Just a little update of our princess. Today was my first day off with our princess, I finished my long term sub assignment on Friday. It was so nice being home with Rhowan for the day and getting some QT (quality time). We had our stations throughout the house, our princess is a little high maintenance and gets bored quite easily! As my sister says, I was a high strung kid and her daddy is a high strung adult, so she has it from both sides! :)
She has been doing so well on her routine (knock on wood), she is in bed by 6, wakes up once to nurse and then goes back down. Well last night, being it was Super Bowl Sunday we were at TJ's parents house for a get together. We tried putting her down at the house, so we could play a dice game and she was NOT having it. So on the way home, about 9 she was half asleep, so I had daddy drive around a bit to get her in a real good sleep. She knocked right out and went right in her crib until 3 am. Perfect, went back down til 7 am...nice! Oh my, one day of her routine being off and boy did I pay for it today. She had two mini naps, about 45 min each and then around 3:30- 4 she got super fussy, crying. That is just not like her, so I gave her a bath to soothe her and then feed her and do our usual nightly routine, a bit early 5:30 to get back on the routine. Needless to say she was not having it. I don't get it, how does one night ruin it all?
I keep telling TJ to stop stressing, a night won't throw her off and everyone who has babies doesn't just hide away in their houses to be in bed at a certain time. Don't get me wrong, I am all about routines! I think they are very important and will continue to have Rhowan on one. We have agreed early on that if we miss out on things and have to stay home or leave places early, then that's what we need to do. This baseball season we probably won't make it to many games, being they changed Saturday's games to night games as well. Sunday is the only day game now. :(
Let's just hope she stays on this routine and we never have to experience the "crying it out." (knock on wood again.)
Rhowan goes for her four month check up in two weeks...how fast they grow!
Now that I am back day to day, we will get to have more days together, so I am happy about that, I don't like missing out on all her moments!
I am one of those that hides out in the house! I make sure if we are anywhere that we are home an hour before feeding and bedtimes b/c the next day is terrible if i don't stick to their routines..they're only babies for a short amount of time...it's all about them in my book. That's why I go crazy sometimes and just need to get away. 2 1/2 yrs so far...it's getting better with both of them. Enjoy your time with her...love the recent pics!
ReplyDeleteOnce she gets older, it will be a little easier to "break the routine" for the night if you have someting going on and need to stay out later. Eventually, she will be like my kids and start telling you she needs a bath and her story right after dinner! LOL!
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