Current mood: amused
When people say enjoy your little one as much as possible because time flies by so fast... they are sooo right! I can't believe my little one is rounding the corner to 2 months! It’s insane!
She’s been great though, I love her so much. The big thing that happened this past week is we (mostly me because Adrian is at work a lot) are breaking her habit of needing the arms so much at night. I have been trying to show and teach her that when its night time its bedtime and that means Mia goes in her bassinette, crying, fussing and all. It’s been a battle to say the least. The hardest thing is I am actually letting her cry. It’s the hardest thing I ever had to do in my life!! Hearing her cry and not go in and rescuing her. I have been having many loooong talks with my parents who are old pros and they keep reassuring me that I am doing the right thing. I never thought I would ever be the type of parents who lays down their little one crying and lets them cry. I always felt that was horrible and cruel! I still feel that way... unless it’s done the right way. My parents are showing me that. I only let her cry no longer than 15-20mins which usually starts to tire her out enough to sleep. If she goes beyond that, I can't take it anymore and go pick her up. Right away, like instant, she lays her head on my shoulder and goes to sleep. That’s how I know for sure she just wants the arms and nothing else. She always has a clean diaper before I lay her down and is well fed, most of the time freshly bathed, (and for anyone who knows my ritual of bath time knows she is relaxed, she totally gets spa treatment, the soft music and baby massage with lavender!) so yep just the arms is what she wants. In a perfect world, I wouldn't mind holding her all the time, but I need to teach her that Mama can't always do that. I need to cook, clean, and do other things and I can't have her in my arms 24/7 Especially when it’s been affecting my sleep. Before I would stay up all night with her while she got rest and I constantly was holding her. Well anyways, I have only really been practicing this new "leave crying" thing for a couple of days and it seems to be working. After a real good cry she sleeps and sleeps. In fact she reached her 6 hours of straight sleep for the first time a couple of days ago, and last night she actually went 7.5 hours before she wanted to eat!! (usually she only goes 3 hours!...btw we got the ok from her doc that skipping feedings here and there at night is ok since her weight gain is normal) So I think we are on the right track.. but boy is it hard to hear her crying... it tears me up so bad. But got to admit after a good night rest she wakes up sooo happy, rested, and energized and plays a lot longer. Her whininess and fussiness isn't as predominate anymore. She even goes down for cat naps during the day better.
Another new thing she did this week is she is starting to play a little. I can show her, her rattle, put it in her hand and she shakes it like crazy! Its waaay cute. I posted a video of it on myspace videos. She is more responsive everyday and cooing and smiling like crazy. I can't wait for the day she finally is able to laugh... it will be here any day now. She is getting so close! She is also a kicking machine, you put a little toy at her feet and she goes nuts kicking it like crazy! Playing with her is so much fun... I am off to play with her some more!!!
The day she turned 7 weeks is when she decided she wanted to play with her butterfly rattle. She then went crazy... when I grabbed the camera she slowed down =( but here is some shots of her going nuts!
Mia with butterfly rattle 08-29-08
