Pant pant pant
Sophie’s growing so fast and poor mummy me is not catching up as fast! Pant pant pant
Sophie’s schedule’s been changing the past week. I think it’s coz she’s growing, plus she’s onto solids now.
Change 1: WAKE UP EARLIER
Suddenly instead of sleeping from 6plus (after her feed) to 10am, she’s waking up earlier at 8.30 – 9, depending. She prob needs a lot less sleep now.
Problem >> The prob is that she always catch me by surprise. I’ll be happily making my breakfast, hoping to sit down, spend time praying and have breakfast, check out the forum, AND THEN I hear baby talking to herself…………… AWAKE!!!! Eeeeee… there goes my morning mummy quiet time.
Solution >> So now she has breakfast with James n i. Which means mummy here has to wake up a whole lot earlier if I wanna have my quiet time.
Change 2: MUMMY I WANNA PLAY!
She’s more awake now and loves to play. In fact now she’s willing to play with anyone. Which also means she is up for about 2 – 2 n half hours before she’s down for a nap.
Problem >> Mummy here is running out of ideas of what to do with her. There are only THAT many times i can sing This Little Light of Mine, ABC, Doe a Deer, He’s Able (with Actions!!), etc. Even if she’s not bored, I’m bored!
Solution >> Go for walk in the morning, watch a bit of TV (when i really cannot think of anything else), walk in the evening……. yes, all these in addition to the sing alongs n mat/tummy time. Thank God she’s quite independent and is willing to sit in her bouncer/on the mat for a bit on her own….
Change 3: Zzzzzzzzzz
She’s more DEEPLY ASLEEP AT NITE! She used to cry on and off after we put her to sleep at 7 and sleep soundly only after 10pm and she’ll get up at 3plus, 4plus to cry a bit. But past few nights she’s asleep quite soon after 7/8pm. I actually have to get her up at 10pm to feed and she’ll not make any noise till 5/6am. Looks like soon i can move the 10pm feed earlier! Yipee!
NO PROBLEM here! Heh…………
March 13th, 2007 at 3:58 pm
Ha!Ha! Looks like you hv to start exercising soon to catch up. Let me offer some suggestions to yr predicament. My girls used to wake up at 8.30am too – what? universal baby waking time or what! I usually leave them to play in the cot until such time I’m ready to pick them up (usually around 10am) and bring them out to the living room to play. That way they learn how to be independent and play on their own. You’ll hv to fix pretty interesting mobiles near the cot and maybe offer some toys in a corner of the cot so that she is well occupied. When she gets bored, you will know. The trick is not to let her see you when she wakes and leave her alone until you are ready to pick her otherwise she will want your attention. I’m frm the sch of thought that you do not need to entertain the baby to death and tire yourself. They can be trained to be alone and to give them space to explore on their own. Of course, you will hv to make sure tht the cot is secure enough so tht she won’t one day suddenly climb out (like one of my girls did and landed on the floor with a thud!).
March 13th, 2007 at 5:50 pm
Yah man!
Yah that’s what i normally do leh, leave her but sometimes i feel so bad that i already let her sleep on her own and most times thru the day i leave her on the mat to play on her own. Seems like A LOT of alone time. Rem when you guys were here and she’s just lying there on her own? Yah, that’s what i norm do.
Heh i actually thought of the toy in the cot idea BUT… will she start to play before she sleeps and not sleep? Heh… that’s why i hesitated to do that. But i’ll try that tonite n see… THANKS SO MUCH FOR THE IDEAS!
March 13th, 2007 at 9:40 pm
The house is small, so it is not like leaving her in her room to play all the time and she does not see you. You’d probably walk in and out and move around her when she is on the mat, so your presence is felt. I’m sure every now and then you will pop over to say hi and play with her a while.
Aiyah, put in the toys after she sleeps, duh!
March 14th, 2007 at 6:30 pm
Oh…………………… duh! hahahaha….. okie i’ll try tonite if i can remember! Heh heh…
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