100th Post

I am now posting the 100th post to the blog!!! I can't believe I am so chatty...
Sydney is now napping and sleep at night in her room. It was harder for Adam to make the change than it was for me or Sydney. I think she likes her bed and the colors in her room are more entertaining than ours. We are trying very hard to get her to sleep through the night but she is so sporatic right now. Last night she only waked one time to eat. I loved it! Tonight it could be 2 or 3. The thought makes me quiver. I am going to have business cards printed up. Jessica Q. White, Walking Zombie...

Sleeping Patterns

I think I have been in denial about getting Syd on a schedule. It is easy to just go with the flow when you are home all day but with my upcoming schedule changes and the "wear and tear" that the night feedings are putting on my body and nerves I think that I need to get serious with this feeding and sleeping thing. I can't expect her to sleep on her own. I know some babies do it but she obviously was not invited to be in that club so it looks like it will be up to me to earn her a membership.

Every night for the past week I have said that I was going to put her in her crib instead of the cradle in our room. Tonight is the night. She is in there now sound asleep after a big evening out and I think I can make it. I have the monitor plugged in and a path cleared through the piles of clothes on the floor in her room. She is just so sweet that I think I will be sad to not be able to see her asleep next to my bed. Really though I think this is for the best. Better to switch her now when she doesn't know the difference. Any later and she might be old enough to know what she is missing. Maybe I should have both monitor recievers plugged in just in case one goes out during the night... or I could sleep on the couch to be closer. Now that I think about it she did sleep in the other room while we were in Utah. I remember how afraid I was that I wouldn't hear her when she was ready for a bottle. I remember how tired I was then. I am pretty tired now too. It might be easier to have her in our room for a few more weeks...I think I will just go look at her and see how she is doing...but not move her...unless she happens to wake up while I am in there....

Growing...growing...gone

Today I am packing away Sydney's 0-3 month clothes. Some of it still fits but most of it is the wrong season now. I can't believe that the clothes I folded over and over before she was here are now going to be stored until another little girl comes along. I am tempted to keep my favorite outfits out so I can look at them from time to time. She has so many sundresses for the summer that I think that I will be ironing more now than ever before. Adam and I just do the dryer fluff technique with our own clothes. It seems like every other week our house looks like a bomb went off in it. We are getting ready for a garage sale and I have been sewing curtains (with Shelley Pillow doing most of the work, really). I am hoping if I get rid of some of the extra stuff around our house will be be able to maintain it to my liking.

Sydney is getting more predictable lately. Eating less at night, ready to go to bed at 7:30, etc. Everything seems to be falling into place. I haven't exactly been faithful to follow the techniques in the books I bought about sleeping. All three of us have been sick and the week before she had her shots so I felt like it wasn't the best time...I wonder what excuse I will come up with next week?

I am excited about the summer. The best part about the summer I think will be that she will potentially sit up by herself and I can get rid of that HEAVY carrier. It is convenient to take into the grocery store and out to eat but it doesn't do much good when she just wants to be held the whole time. Once we get our other seat in the car we will be able to put the seats back further. I am still debating about the mirror to see her in the back since she is still rear facing. I have gone this long without one and I think it might be a distraction. She will start doing all sorts of cute things and I would be tempted to watch her instead of the road. I am not looking forward to the Mississippi heat. My dark leather seats can get pretty toasty.

Capture the moment

Lately I have been in a mild panic about how to remember each moment with Sydney and Adam and how I felt. I have trouble remembering a lot of things. Maybe nothing meant as much as this and it will be different. I want to be able to close my eyes and feel the same feelings I felt as I held her on the airplane coming home. Or how it feels right now with her on my shoulder as I type. Her little head resting against my cheek. I can smell her baby shampoo. It feels like time is going by so fast. I can't think of anything else we can do enjoy these moments. We take pictures and video. I write on the blog. Most importantly we take time to just cuddle her and look at her. I don't think these are things I could ever forget. Maybe I didn't bother keeping all the detailed memories about track meets, movies, concerts, geography (that is meant to make Adam laugh), etc. because I somehow knew I needed room for more important memories. I might even forget what I just wrote to make room for that sweet little sigh she just gave.