little sleeper

a break through

Hana has found a new way of sleeping. Instead of falling asleep sitting up after standing and screaming until she is exhausted, she has taken to flopping over on her tummy in a sort of fetal position and sleeping face down. She does not wake up very happy. Silly baby. But at least she has found a way to nap with out me laying down with her. She took two naps like this today. So hopefully she is finishing up with the no nap stage.

What do you mean I have to go to bed? 

Mm. 

Pesach

Saturday night was the first night of Passover. We decided to go to the big Seder at the Synagogue instead of making our own. Any time we have to go out and be out late at night with little Hana I get worried and try to figure out how we can make her more comfortable, but with a dinner that doesn't even start until her bed time we are just asking for a total baby meltdown. But all in all, Hana did very well. She loves being out even if she is tired as long as there is something exciting to see. And in this case, the other kids there more than kept her attention. She had a great time, she ate her first matzoh and played and played and finally fell asleep at midnight. And of course for the second night of Passover we went to the Rabbi's house for another Seder and Hana once again stayed up until midnight. She only cried a little, and hardly even fussed. She sat in her stroller next to me most of the evening, or played on the floor beside my chair with all her toys. She would have nodded off earlier, but those same very exciting other kids were there to keep her up. Plus since I had gotten her to take two 2 hour naps that day, she was feeling pretty good. I figured that with staying up so late the night before and having to stay up again I had to get Hana to nap as much as possible during the day. Now of course, some of you may remember that Hana is not napping lately. Well, over Shabbos Mommy discovered a fantastic way to get Hana to nap. All I have to do is lay down next to her and hold her until she falls asleep. And if Mommy is also tired that day, well, Mommy can have a nice nap too. Hurray. The only bad part is that Hana is then sleeping on my bed so if she wakes up and I'm not there she could fall off the bed, so I have to stay with her. But at least she is sleeping. The next step is to put her in her crib and I sleep in the bed next to her, and then teach her it is ok to sleep alone. Crazy separation anxiety baby. My little sweet heart. She's so cute.

Well

The no nap stage continues.
I put Hana down for bed tonight at 8pm, she wasn't exactly ready for sleep, but I just couldn't take it anymore. She has been up since 7am with only one half hour nap from 9:30am to 10am.
She cried and cried, and when she finally got quiet I snuck in there to check if she was sleeping. She was. She was sleeping sitting up. I tried as gently as I could to lay her down, but no luck. She is awake again.
Crying.
Crying.
Crying.

look at those arms 

this baby is not happy

Happy girl. 

up on the couch

Lots of standing, not much sleep

Well, the standing in the crib crying instead of napping stage continues. Hana is so interested in standing up you can hardly get her diaper on before she rolls away. She seems to wake up at around 7am every morning ready to play, and yet to sleepy to be awake. In her previous stage this was the time I would put her back in her bed and she would sleep for an hour or so, but now if I try that there is only standing and screaming. And if you put her on the floor to play she cries and whines or falls over and bumps her head because she is so sleepy. So the only option sans insanity is to hold her. Of course this can be nice, you can read to her, or rock her, or just cuddle. But really, it is very hard to do this from 7am until 11am when she is actually ready for her nap, plus she is not really willing to hold still for that long. When the nap finally happens, and we have lunch, Hana is once again an angel baby and we can go out on our walk in the park. Until around 4:30pm when the reluctant nap hour once again arrives and continues until 8:30pm, when bedtime finally takes its toll on our little girl and sleep overcomes her.

having a drink on a hot day. 

New stage

Standing is very enjoyable. Especially standing up in a crib.
Teething is not very enjoyable. Especially if you are getting seven teeth in at one time.
Napping is not happening. Especially for babies who would rather stand up and are teething, and Mommies of those babies.

Bagel 

Dear Hana,
Standing up in your crib is neither resting nor sleeping.
Love,
Mommy

p.s.
Some babies think that standing up is way more fun than taking a nap. Even when they are so tired they are falling over, they just keep getting up. You can tuck them in all you want, but once you turn your back, up they go. These babies are also called, naughty babies.

A new place to hang out. 

Things Hana likes...

pigeons
dogs
chasing Baby Cat
big bouncy balls
helium balloons
draw strings
silly faces
tags
spoons
spinning around with Mommy
singing songs with Mommy
the eensy weensy spider
tickles
peek-a-boo
grape juice
candles
mirrors
looking up in the elevator
looking out the window
pulling off Mommy's glasses
pulling off Daddy's yarlmulke
pulling off her socks
chewing on books
the tv remote
her toys
standing up in her crib
riding on shoulders
sack of potatoes
going for walks
taking baths
pizza crust
other babies

Hello every body.

More teeth

Hana now has six teeth.
Three have come in, and three have just cut through the gums.
And there are another couple that are just under the gum line but trying to push through.
Poor sweetie, her gums are very sore. She is chewing on her little teething toys like crazy, but she does not seem to have the crazy drool that many babies get when they are teething. Luckily.
So many teeth!

Standing

For a while now I've been telling Hana that when she wakes up in her crib she doesn't have to just lay there and cry, she could sit up and play instead. Well, this evening she listened. Sort of. After eating some supper and having a bath I put her in her crib and tucked her in. I went into the kitchen and was making dinner when I heard her crying. I ignored her for a while, assuming that she was just having trouble getting to sleep, but as the time went on I realized that she was definitely not sleeping and so I went in to see what was bothering her. I found her standing up holding on to the railing of the crib, tears streaming down her face. Not only had she rolled over and sat up by herself, she had pulled into standing position and was yelling for me to take her out. So I rescued her. We had some more milk and then back to bed. So far she is sleeping this time.