Snooze News

This post is probably going to bite me in the ass, but seriously, the joy I feel knowing that Evelina is sleeping well at night again is immense.  She had a rough few months between 9 and 11 months for which she had to sleep in her car seat (in the crib) the majority of nights.  We aren't sure what the exact cause was, but it could have been one of any number of things: cutting 6 teeth in a month, colds and coughing, reflux flare ups, growing pains, or developmental leaps.  Needless to say, I thought she would create a sleep association with the car seat and we would have to battle with her to get her to sleep in the crib again but no battles this time around.  Thank goodness!! 

Over the past 3 weeks she has gone back to sleeping 7pm - 6am, sometimes even waking up around 5:45am and going back to sleep until a little after 7am. Not only does she seem more rested and pleasant during the day, WE feel more rested.  Always a good thing!!   

There does continue to be certain times of the night where she will wake up, do some moaning or drama queen fake crying, but she goes back to sleep on her own without intervention from Mama or Papa.  

Since Evelina is on the move, as soon as she wakes in the morning and finishes stretching, she will sit-up and start "doin' her work" in the crib until we fetch her at 7am. She will suck on Gigi, pull down and play with her small taggie blanket I hang up at the end of the crib, turn on her mobile and watch the projection on the ceiling, shake her soft monkey rattle, lay back down and relax, search for her binkie in the crib (we don't give it to her, we just put it in the crib and she can use it if she wants too) and either put it in her month or bang it on the crib rails, crawl around and/or stand, attempt to pull her Red Sox monkey into the crib that is hanging on the outside.  She has lots of safe options to keep her busy in the crib until her official start of the day, 7am.     

I know that at some point she will wake up again during the night (hopefully not starting tonight!!), but until then, we will continue to enjoy this ideal sleeping schedule for as long as we can.  

Nighty night zzzzzzz