you could set a clock by her!

May 17, 2009

Seriously -- there must be a little clock in her head or something. Cause every night, right at 9 pm, she puts herself to bed. Last night Jimmy had her and was trying to get her to go to sleep, since I was cooking dinner. It was like 8:45 and you could tell she was sleepy. Then his phone rang and he had to run to our neighbor's for something, so I took her. And, at 9 on the dot, she closed her eyes and went to sleep. And tonight? Same thing -- awake, awake, awake, 9 pm comes and she's out cold. It's nice to at least know when she's going to go to sleep. And she sleeps pretty well at night too, which it nice. Only wakes up to eat (about every 4 hours, sometimes as much as 6) and then goes right back to sleep.

She's such a good baby.

May 18, 2009

So yesterday was one of Daddy's days off, after working three hard days in a row, and he was up very very late Saturday playing with the boys, so Lil Miss and I let him sleep. We went grocery shopping early and then Momma cleaned and did some work that I brought home with me when Lil Miss napped and when she didn't? Well, we played and read. And walked (and walked and walked and walked -- I am getting payback for making Momma and Daddy walk me so much when I was a baby!). So basically yesterday was just a lazy day for all of us.

Out cold on Mommy's shoulder. It must be 9 o'clock.

Today was a bit longer of a day. Both Daddy and I worked. Charles is still out of town (gets back tomorrow), but Lil Miss and I went down to check the mail and the messages and get a couple of things done, as well as finish up some filing. We also made her 2 month check up appointment (next Wednesday) and an appointment to see the WIC nutritionist about switching her formula checks to soy formula (this Wednesday - -and while I'm there I need to see how to get her an appointment for her first immunizations; it's at the same place. THAT'S not something I'm looking forward to). Then we had to run to the grocery for a few things I forgot and then take the bus home and then do laundry up at the laundry mat. Which means Lil Miss got loaded in and out of her car seat and toted around on errands most of the day and did not really get a nap.

Which made her a bit of a grumpy butt which, honestly, I can understand.

So when we got back from taking the laundry out of the dryers, it was about 6 and Lil Miss decided it was "love and cuddle on Lil Miss" time. Meaning that the laundry sat and waited to be folded for three hours while I loved on and cuddled with Lil Miss. So after she went to bed, Mommy got to fold clothes.

That little one has a LOT of clothes. Seriously.

Napping in her pack and play.

I'm trying to prepare her for sleeping through the night by only putting her in the bassinet when she puts herself to bed -- I put her in the crib for naps and such. Is that okay? Do you think it will help? She seems to like sleeping in the crib just fine. Also, I want to make sure she's used to it because that's the bed that will most likely go with us when we do travel with her (since it folds up and travels much better than the bassinets would).

Now I've had about an hour of "Mommy time" to eat and update the blog. So I'm gonna finish my dinner and then go get some sleep. I sleep a lot it seems, but then again, I don't sleep well, cause everytime she starts mumbling in her sleep, I wake up, even if she doesn't. And, of course, getting up to feed her and such. And then she gets me up up sometime between 6 and 7. So Mommy? Yeah, Mommy is going to bed earlier than she used to. She's sleepy.

And now? Finish dinner, book and sleep.