Sunday, October 15, 2006

No tears...well, not from us...

Okay, it took 20 minutes of crying, but there is no crying from the other room. And Christopher and I are pretty proud of the fact we did not cry...will we do this again, not sure...

Let the baby cry...

So we went to the doctors for her 2 month check up...I hate going to the doctors for myself, and frankly I am not liking going with Eowyn for her appoinments any better. The doctor checked her over and then asked us questions, like how she's eating (the fact that she's almost doubled her birth weight in 2 months I think speaks for itself...), does she smile at you, does she make eye contact...that was all fine...then how is she sleeping? We proceed to tell him, that she's sleeping fine, once she gets to sleep, but she wants to be up from midnight to 2am...after that she sleeps for 6-7 hours in a row...the Doctor looked at us, especially my husband who was holding the baby and doing deep knee bends to calm Eowyn as she was a little fussy from the pocking and prodding the Dr. had done... I guess he saw "new parents doting on their baby" written all over us and proceeded to give us some advice. As I am typing I am following this advice and frankly hating it..."Feed her, change her and cuddle her for a little while, then put her to bed. If she cries, which she will, let her. Do not go in and pick her up. She'll cry less each night and eventually you will have a baby who goes to sleep when you put her down." Well, she's been crying for 15 minutes...more then she cries in a given week, total...well, maybe 1/2 the time she cries in a given week...I guess the good news is I am not crying...I hate this.

Knitted Smock


I love this smock!! I found it while surfing the web for knitting patterns one night and HAD to make it. I did and I am very pleased with how it came out. Eowyn is wearing it here with a white cotton onsie and adorable jeans with a little ruffle on the bottom of the legs. I can't wait for the cooler weather to come so she can wear this. If you have a little one to knit for and would like the pattern, I found it here on Knitty.com. One of the best things about it is that it has buttoned sides and is adjustable so she can wear it for a long time. This is a great bonus when you are talking about baby clothes, since they can grow out of things in less time then it takes for you to make it for them!

And the Lion Won...


We have one of those baby gyms with the bars that curve over the baby and have things hanging down for them to play with. Eowyn's has a lion, and she spent about 20 mintues trying to get that thing in her mouth. Unfortunately, the hand that she's attached to still eludes her from time to time, so the Lion was able to escape every time she got his feet close to her mouth. She eventually fell asleep, as the Lion swayed above her head...sort of mocking her...