Party in my crib

Finley is a great baby, however, she is notoriously hard to put to bed.  I think she gets the late night party syndrome from her father, as I like to be in bed by 9pm every night.  For the first four weeks of Finleys life we had Miss Margaret our night nurse to help with bedtime.  Margaret had our little girl on a strict bedtime of 6pm – lights out – no excuses.  I swear, the day Margaret left Finley found her lungs and started what is known as the witching hour.  Many babies have this, it is where they are extremely fussy from 6pm until 10pm or later.  Both Todd and I were wondering what it was that Margaret did to put Finley to bed, as all that she did for us was scream.  Luckily we had a doctors appointment very soon after Margaret’s departure.  Our wonderful pediatrician suggested that we do whatever it takes to put the baby to bed, in our case that meant keeping her in the living room with us and letting her sleep in her nap nanny.  For those of you who don’t know a nap nanny is a baby lounge chair that looks extremely comfortable to me!  Our doctor told us that we could do whatever it takes to put her to sleep but at 12 weeks we need to start developing a proper bedtime routine.  This week we have started bedtime and Finley is sleeping in a crib without too much fuss.  Some nights she will sleep as much as 7 hours and others she will wake every 3 hours, but I feel like we are on the right track, hopefully in another month or two she will be in bed by 6pm, just like Miss Margaret would like.

On a more fun note we are blessed to be spending December in Park City.  The weather here is beautiful, I love the  mountain chill, the crisp blue sky and warm sun.  Todd is wonderful with Finley, he plays with her constantly and works with her on her motor skills like tummy time and grabbing for toys.  Todd took a trip to Houston this week for two days, I always knew that I appreciated his help and company, but after 48 hours of being alone with Finley, I can’t tell you how anxious I was for his return.  I have endless respect for single mothers who spend hours and days on end with their children with no help – they are amazing people.

I plan to spend the week cooking and exercising.  Finley will be working on her kicks, giggles and blowing bubbles and drooling.  Some pictures from Thanksgiving...

Finley and GiGi

Who weighs more - Finley or the Turkey?