1 of 2 this week).

so one of the sippies was still up here this morning (bad mommy). nico was drinking from it (worse mommy) when lena spotted it. a fight ensued. i seriously don't know what to do when they fight. it's a difficult job to decide what's "fair"--but i guess it's more like deciding what's going to result in the least amount of crying and still be reasonable. so i ran downstairs for another sippy left over from breakfast (am i the worst mom for reusing sippies). that's when i discovered sippies help them stand. if they're standing with a sippy in one hand and want to use the other, well, that creates standing. so i rushed back downstairs and got the pump parts, started pumping, which of course made them want to nurse, but i am rededicating myself to pumping so they can have milk in their helpful sippies instead of faintly flavored apply sugar water.