'Our Mrs. Reynolds'
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Aimee, what do you do with her (other than make faces behind her back) when she wakes? Do you think you're doing anything she could construe as a reward for waking, then?
Also--is she teething? Do you dope her up before she goes to sleep (with baby Tylenol or orajel, or something)?
When she wakes, we try to put her back down in her crib, but then she gets back up again screaming. So, we end up bringing her to bed with us in the hopes that she falls asleep again so we can put her back in her crib. This isn't working anymore. Now, she wants to play. Sometimes a bottle gets her to sleep. Sometimes, it doesn't.
Letting her cry it out would be ideal, but when she's in our room, it's hard.
Also, we've been getting her on a bedtime routine so she knows when it's bedtime and it was going well and it went to shit when she was sick.
I have no advice on baby sleep. I prayed to the magic sleep fairies for 18 months before I got some relief, and I'm still up at 3 am several nights a week. You wanna talk about bad mommies...
Okay, I do have a piece of advice. Ear plugs.
Aimee, are you keeping track of how long you wait from when she wakes up until you go and fetch her? We're following the "wait 5 minutes to see if she settles" rule, and it seems to work fairly well. If she's going to settle, it will happen in those 5 minutes, and if it doesn't, we're doomed.
Letting her cry it out would be ideal, but when she's in our room, it's hard.Yeah, and when you both (or even one of you) have to work in the morning, it's not like you can afford to be toast. We always tried to try new sleep things on the weekends, preferably long weekends. Besides, there's only so long you can do the let-them-cry-it-out thing, before you start to feel cruel.
Also, we've been getting her on a bedtime routine so she knows when it's bedtime and it was going well and it went to shit when she was sick.
Ugh. That happens a lot. It also probably just means it's mostly habit with her and that you can get it back with some work.
Aimee, are you keeping track of how long you wait from when she wakes up until you go and fetch her?
We do. Sometimes it works, it hasn't been the past couple of nights. Mind you, this is just a couple of nights old, but I want to nip it in the bud before it gets to be a bigger problem.
Hey All.
Happy Birthday Hec!
Happy Birthday deb!
Happy Birthday Nic!
Also, the new kitty's name is Trixie Belden Girl Detective.
I was totally gonna suggest Trixie! 'Cause I saw the Tara quote about calling their kitten Trixie or Miss Kitty Fantastico! I feel so a part of it all! You caught my kitty name vibes! (Stopping now).
Once again, Java has excellent taste in tiaras. All of these:
I’m not into the crown look personally, but for those who are, this is cool, and one of the sparkliest I’ve seen: [link]
I like almost all the tiara-floral ones except the big crowns, with a preference for anything with S curves in it, like this: [link] or this [link
Drat, looks like the links didn't stay linky. Anyway, liked the flower ones she picked, and the first non-flowery crowny one, too.
et fix the colors
Trixie Belden Girl Detective.
I MISSED THIS!
I'ma get a kitty and name her Honey.
I'ma get a kitty and name her Honey.
You should have been at our vet's open house on Sunday. Many cute kitties up for adoption, some as young as 2 months.