Early to bed, early to rise...

...makes a mom surly and bleary-eyed. Just kidding, sort of.

This week Natalie has been going to bed in the 7-9PM time frame (fairly normal for her), but getting up bright and early, anywhere from 4:30-6AM, digging her heels in and refusing to go back to sleep.

I've been sharing the fun with Rob, and he's been a very good sport about being roused at 6AM to take over babytending for a while why I attempt to nap until 7ish, when she's usually hungry again.

The inlaws came to visit this week, and fortunately Natters had a really good week, aside from the early rising and several bouts of painful gas (that thankfully didn't last too long--we were able to crunch her knees up into her abdomen and jostle her around until she farted it out 15-30 minutes later.)

She likes her carseat/stroller again! Hooray! It's a good thing, too, because the somniferous effects of the exercise ball are starting to wear thin. My mom and dad came over last night, and my mom was able to swaddle, then stroll Natalie to sleep at 7PM.

She naps at least a little bit (15-30 minutes) every day, and some days she actually takes longer naps, too. As of now, she's been snoozing for about 40 minutes. Fingers crossed...