Tait says Mama!!!

Dearest IttyBittyBabyTait -

I can't stop beaming.  You know why??  You can say "Mama"!!!!  At first, early this week, I thought it was a fluke.  But, then you said it again each morning while Mommy was changing your diaper.  And then yesterday when I came home from the gym ... & then when you were eating ... you get the idea.  =)  Mommy loves it!!!!  Not even 8MO & saying "Mamamamama" already!!  ... I love you SO much & I am SO proud to be your mama!!

All my love,
Mommy

Seven Months Old ...

& your personality is really shining through!  You are extremely curious, attempting to get your hands on whatever looks interesting in about a 2foot radius.  [insert pic fr doc where eating

Slept.All.Night.Long ... Wait, wha??!!!!

Nine-thirtyPM to 6AM.  That's 9:30PM - 6AM.  8.5 HOURS!!!!  In the event the title of this post wasn't a dead give-away, IttyBittyBabyTait, you slept all night long!!! ... And for 8+ hours!!  Woo-hoo!!  Can I get a woot-woot up in here!???  So proud of you!! ... A bit of background is in order, I feel.  This was the very first time you ever slept all night.  In fact, you managed to develop a sleep association with nursing that had you up at least 3, if not 6, times per night.  For the past 7.5 months (you are 7.5MO ... yawn).  Mommy was at my breaking point of exhaustion, frustration, lacking ingenuity & stick-to-itiveness in the middle of the night (resulting in me nursing you each & every time you woke up, thus perpetuating the sleep association of Mommy as Human Pacifier).  I physically, emotionally, & mentally could not take the drain of sleep deprivation any longer.  It was time to heed the advice of the pediatrician (advice your stubborn should have taken when it was offered, BUT I didn't want you to cry!).

So Mommy read up in Ferber's book on the Ferber Method of prolonged waiting to check & console the baby.  It goes a little something like this:

• Put the baby down to sleep drowsy, but awake, leave the room
• If baby cries/protests, let the baby cry for 5 mins.  
• Check on Baby & hang out for 1-2 mins.
• check, console w/o picking up, & get to new kids on the calendar.

Let me be the very first to say that the crying was AWFUL.  That was the whole reason I didn't want to start sleep training you!  First night = cried for 1.5 hours, second night = cried for 1 hour, third night= cried for 2 hours, fourth night = cried for 1 hour ... & then slept through!!!  You were JUST full of it this morning after all that consecutive sleep.  So silly, flirty, & crazy guy in your exersaucer.

We are ALL very excited & happy for you (& me ... Us).  It will be very interesting to see what tonight brings.  I will pump before bed just in case you sleep all night again!! Mmmmhhhhmm, & you have popped back up, you little stinker.  

Mommy loves you so SO so much, IttyBitty!!!

Proud of my BabyGuy,

love, 

Mommy

October 2011

10/3/2011: Mommy went back to work full time at MRMWorldwide, the digital advertising agency where Mommy does web analytics for the GM web sites.  It was a VERY hard week of really missing you guys.  I tried to get extra time with you by coming home for lunch to nurse you, instead of pumping at work.  Coming home for lunch is a glorious luxury to have.  Any extra minutes with you & your sister are a gift!

10/8/2011: You discovered your hands earlier this week.  You like to wring them together & put your little fists around Mommy's. So sweet!  It's just a matter of time before you are holding a rattle! ... You are beginning to "calm down", so to speak. While you've always been a very laid-back baby, the reflux would REALLY upset you, resulting in terrible crying jags that just broke Mommy's heart.  These most often happened in the evening. That seems to be subsiding now, thank goodness!

September 2011

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