Then all of a sudden, it's like BAM! I guess she has to make up for lost time! Every day it's something new! Every day she does something that I've never seen her do before. She makes a new face, a new sound, a new discovery. She's growing right before my very eyes.
So we've had some major changes around here! The first one is a big one people... Eden now sleeps in her crib in her room at night! She has now slept there for an entire week!
That first night was tough. I really wasn't ready to move her, but she was outgrowing her bassinet, and she was waking constantly throughout the night because she had no room to move or roll. So we made the move. She did great. I bawled like a baby. After I got her to sleep in her crib, I crawled into bed and cried. I'm not talking a few little tears. I'm talking I sobbed so hard I was coughing and choking. Dustin is never quite sure what to do with me when I act like that. But I couldn't help it! There were so many nights when we would all go to bed... me and Dustin... Eden in her bassinet right next to me... Drake and Max on their beds next to Dustin... usually a cat curled up at our feet... and I would think to myself how wonderful it was, all of us so cozy going to sleep together. I felt so bad that Eden was in her room ALL BY HERSELF. So Drake got kicked out too. I dragged his bed over to the crib, and he slept all night next to Eden. It made me feel better. Now Max and Drake seem to take turns sleeping with her. I'll go to sleep and one of them is in there with her, and when I wake up the other one is in there sleeping instead. It makes me happy. I got zero hours of sleep that first night. She kept rolling over and sleeping on her tummy which was FREAKING ME OUT! I think I got out of bed every thirty minutes to make sure she wasn't suffocating herself. But she did just fine. Turns out she's a tummy sleeper like her mama. I've calmed down since that first night. And it's allllll worth it when I go and find this in the mornings.
After Dustin leaves for work, I still put her in bed with me and we sleep for a couple more hours. I always think that I should get up while she's still sleeping because I would be able to get so much done around the house while she's STILL... but I just can't seem to make myself. Snuggling up with her in the mornings is absolutely my favorite part of the day!
Eden also eats food now! She's been doing that for about two weeks. So far she has had avocados and oatmeal and bananas and peaches and sweet potatoes. She loves it all. She hasn't spit anything out yet, so we're doing good! Here she is all ready for her first meal:
I bought the Baby Bullet so that I can make her own food. For some reason, I find great joy in making baby food. I don't know why... but I get so excited about it! I love my Baby Bullet. And it comes with the cutest little jars to put the food in.
I also started using cloth diapers. Maybe I'm just insane. Because I seem to find great joy in that too. I like the fact that she's wearing a comfortable, cotton diaper AND they're just so darn cute.
Okay, so those are some of the major changes we've had around here. Also, if you have a baby or are going to have a baby, you must buy a door jumper!
Her playmat, exersaucer, all of her other toys... They can occupy her for a little bit here and there... But I think she would bounce and jump around in this thing ALL DAY LONG if I let her! Seriously... if you have a baby... go buy it!
Laters!
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