Our dear 2 1/2 year old daughter....having some sleep issues. Since she was 8 months old and we had our 2 episodes of "crying it out", she has been the best sleeper. We do the same routine and she goes down for the count like clockwork. Granted, when she wakes up-it is GO, GO, GO immediately. But I have thoroughly enjoyed the 2-3 hour naps and her bedtime of 7:30 p.m. to 6 a.m. Glorious....until now.
About 2 months ago, she started getting up in the middle of the night and coming into our room and just standing there at the side of my bed. First time this happened, I rolled over and jumped 2 feet in the air seeing this red afro munchkin staring at me at 2 in the morning.
I hop up, put her back to bed, and found her getting up again a little bit later. Most of the time, I got her back in her bed without an issue. A couple of times, I must've thrown her in bed with us (which I hate!)-not even realizing it in my bleary state of mind at 4 a.m. We tried many a thing....her sleeping on the floor next to our bed, the supernanny thing of no eye contact, no naptime during the day, withholding TV (no Monkey George!), etc. Nothing works.
I would say the last 3 weeks have been progressively getting worse. I finally counted on Thursday night-she got up 13 times from 2 to 6! She was tired, we were exhausted...it was rough!
So we brought out the baby gate (which she has crawled over not too long ago in another failed attempt) and had another big talk about being a "big girl" and sleeping in her bed, calling out for Mommy or Daddy if she needed us, etc. Up went the gate in the doorway and she was not happy! The first night, she only got up about 5 times (progress!) Last night (2nd night) she slept the entire night! We were thrilled! Only this morning, she was up and ready to go at 5 a.m. So we tried to tell her that Mommy and Daddy were still sleeping until 6 a.m. (or when the sun came out). Then the funnies began... She started yelling "Mmmuahmmmmmeeeee" and "Duuuuuhadddeeeee" (who knew there were so many syllables in Mommy and Daddy?) You would've thought the sky was falling based on her verbage. When that didn't get the results she wanted, she started with "I's stuck in here! I's stuck in here!" "Mmmuahmmmmmeeeee! Duuuuuhadddeeeee! I'S STUCK IN HERE!" Needless to say, there was no waiting until 6 a.m. to get up (was it too much to ask?!?). But we counted our blessings that she finally slept through the night again. We'll take one night at a time, hoping our good little sleeper is still in that cute redhead somewhere.
Sunday, February 24, 2008
Friday, February 22, 2008
Our First Frosty
Today (2.22.08) we are having a major snowstorm. I think we're up to about 4-5 inches now and it's only 1 p.m. Around 10 a.m. we all bundled up and went out to play in the snow. Abby has never made a snowman before. She was either too young or the snow was part of a Nor'easter. But today was perfect! I was determined to make a snowman. Haven't made one in probably 20 years (gosh I feel old!) but it was happening today! So here I go, five months pregnant and down on my knees in the snow rolling out a snowman. Abby was more interested in making a castle (see previous post). Her and Jason used an old plastic tub to make the castle which she promptly stepped all over (thus no picture). But me and my 2 foot tall snowman prevailed. I even dug out my "snowman kit" (thanks to Dee) and dressed Frosty all up. The funniest part of the morning was when I tried to teach Abby what a snow angel was. But it was snowing heavily and she got snow in her face and mouth. All of a sudden, she was rolled over with her face in the snow eating it up like crazy. We were like-"Is she eating the snow?!?" Oh yes, and she couldn't get enough of it. It was like one giant heaven-sent snowcone to her.
The Couch Castle
Abigail is in love with Curious George. She calls him "Monkey George" and is crazy about watching him every morning at 8 a.m. Well, she recently watched a MG episode where he built sandcastles at the beach one day. So now everything is a castle. When we're driving somewhere, any type of big building (church, large stone office building, etc) is a "castle." This has been going on for a couple of weeks now. It's now translated into making "castles" with my couches and pillows. Especially when Jason gets home, the two of them get to work making a castle with pillows and couch cushions flying everywhere. Of course, I just made new pillows a few months ago...glad to see they are standing up to the heavy use.
Reading Monkey George to Raggedy Ann.
Abby and Daddy driving the school bus to the castle.
"Look at me!"
Reading Monkey George to Raggedy Ann.
Abby and Daddy driving the school bus to the castle.
"Look at me!"
Tea Party, Anyone?
One dreary cold day, Abby and I decided to have a big picnic/tea party. She carefully spread out the blanket while Mommy rounded up all the stuffed animals she could find. After some elaborate work setting everyone up with the needed utensils, Abby chose the menu for each person. Nothing like peas and ice cream together! We did lots of "munching" and "drinking tea" with Abigail being the hostess in charge. She loved it! (There was a fuzzy spot in the camera-don't know what's up with that).
January Photos
Okay-let's see how this blogging thing goes. Of course I have to backlog and start from the beginning of the year. Here's a few random photos from January.
Abby isn't much of a princess type of girl. She's more into trucks and trains these days. But that doesn't stop me from raiding the $1 spot in Target for princess gear. On this rare day, she was actually getting into the whole dress up thing.
We went to our friends for their New Year's Eve Party. One of the party favors was a hat. Abby was all over that hat! Here's a cute picture of her with "my hat!" and, of course, daddy's shoes to complete the ensemble.
Another night, I was relaxing with my new People magazine (I am pregnant you know)when Abby decided to climb on up and check out the newest celeb photos and get some snuggle time in with mom.
Speaking of Target again, shortly after Christmas I stopped in to get some needed stuff. Happened to walk by the toy aisle and saw droves of people everywhere. So, Abs and I went to check it out and there were several aisles with 75% off of the toys. It was complete happy madness. We jumped right in and filled up the cart with completely unnecessary stuff. After I got home I added up my savings....I bought toys that normally totaled over $131 for only $24. Talk about a thrill! Okay...all this to say-I bought Abby a cleaning kit with the broom, dustpan, swiffer, the whole nine yards (I think I paid $2.50 for it). Now when we're cleaning, she has to help and "do it myself!" It usually boils down to her undoing our pile and us having to sweep it all over again. But she's loves being our little helper.
Abby isn't much of a princess type of girl. She's more into trucks and trains these days. But that doesn't stop me from raiding the $1 spot in Target for princess gear. On this rare day, she was actually getting into the whole dress up thing.
We went to our friends for their New Year's Eve Party. One of the party favors was a hat. Abby was all over that hat! Here's a cute picture of her with "my hat!" and, of course, daddy's shoes to complete the ensemble.
Another night, I was relaxing with my new People magazine (I am pregnant you know)when Abby decided to climb on up and check out the newest celeb photos and get some snuggle time in with mom.
Speaking of Target again, shortly after Christmas I stopped in to get some needed stuff. Happened to walk by the toy aisle and saw droves of people everywhere. So, Abs and I went to check it out and there were several aisles with 75% off of the toys. It was complete happy madness. We jumped right in and filled up the cart with completely unnecessary stuff. After I got home I added up my savings....I bought toys that normally totaled over $131 for only $24. Talk about a thrill! Okay...all this to say-I bought Abby a cleaning kit with the broom, dustpan, swiffer, the whole nine yards (I think I paid $2.50 for it). Now when we're cleaning, she has to help and "do it myself!" It usually boils down to her undoing our pile and us having to sweep it all over again. But she's loves being our little helper.
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