I'm a believer

I've been reading so many baby sleep books lately and I love this one. I've become more interested in getting Carly in a sleeping routine now that she is more predictable and sleeps longer stretches at night. Ever since she got sick she has been sleeping horribly, which is to be expected, but I think she got used to waking up every 1.5 hours to eat. She also started waking up at 4:00 a.m. even after she was a lot better. I think she got used to being able to eat so much at night and I wanted to make sure to get her out of that habit FAST! I started implementing the "sleep techniques" in Dr. Weissbluth's book and the results have been immediate! It has been amazing.

Instead of trying to keep her awake until 9:00 p.m.-10:00 p.m. (thinking that she'll sleep in longer) Casey and I have put her down when she first starts getting tired at night - around 7:30. Last night she went to sleep at 7:30 p.m. ,woke up a little at 8:30, but went right back to sleep, then woke up at 2:00 a.m. to eat and then she slept until 8:00 a.m. It's been nice to only have to wake up once and sleep in past 4:00 a.m.! Now I love this book so much. Here's to more sleep!

3 months old, and sick

Our little Carly is 3 months old today! It's so crazy how much she has changed in the past month. I've been wanting to get an ice cream cake to celebrate (an excuse so Casey will let me spend the money) but little Carly has been too sick to take anywhere but the doctor the last two days. She's been so congested that it's been extremely hard for her to eat. When she does eat she swallows so much snot that it hurts her stomach and then she throws up a couple minutes later. I've tried everything to make it so she doesn't throw up including only letting her eat for a couple seconds and then waiting for a couple of minutes and starting over again but it hasn't worked! The doctor isn't too worried because she's been taking in enough liquids to go potty. She's at least been a little better today than yesterday and her fever has gone way down. It breaks my heart to see her hurt! Whenever she coughs she looks at me like what just happened?

The doctor told us to start giving her Pedialyte so we'll see if that helps with the throwing up/dehydration issues. The only problem with Pedialyte is that I bought unflavored thinking she wouldn't mind what it tasted like, right? Wrong. She spits that stuff out right when I start giving it to her, and then a dirty look usually follows. Now we have to try some flavored kind and see if that helps!

At the doctor yesterday Carly weighed 13 lbs 6 oz! She's gained a pound and a half in a month. This past month Carly has been a lot more interactive with us and with toys. She always has to be holding a toy now. She goos and coos all the time and even laughs and gives us weird looks when we make funny faces at her. She's been sleeping really well (before she got sick) and will even go to sleep at 8 p.m. now, but the only problem is that she likes to wake up for the day at 5:30. I love how she's a lot more consistent in her eating and sleeping patterns. We love our sweet baby so much!

I ♥ my DVR

Recently I have become engulfed in the DVR lifestyle. I love it. Usually on Monday mornings I go onto our Remote DVR Access page online and schedule all of the shows I want to record for the upcoming week. AT&T makes it so easy to do this. You can type in any show you want to record and then set it up to record every new episode, rerun, or both FOREVER. You can also record up to 5 shows at a time... and yes I do this sometimes. My classic 4-o'clock line up is: watching The View (that I recorded from that morning) while recording The Doctors, some Food Network show, Jon & Kate plus 8, and Oprah all at the same time! Then at 5-o'clock I can just fast forward through all the boring stuff of each show, and I'm done in time to pick up Casey from work. Instead of thinking that I spend way too much time watching TV I just justify my actions by saying that I actually save more time now that I have a DVR. Now I keep thinking how did I ever live without a DVR????

Happy Valentines Day!

Luckiest

I'm the luckiest girl in the world to be married to such a thoughtful husband! I found this note in my purse a couple days ago and it made me teary eyed even before I started to read it! I love you Casey!

So big!

Better than caffeine

I have been off of Diet Coke with lime for 14 months now because of pregnancy and now breastfeeding. I have had caffeine-free Diet Coke a couple of times but it tastes weird. There have been countless days when I have craved the taste and pick me up that only DCWL can bring. This morning I woke up more refreshed than ever. I was confused why I felt this way when usually I feel like I need to sleep at least 4 more hours when I wake up. Did I sleepwalk over to Citgo and buy some DCWL after dreaming about how much I wanted some? No. I realized that my little Carly went to sleep at 9:30 last night and slept all the way until 8:30, with only one 10 minute feeding at 2:30. I hope this means that she has finally realized how nice sleeping is. Now I have so much non-caffeinated energy that I don't know what to do with myself!