I finally got some good video of Lily. I have taken many videos during the last month, but this is the first one where she actually smiled. All the rest are basically her sleeping or crying. Please ignore me talking in the background. I need to figure out this video editing software so that I can get rid of sound.
Sunday, February 7, 2010
Work, sleep, and no pacis
It did not take me nearly as long to get adjusted to going back to work as I anticipated. There are definitely times that I am tired there, but I am able to make it through the day. I really miss Lily throughout the day and am still trying to figure out ways besides winning the lottery to make it so that I can stay home with her. It really helps that she can be with either Sean or my mom when I'm at work though. I don't know how I would be able to handle leaving her at a daycare.
She is still doing great with sleep for the most part. But as you can tell by me writing this post at 4am things aren't 100% perfect yet. She woke up this morning around 3:30 hungry so I fed her and she fell asleep so I put her back in her crib and she woke up. Now she is wide awake making silly faces and noises at me and smiling huge smiles. In case you didn't notice, I said put her back in her CRIB! She has slept for the past 2 nights in her crib. She had been sleeping in her bassinet in her room but always cried when I would put her in the crib. Friday night we put her in and she fussed for a little bit, but then went peacefully to dreamland. Last night I put her in there and she only had about 5 minutes of making noises, not even crying, before she was out.
The most amazing thing about her falling asleep in 5 minutes was that she didn't have her pacifier. Sean and I talked on Friday and decided that she was becoming to attached to her paci and that we wanted to limit her time with it. There were times she could put herself to sleep without it and could self soothe if she was crying, but it would go a lot faster if she had her paci. I think we would just put it in her mouth because it was the quick and easy fix. It had finally gotten to the point that if she wasn't completely asleep or completely awake and smiling then she had it in her mouth. She would sit contently with it in her mouth, but if she didn't have it then it almost always mean tears. Yesterday I decided that it was going to be the weekend of no paci. She did surprisingly well without it. I think it was more of an adjustment for me because I had to find other ways to comfort her than it was for her. I will admit that she does have it in her mouth right now, but that is only because it is now 4:30am and I was hoping that it was going to put her back to sleep faster because I am barely staying awake. Hopefully today will go as smoothly as yesterday did. I think we are going to watch the game at some of our friends' house so we might cave and give the paci then because I don't think they all want a screaming 7 week old.
She is still doing great with sleep for the most part. But as you can tell by me writing this post at 4am things aren't 100% perfect yet. She woke up this morning around 3:30 hungry so I fed her and she fell asleep so I put her back in her crib and she woke up. Now she is wide awake making silly faces and noises at me and smiling huge smiles. In case you didn't notice, I said put her back in her CRIB! She has slept for the past 2 nights in her crib. She had been sleeping in her bassinet in her room but always cried when I would put her in the crib. Friday night we put her in and she fussed for a little bit, but then went peacefully to dreamland. Last night I put her in there and she only had about 5 minutes of making noises, not even crying, before she was out.
The most amazing thing about her falling asleep in 5 minutes was that she didn't have her pacifier. Sean and I talked on Friday and decided that she was becoming to attached to her paci and that we wanted to limit her time with it. There were times she could put herself to sleep without it and could self soothe if she was crying, but it would go a lot faster if she had her paci. I think we would just put it in her mouth because it was the quick and easy fix. It had finally gotten to the point that if she wasn't completely asleep or completely awake and smiling then she had it in her mouth. She would sit contently with it in her mouth, but if she didn't have it then it almost always mean tears. Yesterday I decided that it was going to be the weekend of no paci. She did surprisingly well without it. I think it was more of an adjustment for me because I had to find other ways to comfort her than it was for her. I will admit that she does have it in her mouth right now, but that is only because it is now 4:30am and I was hoping that it was going to put her back to sleep faster because I am barely staying awake. Hopefully today will go as smoothly as yesterday did. I think we are going to watch the game at some of our friends' house so we might cave and give the paci then because I don't think they all want a screaming 7 week old.
Tuesday, February 2, 2010
Work
Yesterday was my first day back to work. Lily did great sleeping the night before, but I did not. My mind was racing most of the night worrying about everything. I wasn't worried about leaving Lily and going back to work, but that I had everything prepared to take in the morning. I was worried that I wouldn't take enough stuff for my mom and that she would need more breastmilk or something. I was worried that I would forget the stuff I needed to take to work. Everything worked out fine. I do need to work out a schedule with my work for pumping because that didn't go so well, but other than that it wasn't that bad. Everything just fell into place at work (well as much as it can at that hectic place) and I felt like I never even left. I guess Lily did great at my mom's and that the dogs are finally starting to get used to her. Today Sean gets to be with her during the day and I get off work early so that he can go into work this evening.
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