Last night was a major milestone for the Daby family. Mia slept in her crib all by herself like a big girl.
I knew it was time because in the middle of the night when she would stretch out in her bassinet her arms and legs would bash against the sides and wake her up... She's just so big even at 3 months that she outgrew it.
For me it was awful in the beginning, she fell asleep while nursing right after her bath (which she never does) so i put her in her crib, turned on the monitor and closed the door. I went and checked on her putting my hand on her chest every hour to make sure that the little nugget was still breathing and doing alright on her own.. which of course she was.
After 45 minutes she woke up (45 minutes of me carrying the monitor around with me and staring at it to make sure the "batteries didn't die"). Her Daddy went and got her and they played together for about an hour. Then she was hungry again so I nursed her and she fell back asleep.
Back into her big girl bed. about 10 pm
I checked on her at 11, 12 1:30 and she finally started crying about 3:45 because she was hungry. I fed her, and then went back into her room to get her prepped for a new diaper (note: it wasn't really in need of changing, i just wanted to make sure she was super dry before snuggling her up in bed with us for the rest of the night)
well those frikken outlet plugs that prevent children from sticking forks in the outlets are a pain in the ass to get out.. even for me. So i had to put her back in her crib so that i could get the outlet thing out, plug in her lamp (Why in the hell do we even have them in now? its not like shes going to climb out of her crib, grab something metal and jam it in the outlet in the middle of the night) then change her on her actual changing table.
I accomplished plugging in the lamp, turned it on then went to get her to change her and she was..
sound asleep again.
This moment was so bittersweet for me. There she was all sprawled out happy and sleeping. I realized then that she was going to be just fine in there on her own; and this was the first of many moments where even though it will be bittersweet I need to take a step back and watch her grow and blossom on her own.
I knew it was time because in the middle of the night when she would stretch out in her bassinet her arms and legs would bash against the sides and wake her up... She's just so big even at 3 months that she outgrew it.
For me it was awful in the beginning, she fell asleep while nursing right after her bath (which she never does) so i put her in her crib, turned on the monitor and closed the door. I went and checked on her putting my hand on her chest every hour to make sure that the little nugget was still breathing and doing alright on her own.. which of course she was.
After 45 minutes she woke up (45 minutes of me carrying the monitor around with me and staring at it to make sure the "batteries didn't die"). Her Daddy went and got her and they played together for about an hour. Then she was hungry again so I nursed her and she fell back asleep.
Back into her big girl bed. about 10 pm
I checked on her at 11, 12 1:30 and she finally started crying about 3:45 because she was hungry. I fed her, and then went back into her room to get her prepped for a new diaper (note: it wasn't really in need of changing, i just wanted to make sure she was super dry before snuggling her up in bed with us for the rest of the night)
well those frikken outlet plugs that prevent children from sticking forks in the outlets are a pain in the ass to get out.. even for me. So i had to put her back in her crib so that i could get the outlet thing out, plug in her lamp (Why in the hell do we even have them in now? its not like shes going to climb out of her crib, grab something metal and jam it in the outlet in the middle of the night) then change her on her actual changing table.
I accomplished plugging in the lamp, turned it on then went to get her to change her and she was..
sound asleep again.
This moment was so bittersweet for me. There she was all sprawled out happy and sleeping. I realized then that she was going to be just fine in there on her own; and this was the first of many moments where even though it will be bittersweet I need to take a step back and watch her grow and blossom on her own.
