Ruth is such a little joy - all of us just adore her. She is by far the easiest part of my days ... it makes me wonder whether Vera really was that hard or if it was just being a new parent. I kind of think the latter.
My favorite things about Ruth are the way she lights up when Vera or Edie come into the room [mostly Vera; Edie still sometimes is too much in her face], how she complains and tries to tell me what's wrong before she actually cries, nuzzling my nose in her ribs and getting her to laugh, how she gets so excited when it's time to nurse, her happy, social demeanor, sweet little voice and incredibly cute little chubbiness.
I did start sleep training the other night. She was actually pretty easy to put down, but I really needed her to be able to put herself to sleep, especially with our trip coming up when I won't have Ben to help. Lately she would wake up between 12-1 and then almost hourly after that, up for the day around 5:30. So the other night I let her cry to sleep and it was AWFUL. If I had known it would be so hard for her I wouldn't have done it. I also just weaned her cold turkey from the swaddle... which just seemed cruel :( It was really easy when I did it with Vera! She cried 70 minutes and then slept on and off crying in between until 11pm when I was woken up by her cries and went in to nurse her. I felt absolutely horrible. But guess what? I laid her down the next night in the same way [I wouldn't have let it go as long, but didn't want all that crying to be for nothing] and she cried half-heartedly for 15 minutes and slept till 12:15! Last night for 5. I've nursed her when she wakes at midnight and 3ish and lay her back down in her crib easily. Isn't it amazing how babies learn??? Next up is starting solids - she's shown interest for at least 2 months and is starting to get a little mad when she sees me eating! I've let her taste a tiny bit of avocado and a couple licks of fruit I've eaten - such a fun stage.
I had fun last night looking through blog archives - I'm so glad I've kept this up!
taken today at 5 months:
my kids and my cousin's kids loving the baby:
I read her a book for the first time before nap last week - she was totally into it. Especially the picture of the cat, dog, orange and apple [..if I may project] :)
I love the toes in mouth stage - I remember Vera doing this at 5 months too!
First time at the Y - she loved the pool!! So cute.
[I can't believe I took a mirror selfie]
Vera put Ben's hat on her and we took the obligatory baby in a hat picture:
So peaceful and cute!!! This was a 3 hour nap she took after keeping me up most the night:
The day after I let her cry to sleep - she was so sweet and beautiful it made my heart hurt! I swaddle her loosely like this now for naps so she knows it's time to sleep.
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