Last Tuesday and Wednesday night Monkey surprised me and slept straight through the night with only a minor half awakening when I dream fed her before going to bed myself. Not only did she do that but she didn't make a peep until Chris brought her to our bed so I could fed her and that was shortly after 8am! Thursday night unfortunately she woke up at 3:45 am. I hate getting up anymore to fed her because it's so exhausting. I shouldn't complain though at least at the most it only takes 20mins as apposed to 45 - 60 mins that it took before! Friday night it was back to sleeping straight through the night, this time with no dream feeding. All three times though I bolted awake at 6am and basically had to go check to make sure she was okay. I used to be bad for checking on her constantly but I have gotten better at it. This was so unexpected that it happened three times in one week. It's so nice to get 6 hours of sleep in a row. She did it again last night. I hope that this is a new trend!
Her naps all last week have been crappy. The only time she seemed to sleep longer or I should say stay asleep was when I fell asleep with her. Nursing her to sleep is easy when I get her at the right time. If I don't it gets pretty frustrated because she wants to nurse but she wants to look around at the same time. I have tried to darken our room as much as I can but I don't think it's dark enough still. I have been nursing her to sleep for naps in our bed the last few weeks since once she is out it is so much easier to just slink away once she is asleep. I don't have to shift her a bunch of times and then have to set her in her crib without waking her up since she ALWAYS wakes up when I do this. Some days I just need that 20-30 mins to myself and when she wakes up and cries it was really starting to take a toll on my sanity. She is such a nap resistor! The last few weeks however have been less stressful since I made the switch to our bed for naps. It's also so much easier to go back in there and nurse her to back to sleep to try and prolong her naps a bit, which results in one happier baby which makes for a much happier mommy.
I would be fine with short naps if she was okay with that amount of time but she is not. She wakes up clearly still tired, is cranky and just a terror to be around. I only was able to get her to fall back asleep without nursing a few times and sometimes that only lasted for 10 mins. I plan on staying in the room with her this week, so that when she starts to awaken after her 20 mins snooze I can lull her back to sleep right away. According to the no cry nap solution book if I do that after a week or so I won't have to help lull her back to sleep. Hopefully that is true because it would be nice to be able to get some things done around the house while she sleeps.
I think this week I am going to have to start trying to wean her off of nursing to sleep, at least for the first nap. I have to go back to work by the end of January so she needs to be fully weaned before then. There is no way that I can even nurse part time while being back to work, nor do I have time to pump. I honestly just can't take nursing any longer anyways. I have had so much trouble right from the start that I am ready to be done. I nursed longer then I thought I was going to. I remember when I was just trying to make it to the end of the 3rd month and here we are almost the 7 month mark. Currently I have replaced two nursing sessions which had made me less stressed out and much more happier. I was always constantly worried that she wasn't getting enough and quite frankly I don't think she was because after getting those two bottles a day she is a completely different baby. We also started feeding her solids at about 5.5 months old which I think also made a difference.
So for now if I can wean her of the nursing sessions for naps I can keep the before bed, in the middle of the night if needed and the morning nursing session until December then slowly wean them out then. I know she can fall asleep without nursing since she has done it before. It is just going to be testing my patience a lot because like I said she is a nap resistor and is afraid to miss anything. Hopefully I will have some success! I'm sure after she gets used to not nursing to sleep for the first nap the transition with the second nap will be easy. Only time will tell, but really I have no choice. January is coming so quickly!
Do you have a nap resistor? What did you do to get your little one to sleep?
Monday, October 10, 2011
8/30 - My earliest memories...
Day 08: My earliest Memory
Most of my most earliest memories are of my father. A few of them are at my families old house. One I remember is that I was out in the backyard playing in my sandbox. It was a nice warm sunny day. I remember looking up towards the left back side of the house where my parents were talking. My dad was making me what we called my mouse house (a playhouse). It wasn't really that big but it was awesome and I loved it. I just remember that he was pointed at the wall probably telling mom what he was going to do next. There wasn't a roof on it yet and I am not sure if there were windows or if all of the walls were up yet.
Funnily enough I don't remember actually playing in that house until we had moved to the farm, but that couldn't have been too long after that. We moved out to the farm when I was about 3 or 4. The floor was wood and had a yellow carpet on it. The walls were some sort of chipboard like sheets and it was painted white. It had these old windows that actually opened and closed. The roof was yellow plastic sheet with ripples and it was on an angle so the water wouldn't pool on top. It even had a door that Dad made especially for it. I remember as the years went by I would repaint it white with mom to make it look fresh again.
Another memory from the old house took place in our front room. Dad was sitting on the couch and I was either sitting beside him or standing in front of the couch. I remember that I had a band-aid on my arm and was trying to get it off. But it hurt every time I tried to. Dad told me the best way to do that was to just rip it off really fast because that way it only hurt for a moment. I went to try this but of course it hurt a lot when I started. I obviously was going way too slow because I was afraid of the pain. Dad told me to come closer and that he would do it for me. He was right because after the initial shock of pain it was done and over with and then the pain was pretty much gone.
These early memories are special to me because my father passed away from cancer soon after we moved to the farm. I was about 4 or 5 at the time. I really don't remember him all that much nor what he looked like save from the few pictures mom has of him. It sucks that I didn't get to know him better and every year that passes it's hard to believe it has been so long ago. I only have a few random other memories of him beside these two and I really wish that I had more. I guess I am glad that I was able to spend what time I had with him while he was here with us and have those few memories, then nothing at all.
Most of my most earliest memories are of my father. A few of them are at my families old house. One I remember is that I was out in the backyard playing in my sandbox. It was a nice warm sunny day. I remember looking up towards the left back side of the house where my parents were talking. My dad was making me what we called my mouse house (a playhouse). It wasn't really that big but it was awesome and I loved it. I just remember that he was pointed at the wall probably telling mom what he was going to do next. There wasn't a roof on it yet and I am not sure if there were windows or if all of the walls were up yet.
Funnily enough I don't remember actually playing in that house until we had moved to the farm, but that couldn't have been too long after that. We moved out to the farm when I was about 3 or 4. The floor was wood and had a yellow carpet on it. The walls were some sort of chipboard like sheets and it was painted white. It had these old windows that actually opened and closed. The roof was yellow plastic sheet with ripples and it was on an angle so the water wouldn't pool on top. It even had a door that Dad made especially for it. I remember as the years went by I would repaint it white with mom to make it look fresh again.
Another memory from the old house took place in our front room. Dad was sitting on the couch and I was either sitting beside him or standing in front of the couch. I remember that I had a band-aid on my arm and was trying to get it off. But it hurt every time I tried to. Dad told me the best way to do that was to just rip it off really fast because that way it only hurt for a moment. I went to try this but of course it hurt a lot when I started. I obviously was going way too slow because I was afraid of the pain. Dad told me to come closer and that he would do it for me. He was right because after the initial shock of pain it was done and over with and then the pain was pretty much gone.
These early memories are special to me because my father passed away from cancer soon after we moved to the farm. I was about 4 or 5 at the time. I really don't remember him all that much nor what he looked like save from the few pictures mom has of him. It sucks that I didn't get to know him better and every year that passes it's hard to believe it has been so long ago. I only have a few random other memories of him beside these two and I really wish that I had more. I guess I am glad that I was able to spend what time I had with him while he was here with us and have those few memories, then nothing at all.
Friday, October 7, 2011
7/30 - My favorite book...
Day 07- A book you can read over and over again.
This one is a hard one. I read all the time. I also like rereading books that I enjoy and there are a lot of them.
If I had to pick one well that is just really hard. My choice really isn't one book but a series of books, that isn't even done being written yet. From the first time I read A Game of Thrones by George RR Martin I knew that I would love this series forever and ever. OMG it's soooo good. Never before have I been so shocked at twists and turns and just plain old, 'OMG I never saw that one coming!!' LOVE it. I am currently reading A Dance with Dragons which is the latest in the series. I really hope that he doesn't take to long to finish and publish the next one though. The time between the last two was way to LONG! Anyways, if you like fantasy and haven't read any of these I suggest you check them out.
I love these books so much that I was super excited when I saw that HBO decided to produce a tv show based off of the series. I thought the first season was amazing and am looking forward to the second season. Good entertaining tv watching. Having said that I realize that I never listed A Game of Thrones in my last post.
I guess I could tell a little about the series. Basically it is about 7 kingdoms and the fight for control over them. There is lots of scheming and betrayal, some backstabbing and some personal awakening. Unfortunately for the people of Westeros there is more to the world then what just looks like petty squabbles over land. Way in the north, strange beings are awakening. White walkers that have not been seen in thousands of years. It's been so long in fact that they are told to frighten children into behaving but not taken seriously. So when they start to be seen again, nobody takes it seriously. The only thing stopping them from invading the rest of Westeros is a large ice wall guarded by The Night's Watch who's numbers have dwindled so much that only 3 out of the 19 castles are manned guarding it. They aren't the only thing to fear from the north however. Way across the narrow sea is a brother and sister, the last of their line of the house Targaryen, forced to flee when their father (called the Mad King) was killed by his most trusted kingsguard. They have eyes to raise an army to take back what was rightfully theirs.
If I had to pick one well that is just really hard. My choice really isn't one book but a series of books, that isn't even done being written yet. From the first time I read A Game of Thrones by George RR Martin I knew that I would love this series forever and ever. OMG it's soooo good. Never before have I been so shocked at twists and turns and just plain old, 'OMG I never saw that one coming!!' LOVE it. I am currently reading A Dance with Dragons which is the latest in the series. I really hope that he doesn't take to long to finish and publish the next one though. The time between the last two was way to LONG! Anyways, if you like fantasy and haven't read any of these I suggest you check them out.
I love these books so much that I was super excited when I saw that HBO decided to produce a tv show based off of the series. I thought the first season was amazing and am looking forward to the second season. Good entertaining tv watching. Having said that I realize that I never listed A Game of Thrones in my last post.
I guess I could tell a little about the series. Basically it is about 7 kingdoms and the fight for control over them. There is lots of scheming and betrayal, some backstabbing and some personal awakening. Unfortunately for the people of Westeros there is more to the world then what just looks like petty squabbles over land. Way in the north, strange beings are awakening. White walkers that have not been seen in thousands of years. It's been so long in fact that they are told to frighten children into behaving but not taken seriously. So when they start to be seen again, nobody takes it seriously. The only thing stopping them from invading the rest of Westeros is a large ice wall guarded by The Night's Watch who's numbers have dwindled so much that only 3 out of the 19 castles are manned guarding it. They aren't the only thing to fear from the north however. Way across the narrow sea is a brother and sister, the last of their line of the house Targaryen, forced to flee when their father (called the Mad King) was killed by his most trusted kingsguard. They have eyes to raise an army to take back what was rightfully theirs.
There are so many other would be kings who each think their claim to the throne is better then others.I could go on and on. There are so many more characters and story lines. It's so good! It's so hard not to talk about it with my husband who has only seen the first season of the show and is still only on the first book. I don't want to ruin the story for him but it's so hard to not say something when something shocking happens. With all series though I will be sad when he finally is done though. When you read about characters for so long you start to miss reading about their lives!
Once I am done with A Dance with Dragons I will be starting to reread The Wheel of Times series by Robert Jordan. Another fantasy series that I like. I have only read the first 5 books though so it will be good to reread them and finally find out what happens in the story. I'm so sad that he passed away before he could finish writing his books, but so happy that he was able to pass on what he had planned for the last few books. So at least we get to find out what happens at the end after all.
Okay enough blathering about books. I could go on and on. :) What are some of your favorite books? I'm always looking for something new to read! I basically read anythig, just depends on the mood!
Once I am done with A Dance with Dragons I will be starting to reread The Wheel of Times series by Robert Jordan. Another fantasy series that I like. I have only read the first 5 books though so it will be good to reread them and finally find out what happens in the story. I'm so sad that he passed away before he could finish writing his books, but so happy that he was able to pass on what he had planned for the last few books. So at least we get to find out what happens at the end after all.
Okay enough blathering about books. I could go on and on. :) What are some of your favorite books? I'm always looking for something new to read! I basically read anythig, just depends on the mood!
Thursday, October 6, 2011
6/30 _ My Favorite Television Show...
Day 06: Favorite television show
I can't get enough of or get bored of Seinfeld. As you can see from the picture we have all the seasons. (It just sucks that now you can get them all in one box but oh well). If I had to pick a favorite character it would have to be either Elaine or Kramer although George and Jerry have their moments. You can't also forget about Newman and Puddy. I think my favorite few episodes are the parking garage and the restaurant. I'm sure there are more but those ones come to mind immediately. Who would have thought all of them either wandering around in a parking garage or standing in a restaurant waiting to be seated would be funny. It's probably not a show for everyone (my mom HATED that show because she says nothing ever happens! lol) but me and Chris still love it.
Other favorite shows past and present:
- Family guy: (you can see some of the seasons in the picture. Another show that is definately not for everyone, but we find it hilarious.
- Freaks and Geeks - OMG an amazing hilarious show! It only lasted one season unfortunately before they cancelled it, which I think was a mistake. A lot of good shows get cancelled after only a season I have noticed.
- The Office - this has been on for a while but we just started watching it and I think it might be a very close second to Seinfeld. We have the first two seasons already and all I can say is hilarious! I checked out the BBC version of the show and it is pretty funny as well. Although I am shocked at what they allow on air over there. Some of the things they say/do/show would never be allowed over here!
- Parks and Recreation - This is the very newest show we started watching because it was made by the same people as The Office I believe. It's pretty funny. I have only seen the first season so far though.
- Gilmore Girls - Chis hates this show lol because he says they talk way to fast. I don't find that but whatever!
- Lost - I loved this show. We started watching it when it was almost over or was already over so we didn't have to wait for new episodes. I tell you it sucked me in so much that I did not want to go to work and spend 8 hours wondering what happened next. I was sad to see it end.
- Everybody loves Raymond - Things he did were always making my head shake. We used to watch reruns of this on tv all the time until the channel they were on was no longer available through our cable. Oh well still a funny show.
- That 70's show - Always good for a laugh.
I'm sure I am forgetting a few, I don't really watch tv to much anymore, if it is on its usually for background noise. I am looking forward to the new show by the producers of Lost. Not really sure when it is supposed to start but it's somewhat similar but it's got the fairytale weaved in somehow. I wish I could remember what it was called! Once upon a time! Ha I had to go look it up. I'm sure there are some really good shows that I am missing out on but maybe one day I will discover them. What are some of your favorite shows?
Wednesday, October 5, 2011
Monkey's first foods: Bananas
Yesterday we gave monkey bananas for the first time. There was almost no reaction last night so I guess she liked them. She almost seemed pretty indifferent. I guess that is a good thing? It's not like she refused to eat them or anything. We got the first few bites on camera again so here is some baby monkey cuteness. I'm surprised that so far she has liked pretty much everything we have tried to give her. I guess I should be happy that we don't have a picky eater on our hands!
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| First spoonful. |
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| Taste testing. |
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| It's delicious!? |
5/30 - My Favorite Movie of all time!
Day five : Your Favorite movie
There are sooo many movies that I love. Probably way to many to name. If I had to pick one I would never hesitate to say "The Goonies". I remember watching this as a child any time I could. Such a good good movie with unforgettable characters! Seriously how can you forget the truffle shuffle! Nothing like danger, adventure, treasure and pirate ships!
Other random movies off the top of my head:
All Kevin smith movies (especially Mall Rats and Clerks 2)
Sweet Home Alabama
Lord of the Rings Trilogy
Star wars Trilogy
Harry Potter movies
Office Space
Dawn of the Dead
Shaun of the Dead (really love zombie movies for some reason)
A Knights Tale
Legally Blonde..
This list could go on and on! :) There really isn't a genre that I don't like, I guess what I watch just depends on the mood I am in. I like movies I can watch over and over again and it's a double bonus if they are comedies or set in medievel/fantasy setting.
Just another random factoid about myself while we are on the movie topic. The movie I hate the most and find the creepiest is E.T! Seriously my poor sister took me to see that when I was 5ish thinking it's a kids movie and I will like it. Unfortunately it gave me nightmares! I can still see E.T with his glowy finger and stomach pointing at me from the bottom of my bed! So far I have only come across one or two people who think the same as me, everyone else loved the movie.
There are sooo many movies that I love. Probably way to many to name. If I had to pick one I would never hesitate to say "The Goonies". I remember watching this as a child any time I could. Such a good good movie with unforgettable characters! Seriously how can you forget the truffle shuffle! Nothing like danger, adventure, treasure and pirate ships!
Other random movies off the top of my head:
All Kevin smith movies (especially Mall Rats and Clerks 2)
Sweet Home Alabama
Lord of the Rings Trilogy
Star wars Trilogy
Harry Potter movies
Office Space
Dawn of the Dead
Shaun of the Dead (really love zombie movies for some reason)
A Knights Tale
Legally Blonde..
This list could go on and on! :) There really isn't a genre that I don't like, I guess what I watch just depends on the mood I am in. I like movies I can watch over and over again and it's a double bonus if they are comedies or set in medievel/fantasy setting.
Just another random factoid about myself while we are on the movie topic. The movie I hate the most and find the creepiest is E.T! Seriously my poor sister took me to see that when I was 5ish thinking it's a kids movie and I will like it. Unfortunately it gave me nightmares! I can still see E.T with his glowy finger and stomach pointing at me from the bottom of my bed! So far I have only come across one or two people who think the same as me, everyone else loved the movie.
Tuesday, October 4, 2011
4/30 - Our fur babies...
Day 04- Any pets? Names and stories behind them.
We have two fur babies that are about 6 years old now. They are both male, brothers and from the same litter. We got them from a person that had a cat who had a litter and wanted/needed to get rid of the kittens. I believe we got them when they were about 8 weeks old. We took two so one wouldn't be lonely. I wish we had only took one, but couldn't imagine not having both of them now.
The total grey one is named Gimli. Yep after Gimli the dwarf from Lord of the Rings. Originally we thought that would be a perfect name for a grey tabby but when we got our two it still fit our grey cat. The other name is more original and Chris was the one that came up with that one. We call him Mantisaur. It is a cross between a preying mantis and a dinosaur. When we first got them Gimli was the more braver one and Mantisaur the scaredy cat. His whiskers reminding me of a prey mantis for some reason and Chris thought it would be fun to add the saur since Dinosaurs are huge and really if you came across one I doubt they would be afraid of anything. So it was sort of funny since Mantisaur was a big Chicken.
They have med length fur and it continues to get everywhere! We got one of those furminators because we know someone that has one and says it really does work but it's almost impossible to get them to sit still enough to give them a good brushing. They like to turn and face you for head pets. They are both pretty lazy and there favorite things to do are eat, sleep, demand pets and cuddle. Also in the middle of the night they love chasing each other up and down the tiled hallway (sounding like a herd of elephants I have to add) because apparently the best time to exercise is when everyone is sleeping.
The total grey one is named Gimli. Yep after Gimli the dwarf from Lord of the Rings. Originally we thought that would be a perfect name for a grey tabby but when we got our two it still fit our grey cat. The other name is more original and Chris was the one that came up with that one. We call him Mantisaur. It is a cross between a preying mantis and a dinosaur. When we first got them Gimli was the more braver one and Mantisaur the scaredy cat. His whiskers reminding me of a prey mantis for some reason and Chris thought it would be fun to add the saur since Dinosaurs are huge and really if you came across one I doubt they would be afraid of anything. So it was sort of funny since Mantisaur was a big Chicken.
They have med length fur and it continues to get everywhere! We got one of those furminators because we know someone that has one and says it really does work but it's almost impossible to get them to sit still enough to give them a good brushing. They like to turn and face you for head pets. They are both pretty lazy and there favorite things to do are eat, sleep, demand pets and cuddle. Also in the middle of the night they love chasing each other up and down the tiled hallway (sounding like a herd of elephants I have to add) because apparently the best time to exercise is when everyone is sleeping.
I think its Mantisaur's goal in life to cover every inch of our living room carpet with his white fur because everytime I turn around he is curled up in a new spot. Gimli on the other hand just sleeps as much as he can. It's funny that even after 6 months they both give Monkey a wide berth if she is on the floor. I think that we will see even less of them when she learns to crawl!
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