She is also grabbing her legs and her feet like crazy, especially when she's getting her diaper changed. Periodically she even manages to get her toes in her mouth!
The weather this week has been nice and mild, so we have been taking Nora and Oscar for a walk every evening before she goes to bed. She loves riding in her carrier with me or Billy and looking all around, and Oscar certainly enjoys getting out of the house. The fresh air seems to put her in a nice mellow mood which makes an easy transition to bedtime. We were taking regular family walks toward the end of my pregnancy, so our walks this week helped me stop and think for a few minutes about how far we've come these past few months and how much we are enjoying our growing little family.
The most exciting news of the week, though, is that Nora is now sleeping in her crib like a big girl! Last time we tried putting her in her crib without the swaddle blanket, she wouldn't sleep for more than a couple of hours, so we decided to wait a month or so before trying again. This time, she slept 10 straight hours after we set her down! Now I think she may even like it better than being all snuggled up in her little bed. She moves all around inside the crib, she's learning to suck her hand to soothe herself, and she is now able to lay alone in her crib in the dark without screaming. Her naps have shortened a bit since the change, but we're hoping she'll get the hang of napping flat on her back soon, too.
Also, her mom got some new glasses. Hope all is well for everyone else, too!
You are amazing, Liz. I don't know how you do it both. Then again, I'm going to have to learn how to manage it all in just a few short months. Any magic pills or tips and tricks?!? Nora is getting cuter by the week, and it's so fun to see both pictures and video of her cruising through her milestones. You guys all look happy and healthy and all around great, and thanks for keeping us posted!
ReplyDeleteThanks, Jo. : ) I could give a lot of smartass responses, which would still be true, like "make peace with feeling like a failure!" or "make sure you're impregnated by someone who will be patient with your scatterbrainedness." But the thing we've done that has made the biggest difference is devoting a lot of time to researching, thinking about, discussing, and evaluating Nora's sleep needs in order to establish good sleep habits. She sleeps well at night, so I sleep well, and she naps during the day, so I have a chance to get a little bit of work done. Not nearly as much as I "should" be doing at this point, but I've made peace with that, as well. She's never again going to be this little or changing this quickly, so if being in the moment with her now means it will take me a little longer to finish my degree, that's a tradeoff I'm willing to make.
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