Jailbreak!

Last night, Reagan did not want to go to sleep. Jim put her in bed about 9:00 pm and at 9:45 pm she was still very restless and gabby. So Jim went upstairs to "calm her down" and she was up with the lights on peeling all her Dora stickers off the wall. Whoops. That's the second time she's done that.

So he put her back in bed and we went downstairs to the basement. A few minutes later, I heard this loud thump and some other clatter from the upstairs. I asked Jim "do you really think we could hear her all the was in the basement?" He nodded his head yes. Hmmm.

Well, we soon found out that we were not hearing noise from her room - Reagan had made her way to the basement. Reagan had broken free!

So I took her back upstairs and laid down with her. She fell asleep eventually. I left her room about midnight. That lasted for a few hours.

A few hours later, I woke to a loud slam. It was the baby gate at the top of the stairs. I jumped out of bed and waited for her at the bottom of the stairs in the dark. Funny thing, I couldn't hear her. All I could see was this skeleton walking around the corner (she was in her Halloween PJs). Needless to say, I had to then take the rest of the Dora stickers down in order for her to go back into her room and there I slept until 6:00 am this morning.

I'm tired, but completely impressed by her ability to get out of her room and get to us.

Potty training update

This year, Reagan's room teacher is committed to getting all of her kids out of pullups at nap time. Reagan has done great with potty training. She has done better than I thought. She routinely wakes up dry at home, but I am too nervous about letting her sleep in underwear. But her teacher asked if they could try it because she always wakes up dry. So far she's been dry for a week with no accidents. Woo hooo!

I'm so proud of her!

Baby C (Madelynn)

I had my doctor's appointment today and they said she was still breech. Needless to say, the C-Section is still scheduled. I have kinda gotten over the initial shock of it all. I just want her here healthy. I've talked to so many people and gotten mixed reviews of a C-Section. So I'll just hope for the best at this point and pray that it all works out the way it is supposed to.

35 weeks

I made it to 35 weeks before I took off my wedding rings. Sigh. At least I made it that far.

Baby C updates

Today, I started my second week of twice a week appointments with the OB. As exciting as that is, there is not a whole lot to tell. She's fine and I'm not progressing towards labor right now. Both good for today.

The one hiccup in my plan to go natural is this little thing called a breech baby. Because she is still breech, they are setting me up with a C-section for my 39th week. So I could go anytime after the 15th. I have until the 15th for her to flip. The doctor said if she doesn't flip by then, statistics show she probably won't. Sigh.

So we'll see what date they give me over the next few days. I'm sure it will be before 40 weeks. Wouldn't it be a hoot if she actually came on time?

Night Terrors again

Over the last few weeks, Reagan has had night terrors again. I thought that she had outgrown them, but apparently they are stress-induced for her. After she moved rooms, I noticed that she had a harder time settling down and staying asleep. I'm guessing that she won't settle down much before the baby comes. I just hope that she starts sleeping through the night before Baby C shows up. :(

Second piece of gum

Today she had her second piece of gum. She asked for it. She smiled as she chewed. I was paranoid. She swallowed it. Nice.