Back Home Again

Well, we are back home again from our time visiting family for Christmas. We are back in the groove, sort of. Addelynn's routine seems to be a bit off schedule still, but I think she is just changing more as she's growing up. She now enjoys getting up at 4 am, much to mommy's dismay. I used to be able to just go in and reinsert the nuk when this happened and she would sleep until 6 or 7. Not so anymore. She repeatedly screams during the early morning hours. Last night I just decided I would feed her and put her back to bed, which means losing 20 minutes of sleep instead of 2 hours of poor sleep. After feeding her around 5, she then went back to sleep until 9 am. Actually I think I like this new plan. We've also been trying to retrain Adde to take naps in her crib by herself and not in someone's arms, which has been going well, except she only sleeps for 45 minutes at most with this plan.

Below is a series of pictures that somewhat describes one of Adde's typical cycles that she repeats continuously throughout the day.

1. Engage in some activity (laying on back kicking, sitting in the swing or Bumbo, playing with my activity mat, hanging out in the bouncer) and really enjoy.

2. No longer enjoy the activity and fuss.

3. Insert the nuk for a moment of happiness. Often the activity needs to change or it's nap time.
4. Eat and have a diaper change (which are actually my happiest times of the day).
5. The cycle repeats.