What? Lynsey's getting on a schedule??

Of course, since I THINK that Lynsey is getting on a schedule I'm sure that she will be off it ASAP. Isn't that what babies do? Make their parents think they are starting to do something regularly so as to get their hopes up, then they dash them quickly with a few days of complete turmoil. Oh, well - my glass is half full!

As I talked about in my last post, we are trying to get Lynsey to start napping better. This week has been what I would call a success in that department. Over the course of the week, she is crying less often and for shorter periods of time - I've even let her cry through sometimes when she wakes up after 45 minutes and she only cried for 3 or 4 minutes! She has two big naps a day now with a small catnap somewhere in there when she needs it. She is still not sleeping straight through her naps, but I think she will get there. I have also stopped feeding her at night, as it seems she doesn't need it anymore. She still wakes up, but a few times we have let her whine and she actually fell back asleep on her own. Usually I still have to go in to wrap her back up and give her soother back to her, but I think she is learning to soothe herself back to sleep. Like I said - I'm optimistic that she is turning a corner. Not feeding her at night makes it a lot easier to schedule her feedings for the day. All in all, she is getting much easier to take care of as she gets older. With her longer naps she is happier for a longer time, and as she gets older she is starting to like her Exersaucer more as well as her other toys. She is getting a lot better at sitting - still not steady but a lot straighter.

I have started to try and organize Lynsey's scrapbook and realized that I have taken way too many pictures and she will need two scrapbooks for the first 6 months of her life - at least! This will be a huge project for me which I am sort of looking forward to, but will enjoy more once the basement is finished and I have a space where I can keep all the scrapbook stuff out and organized. Brian and his dad are out right now picking up electical supplies, so we'll see how far they get. The framing is almost done, and once the electrical is done, we can start hiring people which will be a lot faster than Brian doing it himself!