Addie has grown up a lot in the last week. She dropped her 10:30 p.m. feed! She now sleeps from 7:30 p.m. - 7:30 a.m. She also started sleeping entirely in her crib. For the longest time, she would only nap in her swing - she hated her crib. She would sleep in her crib at night just fine, but only until 6 a.m. or so. Then, we put her in the swing to get a few extra hours of sleep. But, she also started rolling over from back to front(!) this week. She started trying to roll out of the swing when she was napping. That ended her swing time fast.
She was struggling with her swaddle blanket, too. She would kick around so much, part of it would come off or end up just around her neck. That would wake her early. But, she couldn't fall asleep without being swaddled. I kept pondering how to get her out of that swaddle without too much screaming. So, I had the bright idea to take it off quickly after she had already fallen asleep and see what happened. She slept great - that was the first night she stayed asleep in her crib until 7:30 a.m. Without the swaddle to bug her, she could sleep much longer. Now, she goes down, in her crib, swaddle free for naps and night time.
Finally, sound asleep and swaddle free!!!
She's been totally uninterested in her noon time bottle. A friend wondered if starting veggies might be a good thing for Addie (we go straight to veggies since she has rice cereal in her bottles, already). I tried it today. She really liked her sweet peas. But, she had bad reflux and was urping up peas all afternoon. So, I think we're going to hold off and try again. I was so excited, though, to see her actually interested in food. I'm sure she'll take right to it when we pick it up next month.
First time eating veggies.
I remember thinking back in December, "by summer, life should be sort of bearable again". I was actually right about something. I can't believe it's already here. Addie is growing up so quickly! I'm really not sad to see the newborn phase go, though; it's my least favorite time. I'm very, very excited to see her grow and develop into a toddler. Good job, Addie!
4 comments:
I am so glad things are going so well, Addie looks so wonderful!! Lexie is cute, she looks so grown up. We had to swaddle Anthony until he was over 9 months old so good job on losing that!
Yay Addie! Now Mom can sleep a bit more and not want to kill herself! And well done with the peas. You can do it, little lady. We're very proud of you, Addie, and are happy you are doing so much better. Keep up the good work, Trac.
Yeah for Addie! Swaddle free and in her crib! What an adorable BIG girl! :)
Good to see that things are getting a little easier for you Traci! Let's keep it going, you deserve some easy kid time!
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