Babies are Smiling

Emmitt is such a stud.

Oh yeah, I know who's da man.
And my pretty girl is so subtle. She wouldn't want to let her face give it all away.
I am darling though? Don't you think?

I've Learned that Babies Actually do Sleep

Well, we've begun a journey in learning how to "schedule" a baby's eating and sleeping patterns. As you've seen on a previous post, the babies have been characterized by crankiness. We are beginning to see that turn around however.

I am not a person who feels comfortable just trying something out with my babies. I want facts, a well written book to describe a detailed plan and some positive testimonies attributing credence to the theory.

Diving into "Babywise" was a little drastic for me, but I needed to do something. The babies were tired and fussy, and required being held constantly. What I've found in the week and a half that we've been keeping the schedule is that my babies can be content and well rested.

I know that as an infant, Silas never slept as much as these two. I'm sure that's because I just let him decide how and when he wanted to eat and sleep. If he wasn't in a front pack, then he was in my arms sleeping. And there was never a chance that he'd fall asleep on his own in his own crib. It wasn't until he was six months old that I finally decided something needed to be done to make him a more independent sleeper. His colic had passed and he was "old enough", I thought to learn a few new tricks. The following six months were not easy. A co-sleeping six month old has his own ideas about what should or should not be happening. Finally at a year he could resettle himself after he woke up from a 20 min. power nap (the only kind he took before).

I'm sure I would have walked that same path with these two, had they not been too much for me to handle. Severe lack of sleep and growing psychosis forced me to be the parent in this case. Anyway, it seems to be working...for all involved.