Let me be the billionth person in the world to say it: HOW IS IT FRIDAY ALREADY?! Seems like just yesterday we were about to welcome Monday and now the week is almost over. Time flies when you’re having fun though, right?
This week has been a little adjustment period for us since we got back from our trip to California. Wes’s sleeping habits are on the fritz again and he’s waking up 2-3 times a night. I’m super tired from that and my inability to go to sleep at a decent hour in the first place. And Nate’s exhausted from several photo shoots in a row that he’s had this week. The house isn’t anywhere near clean, I don’t know where half of my clothes are (yes I do – they’re in the laundry basket or still in a suitcase) and the dogs are going nuts.
But you know what? It’s ok – we’ll survive. As long as my husband is cared for, our baby is loved on and fed, and the dogs are loved on we’ll make it out of this week A-OK. Promises.
I’ve been thinking about it for a while, and I *think* that next week is going to be the week that I start trying to really wean Weston from napping in his swing. He loves it and it works great, but looking forward to holidays and future potential trips I want him to really be able to sleep anywhere. So although the swing won’t just disappear, it’s time to bite the bullet and start putting him down for naps in his crib or the pack and play.
Sigh.
Anyone with tips on sleep training for babies, please let me know! I don’t want this to be a terrible experience for him or myself, but I know it’s something that we need to do and he learns so quickly right now that I’d like to do it before any really bad habits start to solidify. Pray for me. Pray hard.
OH! I also have to share this with you guys – I’m so proud – my baby boy LOOOOOOOOOVES eating vegetables. I’m not really much of a fruit lover myself (unless it’s baked in a dessert) and much prefer veggies, and it’s looking like he’s following down that same road. So far we’ve fed him bananas, sweet potatoes, apples and peas and the only two he really liked were the sweet potatoes and peas. Boy after my own heart! I’m really excited to start experimenting with making our own food soon; there are just a few things we want him to try before we jump into that. Our pediatrician suggested sticking with jarred baby food for the first couple of weeks since the texture is so fine and easier for babies to get used to. So far he loves it!
As for me, I’m cycling through the last 30 days of Insanity and I have to admit I’m a little less than excited about it. Don’t get me wrong, I really like the program and the exercises and pushing myself hard, but I really miss working out with weights and feel like that makes a difference in how I feel and how I look. I’ve certainly gotten smaller (I can tell based on my clothes), but I just miss working out with weights. BUT at Nate’s urging I’m going to push through and finish out the last part of the program so that I can see what the results were compared to the beginning. It’s hard but I do love the feeling I have when I’m done!
So yeah – that’s about it! Oh, that and I’m so completely and ridiculously in love with Pinterest these days. I love the crafts, DIY, food, kids and women’s fashion sections of the site – so much so that I pretty much ignore every other app on my phone and could spend hours browsing the site! If you’re not on it, I highly recommend you join, and if you are look me up!
Now if you’ll excuse me I’m off to start some sort of crafty goodness. Happy Friday!
Delishhh says
I hear you on the sleep part! When we got back from the east coast Ella wouldn’t sleep through the night, she was waking up for the first few nights every 4 hours and it was driving me nuts. So i decided to get a book and got the “Healthy Sleep habits, healthy child.” One of the key points they said is that you should put your child to bed BEFORE they are tired, so put them to bed 30 -1 hour before their bed time and they will sleep through the night. I was skeptical but it WORKED. The key is to know when they hit the wall. Once they are rubbing their eyes it is too late. I put Ella to sleep now at 7pm and she sleeps to 6am. I know 7pm is early but it works. She also have two – 2 hour naps during the day as well and it has worked wonder for us. But the days that her sleep is off during the day, and the nights i start bed time too late, and she is already rubbing her eyes, are the night that she does not want to go to sleep and is cranky. Those are also the nights she will wake up during the night. The days she has slept 2 full hour naps and i get her to sleep before she starts rubbing her eyes she sleeps through the night. It is so backwards but it works and the book has great pointers.
We haven’t stated food yet, but our Dr, said mix the stuff with breastmilk and you can get it smooth and then you can make it yourself. We are staring on Avocado at the end of the month.
Julie H. says
He is such a cutie, Heather! …..I’ll say a prayer for you that the whole sleeping in the crib or pack’n’play goes well- you can do it! Who knows- maybe he’ll surprise you and it will go great! 🙂 {fingers crossed}
Hooray for your veggie lovin little one! <3 Too cute!
Lynne @ 365 Days of Baking says
Heather,
Wes is SO stinkin’ CUTE!!!! So happy for the whole family! What a precious gift!!!
Heather says
thanks lynne! i think so too – thank you for your sweet comment 🙂
Marci says
We moved all naps to crib cold turkey and he did fine. Still swaddled for them. Good luck!
Heather says
ooooooooh, cold turkey? i think i would just have to settle on the fact that i might have a fussy boy for a few days, but it’s worth it!
Julia {The Roasted Root} says
So adorable! I can’t get enough of the baby pictures…very precious! Have a fun weekend!
chelsey @ clean eating chelsey says
That hair kills me…. every time.
Tina @ Best Body Fitness says
I will be sure to pray for you and Weston over the sleep. I know it can be stressful. Just remember that helping your child sleep well is an important thing to do as a parent, even if it’s rough at first. I always found laying my kiddos down while sleepy but not asleep yet helped. Also, if they fussed, I would let them for 5-10 minutes, then check on them, rub their back to calm them (not pick up), etc before leaving the room again. Repeat repeat repeat as much as necessary. It’s tough but within a week it usually worked.
Kim in MD says
Weston is so adorable, Heather! I’ll pray it goes smoothly when you wean him from his swing! 🙂
Linda says
I was able to get my daughter to nap in her crib when I started to swaddle her for nap time. We swaddled at night though too. Just a suggestion if you are swaddling for bed it may help for getting the nap in the crib. We started with swaddled morning nap @9:00AM and that worked great. The afternoon nap transition to the crib was a bit tougher, but we got there. Good luck!!