Lil' Devil

(little devil horns... dad was having fun with foam soap in the bath yesterday...)

So the wee chile who would not eat before going to bed (see below post) sucked down 4 oz from a bottle from Steve and two boobs last night. On the last slurp, she looked up at me and smiled and grinned. I think she's going to be a foodie.

So i think I'm overloading myself - so of course I have this research drive in me... and I've got a few books out of the library on baby play, baby sleep habits, how to nap, etc. etc. etc. The most recent one advocates getting the little one on a schedule - E.A.S.Y. - eat, activity, sleep, you. I really want the you part... but after trying to figure it out after a few days, I'm over it. It insists that babies need to get up at 7am (Stella gets up anywhere between 5 and 6:30), eat, play, and back to a nap by 9am. They will then sleep for 90 minutes, give or take, and repeat this process over again all day. Stella, on the other hand, eats every 2-3 hours, (not 4), takes power naps for 30 minutes and wakes up completely happy and rested, and goes to be at 6:30 and sleeps for 11-12 hours.

Um. I guess i'm going to take the books back to the library. As my friend Summer said, babies don't read the books about them.

and although Stella sounds like a "textbook baby" as far as this one lady's method is concerned, there is nothing textbook about power naps, save for the fact that this momma ain't opening up any of HER textbooks.

Aye, there's the rub.