“It’s time.”

So I realize I never got back to that last post.  That was forever ago.  I definitely needed a little time to reconsider my thoughts – just in how I would say them.  Anyway…I will get back to that at another time.  Maybe the next post.  But for now (I just started a sentence with “but” and its bugging me but it seems to fit perfectly), here’s what on my mind as of this moment:

We have an absolutely awesome little girl.  This morning she made me smile in so many ways but something new she did:  I asked her to say please and she signed it!  Made my heart leap.  She is definitely independent (I have no idea where she gets that from!) but it is such a great thing at times!  Okay…yes!  She slept in our bed with us for a WHILE.  And we LOVED it.  There you go.  :)  No regrets.  I suppose until the one night she was not with it and crawled off the bed.  That was horrible and mostly worse for us.  Suffice to say, after that time, she started sleeping in the crib.  (She used to take her naps in the crib and sleep with us at night.)  The transition was a little hard, but only a couple of times during the day time naps and waking up at night once in a while because of her teeth coming in.  Other than that…it was like she was saying, “Mom.  Dad.  It’s time.”  Next:  She loved to curl up on our chest, fall asleep and then we’d put her in her crib.  No problem and we loved it.  We went to her 1 yr check up and the doctor was like, “You might consider just having her start falling asleep on her own during the day.  Night time can be different for a while if you want…just a thought.”  lol  We know she should start falling asleep on her own but this was working so…why “fix” it.  :)  There are worse things we could be doing!  Well!  She’s done it again…  Katelyn has started to just stare at us instead of falling asleep.  So yesterday I held her for a minute, sang to her, told her I loved her, kissed her, put her in her crib and walked out quietly.  She cried for .1 seconds and then just sat in there talking to herself – then quiet – then talking – then quiet.  She did that for almost an hour and then fell asleep.  Last night – she did the same thing.  (it only took her 15 minutes this time)  Today’s nap: again the same.  It was as if she was saying, “Mom.  Dad.  It’s time.”  She’s so stinking smart and so stinking GOOD!  We have certainly been blessed.

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~ by earlemd on January 26, 2010.