My Husband Rocks Friday

I am a serious slacker in this category but, this was a big week.

My awesome husband graduated from broadcasting school this week. And got a special award for being so dedicated.
Woot!

Wordless Wed.

Penguin!!

Mr. Sandman - Please Come Backkkkk

When our little peanut was born, we had a handful of rough nights - but really, she would sleep 4ish hours without a problem. [granted, she screamed her head off from the time she woke up in the morning until bed time usually.. ]

She started sleeping through the night at about 6-8ish weeks. Loved her swaddle and life was grand.

She became too strong for any swaddling blanket I tried & stopped sleeping through the night at about 4.5/5 months.
Granted, she was easy to console with just her binky and her "womb bear" [could.not.live.without]

At 6 months old, she sleeps like complete shit. She goes to sleep usually without a problem. She wakes up screaming her full head off at approx 12:30a, 2:30a, 4:30a & 6a. No, she isn't hungry. We are still having issues with leaking through her diapers, but once she is dry and changed - she still wakes up later.
The past few nights have been ROUGH. I can't just let her cry it out in the middle of the night - there are other people that need sleep in this house too....

Suddenly she is napping for shit too. She freaks out if she sees me leave her room - sometimes its as soon as she touches her mattress. We did CIO today for her first nap, she slept terribly and was awake in an hour (compared to her usual 1.5-2).

If I could sleep while she naps, we'd be ok. But I can't (my employer would probably look down upon that....) so I need your help Internets!!

Any tips on helping her sleep better would be awesome.

Clueless, For Sure.

Every new mom has things that they don't understand.

I find myself in this situation about 1249x a day... And I a only with her for approximately 2 hours a day during the week. Imagine the clueless-ness if I were here all day.
But there are things I DO know - come on, I diagnosed my kid with Reflux before any doctor could. These are the things that are "easy" for me, the concrete things, the things I can see.

My current list of clueless-ness:
- Teething. We do the Hyland's Teething Tablets & Tylenol, but some days that doesn't seem like enough. Clueless on what else to do for her.
- When will she hold her own bottle? She is totally lazy on this one.
- How long does it take for babies to go from laying to sitting. She's got some killer crunches going on for the time being...
- Does she think I am just being a goof when I sign to her or does she maybe understand?
- Eating. Just in general really.
- Does she miss me when I'm gone? Does she even know I'm gone?
- Her brain is likely turning to mush early because I let her watch things like WonderPets & My Friends Tigger & Pooh.....

I think there are more, obviously I think of them in the shower or driving to/from work and forget by the time I get anywhere to write about it.

This whole idea of teaching another human how to live... takes a lot out of a person.

CrankyPants

Hello out there! Not dead, just cranky.

My baby, she is teething. And angry. And awake a LOT at night.

And, I'm cranky because this mama needs LOTS of sleep. Or, a lot more than I have been getting.

Also - life is just generally crazy at the moment.

Stay tuned for a much more substantial, interesting post....