I've been wanting to get a picture of Pepper sleeping but I never want to disturb her...
so on Wed. when I needed to wake her up to go to playgroup, I decided to take advantage of the situation.
So here's Pepper in her cradle, in our closet, with the bumper pads and blanket my talented sister Jill made especially for her.
This week we have had beautiful, beautiful weather so we had to take advantage of it. We went to a playground or on a walk everyday and just loved the special fall weather in the 60s and 70s.
Morgan likes to push Pepper on the swings and she gets the biggest kick out of it. This is her mid giggle with tongue out and eyes closed.
On Thursday a lovely new friend in our ward Jen, came over during nap time to give me a quick haircut. I'm growing my hair out so she helped shape it and trim the back so the rest can catch up. She was fantastic and we had a great time getting to know each other better.
It of course will never look this nice again but we can dream.
However, this is how it looked when I woke up this morning!
so on Wed. when I needed to wake her up to go to playgroup, I decided to take advantage of the situation.
So here's Pepper in her cradle, in our closet, with the bumper pads and blanket my talented sister Jill made especially for her.
This week we have had beautiful, beautiful weather so we had to take advantage of it. We went to a playground or on a walk everyday and just loved the special fall weather in the 60s and 70s.
Morgan likes to push Pepper on the swings and she gets the biggest kick out of it. This is her mid giggle with tongue out and eyes closed.
On Thursday a lovely new friend in our ward Jen, came over during nap time to give me a quick haircut. I'm growing my hair out so she helped shape it and trim the back so the rest can catch up. She was fantastic and we had a great time getting to know each other better.
It of course will never look this nice again but we can dream.
However, this is how it looked when I woke up this morning! All I can say is I have some super special hair that I had to share with the world or at least my friends and sisters who would get a big kick out of it.
Now my turn to complain.
Pepper has been such a great sleeper from day one. I thought we my have just lucked out with Morgan but Pepper seems to have been falling in his wonderful sleep habit footsteps. She has been taking 2 or 3 naps a day and going to bed between 5:30 and 6 pm. She sleeps until around 1 or 2 am when she wakes for a feeding. I nurse her and lay her back down in the closet and she sleeps again till around 5:30. She usually hangs out with Cody for awhile then he brings her back when he needs to shower, I feed her and we both lay back down till we are forced to get up and hang out with Morgan when Cody leaves for work. Just kidding, we love watching Sesame Street with Morgan every morning at 7 am!
But Pepper's two bottom teeth decided to arrive last week and our wonderful sleep filled lives have just fallen apart! She now has a hard time with her afternoon nap and wakes up around 10 pm every night just screaming. Of course this is when Cody and I are just getting into bed so now no one can get to sleep. I finally give in and bring her in bed where we all sleep pretty well, albeit slightly uncomfortably, for most of the night. I am torn between training her to sleep by herself and everyone getting sleep. I'm thinking this could just be a momentary issue with her teething and us all having colds, so maybe I should just let her sleep with us till the torture passes. But then again I don't want this to become a horrible habit we have to break later on. Thoughts? Suggestions? Sympathy?
5 comments:
I love your morning hair!!! We have the same haircut too. Even in the morning. thanks!
Your hair looks way cute Beth! Jen did a good job, isn't she awesome! I can't believe how big Pepper looks sleeping in that cradle...
Your hair looks great Beth! And my opinion on the sleep thing is that making her sleep by herself right now when she needs some extra love would be hard for everyone. That is a given. She may or may not need to be "broken" of the habit later. If she does it will not be any worse than letting her cry now, but it would be for a better reason. Love you!!!
Let her sleep with you until everyone in the apartment is healthy, then wean her back to the cradle - I think you won't have any problems when she is feeling healthy and teeth are done for awhile...I HATE teething - it throws everything off! Good luck! P.S. Love the hair, of course! I've decided to get my hair cut, too, but not until December right before we do family pics...
I agree with Dawn and Chamaine on the sleep thing. Whatever keeps you sane! I love the hair. I also love all of the handme down clothes on Pepper. It's fun to see them on her now. Although you are getting much more use out of the winter clothing than I ever did.
Jill
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