[Daffodil]

Haha, this goes along with Mariah's post...seems like Juliana and Arie got together and decided to surprise their mommies by being "easy" for once...

Ok, so the long-talked about plan (lol to quote my sister, "I see your mouth moving, but I don't see any doing") of moving Arie into her own bedroom is approaching...the goal is to move her in when we get back from our2-week trip to the in-laws on 9/10. Well, it suddenly dawned upon me that there are many things that need to be dealt with here, especially her tendency to wake up at night for a bottle. I'm hoping she will sleep better in her own space (and I think she will, at least eventually) but she needs to break that association.

I've been giving her super watered-down formula when she wakes up at night...tonight I'm just going to give straight water, well at least until I break down, but I need sleep too you know , I know she'll probably be up quite a bit and fuss but after a few days she should figure its not worth it. But I've been bad and giving her a bottle right before her naps and bedtime because I know it works. Yes, I'm super slow, I know I should have done this many months ago!

Before her nap this morning I gave her formula in a sippy but she only took a few sips. Finally I put the rest in a bottle and fed it to her, but I'm going to start offering in a sippy every day first. She drinks water out of sippys all the time, but she needs to start drinking her formula too (I'm holding off on reintroducing milk until I get her settled in her room). Then at bedtime instead of giving her a bath then a bottle, I gave her a bottle, then a bath. I know, sounds like nothing but for us, this was huge. Afterwards she was really hard to settle, but I don't think she was aware of the change. She was like on a sugar high or something, not in a bad mood (thank goodness) but just silly and playing for quite a bit longer than she usually does. Eventually she just fell asleep. Usually she is asleep by 8:30, today she was asleep by 9.

So yeah, like I said, doesn't sound like much, but I'm super excited. Really really going to try to break the night bottles as much as I can, then tackle the room, then tackle the milk issue. Wish me luck!

[shockandawe]

Yay Arie! That's why they call them baby steps! You just take one at a time!

Stay strong with it, and you will be where you want in no time.

[Jule'sMomInOR]

Woo hoo! It's all about baby steps in the right direction and it sounds like you're making progress.

Now if only Arie and Juliana would get together and decide to STTN.

[dinamommy]

Woo hoo! Definitely worth celebrating!!