Last night was the first night that Eden slept in her bassinet for the entire night. I fully acknowledge that that little tidbit shouldn't actually be blog worthy, but she has slept exclusively in her vibrating massage chair for about a month so I am one happy momma. (Evidence below. Say it with me.... Awwwww.)
She has been struggling with terrible gas for about a month and no remedy has been terribly effective. Mylecon drops, gripe water, Dr. Brown's bottles... nothing really helped, except sitting upright in the chair. Thankfully the horrible gas pains seems to have let up, but she was good an addicted to sleeping in the chair. Laying flat simply would not do. Until yesterday.
Yesterday Victoria, my WSM, came to visit us and meet her new grand baby. While I was putting Zoë to bed she put Eden to bed. In her bassinet. And she stayed asleep! The secret was snuggling her up on her side with Kelly's shirt. Voila. The scent of her Daddy is very soothing for her. I can't believe I didn't try that! Victoria was the one who got Zoë sleeping in her bassinet doing the exact same thing. It's like she has some sort of magic sleeping baby power.
Tonight we are starting to train Eden to self soothe. Not something I am looking forward to, but it really does make life easier in the long run. Instead of moving Eden into her nursery (across the hall from Zoë) we moved the bassinet into the guest bedroom, just until she learns to self soothe at night. I don't want her screaming for half an hour and waking up Zoë. Hopefully she will adjust as quickly as Zoë did. We only had to let her cry for two nights and she was able to put herself back to sleep. Now don't get me wrong, we are still getting up to feed and change her, but after that is done she is going back to bed. No more hanging out for an hour at 3am. Mommy don't play that.
OK, enough baby talk. How about Family Movie Night? Since it is almost Halloween we decided on Bedknobs and Broomsticks last weekend. I forgot how cute that movie was. Zoë loves to sing the chorus of "Bobbing Along" while she is in the bath tub. We went all out this time and dressed up as witches for the movie. We also made witchy cupcakes which we enjoyed before watching the movie in bed. It was BEDknobs and Broomsticks after all. Now Zoë wants a bed with knobs so that she can fly. :)
What else? I have to buy all new shoes. I have heard of feet getting larger after pregnancy, or during pregnancy I should say, but I never thought it would happen to me. It didn't with Zoë. The only shoes I can wear right now are my sneakers and my Crocs. It is freezing outside so I have been wearing my sneakers...all the time. Not exactly the look I am going for. Now I need to go buy some new shoes. Too bad...
