Last night was quite restless. I think Emmy’s going through a growth spurt because she’s been sleeping quite a bit but also waking up frequently to nurse.

Last night I felt like she was rooting for the boob every fifteen minutes. At least I’ve gotten to the point where I can change a diaper and feed her in the dark without turning every light in the house on!

However, having so much interrupted sleep is discouraging and at 4am I woke up to nurse and couldn’t go back to bed because I knew I’d just be feeding her again in fifteen minutes!

One thing that we’re realizing with the two girls is that they are two different kids (DUH?!) and with that we have to change our parenting style for each one. When Grammy was a baby she loved to be snuggled and nursed to bed. Even now she loves having a warm body close by.

A few nights ago we started letting Emmy cry it out in her crib or playpen. By goodness…it’s working!! We’re not struggling with her and typically we put her on her belly and within 30 seconds she’s already asleep.

I really didn’t realize it’d be this easy but it’s nice to not have to fight her on sleep when she’s so exhausted and I think she really likes her space and realizes that when she goes in her bed it’s because she should be sleeping!

*yawn*

I’m off to drop Grammy at school this morning. Margot had a meeting in Albany and had to leave the house early. This afternoon we’re picking up one of Grammy’s friend’s from a different montessori and I’m going to take the kids out for a few hours.

I guess this will be a taste of what it’d be like with three kids.

YIKES!

Did I just say that?