Thank goodness for help from family members! We had a ROUGH night last Friday. Ellie decided that she wants to sleep during the day, and stay up at night! We've been working on keeping her awake during the day more, but she still insists on staying awake from midnight - 3 a.m. Friday night was filled with A LOT of fussiness... Her room looked like a battle zone the next morning with a hair dryer (she likes the noise), 2 sound machines, a heating pad, many swaddle blankets, some burp cloths, a bobby, etc... Nothing seemed to sooth her. Jay's mom made the mistake of asking how the night went and needless to say she stayed with us from Saturday until today! Ellie loved having her MeMe here for a few days, but I think Mom and Dad loved it more!
We also decided to throw our routine out the window for now... Ellie is eating when she wants, and staying awake when she wants for now... We'll worry with a schedule/routine after Christmas. She has been less fussy off "my" routine, so we are going with it for now! She has been going down around midnight and sleeping (for the most part) until 3 or 4 a.m. She goes back down until around 7 or 8 a.m.
She's been a great shopper this week too! We ventured out each day, and she was an angel every time! I quickly found nice restrooms / dressing rooms for nursing, and elevators. We found the stroller came in handy for bags, and she only got confused for a boy once (despite the pink blanket, girly car seat, and girly outfit)...
She is smiling so much, and giggles in her sleep. She's definitely grown in the last week, and is now out of newborn diapers. The 1's are still a little big, but a few blow-outs led us to move on up in diapers.
Bib for my Daddy - No more silent nights!
Watching Mom wrap Christmas presents - Love this little girl!
With one of my Christmas presents - a BlaBla doll
My first ornament - First Christmas
With MeMe and Pap
Future Tigerette
Shopping in Auburn with Aunt Kelly at Ellie Boutique
YUMMO - First trip to Big Blue Bagel
Work Christmas Party in Auburn
Hope you all are having a great Holiday season!
yea we are in that stage now of not sleeping very well! He sleeps really hard right before it is time for us to go to bed and then he stays up really late and throws everything off! We have no schedule except he eats 4 ozs every 2 and a half to 3 hours! :)
ReplyDeleteHang in there sweet girl! This too will pass. You are doing a great job and all that you need to be doing. Let me know if you need anything!
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