Thank you for your kind words over at Mommy Musings about my screw-up accident. I think I may have recovered. Almost. I'm sure dropping your baby-- or in my case, knocking her off the table in her carrier-- is one of those things that haunts you for the rest of your life. I fell off the bed when I was little, and my mom said the nightmares didn't stop for a while.
I'm glad no one claimed the rice cereal. I spoke too soon. Note to self: make sure baby will eat the new stuff before you attempt to give away the old. The organic stuff tastes like cardboard, maybe worse. It's made with brown rice and it's pretty yucky. Can't blame her one bit. Me thinks I need to mush up some banana and sneak the cereal in there. I wish I had taken a picture of her face when she ate it. Most of it ended up on Daddy's face after she blew it back out. What can I say? My girl knows what she likes and what she doesn't.
My cousin and his wife are wonderful, wonderful people. My grandma just returned from visiting them, and they gave her their copy of "The No-Cry Sleep Solution" to pass on to me. If it works, I may have to send them a fruit basket.
We are co-sleeping. And we are eating lots of rice cereal before bed. We are sleeping, as in stretches of 6 hours, but only in our bed. But still, 6 hours ain't bad. Why didn't you people force me to feed this child cereal earlier? I could've prolonged the plastic surgery I will some day need to rid my face of bags under my eyes. I thought about putting her in her own bed since she is sleeping longer, hoping that she might not realize she's not in our bed, but I just can't. I feel too guilty about what happened. And I love waking up to her face.
Today, MF and I went power walking for 2 whole hours. We've been doing it a lot lately, and I am seeing the results! I am back to pre-pregnancy weight, lower in fact, but my damn hips are so wide now that I can't wear my old jeans. Must exercise. Cannot afford new clothes.
Tomorrow: MF and I are going to this Mom's group thing in the park. Yay for Fridays!
Posted by Hannah at October 20, 2006 12:56 AMI think it's more the co-sleeping than the rice cereal. They like our warmth and our nearness so much. When they start to wake up and realize they're not alone, they go back to sleep on their own without fully waking up. Just my opinion.
Posted by: Jennie at October 20, 2006 07:53 AMI think it's more the co-sleeping than the rice cereal. They like our warmth and our nearness so much. When they start to wake up and realize they're not alone, they go back to sleep on their own without fully waking up. Just my opinion.
Posted by: Jennie at October 20, 2006 07:54 AMGlad to hear you're feeling some better from the accident :) Did you know that Gerber makes rice cereal w/bananas already in it? Kendall *loved* it :) That's sweet of your cousin & his wife to send the book. Hey, you have to do what's best for your family~Olivia has plenty of time to be able to learn to sleep in her bed :) YAY, YOU GO GIRL, on power walking & seeing results :) Gotta run & get some cleaning done & sweep & mop the floors before Kendall wakes up! Have a great day :)
Posted by: Connie at October 20, 2006 08:26 AMYAY for 6 hours!! I'm jealous! Amelia had a long night last night, waking every few hours. Ugh.
My ped. recommended mixing the cereal in with the sweet potatoes or bananas or whatever we feed her to thicken it and get her to eat it. Now she loves it!!
I remember how horrible I felt when Amelia fell off the bed. But she's totally fine and I'm feeling better about it now :)
Posted by: girl from florida at October 20, 2006 10:32 AMHey try apple jucie instead of bananas... bananas can stop thing up you know where... and toss in the rice ceral... she might not poop for days lol... we did that for a few feedings and then stopped and Lore would eat it without it... good luck =)
Posted by: Shannon O. at October 20, 2006 04:57 PMCongrats on sleeping six straight hours!It sounds like it's been a while since that's happened.
Posted by: Chas at October 20, 2006 10:40 PM