Zen Peanut is salmonella free!

Peanut is asleep in her swing so I thought I'd dash off another quick post.

Bedtime is progressing interestingly. For the past two nights, I put her in her crib wide awake and pleasant and both nights - after only a few minutes of fussing, she's fallen asleep on her own. Hurrah! I'm so proud of her. She continues to wake up crying for milk in the middle of the night, though. So that's the next battle. And nap time has been way more pleasant now that I put her to sleep in her swing.

She's doing some amazing stuff. She says ma-ma and claps her hands. She can sit up for long stretches of time unassisted. And she's working on her pincer grasp by picking up Trader Joe's O's. She's amazing!

On the mommy front, I'm in the midst of a mommy makeover. I was feeling frumpy and old. Ill fitting clothes - too many gray hairs. I got a few new outfits that fit my new body better. It's funny to see how my body has changed since having a baby. I put on a few of my old shirts - HA! - what a laugh. All you could see was a big, mushy belly. New clothes help me be in my new body better. Dealing with what is as opposed to what was. It's also about making an effort for myself. I need to take care of Peanut, but I also need to take care of Peanut's mommy, too. The hair coloring didn't go quite as well. I see why people get it done professionally. Believe it or not, I managed to pick a color that's even darker than my natural shade. It looks sort of flat to me. It's supposed to wash out after 6 weeks. We'll see. The cool part, at least, is that the color tamed those wiry gray hairs. So I have that going for me, which is nice.

quick quick

Since Peanut is awake during more of the day - the extra time I had to blog or do Facebook has evaporated. She requires more and more of my attention. No, not requires. Demands. So, here's a super quick update while she's busy playing with her musical zoo.

- She still doesn't care to roll over.
- Napping is still a battle, which I've pretty much decided to give up on. She can nap with me or in her swing. But napping in her crib is hit or miss (mostly miss). It just isn't worth spending all that time and energy to get her to sleep for 30 minutes.
- We have been fighting the nighttime sleep battle for the past two weeks. We've resorted to the crying it out method after many failed attempts at other "friendlier" techniques which I won't bother to get into. I hate hate hate it. To make it me feel better about it, we have don't let her cry it out alone. I sit on the sofa with her until she stops or falls asleep. The first night, when she wailed for 50 minutes, broke my heart. Now it's much better. She fusses for under 10 minutes now. And last night, she actually slept 8 straight hours without waking up and crying for food. This was a BIG deal.
- She's eating solids daily. She seems to eat pretty much anything I give her, but she doesn't seem to indicate that she finds anything particularly tasty either.

Okay, the zoo bores her now and she's upset. I better go scoop her up and do some mommying. Why is that lame after 5 minutes, yet the forbidden remote or the forbidden mobile is endlessly entertaining?