She is still rolling over from her tummy to her back, but not the other way around. I signed us up for some music classes that we will attend on Tuesdays. It is a bunch of other kids her age and the teachers sing songs, etc. I am interested in seeing if Ellie participates in it at all or if she is too young just now.
She likes to babble to herself when she has woken up in the morning and is still in her crib and it is really funny to listen to her "talk" to herself.
Working Mom
It is a bit challenging at work missing two days - i end up walking in to a lot of emails when I am working and I have to be super productive/efficient when I am in the office, but it is worth it.
Sleep
Ellie is now fully transitioned to her crib. She sleeps in a Magic Merlin sleep suit at night. We usually put her to sleep between 6:45-7pm. She would probably go down earlier, but we are usually just getting home from work at 6 pm, so we spend a little time with her and put her to bed. Then we eat dinner after she is asleep.
We did a bit of 'crying it out' when we transitioned her to the crib and it worked pretty well. It went kind of like how the books say - first night was the worst, then it got better each progressive night. Now she doesn't really cry when we put her to sleep at night. Some nights she will cry for 5-10 minutes, but then will fall asleep. It is nice because we used to spend 30-50 minutes each night walking around with her and soothing her until she fell asleep in our arms then we would transition her to her rock n play. now we zip her up in her merlin suit and put her into bed and she is asleep within 10 min for the most part. We have a lot more of our nights back to ourselves! I am actually able to watch movies and read books at night!
She went through a period of waking up once per night when we were transitioning her to the crib. She would wake up between 2-4 usually and then again at 5:30 am. This seems to be lessening now, and usually she won't wake for the first time until 5 am and I feed her and put her back to sleep and she will wake up around 7-7:30 am for the day.
Naps are definitely more predictable than they used to be. I count 1.5 hours from when she first wakes up and put her down for her morning nap at that time - usually between 8:30-9 am. She will sleep anywhere form 30 minutes to 2 hours. She usually takes this nap in her crib. Then she usually takes a midday nap around 11:30/12 pm. This nap is most likely taken in her car seat either while we run errands or while we are on a walk. It is usually between 30 min to 1 hour. The afternoon nap is also usually in her car seat on errands or a walk. I find the later in the day the hard it is to get her to nap in her crib. I will keep working on it though! I usually take Winnie on the walks with me so she gets some good exercise and Ellie naps and I get fresh air!
Feeding
We started with some rice cereal this month as well as some bananas. Ellie doesn't quite know what to make of it but I am sure she will start to enjoy solids more as we introduce different things. I am really enjoying breastfeeding at this point. It is so effortless. I remember the first few months were tough - worrying about her latch and my supply, etc. But now I just pop her on, she drinks quickly and we are done! I still hope to breastfeed her until she is at least 1 year old.
Body
Still feeling good. I brought down my summer clothes from the attic this month and it was fun to try things on that fit again (I was mostly in maternity clothes last summer). I feel a bit guilty that I don't exercise much (I go for a decent amount of walks and usually 1 run per week) I feel like I should be going on more runs or taking classes or something.
Feelings/thoughtsI feel quite lucky that things are going so well with Ellie. She hasn't been sick or had feeding issues, etc and I am very thankful for that. She sleeps well and is a very smiley and happy baby when she is awake. I think we hit the jackpot with her! I feel like this is a fun age because she doesn't need to be held or soothed 24/7 and she can play with toys on her own on a limited basis. She is more interactive now.
We were at a BBQ on Memorial day and two of the women are pregnant and asked me if we want more kids. I quickly answered "yes" but then said "I hope so, but we had trouble having Ellie so I hope we can have more."
I have been thinking about this a lot more lately and Brian and I have been talking about it. Whenever I put away some of Ellie's clothes because she has out grown them or a rock n play I think to myself "i really hope I get to use these again for another child"
It may seem greedy to want another child and to start to think about it when we are already so lucky and blessed with Ellie, but I just love being a mom and I want Ellie to have a sibling. I have this dream that I will breastfeed Ellie until she is 1 year old and then somehow my body will naturally go back to normal - I will get a period on my own and start to ovulate - none of which have happened for the last 10 years on my own, so I have no idea why I think this may actually occur after having her. I think it is because now that we have Ellie, the whole infertility thing seems like it was a bad dream, but the truth is we will most likely have to go back to it to get her a sibling.
And now some more pictures!
Eating her giraffe friend
Ellie and Me at the parade
Ellie on mother's day
My mom, Ellie and I on mother's day
