Well that was easy. ( knock on wood)

We have made Hugh strides in the sleep department with Lily. She now naps 100% in her crib, rather than in her swing. That bad boy is going up in the spare bedroom until next time. She is going down easy, and when she does wake up at night her mobile is working wonders. She is out by the time the music stops, and the best part is I'm no longer having to feed her to get her back to sleep! I have a lot to blog about, we took a mini "daycation" over the weekend, and had a blast. So after a few chores around the house I write about that! hope everyone is having a great Monday!

crap.. did I do that?

When Lily was about 6 weeks old me and Mike started a bedtime routine. Every night we'd do the same thing, feed Lily her bedtime feeding, in the chair in her bedroom. she was pretty much asleep when we layed her down, and I was so proud that we figured out a plan that worked for our family. She went to sleep SO easy, too bad I didn't know I was planting a bad seed that would spring up in the future. What we didn't realize is, by putting her in bed pretty much knocked out... now MY KID CAN'T PUT HERSELF TO SLEEP!!! We figured this out because Lily still only sleeps through the night about 4 nights a week, Which is awesome. she'll sleep from 8pm to am. But the other 3 nights she wakes up once or maybe even twice. And every single time, she would need a bottle to put her self back to sleep. Whether she would wake up from a dirty diaper,teething or just waking up because of changing positions she would cry until she got a bottle. No matter how many times we would go in and pat her butt, or back she clearly let us know that wasn't going to cut it.

So here we go, in our attempt to help her learn to fall asleep at night, we are going to start feeding her the last feeding of the night downstairs in hopes that she will get drowsy from it, but be awake when we lay her down. here's hoping. Any one have any advice on this subject?.

The only strange thing is, she has put her self to sleep a few times, So that makes me think that maybe she does know how to.. She has fallen asleep on her own during naps and sometimes she'll wake up and just whine and then fall back asleep. So that kind of confuses me. Does she or doesn't she?? Maybe  she does, she just doesn't want to at night. HA! who knows. Think positive that this will help Lily start to sleep through the night, every night!

6 months old! half a year!!

My Baby girl is 6 months old now! Oh my goodness!

( she was 6 months on the 13th, I'm late)

Things have gotten a little tougher in mommy land, she is much more fussy and just doesn't seem as happy. I'm not sure what's going on but to be honest, this is the first time that being a mom has really exhausted me. Our biggest issues are her eating habits have changed a lot. She is now not eating baby food or cereal, when she was chowing down before. I don't think it's a flavor thing because she has had tons and has been eating the baby food and cereal for almost 2 months now. She is also only eating 4 oz at random times and is off her day time schedule, besides naps, they have still been happening around the same time as normal. Our other issue is bed time. She used to go down SO easy. We would just lay her down after her night time feeding and bam she was out. Now she'll maybe eat 2 oz at bedtime the tosses and turns sometimes cries for 20 minutes or so. some nights we have to go up and rock her a little, some times she can just  fall asleep on her own. She isn't sleeping as well anymore, I'm assuming because maybe she isn't eating as much? But she is now waking up around 5:30 am then eating and going back to sleep until about 8. I am hoping it's just a phase that will soon pass.

Other than that she is moving and a shaking! she's so active. Here is the new things she's doing at 6 months old!

She is 16 lbs 10 oz (60th)

She is 26 inches tall ( 56th)

She is pretty much sitting up on her own

She is pushing up on her arms during tummy time but hasn't come up on her knees at all yet.

She loves toys that light up and make music.

She LOVES her feet and they are ALWAYS in her hands.

She is in size 3 diapers.

She loves when I sing patty cake. She always giggles :)

She has attempted a sippy cup, and high chair ( more about those in my next post.)

She is learning to throw little mini hissy fits. If a toy or something she wants is taken away she will start to cry. poor baby ha.

She also had her first water park adventure, I'll post about that soon!!