The Eleanor Update: 42 weeks

Sleeping:

Rob and I went to a race Saturday and so Eleanor didn't go to bed to well (my mom was babysitting).  She was asleep when we got home at 10:30 and then was up for an hour from 5:30-6:30 and was back to sleep until almost 10 am.  It was crazy!

Of course that meant she slept poorly the rest of the day and went to bed late but you win some lose some. 

So Rob thought she was sleeping that long because she didn't have the snuza on.  It makes sense because she's a belly sleeper and it's probably not the most comfortable thing to be laying on.  I wasn't sure if it was that or just being wore out from playing with my parents and my niece and being up later so I tried again last night.  She slept 8-9 hours.

I've known it's probably time to be done with it (although we did just replace the batteries) for a little while.  She constantly wiggles it loose and the alarm goes off.  When she was younger I could just reach under her and fix it but now she stirs around a lot more and I can't do it without messing her up. 

Feeding:

She had soft serve ice cream (and regular ice cream-oops), chicken fried rice (she really liked this), jambalaya (which was pretty spicy), yellow squash (she didn't mind this, but it was bland), pickle, & ranch Doritos (that was Rob';s doing and he only gave her one chip in little pieces).

Because we were gone and we went a while without nursing I pumped on Saturday when we got home.  I got 9 oz (both sides) in less than 30 minutes and probably could have gone longer and gotten more out. 

Misc:

She can now say "hi dada" and she can wave correctly.  She could do it before but now she actually knows what it means and does it at the appropriate times. 

I don't have very many pictures from this week.  My phone is constantly running out of memory and I just didn't take very many. 

The Eleanor Update: 31 weeks

Eating: We tried squash, green beans and orange slices.  She liked them all. The oranges were a hit but then Rob got nervous about her getting acid in the eye so I had to take it away from her. 

Nursing is usually every 3 hours now.  The only time it isn't is if I have to go somewhere or do something (such as being in the car for work or church) and won't be able to feed her.  Then I will feed her or try to feed her earlier (just to top her off).

Misc:  It was a busy week.  Rob's 30th birthday was this weekend plus mother's day.  She did really well with all the people at Rob's party other than the first few minutes when his grandma tried to hold her (she hadn't seen her since Thanksgiving) and it was just loud in there and overwhelming for her.  After I took her and calmed her down she was fine being passed around.

She's getting so close to crawling forward.  She kind of does thing where she gets on all fours and belly flops forward but I'm not really counting that.

Sleep:

It was a really rough week at the beginning.  Several nights in a row she would wake up in the middle of the night and just be wide awake for hours.  

Also it was so hot that I didn't use a sleep sack and it makes a difference.  She is so restless and all over the place.  See the images below. 

And then last night she slept for 9 straight hours, but didn't go to sleep until 10 pm.

First time in big girl jammies. 

And then there was this.  Cute at the time....until it actually came true. :)