Night 6 and Other News

Well, Night 6 was...the same as usual. I did, however, nurse her when she really woke up, about 3 times, and she seemed happier. I think she's in a major growth spurt. Lucy isn't much of a comfort nurser, and usually only wants to nurse if she's hungry, so I went on her cues and just fed her when she got up. She was a much more chipper girl today, and I think that tonight I might just crash on the couch, turn off the monitor and not jump up to her squeaks. I think that whatever it is, she's starting to come out of it.
We went to Wal-Mart this morning, just to wander around and kill some time. We came back this afternoon and waited for the plumber, and Lucy is down for a nap after a good long wrestle. Aunt Suz will be here tonight, and I'd like Lu to stay up later, so I'm hoping she naps for a good long time. I'm not sure it'll make much difference. It seems like 8pm is her bedtime regardless of her nap schedule. Lucy is just such a funny kid. She's so serious about hitting milestones, sticking to her routine and getting down to the business of growing up. She's so direct and cut-and-dry. She's been that way since the day she was born. I remember her looking around when they pulled her out of me, as if she was thinking, "Mm-hmm, okay, I can work with this." She's just so determined. When I put her down for her nap today, she just refused. She never does that. But today, she wanted to fall asleep on my shoulder, something she hasn't done since she was about 2 weeks old. She's a back sleeper. Not today! She just kept at it until I put her where she wanted to be and she could do her thing.
She's turning into such an interesting person. She loves it when I tell stories in different voices, and she loves it when I yell. This could be a big problem. On the other hand, she doesn't like it when "people" yell. She realized today that she loves it when I talk into her belly, so we did that for a good while.
I think we're going to start solids in a couple weeks. This will be Daddy's department. I think he'll like doing her dinners a lot. We're going to start with rice cereal, but I think that'll be enough to keep her occupied. I think she's going to love solids. This will be a big step in her plan for world domination. All great leaders use utensils!

Night 5 Of The Great Sleep Strike of '07

Ah, well...it's still in full swing, ladies and gents. Last night was a whopper!

7:45- Andrew takes Lu out for a walk so we can keep her up til at LEAST 8:30.
8:10- They come back. Lucy is fast asleep. I wake her up and drag her around awake until 8:30.
8:30- She goes down right away, like always.
10:48- We go to bed, and I plan to set my alarm to dreamfeed her at midnight to get her through to 5 or so without eating. My plan, per Grandma, is to fill her up around midnight and then let her fuss for a few minutes when she wakes up, and then pacify her and let her put herself to sleep. Excellent plan.
1:11- I wake up and realize I did not feed her at midnight. Since I'm up and she's wiggling around, I feed her while she's sleeping and put her back to bed.
1:30- Up. Pacify, back down.
2:00- Up. Pacify, back down.
2:30- Up. Pacify, back down.
3:00- Up. Pacify, back down.
3:30- Up. Pacify, back down.
4:00- Up. Pacify, back down.
4:30- Up. Pacify, back down. As I'm drifting to sleep for my next 20 minute snooze, I think to myself, "I totally forgot to let her fuss at all, all night long." Mad at myself, I go back to sleep.
4:46- Lucy comes to bed with us to nurse. Sleeps like a champ til 7:15.
7:15- Up to play with Mommy, who closely resembles the walking dead.
8:30- Nursing and Naptime with Mommy
10:30- Up for lunch and visit with Aunt Suz.
1:30- Naptime.

Now Daddy might be coming home sick. Mommy is going to try to snooze for a few minutes. Tootles, y'all.

A Tuesday to end all Tuesdays.

So today was Kindermusik orientation, so we get all dressed up in our cutest outfits to go to Allegany College to meet Miss Ann.

Lucy sat up all by herself for Miss Ann!

She had SUCH a good time!

When we got home, she spent a little while pulling clothes out of her bin, and Mommy was very impressed that she was standing up by herself for so long! So proud Mommy turned on the flash to get a better picture....

...and had to catch Lucy as she knocked her head on the floor...she recovered.

After Daddy got home and ate dinner, Lucy spent some more time practicing her sitting.

and playing with Mama.

Andrew & Lucy went on a walk, leaving late (~745pm) in hopes of keeping Lucy up later than her usual 730pm bedtime so that she'd sleep more at night. Andrew decided to walk to the library to return some movies...

... about 1/2 way to the library Lucy was completely out while sitting upright in the backpack on Andrew's back. Here's a picture of her demise. Sleep is just too wonderful for her to resist!!!

Note: She did not sleep better.

Can't Take It Anymore....

Last night was night four in the Sleep Strike of 2007. Lucy was up every hour from 10pm to 6:30am. I got an hour and a half of sleep when Andrew brought her to bed at 6:30 and she nursed and slept next to me til 8. That was my longest stretch of sleep since Thursday. I'm delirious. When will this end??

Chiquita BaLucy!