It has been awhile..

Life has not allowed me to blog lately. I will start the challenges again as soon as I can. I thought I would take this time to share what has been happening in the McArthur house.

Poor Leda has been sick. It was her first illness and it sucked. Luckily she is almost over it now. She still sounds a little raspy, but overall is doing much better. Leda was so congested and had an awful cough. Her cough sounded very wet and rattly, but her lungs were clear and not much could be done, but wait for it to pass. Leda was not herself, she was very tired and very cranky. I did not think I could get less sleep then what I was already getting.

Right before Leda got sick Andrew and I had made the choice to start putting her down without rocking her to sleep. I was not sure anymore if this was the right time to be doing this with her being sick, but it went really well, so I also did not see the point of messing with a good thing. Leda now goes to bed without any help and without her bundling blanket. I feed her and then put her in her bassinet. She has cried a little bit, but overall she goes to sleep within 45 minutes and sometimes much faster then that. I have also been putting Leda in her crib for naps. Usually she is asleep within 15 minutes. She does get upset, but it does not last long.

Tonight will be the ultimate test. Leda is going to sleep in her crib all night. She is still waking every two hours or less to eat, but I think it is mostly out of habit. Leda also wakes up for to 2 - 3 hours at night now and plays. I listen to her suck on her sleeper, bang her bum against the bassinet and she also loves to lift her feet  up as high as she can and bang them as hard as she can on the very thin mattress. Although Leda can not pull herself up yet, she is to big for the bassinet and I need to find a way to get more sleep. I feel like I have hit a wall. I did alright for 6 months and now I am done. I need at least 4 hours in a row...that would be really nice. I wake up with headaches because I feel like I am never getting more then an hours sleep at a time. I really hope this works. I hope she loves her bassinet.

Pretty much this has been my life lately. I was stuck in the house for over a week because of Leda being sick and I am very tired. Not very exciting I know, but what can you do?