You think you have a routine....

and then everything changes! Go figure!

Sydney, it's mom. I justed to let you know that your first tooth appeared on June 8. Or at least that is when we discovered it.

Your dad and I were having lunch at Sushi Man and you were sitting in your high chair. You started to get a bit fussy so your dad put his finger in your mouth so you could gnaw on it. Not longer after, he pulls his finger out and shouts "Ouch! She's sucking really hard now."

I was thinking ..... "what is he talking about? Can't be any worse than when I'm breastfeeding". So I stuck my finger in there to feel around. Sure enough, I discovered your first tooth! The lower left central incisor.

Okay...now back to the routine part.....
For a couple of weeks now we had everything working like clock work. You'd get up around 6:45-7am, daddy would change your diaper, give you your vitamin D, read a book, give you tummy and JJ (jolly jumper) time and make breakfast.
9am I would feed you and then you'd take a nap from 9-11am.
You would wake and we'd feed you solids.
Your next nap was usually btw 2-5pm.
At 5pm I would feed you.
At 7pm you would get solids.
At 8:30pm we would get ready for bed.
At 9pm I would feed you and put you to bed.
At 1am you would usually wimper but you'd fall back asleep.
At 5am you would get up and want a feed but then go back to sleep.
Then up again at 7am............like clock work.......until last night!!!!!!

Since you were born, you loved to be swaddled when you went to bed. At four months you started to outgrow your swaddle blankets so what we did was use two blankets to swaddle you.
Lately you've been breaking out of your swaddle but only when you were ready to get up.

Last night however, you broke out of your swaddle at 2:30am and made sure that we knew you didn't want to be swaddled! You were up from 2:30-3:30 rolling over on your tummy and playing in your crib! (Note: when you are up, that means mommy is up and daddy is semi-conscious) You started to get tired again at 3:30 but didn't know how to get back to sleep b/c (a) you were out of your swaddle and (b) on your tummy! I let you go on for about 45 minutes and you finally fell asleep.....for about 45 minutes! So....mommy was up at 5am and then again at 7am with you. Where is daddy you ask? Sleeping! He claims that "I had everything under control" so he didn't need to get up. That translates to "I didn't hear her".

Anyhow, you ate at 7am and then went back down for about another hour. Daddy finally got up with you at about 8:15am and did the usual routine. Our dilemma was do we try to keep you on your usual schedule and put you down for a nap at 9am even though you just got up 45 minutes ago? If we do put you down, do we swaddle you?

So many questions but no answers.....

So.....I fed you, swaddled you (with 3 blankets!) and put you down for nap at 9:30am. The time is now 11:00am. Yes!!!!! Three cheers for mommy and daddy!

Now let's see how tonight goes :)

.....to be continued.......