Well it's been one hot minute since I've blogged anything. Mostly because when I get any free time, I don't spend it in front of the computer. Although I should. It wouldn't hurt me to spend a few minutes of a day, or two, each week, to update friends and family. You will all just have to deal with getting it when I get around to it. HA HA!! Just kidding. But seriously, now that things are becoming more structured and routine, it should definitely be a lot easier to start blogging regularly.
Speaking of structure and routine, we have all of that now. It is definitely a beautiful thing. I read one place that "A happy baby is a well rested baby." How true I have found that to be. We still work on a feed/wake-play/sleep routine, but the times of day that each cycle occurs is basically up to her, but mostly contingent on what time she wakes up. She still eats every 3 hours, so if she wakes up at 5am, she eats again around 8. After she eats, she "plays" for a little while (usually about 1 1/2hrs),then (more often than not) an hour before she eats again, she takes a nap. She has gotten quite great at sleeping for almost an hour on the dot! I'm amazed. This has been going on for about 2 weeks now. Before that, she would have to be put in the crib about 30min before I needed/wanted her asleep. Now, she just rolls over on her tummy, sticks a couple of her chubby little fingers in her mouth, and lays there staring at whatever.
That's my cue! So I pick her up and whisk her away to the crib where she's welcomed to nap blissfully. Here recently, her first nap after waking up, has been 2 hours. Then each one after that is an hour. At 5:30/6pm when Carl and I eat dinner, she's put in her high chair, and eats with us. It's mostly a social thing. She gets about 2-3tsps of her mommy's homemade brown rice cereal and eats with us. She loves it! Monday I started adding bananas to it (once a day). At 7 she gets a bath. Let me just tell you how she loves her baths now. I do believe we have a little fish on our hands. But, when 7:30pm rolls around, she is READY for bed for the night.
She is sleeping pretty well these days. Or should I say, "Nights!" She still wakes at least once during the night to eat. Lately, it's been around 12:30/1. I'm fine with that. Then she goes right back to sleep and she's up again any time from 5a to 6a. I guess it just depends on how tired she is. She still won't sleep past 7a though. I did have a bad habit of not changing her diaper during the night. It was only because I didn't want to wake her. Now, I change it at the 12a feeding. I've found she sleeps better and longer.
Speaking of diapers. We've been using cloth diapers for a few weeks now. It's so nice. She does still wear disposables at night though. But, a max of 2 disposables a day, I can deal with that. A $10 pack of diapers (which is about 52 diapers) can last us about a month now. NICEY NICE!!! We also use them when we run errands, if we're going to be out for a while. I'm sure that will change soon. I just finished 2 AIO's (all-in-one's... they have a waterproof liner inside!!), and have 2 more to make. I'm sure they'll get used when we're out and about, as well as for bed time. I love saving money.
Speaking of structure and routine, we have all of that now. It is definitely a beautiful thing. I read one place that "A happy baby is a well rested baby." How true I have found that to be. We still work on a feed/wake-play/sleep routine, but the times of day that each cycle occurs is basically up to her, but mostly contingent on what time she wakes up. She still eats every 3 hours, so if she wakes up at 5am, she eats again around 8. After she eats, she "plays" for a little while (usually about 1 1/2hrs),then (more often than not) an hour before she eats again, she takes a nap. She has gotten quite great at sleeping for almost an hour on the dot! I'm amazed. This has been going on for about 2 weeks now. Before that, she would have to be put in the crib about 30min before I needed/wanted her asleep. Now, she just rolls over on her tummy, sticks a couple of her chubby little fingers in her mouth, and lays there staring at whatever.
That's my cue! So I pick her up and whisk her away to the crib where she's welcomed to nap blissfully. Here recently, her first nap after waking up, has been 2 hours. Then each one after that is an hour. At 5:30/6pm when Carl and I eat dinner, she's put in her high chair, and eats with us. It's mostly a social thing. She gets about 2-3tsps of her mommy's homemade brown rice cereal and eats with us. She loves it! Monday I started adding bananas to it (once a day). At 7 she gets a bath. Let me just tell you how she loves her baths now. I do believe we have a little fish on our hands. But, when 7:30pm rolls around, she is READY for bed for the night.She is sleeping pretty well these days. Or should I say, "Nights!" She still wakes at least once during the night to eat. Lately, it's been around 12:30/1. I'm fine with that. Then she goes right back to sleep and she's up again any time from 5a to 6a. I guess it just depends on how tired she is. She still won't sleep past 7a though. I did have a bad habit of not changing her diaper during the night. It was only because I didn't want to wake her. Now, I change it at the 12a feeding. I've found she sleeps better and longer.
Speaking of diapers. We've been using cloth diapers for a few weeks now. It's so nice. She does still wear disposables at night though. But, a max of 2 disposables a day, I can deal with that. A $10 pack of diapers (which is about 52 diapers) can last us about a month now. NICEY NICE!!! We also use them when we run errands, if we're going to be out for a while. I'm sure that will change soon. I just finished 2 AIO's (all-in-one's... they have a waterproof liner inside!!), and have 2 more to make. I'm sure they'll get used when we're out and about, as well as for bed time. I love saving money.
