Sleepyhead

Crib- 0

Lilly- 3

The transition from the rocker to the crib has been fun! (yes, this is sarcasm). We recently moved Lilly's crib into our room. If you've read my previous blogs you know that our bedroom is downstairs and there is no way Miss Lilly can be that far away from us. She slept like a little angle in her fisher price rocker right beside me. Sometimes I would even hold her little hand while we slept. Now that she is sleeping in her crib she is waking up a lot more during the night. Last night she went to sleep around 9:00, woke up and nursed at 12, went back in crib, and woke up at 2:00. This is when the crib loses big time and we put Lilly in the bed. I can nurse laying down and everybody can sleep. I never thought I would do this but as long as you are super safe about cosleeping and have done your homework it can be great! Lilly sleeps so great after that 2 am feed. We ALL sleep good after that. I know eventually Lilly will adjust to her crib but I must say I love that extra cuddle time with her. There is also some growth spurts that happen around the 6 month mark that will interrupt sleep. The good news is that I am pumping 3 extra ounces a day after all of these extra night feedings!

Babies also wake more frequently during the night when they are hitting another milestone and in Lilly's case this involves sitting up on her own! I repeat... LILLY IS SITTING UP ON HER OWN! She literally learned how to do this overnight! We have been practicing this with pillows and whatnot. I walk into her classroom today and there she is sitting up on the mat in front of her good friend Emma trying to grab her socks. I couldn't believe my eyes. She was doing so great!! We practiced more when we got home. It is absolutely amazing what babies learn to do that first year. Every milestone has been fun but this one just seems different. This one seems so "grown up". What happened to my 6 lbs little girl? I really need to learn how to stop time. I'll put that on my never ending todo list :-)