I guess 3 days is what it takes

For babies to sleep through the night in new situations a.k.a. a new move to a different living location. We gave her a loving, calming night routine, complete with a baby massage, which she LOVED, until we got to her feet, she started giggling uncontrollably! When I put her down, I could tell she was really sleepy, and she did cry, a little bit (maybe 10 seconds at most!) and she went to sleep on her own! She didn't wake up until almost 7 AM!! She didn't wake up once, I couldn't believe it myself, I was so proud of the little booger.

We're now hanging out, and she's quietly playing while I write this quick blog. We've never been big "toy" people (they just tend to accumulate like crazy over the years) so we keep a small collection in a basket in the corner of the room and rotate the items every month, to keep it fresh for her. Today, I've noticed she could care less about toys. She's now all into kitchen items. I gave her a wire wisk this morning, and she was in AWE. I then gave her a pot to bang with it, and wholly cow-I thought she would just have a heart attack over the excitement she was having. Talk about saving money too! The one thing I might succumb to is those "toy" kitchens for kids when she gets a bit older, it seems she has a penchant for all things kitchen, so we'll see!


I'm skipping YogaX this week-maybe I'll do it this weekend, we'll see. I know, bad coach am I, you can slap me on my wrist now! I'm going to do Ken Po Cardio X when she goes down for her nap-it's short and very sweet, and I know I'll get it done before she wakes up. 90 minutes of Yoga is pushing it during nap time! Hope everyone has a blessed day!

Love-Demi

Day 2 of the "Demi" sleep training method...

She did SO much better!! (Isabel)

She went down after her bath evening routine, and after her nighttime bottle, she passed out in my arms. I layed her in the crib, and she was fine, didn't wake up 5 minutes later or anything.

Then came 2 am. She woke up, and starting crying. It wasn't her usual "screaming, I'm freaking out" crying, but more of the "half crying, wining, I just woke up and I want to let you know" kind of thing. Jason immediately was like, "I'll go get her tonight." I told him to just wait a minute. After 30 SECONDS, she went back to sleep, ON HER OWN. Praise the LORD!

Then came 3 am. See above for what she did. Exactly the same thing.

Then she woke up AT 630 AM! That's amazing for her, and for everyone in this household. Her usual wakeup time is 430 am, so it was really nice. I was more tired this morning though, I think I was just still so tired from the night before, I NEEDED an extra hour of sleep or else I was going to lose my ever loving mind. So Jason offered to take Isabel to my parent's house (they live 1/2 mile away) so I could sleep in a bit and do my workout stressfree this morning. I feel SO much better, and I'm looking forward to doing "Total Body Plus" without the stress of her waking up in the middle of her morning nap. Not complaining or anything, LOVE being her mommy, and everything that goes along with it, but every now and then, a little quiet and stillness is nice. I plan to also have some awesome QT with my man Jesus in this solitude afterwards, then go get my precious bundle and enjoy the day.

It's amazing how every day is so different. You never know what is going to happen, or how things are going to change, so I'm learning to be more flexible, and more appreciative of the people in my life. "Go with the Flow" is the new motto for the Bean Household. :)