The weather has been pretty nice lately, but today it snowed. In a week it's supposed to be in the upper 70s lower 80s. This time of year is always a little crazy with the weather and I'm greatly looking forward to planting. Just a few more weeks of consistently good weather and I will be getting plants in the ground.
Adam cut his first tooth yesterday, that's exciting and reminds me of all of Grace's firsts. We haven't tracked Adam's as well but I think I will see if I can look through pictures and figure out when all his firsts were too.
Tuesday, April 30, 2013
Friday, April 26, 2013
Sleep
My little Grace has always been a great sleeper. When she was a newborn she slept well in her bassinet, when we moved her to the crib she didn't fuss, when we sleep trained so she'd sleep through the night it took less than a week and my 4 month old slept all night. She took 2-3 long naps as an infant and take 1 long nap everyday now as a toddler. She was an over all calm cuddly baby (toddler Grace isn't as calm, but she's still good).
Adam, my sweet little boy, has always had trouble sleeping. Newborn Adam had to sleep in your arms, that terrified me, I couldn't sleep holding him but I had to sleep. We got past that and he finally slept in his bed for short times. Then we got into the habit of me sleeping on his couch with him because he wanted to nurse a long time and I was exhausted- we were back to needing to cuddle for him to sleep at least at night. Most recently I found out Adam's not been taking his second nap. He'd been acting up so I set up the video monitor we got with Grace and found that he'd fuss (as usual) at the start of nap time then play quietly for over an hour before fussing again. I shut his door for nap so I thought he was sleeping during the quiet time and when I opened the door the check on him and found him awake and happy I always assumed he'd woken happy. I'm glad that we've found he's not sleeping is a big problem and now we can work on that. Yesterday I let be in his crib until he gave into the nap and he slept much better last night. It'll take a few days to a week to combat this, but I'm determined to get my 8 month old sleeping and sleeping through the night finally.
I love my kids so much and if I could I'd cuddle them all night. I've always wanted to cuddle Grace all night, but she wont sleep if she's not in her bed. I've loved the nightly cuddles with Adam (as he doesn't cuddle other times) but I need my sleep and you just don't sleep as well with a baby.
Adam, my sweet little boy, has always had trouble sleeping. Newborn Adam had to sleep in your arms, that terrified me, I couldn't sleep holding him but I had to sleep. We got past that and he finally slept in his bed for short times. Then we got into the habit of me sleeping on his couch with him because he wanted to nurse a long time and I was exhausted- we were back to needing to cuddle for him to sleep at least at night. Most recently I found out Adam's not been taking his second nap. He'd been acting up so I set up the video monitor we got with Grace and found that he'd fuss (as usual) at the start of nap time then play quietly for over an hour before fussing again. I shut his door for nap so I thought he was sleeping during the quiet time and when I opened the door the check on him and found him awake and happy I always assumed he'd woken happy. I'm glad that we've found he's not sleeping is a big problem and now we can work on that. Yesterday I let be in his crib until he gave into the nap and he slept much better last night. It'll take a few days to a week to combat this, but I'm determined to get my 8 month old sleeping and sleeping through the night finally.
I love my kids so much and if I could I'd cuddle them all night. I've always wanted to cuddle Grace all night, but she wont sleep if she's not in her bed. I've loved the nightly cuddles with Adam (as he doesn't cuddle other times) but I need my sleep and you just don't sleep as well with a baby.
It's Spring
I'm so excited to see spring is here. It felt like it was going to stay gone a while and yes there's still snowy patches but it's basically snow free. I spent a large part of the day working outside to prep the lawn for the annual Easter egg hunt and lunch. We've got a dog and my sister frequently brings her dogs over so there's often lots of stinky work to do with the yard come spring and I'm grateful I have the party because it gets me motivated to really work on that. Soon we'll be fertilizing, filling some holes, and spreading the grass seed.
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