There She Goes!

As promised, here is a short video of Emily learning to crawl. It’s from about two weeks ago, and she’s already so much faster it’s crazy! I swear she’s turning from a baby to a little kid already. Sob. :(

Daddy’s Girl

What weighs 14 lbs, refuses to sleep for more than two hours, smiles non-stop, and loves her Daddy?

I’ll give you a hint:

*Disclaimer from Daddy: No babies were harmed, or startled too badly, in the making of this video. She went on to giggle another day.

Long Time, No Sleep

As soon as I wrote it, I knew it was a bad idea. The night I mentioned that Emily had become a pro-sleeper, she decided to make me a complete liar and revert to her old (and less than stellar) sleeping habits. She will nap here and there, but the oh-so-enjoyable 7 and 8 hours straight at night we were getting are back to 4 or 5, if we’re lucky. So I’m sorry for the lack of posts, but sleep deprivation makes for crappy writing. Ugh.

We’ve been trying EVERYTHING, and I think it’s got to do with being swaddled. Since she was born she’s always loved being swaddled, and one of our favorite baby gifts was a Halo Sleep Sack with the “wings” for swaddling. Except now she’s outgrown the part that she zips into, so we’ve just taken the wings and used those over the top of a regular swaddling blanket (by the way Mom, yours are the only ones she doesn’t immediately break out of! Good work on those!!!). It seems to work ok for a while, but she’s quite the little Houdini and is constantly breaking her arms out of the swaddle in the middle of the night, which of course causes her to wake up. And then, of course, WE wake up too, what with all the thrashing and grunting that goes on while she bonks herself in the face with the escaped arm.

So I gave in and ordered a Miracle Blanket, and I really do hope it’s a miracle!

Also, I finally got the video to work! Here’s proof, and a few pictures.

 

P.S. Let me know if you can’t see the video.