So, my life dramatically changed 5 months ago when Lauren was born. First of all, I became a stay-at-home mom, which is for real, hands down, the hardest job on the face of this Earth! (and this is coming from a former preschool teacher...also a hard job with little respect!)
While I was pregnant, (and being the "reader" that I am), I read every book on pregnancy and child birth and babies that I could get my hands on. Wouldn't you know that I end up with a baby who doesn't care what any of the books say! Lauren is such a sweet baby, but when it comes to doing things the way that (and I'm quoting the baby books....) "most babies" do - Lauren wants nothing to do with it! She has her own schedule and way of doing things inside her little baby head and will not be made to do things any other way. It's actually really funny, but keeps me on my toes big time!
She still does not sleep more than 4 hours at a time during the night, and naps for only 45 minutes to an hour during the day. All my other mommy friends with babies her age have angelic children who love to sleep 12 hours straight at night, with 2 hour naps throughout the day! Like I said, Lauren did NOT read the books! :)
Unfortunately, she currently has her first "cold" with a runny nose and little cough. I have been doing my best to keep the snot under control, but she screams bloody murder every time I come near her with a nice, soft burp cloth to wipe her nose (you'd think it was sand paper!)
More to come...stay tuned!
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I'm too stubborn to read books on how it "should be", but I remember being crazy wild that Ada wasn't napping like other little angels (ie not at all). But she slept where I put her all night long. After Aleah died, I couldn't sleep unless Ada was in the bed with me. After a few months of that, I put her back in her crib with no problems. With Willa I've discovered that everything that the rules change, because they aren't the same from child to child. I don't know how writer's claim that there is a "typical" child, because there ain't.
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