I have to admit as I started writing this I was thinking of the song by the Beatles - "I have to admit it's getting better - it's getting better all the time". That is so true right now. Days are getting better and easier. Not too surprising our Father is teaching me about being flexible. I have learned that Emma is not a textbook child and she is uniquely and wonderfully made. Instead of trying to make her sleep when I want her to I have started letting her go to sleep when she gets tired or after being awake for a long time and she ends up sleeping better. This morning I had the realization that I feel more rested these days and it's because I am not fighting anymore. I have decided to take a more flexible approach. I still have my schedule but it is more loose. Emma seems to be flourishing in it and I don't have to deal with being frustrated when she doesn't sleep when I want her to. I enjoy her little smiles now rather than thinking about how annoyed I am that she didn't sleep. She is sleeping 6 hours straight at night and we hope to start taking away the 11 pm feeding too. She is no longer swaddled during the day and is also doing well with that. She is so happy and is started to babble. She actually rolled over for the first time on Friday. Life is getting better thanks to me realizing I need to be flexible.
Maddy is also doing well. Here are some things that she is doing these days:
-Words:
No, I love you, Ayi (what we call our helper, also means aunty), oh no, bye bye, night night, etc.
-She tells me what she wants:
When she wants her milk she simply walks to the fridge, points at the door and says "milk"
-She runs everywhere
-She's climbing on couches
-Dancing!!!
-Mimicking me when I sing
-Loves "Old MacDonald" - especially the EIEIO part
-Giving hugs
-Giving kisses on demand
-Cleaning - she walks around behind our helper with a cloth and tries to help clean
-Has fallen in love with a catalog I use to order baby stuff. She spends hours flipping through it.
-Loves Elmo
-Loves giving Emma kisses all the time
-Is now carrying around a baby doll and trying to hold it the right way
1 comment:
Emma sounds a lot like Abi! I tried forever to get Abi on a schedule and finally decided she just wasn't going to go for it and I needed to be ok with having more of a routine then a set schedule.
I'm so glad she is sleeping better now! Love and hugs to all of you!
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