Care of Magical Creatures

Life is about letting God lead. Life is about stepping out and being brave with what life throws at me . I treasure being a mumma and love spending time with my 2 daughters and son-in-law. As of January 7, 2012 I am the proud Nana of the cutest baby girl Cuddle Bug in the world. Also If you want to have therapy everyday, you need a black lab, my Madison is the BEST!! Her happy face and tail complete my day! Here are fond, and NOT so fond musings of my days...I always have something to say....whether it is about my precocious daughters or my day in an elementary school! Being a teacher is the love of my life. Sometimes it is very stressful...so forgive me if I unload my stress on here. Don't feel that you have to read it....I just need to say it!

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jaclynday:

I thought I’d write a little recap here of what we’ve encountered with Isobel’s sleep habits thus far. I wish I could tell you that I have some secret, magical trick to impart, but I don’t. It’s all trial and error and instinct for me, and more than half the time I’m convinced that any small successes are merely luck.

If you’re a new mom, you’ll soon discover there is an exorbitant amount of reading material available for you both on blogs/websites and in book form about getting your baby to sleep. Before Isobel was born, I used to scoff at the dozens and dozens of books, thinking that I’d swaddle her, she’d fall to sleep, wake up two hours later, eat, bam, done. I wasn’t far off at first, but what I failed to realize is that for Isobel, there was an expiration date (a very LARGE expiration date) looming over my head. At around 8 weeks, this handy dandy little “schedule” we/she had stopped working.

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  i am seriously terrified...four month mark (and i haven’t
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19. almosthalfway said: great post. as excited as I am for #2 in a couple months here, I do already dread the inevitable sleep issues.
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29. withperspective said: I wish someone would have told me how much time, energy, analysis, sweat, tears, heart & soul goes into developing your child’s sleep habits! I truly had no idea. As everyone says though it does get easier every month (THANK GOD).
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33. emmysmacks said: Cam is still getting up SO MUCH during the night. I hate the CIO method, but am about ready to try anything.
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