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Sleep Training
“Sleep training” is such a polarizing topic, but I think those are the ones we need to talk about most. If we share our rationale, thoughts, feelings, and experiences with each other, then we create more opportunities for conversation, agreement, and disagreement, which ultimately leads to more purposeful parenting. Someone may read this and think, “That’s definitely not the route I want to go,” which is completely understandable. At the end of the day, we are left alone with our thoughts and we have to feel good about the choices we make as parents.Matt and I started sleep training Henry around five months because our pediatrician recommended that we… Read More -
Four Months: Happiest Birthday, Tate!
Taters!
We cannot get enough of you. Seriously, you are the softest, sweetest little thing.
What a month! You started by rolling over, back to front. We were having a play date one day, and you suddenly just rolled over. No struggle, no practice–you just rolled over. Now when I try to put you under one of your hanging toys, it captures your attention for about two minutes before you are already flipping over! I had to start putting out the bell and ball cylinder because you are eager to scoot toward things, grab them, and put them in your mouth.
Toward the end of the month, you mastered rolling … Read More
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November.
And with that, the year is almost to a close. I haven’t done my monthly goal posts since Tate’s arrival. I think my overarching goal has been to put my head down and get through it! It’s been a year of big things: Baby Tate! The House! The School! I wish I had time to just sit back and let it sink in. But there’s been so much to do since July. I was back at work meetings just two weeks after Tate’s arrival (my mom was in town and able to watch Tate and Matt was still on paternity leave).
And even though I’ve been full-speed ahead with getting… Read More
