Let's start with what is going on in my life right now!
* I am 25 weeks pregnant as of January 10th. I have gained a total of 17 lbs (ugh) and I want steak and burgers with lots of cheese all of the time. I am feeling pretty good, but things are starting to get tougher. For example, carrying Eloise up and down stairs, bending over to tie my shoes, giving Eloise her bath, etc. give me all sorts of pains. Typical pregnancy complaints (poor me haha). I have the glucose test at the end of this month and it is also my 30th BIRTHDAY!!!!! I can't believe I am going to be 30. I am excited and a little anxious about it. I mean, age is just a number that gets bigger every year. Nothing I can do about it. But, 30 sounds so old. I guess I am old.
* Eloise is officially in her big girl room in a big girl bed!!! We made the transition over Christmas break. I wasn't sure what to expect from it but it had its up and downs for SURE. Let me start off by saying she LOVES her big girl bed. She tells anyone who listens that she sleeps in a big girl bed (she also always mentions that she can get out). She told me she wanted to take her big girl bed with her to Disney World. So, she really likes it. She loves her new room and has no interest in the nursery at all. She calls it "Henry's room" and really isn't showing signs of wanting to be in there. I was nervous that she would want her room and be jealous of Henry. But, that is definitely not the case. Ok, so as far as the transition.....
The first night I laid down with her in the bed to keep her in, she fell asleep easily, I snuck out (not so easily with bed rails and a big pregnant belly) and she slept from about 8:00-7:30 which is her typical sleeping habit. In her crib she would have slept about the same. I was ecstatic. THIS WAS GOING TO BE SO EASY. oh no no no, don't speak so soon silly me. The next couple of nights were disastrous. She would fall asleep easily but get out 1 billion times and wouldn't go back to sleep. Each night, I would eventually (after hours in the middle of the night of trying to get her to go back to sleep) put her in the crib and leave. She would cry for about 1 minute and go right to sleep and sleep until 7:30. Way to go, I need her OUT of the crib not IN it. But, I also really like sleep. I had Julian buy a lock for the outside of her door and told him we were going to lock her in (Mother of the Year over here...)
ANYWAY, so I had to go to work that week for the end of the week and I didn't want to deal with a child who doesn't sleep and getting up early for work. So we went full time back to the crib for Wednesday, Thursday and Friday. Each night she would scream/cry that she wanted her big girl bed and I would just tell her that she couldn't go in her big girl bed because she got out and she has to sleep there all night or else she sleeps in "Henry's Crib". She calls it that now.
So, Then it was Friday night and I figured I didn't have to get up early so I could handle trying again. This time I didn't lay with her. I stayed in the room on a chair (like I would when she was in her crib) and she fell asleep easily (falling asleep has never really been her problem). I barely slept that night because I was so nervous. Well, at 11:30 she woke up and came and got me, with about 1 million of her stuffed friends. She could barely walk across the hall carrying her entourage. But, I told her she had to go back to sleep like a big girl, gave her a kiss, tucked her back in, and left. She went back to bed and woke up at like 6-6:30. Ok, this I could handle. She repeated this for the next couple of nights. Then, these last couple of nights she has been sleeping through the night without getting up at the 11:30-12:00 range but waking up FOR THE DAY at 5:15. Whew. I am tired. But, I will take it. She sleeps from 7:30-5:15 and she is in her big girl bed. It's still only the first full week we have been doing this, so who knows what will happen next. But, I am pretty pumped that we have made it this far. No more crib for babygirl. As Eloise would say, "I am not a baby, I'm a big girl".
*My last day of work is going to be April 2nd. It is a Tuesday! The countdown in officially on :) I am using all my sick days and my 12 weeks of Family Leave Act and that gives us benefits until the beginning of October. Then I took no pay/no benefit leave until January 30. I can always extend again, but I have to see where we are financially and everything before I go jumping to conclusions. I am so excited to have this time off with my babies, but I know that having a secure job to go back to whenever I need it, is really an amazing blessing. Also, having my mom watch Eloise rules. She loves Nan so much and Nan takes her to art class, gym class, and swimming. NAN GETS IN THE POOL AND SWIMS WITH MOMMY AND ME SWIM CLASS. Nan's the best! I hate getting in the pool for mommy and me swim so I am super excited that Eloise gets to have loads of fun and Nan is enjoying herself too! I even asked my mom if she will still come and take Eloise to her classes on MWF once Henry is born. She said she would. I am so happy, because I don't want having a new baby to mess with Eloise's fun. I know so much is going to change for her, and of course, I am worried about that. But, at least I can keep something the same.
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