So yes, this is our first child. And yes, we have a lot of learning to do. Luckily, I have many mom friends who give me advice and help me out with things pretty often - one of these things being Rylie's sleeping schedule. For a long time now, I've known that my child was a late nighter and early waker (or so I thought!) Here I was, putting up with her SUPER fussy antics on a nightly basis, from about 7pm to 9-10pm, when I could finally get her to sleep. Needless to say, once I finally accomplished my task, I was so worn out from fighting with her to go to bed that I was exhausted, and pretty much hit the pillow right after. When the topic of bedtime would come up with other moms, I was stunned that most of their kiddos would go to sleep at 7pm! Umm... WHAT?! And they would sleep until at least 7am!! Again... WHAT?! I didn't know what to do with this information, and figured one evening, let's try it, why not?! Well, wouldn't you know, she fell asleep... without the normal fighting! I was shocked, and pretty much figured it was a one time only deal - or that she would be up and ready to play around 4am. However, it worked. She woke up at her normal time, around 7am. The kid SLEPT 12 HOURS. I had HOURS in the evening to myself or spending time with Chris, which has been pretty unheard of for the past 15 months or so. It is fabulous. I cannot say enough about it. So far, it's been a week, and she's only veered off schedule one time so far (and I think that's because she's also teething - what a great time for an experiment huh?) Let's just hope this keeps on working... because I had forgotten what alone, quiet time was like - and I really missed it!
And here are some latest pics... enjoy! :)
My mom and I drove up to Prescott for an Arts & Crafts show, and also to escape the heat a bit. It was great, and Rylie got super worn out from running away from us in the grassy areas! She loved it!
A preview of her Halloween costume, a gift from my Aunt Denise (thank you again, and of course we HAD to try it on her!!) She enjoyed teasing the dogs through the patio door also, like always.
And... of course, more splash pad fun!! You just can't beat this when it's super hot out and you don't have to worry about Rylie falling into a pool - this pad is gated and everything, it's great! People love watching her play because she is so fearless and just runs right through the water, soaked face and all, smiling the whole time!
We're are HUGE sleep scheduling advocates! All three of our children have slept 12 hours from 12 weeks on! We will be forever grateful to the dear, dear friend who passed on the book that helped us instill great sleep habits too. If you're interested check out Babywise! Glad you got some time to yourselves :)
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