Blogger - GRRR...and a sleep update

I am very sad. I worked on Gwen's birth story for weeks a little here and there. I was so excited to have it done and hit publish. And then - of all posts - it was deleted due to some issues Blogger was having the day I posted it. Seriously?! Sigh...

I try not to think about it and am still hoping they'll recover it for me like they've recovered other people's posts. Please walk with me in faith on this, blog readers!! Thankfully they have recovered a version of it in my drafts, but it's an old version and there is still quite a bit missing. So that's why it was there and then suddenly gone...

Miss Gwen is doing awesome. She is so much fun right now, and I love our "routine". Nights are still hit or miss - sometimes she sleeps really well (3+ hrs would be considered well in my book) and other nights I am up three or four (sometimes five) times, yet somehow I have yet to feel absolutely sleep deprived. Tired? Yes, but not sleep deprived. Maybe I drink too much coffee *smile. The hardest is waking up in the morning, but once I am up and get ready, I do well the rest of the day. And of course, I think it's progressively gotten easier to cope with less sleep as the weeks have gone on. 

Example...this was the night of 5/16:

crib - 9:45

up - 2:00

(That is 4 hours and 15 minutes people!)

crib - 2:15

up - 3:00

crib - 3:30

up - 5:35

crib - 5:55

up - 6:45

And this was last night:

crib - 8:15 pm

up - 9:20

crib - 9:40

up - 1:00 

(That's over 3 hours; however, we didn't get to bed until close to 11:00...)

crib - 1:15

up - 2:25

crib - 2:50

up - 4:50

crib - 5:15

up - 6:10 

(Tom brought her into bed and she nursed and then slept until 7:30)

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** UPDATE FROM LAST NIGHT 5/18 **
Awesome night! I love how she does that after I post about her sleeping *smile.
crib - 8:45
up - 1:10
crib - 1:20
up - 4:00
crib - 4:15
up - 6:40

And then we layed in bed (she slept but i didn't really fall back asleep) until 8:00

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I was JUST thinking yesterday that I need to start paying attention to see if she's forming a regular pattern, and then Tom randomly emailed me this yesterday afternoon:

I think we should start writing down Gwen's schedule for a few days, so we
can see if there's a potential pattern we could use for establishing a
schedule. Apparently you should start establishing a routine at 2-4 months
of age. We're almost in that time frame! :)

We are like SO on the same page *smile. 

At this point, it's totally random, although I have noticed she's almost always taking her final "day" nap around 5:30 or 6:00. That's the only consistent thing I've noticed. Looking back at our night journal, I see that we're putting her down anywhere between 7:30 and 10:30, but it's usually around 8:30 or 9:00. There doesn't seem to be anything I do or eat that makes her sleep longer or shorter that I can think of. I do think she's using me to sooth herself though so we're going to try and put a stop to that asap. I can't believe I haven't thought about that before - she will go 4 hours sometimes but then randomly is up every hour hungry? Um, she's a trickster and her mommy fell for it. I'll try not to nurse every time I go in there tonight and see how things go.


When we first came home with her and had 12 weeks in front of me, that seemed like for-ever and now I return to work in a month. I know it'll go very quickly, and I'm suddenly feeling pressure to have real structure to our lives. I kind of like flying by the seat of our pants right now, but I know it's best for Gwen AND for us. Right now it's no big deal to sleep until 8:00 or 9:00, but obviously that won't be an option in four short weeks. Sigh...


Any suggestions or advice? I'd love to hear it.


It wouldn't be a good post without a few pics...

 I love her all swaddled up.

 Jacob showed Gwen his scooter skills this past weekend!

 Smiling at daddy...

 Grandma told Gwen to stop tipping her barber *smile. I think it's hilarious how she only has hair around the base of her head. Bless her heart!

 Best friends.