Night from hell

Last night might have been the worst sleep night since we got home with Maddy. Maddy was up until about 10:30 pm. Reagan, who had gone to sleep at 8:00 pm, woke up screaming at 11:30 pm. Ugh. I was up in her room until 2:00 am. At that time, she started screaming and was convinced it was not sleepy time. Ugh again.

I had to call Jim upstairs because Maddy was waking up. Why? To eat of course. So I was up with her until 3:00 am. Unfortunately, the sight of Jim infuriated Reagan at 2:00 am so she threw a holy fit until about 4:00 am when she finally fell asleep.

I think Jim and I got to bed about 4:30 am. I slept until 7:00 am when Maddy woke up again to eat.

sigh...

When are the terrible twos over?

Sleeping in crib

Maddy does not like to sleep in her crib at night. I'm not really sure why. She will take short naps in her crib, but just not an overnight. Since birth, she's slept in her swing in the living room. I feel I'm doomed to repeat the same pattern with Maddy as I did Reagan. I've searched online for "sleepers". I found a few and actually bought a travel version that we can use now and take with us when we visit folks during the holidays. The problem is I don't want to use props with Maddy. Ugh.

Well, today I put her in the pack and play to gather up my laundry. She loves looking at the teddy bear mobile in it. Well, she fell asleep. Hmmm. I wonder if a mobile would do the trick for her at night, especially if it turns and keeps her interest. Hmm

Needless to say, I dug out Reagan's old one. I hope it works. We broke the tab that keeps stuff together so we are playing with super glue to hold it together. Pray that it works.

Reagan sleeping in her own bed again

Last night was night four alone. She was overly tired from the activities of the day - cooking and company. We had Papa Thomas and Aunt Wanda over - two folks that had not come to visit us yet in our home. We had a great time. Reagan was showered with attention from Papa. He spoils all his grandkids that way. She took him upstairs and showed him her room and the entire upstairs... all the bedrooms. I think that they were upstairs for 30 minutes at least.

She didn't eat much food yesterday. She did, however, eat a substantial amount of junk. She loves her Halloween candy.

I did have to go upstairs with her a few times in the night. She called out. I think when she is over-tired, she has a harder time sleeping. Either way, we celebrate it as a win.

Thankgiving and First Snow

We had a great Thanksgiving today. Aunt Wanda and Papa Thomas came down to visit and share in some food. We found out the hard way that it takes days to thaw a frozen turkey. Whoops. Jim had to do the "quick thaw" method in the sink last night to get the turkey ready to cook. It wasn't that big of a deal. We are both up until at least midnight between baby and video games (you figure out who was doing what). :)

I tried a couple new recipes - sour cream and chive potatoes and a cranberry dressing. Hmmm. The potatoes turned out okay. I personally would not make them again. The cranberry sauce was really good. It actually had an entire orange (including the rind) ground up in the mix. The green bean casserole never tasted so good.

Maddy was held the entire time - Wanda held her for the first 30 minutes she was here. She did that until her arms got tired. Then once she woke up and ate, Papa held her until they left. Reagan showed Papa the entire upstairs - including showing off her bedroom.

We had a really nice time visiting with the family. It was a true treat to have them here in our home.

Smiles and cooes

She smiles all the time. I love it. When she sleeps, if I kiss her on the nose, she'll smile at me. Love it.

Over the last week, she started cooing a lot. It's so cute to listen too.

Two nights in a row

I'm quite surprised, but Reagan has stayed in her bed the last two nights. The first night was a battle. Jim and I had to sit outside her room until she settled down in her bed. She did everything from doing a temper tantrum to jumping on the bed. She finally wore down after about 45 minutes. Not bad.

The second night, she was so tired, she fell asleep before Jim got done reading a night time story to her. Hopefully tonight will go just as well.

Bedtime attack starts tonight

We started a bad habit with Reagan when we moved her to her "big girl bed" this summer in order to keep her in her bed - we finished the bedtime routine with us sleeping next to her and the waking up to go to our own bed. Bad Idea. Part of it was because she wouldn't stay in her own bed at the start of bedtime. The other part was because she has gotten hurt twice at school and we were "babying" her a little too much I'm sure (call me a mush).

Because of all that, she flat out refuses to go to bed at night on her own.

Jim and I are done officially.

Tonight we are attacking the problem. The only consistent thing that I've found online on the message boards is to just do the silent solution - walk her back to bed without emotion or noise. Just do it.

So we have to talk it up today. It will be painful tonight and for the next few nights. Hopefully she will not resist for too many nights and just start going to bed like a "big girl".

Here's to hoping!