Sleeping Beauty

Sydney slept through the night last night, and I'm one happy momma! She has slept for long stretches before, but none that correlated w/ my sleeping times. Last night I fed her at 8, we bathed her, I read her Goodnight Moon, and then laid her down to sleep. We're letting her "cry it out" if she doesn't go to sleep right away, and she did a good bit of fussing before going to sleep. But, I guess it worked because this is the first night in almost 8 weeks that she hasn't wanted to eat between 2am & 4am. I woke her at 11 to feed her again, a last chance effort to fill her tummy in hopes of a long slumber. At about 5:15 am Jeff rolled over to ask me if she was alright. I couldn't believe what time it was when I looked at the clock. A brief moment of panic ran over me as we both wondered if she was still breathing. At Jeff's request, I went in to take a peek at her-but very careful not to wake her. She looked peaceful & still had color in her cheeks, so I assumed that she was okay. We all slept until 6:15 when Jeff's alarm went off for work and I woke her up for her first morning feeding. This is exactly the schedule I'd hoped she'd learn to adjust to. I'll try bathing her & putting her down a bit earlier tonight, because I think she still needs a longer night sleep. This might not be a permanent sleep pattern yet, but with a little more work & consistency I hope it will be soon.

Everybody loves a naked baby! Jeff was admiring her before dressing her on Saturday.

He quickly discovered that she's outgrown this 0-3 mos outfit. It was a little tight at the crotch, but it was more noticeable that she couldn't straighten her legs. This is actually the exact same outfit she wore 9 days earlier in the pictures below.

You can tell a little better in this picture, especially on her right let. Her foot is all the way to the end, but her knee is still bent.