the nap saga

i am officially retracting this post. i have read endless material that gives advice for when your baby leaves the endless sleep stage which according to the books is 4 or 5 months. emma taylor's ended at 2 weeks. she has never really been good about taking naps. luckily she does sleep well at night and has since the beginning. i am not good at taking naps either. you know how people tell you to sleep when they sleep well with the exception of my time in the hospital right after she was born, i can't count on one hand how many times i have napped in the last 2 months. maybe the apple doesn't fall too far from the tree. emma taylor usually doesn't nap more than 30 minutes at a time, and i know she needs more sleep than that because she is definitely a bit cranky when she wakes up! she is now on a semi-schedule (more like a pattern) of eat, activity, sleep. we also darkened her room and now she is listening to a little ingrid michaelson on my ipod (i don't have a sound machine or anything) in hopes that she will nap for more than 30 minutes. does anyone else have a baby that doesn't nap?

silly socks

all dressed up

today was emma taylor's first time staying in nursery for sunday school all the way through church. she did great! there are some real baby pros in the nursery, and i am thankful for that. she even dressed up for the occassion...

hands

emma taylor hasn't quite found her thumb, but her entire hand is in her mouth all the time which means her face and hands are covered in slobber. instead of calming her down i think her sucking her own hand is actually distracting her from falling asleep for naps because she always pulls it away from herself. now she just has to learn how to keep still, and i don't think that is happening anytime soon!

oh happy day

emma taylor has gone a 7-8 hour stretch the past 2 nights! she is so happy when she wakes up which makes me super happy. also, the pumpkin spice latte is back at starbucks. so for kicks and giggles and to celebrate these fun things check out this video of emma taylor...

camouflage

nap time

emma taylor has slept great at night since she came home from the hospital which we are very thankful for! however, naptime has been a struggle. after the first 2 weeks she began really fighting sleep during the day. we always had to swaddle her and put her in the swing or hold her for her to stay asleep. just in the last week she has been taking naps without being swaddled and prefers to fall asleep without us holding her. she still wants you to be there to give her her paci when she inevitably spits it out, but overall, naptime is becoming a lot easier which makes me a lot happier!

{two unswaddled nappers}