Friday, April 1, 2011
Transition
Well, I got some unwanted exercise last night - four sets to be exact.
Transitioning to the nursery seemed completely effortless until my first awakening at 1:30 am. Mattie Jane's pitiful cry woke me quickly out of a deep slumber and a really interesting dream that I was disappointed I couldn't finish. I climbed the stairs up to the nursery to find that all three pacifiers had fallen out of the crib (and they say bumpers aren't good for anything). In a matter of seconds I gave Mattie her pacifier and placed the extras in arm's reach - we were good to go.
Until 3 am
Then 4:30 am
And finally 6 am
Would Social Services come and get me if I strapped the pacifier to my baby's face?
Hopefully tonight will be better. I'm not gonna give in and bring her back downstairs. If anything, I may have to suffer through taking away her pacifier all together. Lord, help us if that happens.
It wasn't too long ago that I took Evan's last picture in his crib...
Mattie Jane has officially taken over and posed for her first pictures in what is now her crib...
Transitioning to the nursery seemed completely effortless until my first awakening at 1:30 am. Mattie Jane's pitiful cry woke me quickly out of a deep slumber and a really interesting dream that I was disappointed I couldn't finish. I climbed the stairs up to the nursery to find that all three pacifiers had fallen out of the crib (and they say bumpers aren't good for anything). In a matter of seconds I gave Mattie her pacifier and placed the extras in arm's reach - we were good to go.
Until 3 am
Then 4:30 am
And finally 6 am
Would Social Services come and get me if I strapped the pacifier to my baby's face?
Hopefully tonight will be better. I'm not gonna give in and bring her back downstairs. If anything, I may have to suffer through taking away her pacifier all together. Lord, help us if that happens.
It wasn't too long ago that I took Evan's last picture in his crib...
Mattie Jane has officially taken over and posed for her first pictures in what is now her crib...
Thursday, March 31, 2011
Taking Our Bedroom Back
New baby monitor. Check. Extra pacifiers. Check. Dark drapery. Check.
We're finally getting our bedroom back. Mattie Jane is finally heading upstairs to the nursery. This would've happened much sooner, but a month's worth of coughing and congestion combined with pacifier-falling-out-of-mouth induced wakefulness got me out of bed several times for many nights. Having to climb steps AND take the risk of waking Evan was not going to make this situation any better so I decided to wait a little longer.
Mattie finally seems to be over her upper respiratory issues and her eye/hand coordination has dramatically improved enabling her to find her pacifier and pop it back into her mouth on her own. I've actually had four to five consecutive nights of undisturbed sleep. Amazing.
Robert and I can finally get back to watching our recorded shows without white noise interfering with our hearing. We've had to resort to only watching sports or bad reality tv - anything that doesn't require much volume to know what's going on - like Lizard Lick Towing or All Worked Up - basically anything on truTV. It'll be nice to watch an actual movie. The last one we saw was almost 6 months ago. Devastating and sad.
But we'll both miss one thing for sure - turning over and seeing that little baby head propped up with a huge grin spread across her face. Who can't happily greet that in the morning? Even if it is 5:30 am...
We're finally getting our bedroom back. Mattie Jane is finally heading upstairs to the nursery. This would've happened much sooner, but a month's worth of coughing and congestion combined with pacifier-falling-out-of-mouth induced wakefulness got me out of bed several times for many nights. Having to climb steps AND take the risk of waking Evan was not going to make this situation any better so I decided to wait a little longer.
Mattie finally seems to be over her upper respiratory issues and her eye/hand coordination has dramatically improved enabling her to find her pacifier and pop it back into her mouth on her own. I've actually had four to five consecutive nights of undisturbed sleep. Amazing.
Robert and I can finally get back to watching our recorded shows without white noise interfering with our hearing. We've had to resort to only watching sports or bad reality tv - anything that doesn't require much volume to know what's going on - like Lizard Lick Towing or All Worked Up - basically anything on truTV. It'll be nice to watch an actual movie. The last one we saw was almost 6 months ago. Devastating and sad.
But we'll both miss one thing for sure - turning over and seeing that little baby head propped up with a huge grin spread across her face. Who can't happily greet that in the morning? Even if it is 5:30 am...
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