hey there. just wanted to check in quickly..turned my back for 5 minutes and there`s about 5 more pages of stuff here..but all good....and that photo of jadyn is priceless. things are going pretty well here....still working on the tooth though. i`ve given tylenol or motrin every night before bed for mmmm probably the last 3 weeks. i know it sounds terrible but my doctor said it was ok and the nights i decide not to do it, she wakes a few hours later and i have to give it to her anyway. the fact she sleeps through fine when i give it to her tells me it must be pain bothering her, so i kind of feel ok about it, but still a little guilty. but then if it really does hurt for them as much as i`m told, then i don`t feel so bad. oh dear. i don`t know. anyway, i just wondered if some of the night wakings some people are going through might be because of the pain. teething definitely causes the random wakings and then taking a long time to get back to sleep for us.
and...my new discovery...NUBY sippy cups....they`re fantastic!!..georgia really was having trouble with the previous 2 types we tried over the last month or so, and then i gave her a NUBY a couple of days back and she`s figured it out already and is nearly holding it on her own...they`re unspillable but don`t have a valve to fiddle with.
on the night wakings stuff....i do the hand on her back until she settles..no interaction/eye contact/talking....leave the room when she`s stopped crying (normally just a minute or so)...then wait for 5 minutes when she starts crying again and then go in and do it again. she can`t get herself to sleep with me in the room, but can get herself settled and stoped crying..the longest i`ve had my hand on her back was about half an hour, normally now it just takens a moment or so. i`m really really cynical about gina ford just because of the leave them crying thing and she just seems such a stickler. and i haven`t done the PU/PD...just didn`t think it would work for us. mind you, we haven`t had to face the nightwakings due to sitting/pulling up yet, so i may be singing a different tune then. :lol:
ok breakfast time...