52: 42 Sleeping Solo Style

I want to Remember
Sleeping Solo Style 

 I want to remember you sleeping solo style. This was your first sleep where we didn't use a swaddle/zippadee/sleepsack! It took you a long time to get used to not having anything holding you throughout the night. We just think that you liked the idea of someone hugging you all night! You come from quite the cuddly parents, so that doesn't surprise us! We finally decided to just wean you off the swaddle very gradually and it seems to have worked for you! Now that you aren't restrained you are quite the mover at night! We love watching you through the video monitor to see how many times you have moved it one night. It is quite impressive! You don't even wake up - you just roll, turn, ball up, lay out and flip. The best part is waking to you in the morning. You don't wake up crying like I expected, we actually wake up to the monitor and hearing you coo and ahh. You always sit up and start playing with your heart bear. It is the sweetest thing. I'd like to think that you are just telling "bear" all about your sweet dreams!

Finding a Great Baby Monitor

Ugh...baby monitors can be a pain! The first one we got was a Summer monitor. We really loved it until our screen just blacked out randomly. So we set out looking for another baby monitor! Sounds easy right?! Well it isn't! It's actually quite frustrating! We got one that went into "sleep mode" after 10 minutes and made this terrible beeping sound because it kept losing signal. Not pleasant when you are in a dead sleep at 3am. Then we got another that said it was for your iPad/iPhone and it was a joke.  The second that you closed out of the app, the monitor shut down and the app kept logging us out. So in order to see Annie in the middle of the night, we had to literally log back on! Not smart. So FINALLY we are on our 4th monitor. Maybe I am being too picky?! No...

Regardless, we LOVE it and it is exactly what we wanted out of a Baby Monitor! Oddly enough, it is set up to be a Security Camera, but it does just want we wanted! It is a Foscam and it is awesome! It took awhile for Nick to set up, but once he figured out the set up, it is the bomb! It is set up through our iPhones and we can move the camera, zoom in, change the lighting, and the audio is so great we can hear her breathing! Ri.dic.u.lous! So there you go Mommas-to-Be! That is the Baby Monitor that I would highly recommend!

Tossing and Turning all Night!

You are 10 Months Old!

52:3 The Way You Sleep

 I want to remember

The Way You Sleep  

I want to remember the different ways that you sleep. Our daily naps are heavenly. I'm pretty sure any mother would agree her favorite thing is to stare at her newborns face. I am no exception to this, but I find myself staring at your face for so many different reasons. It's crazy how much you have changed in a weeks time. I will never have the way you looked those first few days in the hospital back. You are changed forever and I will only have that little look through pictures I have taken or the memories I have stored. I'm very lucky to have experienced those looks and moments at all. I want you to know that our daily snuggle sessions make my heart melt and whenever I look down at you Anniston, I know that I was meant to be a mommy. 


Shhh...She is Sleeping

Literally on her three-week birthday, Anniston slept in her crib through the night! I repeat, she slept through the night and she was in her crib! Trust me, we were as shocked as you are, but she is that fabulous! Around week 2 ½ I started putting her in her crib in between feedings and for some daily naps, just to get her adjusted to both the bassinet and her crib. Then on her three-week birthday, I put her in her crib at 10:40pm and I finally woke her up 6:00am because I was in dire need to feed her! Just awesome. We have had a few nights where she won’t go to sleep until 12:00am, but then she still sleeps well into the morning! More reason to be completely in love with her! I will give all the credit to her swaddle blankets and her daddy’s amazing lullaby skills every night! 

I love the way your body shifts during your naps and nightly sleeps. Whenever you take a nap I catch myself just staring at you and thinking about how perfect you are. You are so sweet.