Yesterday was a MUCH better day for us than the previous few. We decided to try to start a routine for her, to help us all out a bit. We feed her, change her, and try to keep her up for about an hour, then we let her sleep for about 3 hours, then we do it all over again. It's a much better plan than the whole "let her sleep as long as she wants" plan...at least we get sleep with this one. Then at night we put her down and we only leave the nightlight on. When she wakes up during the night, we don't turn any lights on. We feed her and change her, and we don't talk to her or make any excessive noises, and then we swaddle her back up and put her right back down in the crib to sleep. Even if she lays there awake a bit, we do it. Hopefully this will help her start to distinguish night from day. It worked pretty well yesterday, and it's working so far today...knock on wood.
Yesterday we made our first venture out to WalMart. We went to buy Mady a new church outfit and a few other things. We only managed to get a few things before she started to wake up hungry and we had to get going. We did, however, manage to get something to eat at Subway before we left there. Then we went out to work so i could tape the guys before the game. Frank went with me and we took Mady. Everyone out there was shocked to see me, and thrilled to see Mady. She was the most exciting thing there :) I left after i taped the guys...i didn't think it would be a good idea to be running out on the field just quite yet. We came home and fed and changed Mady, and then we ventured out to the MCA game. Everyone was excited to see her there too. I know what you're thinking..it was cold out last night, what did you have the baby out for?! Well, she was bundled up so tight, you'd swear she was sweating..and she slept a good chunk of the time we were there. I left just after halftime with her, and Frank stayed till the end. When he got home, i wasn't sure if i should wake Mady up and try to keep her awake for a bit, hoping she would go back to sleep, or if i should let her sleep and see what happens. Well, we decided to just let her sleep and go lay down ourselves. She ended up waking up about 45min later, but luckily she was only hungry...so we fed her and she went back to sleep until she was hungry again this morning. It was quite nice, if you ask me. I know it's only going to get harder, not easier, from here, but aside from a few days, i'm really loving it so far.
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