Ok, so it's been about a week since I posted a note. I have big news, at least Giacomo and I think it's big news! On May 13th, this past Tuesday, Mia slept from roughly 730pm to about 530am! She then had a bottle and slept more until about 830! On Wednesday night she did about the same. Thursday night she woke a couple of times and Friday night and Saturday night she did the same! She has been sleeping anywhere from 8-10 hours and then gets up for a bottle and sleeps a couple hours more. IT'S AMAZING! YEAH FOR SLEEEEEEPPPPP!!!!! When she is sleeping, she cries out every now and then, but doesn't awake and continues to sleep. I am not sure if she is having bad dreams, :( or if her gums give her discomfort. It doesn't seem to wake her, but there is definitely something going on. I feel so bad that she seems to have pain at night. I give her Tylenol about every other night. I don't want to just give it for no reason, but these cries in her sleep are pretty consistent during the night so I think it's not a bad idea and it does seem to help her. Also, she does very well in her crib now No more using the car seat! We have not done this for a while it seems. I didn't write exactly when we stopped doing this. I guess about 3-4 weeks ago. She was just getting too big and not able to stretch. It worked well when we needed it to, but that stage is done. I am just happy it was not a difficult transition getting her to go to sleep in her crib. I should mention that have put a blanket under the fitted sheet in her crib to serve as a "pillow". I know this sounds crazy, but we noticed that Mia likes to be elevated a bit. We figured this was a safe way to do it. I wanted to mention to how Mia never sleeps directly on her back. She will always turn to the side to sleep. When she is tired, she rubs her head on her side and we know she is ready to sleep. She'll do this to soothe herself and eventually can fall asleep with her head to the side. It is very cute. She does this all the time. :):) We don't use anything else except the crib at night. Well, we do use our bed, but ONLY when she wakes up around 530a-6am. We bring her in, give her a bottle and she sleeps those last couple of hours with us. I am usually so tired that this seems to work. I also think it's a nice balance. She is accustomed to her crib, but then we get to cuddle with her for a little bit as well in the early morning. She is enjoying her bananas which we started last Wednesday. I only have to keep her on them for 5 days to observe for any allergies and then can introduce a new fruit. I may keep her on them longer. Figure it cannot hurt and my pediatrician said don't be in a rush to start new foods. So I think I'll wait and play it by ear. She LOVES the bananas. I mix it with the rice cereal. They didn't specify if I am to continue the rice cereal now that she has started fruits, but I just figure it's good for her to continue so her stools do not get too watery, etc. She definitely can eat!!
Anyway, I guess that's it for now. We leave for Cape Cod Mass. in about 2 weeks. I am very happy to get away and happy to have our first real vacation with our peanut. It will be such amazing family time and I am really looking forward to it. I do not have a pediatrician appt. until the end of June for Mia's 6 month check up. They skip 5 months thank god! I am so happy she has a break from all those damn shots! I felt like I was there every week, so this is good as well.
Anyway, just wanted to share our joy and happiness for good old sleep! Let's hope the little peanut keeps it up! I do believe giving her solids helped her sleep better. Thank goodness for real food!
Talk to you all very soon! In the meantime, I'm going to put my little angel to bed. She is sleeping in daddy's arms as I write this!
Ciao!
The Bellomos :):)
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