The first two weeks back at school have been challenging for every one - Mommy, Daddy, Grandma, and Grandpa. With Layna staying up to the wee early hours of the morning, it has been difficult for Mommy and Daddy to get up to head to early classes. Also, Mommy has been putting off homework involuntarily. There always seems like something to do besides homework - changing diapers, comforting Baby, playing with Baby, feeding Baby, and when Baby is finally asleep, Mommy just wants to rests and homework slips her mind...
This is the first couple of weeks for the spring semester along with this first week of Layna learning something for herself: falling asleep on her own. Even though it may take at most 10, maybe 15 minutes, of her crying, Layna does finally realize that Mommy and Daddy aren't coming to pick her up, and it's time to go to bed for all :-) This is a difficult thing for Mommy since she has been running to Layna's every cry and comforting her 24/7 for 6 weeks straight, but in order for everyone to fall into a schedule and to get rest, this must be done... and so the bad habit of her falling asleep with someone can be broken.
Mommy found a new way to calm Layna down: move her legs. I was playing with her legs - her "leg exercises" - making her walk, run, march, do tuck jumps and frog jumps - cheerleading things to improve jumps. So just sits in her bouncy chair and watches her feet move..... or falls asleep. Whatever works.... Mommy tried holding her on her belly a few weeks back and pat her back or rub her belly, which also calms the little one down. Like I said, whatever works...
We made a trip to the doctors on February 1st, and Baby Girl weighed in at 12 pounds ... and some ounces. And Daddy measured her this week and she was 23 inches long ! Layna is 7 weeks this week!
rarely does she fall asleep like this....
usually she likes to just look around
loves her arms and legs hanging
layna's "first" bath picture (7 weeks later) haha
- we hadn't taken one when we gave her her first bath -
