It arrived!

This morning I checked, and sure enough, it'd finally come!

Bridget's first tooth!!

No picture yet, since you can hardly see it, but soon, we'll get one of a toothy grin. :)

We're a van fam!

And just in case you were wondering, no, we're NOT pregnant again.

4 months!

Here's just a peek at some of Bridget's 4 months pictures. The little pink dress that she's wearing was my mom's, and I got my picture taken in it when I was 4 months.

At the Dr today, Bridget was 14lb, 2oz, and 25 1/2 inches.

50th percentile for weight and 90th for height.

New accomplishments this month are:

-lots more drooling

-rolling from her tummy to her back

-becoming more vocal (and increasing in volume as well!)

-eating rice cereal (she loves it!)

-ALMOST rolling from her back to her tummy

-out growing all her clothes quickly (I tried a sleeper on her last night for the first time, and it was almost too small, even though 1 1/2 weeks ago it was way too big!)

-loves to sing and dance :) We do "Itsy Bitsy Spider, "Head, Shoulders, Knees, and Toes" (her favorite), "Hokey Pokie" "Patty Cake" and "If you're Happy and You Know It"

-First ear infection and antibiotic

-starting to recognize people...she smiles readily for those she knows, and simply stares at the people she doesn't

Backwards

Sunday night was a blissful night. That was the night Bridget slept all night.

Ahh...we've finally made it, I thought to myself.

And then Monday night came.

Bridget went to bed at 10.

And we saw 10:30, midnight, 1:15, 2, 3:30, 4, 5:20, and 7am.

What in the world??!!

Tuesday was an awful day. Bridget was super cranky, wouldn't eat, and was so off schedule and out of sorts.

So I called the Dr and took her in.

Double ear infection, and getting her two bottom teeth.

Poor child. (and poor mom and dad)

So all week we've been up about every 1 1/2 to 2 hours, and since she won't eat her normal amount, she's been eating smaller amounts more often, including in the middle of the night.

And when she's feeling better, we're going to have to start our training all over again.

Sigh. Such is life.

Sleeping Through the Night Training-Nights 3, 4, 5, & 6

Night 3: About the same as night 2. Seriously hoping we turn a corner here soon.

Night 4: I was so tired by this night, I couldn't even tell you how many times I got up, and what times they were. She did get up at 6:30, and went back to bed until 9:30, which allowed us to sleep in. First time in AGES. It was simply wonderful.

Night 5: Luke took this night. I think he got up 4 times or so before she got up at 5:30 to eat. This night was rough because she took a 3 1/2 nap until 8:30pm. Not going to let that happen again anytime soon!

Night 6: Ahhhh....blissful sleep! Went to sleep at 9:30, put her paci in at 1:30 and again at 2, then didn't hear another peep until 6:30. Wonderfullness. Serious wonderfullness.

Sleeping Through the Night Training-Night 2

Isn't she just so sweet when she's sleeping? Ok, she sweet all the time. Sometimes a stinker, but always sweet. :)

Last night was SO much better! I fed her at 9pm, she woke up 2:15, I put in her paci and she went back to sleep till 3:15. Then she kinda fussed around (no screaming this time, thankgoodnes!) and I kept getting up every 10 min or so and putting her paci in, and she fell back asleep sometime between 3:45 and 4.

Then she slept until 6:45, which was great except for the fact that then she was ready to start the day.

I was not. :)

Thankfully Luke was up getting ready for work, so he watched her and put her back to sleep before he left.

Downside of her doing well...the past 2 days she's been a grump! Totally off schedule, fussy, won't sleep for more than 45 minutes for each nap...I'm sure I'll feel better by sleeping all night, I just hope she does too!

Sleeping Through the Night Training-Night 1

I knew it needed to happen, but I was dreading doing it...teaching my child to sleep through the night. She usually only gets up once anyway, and only takes about 3oz from her bottle before falling back to sleep.

So it started last night. I fed her at 8:30, put her to bed about 9:30. At 12:30 she was awake and crying. Now she usually goes 5-6 hours at night, so I got up and put her paci in, because she usually falls back asleep when I do that. But last night was different...she wouldn't go back to sleep. So I decided it was as good a time as any to start her training. :)

I switched the noise maker into our room, turned it on really loud, and then retreated to the guest room with my cell phone and pile of pillows.

And there I laid, listening to my daughter scream for an hour and a half.

I did go in every 10-15 minutes to put in her paci and move her back to the correct position in her bed.

At first I said I was going to make her go 7 hours (which she's done on her own on several occasions), which would put us at 3:30am. But by 1:45, my resolve was weakening, and I was just hoping to make it 2:30.

She FINALLY fell asleep about 2, slept till 5:15, I fed her, put her back to bed, she grunted around and fussed in her bed till 6:15, slept until 8:15, grunted and fussed until 9:15, at which time we got up.

Now she's asleep for her nap, and I think I'm going to join her.

I sure hope she's a fast learner!