Tears or Sleep

Last night, while not sleeping for the umpteenth time in a row, I had a breakdown.  My eyes started to water and I sat up in bed scolding my six month old to please please please let mommy sleep.  I actually shook my finger at him questioning what was wrong with him to wake up every 45 minutes by hitting me and tossing and turning.  (At this point in the night, the idea of him being in the crib was too far fetched and he was in bed with mommy and daddy.)  Aaron looked at me like I had a hole in my head for talking to Connor like that, but I was so exhausted I didn't know what else to do. 

I am literally exhausted and vowed that something, SOMETHING, could be done.  I'm not asking for 10 hours (like my friend Marissa and her baby Barrett who came out of the womb peacefully giving 8-10 hours a night of sound sleep), but I'd like maybe 4.  Is that too much to ask?  So Marissa let me borrow two sleep books, (that she never had to use haha) and my other friend Alana let me borrow one as well.  I'm working on the No-Cry-Sleep Solution now and am going to do all the necessary logs tomorrow.  This method involves writing down all sleep schedules to see patterns.  We shall see how it goes.  It says that while it takes time to see progress, indeed progress can happen.  She even gave the example of what her 12 month old was doing.  He was up every 1.5 hours, something I can definitely relate to, and by the end of her method he was sleeping that holy grail of 10 hours!  Shocking!

Please keep your fingers crossed for me because I am in desperate need of some sleep.

Mr. Model

We finally got some pictures done of the three of us.  And it's about time since Connor is 6.5 months.  My friend Dena took them and I love them!  Connor is way too cute and loves the camera.  He showed off his two hats and smiled most of the time.  Of course when she took pics of the three of us, he wouldn't smile, little bugger.  Oh well!  Here are some of my favs...enjoy!!  :)

Avoca-No!

Well Connor started solid food!! 

First up was bananas and he loved loved loved them!  He gobbled them up and wanted more.  He got them for four days.  (Following the "four day rule" of introducing foods) 

Here are some pics of him loving bananas!

Getting ready for some big boy food!  And note Stoli ready by his side in case anything drops!

YUM!!



But then today we tried Avocado.  I must admit that I never grew up eating this, but once I moved to New Mexico, I started eating it and love it!  It's yummy and so good for you.  Connor, though, did not think it was so great. 

What in the world is this Mommy??


We are going to try avocado again tomorrow and the next two days after that.  I've read sometimes babies don't like a food one day and love it the next.  So I'm keeping my fingers crossed!