We believed a long time ago that Reagan will not crawl for long and
I think we are right she can’t crawl yet but is pretty close almost
going backwards at times which they do first I’m told but all she wants
to do is stand up!
She is mischievous and loves everything that’s colourful and shiny!
There is no better thing in the world than watching them together!
She loves to stand and I am not holding her but watch just
before the end how she pushes me out of the way when I
get in shot….? Diva in the making!
How embarrassed do I feel right now as Reagan and me have the world falling out of our asses in the form of the most revolting watery….well you get the picture!
One of us just gets on with and wants the usual fussing loving and playful interaction they normally get just a little extra if you please…..thank you or I may scream a bit!
Reagan on the other hand…..only joking of coarse!
Me on the other hand I have spent the day either on the sofa sweating and feeling cold and the rest of the day on the bog but all the time feeling sorry for meself.
In my defence I have been drained of absolutely all me strength but still had to watch Reagan just getting on with it and Mom run off her feet looking after her until she had to go to work.
Jamie rocks, so does Reagan I unfortunately don’t!
After realising that Reagan cries in the night and is quiet once we go to her we decided we need to break this cycle as we know there is nothing wrong with her! Last night we decided to let her cry for 15 minutes and then comfort her for a minute and leave her again.
She woke at 4am and we let her cry for 15 minutes which was tough for all three of us but mom went in after 15 and even before she got in the room Reagan was quiet, mom gave her reassurance, some water put her dummy back in and put Geraldine in her arms told her she loved her and left her again. Immediately she turned for the door the cries began again and it was torture for us again as we lay there listening to our daughter bawl and scream until it was my turn and I did the same thing as mom did 15 minutes earlier.
This cycle went on for an hour but at 7 minutes past 5 as we discussed whether to pick her up the next time we go in she fell silent and didn’t wake again until 8am
Cruel to be kind maybe a way to describe it and it was the longest hour and 7 minutes ever but compared to the last few nights when either mom or dad have sat with her for up to 3hours at a time believing there was a reason why she was not sleeping. We are confident this is the right thing for all of us and she will learn that mom and dad don’t appear everytime she cries….although most of the time we can’t help it because she just doesn’t cry that often so it usually means she needs something.
We hope tonight is easier, watch this space!
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| “If it’s good enough for dad, then it’s good enough for me!” |
ER, I DON’T THINK SO LITTLE DUDE!
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| You have got to be joking ma! What are they and what the hell are they doing to your feet? |
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| Not sure Reagan but it feel wierd! |
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| It tickles Reagan |
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| There eating away at mine and Dads feet! |
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| For godsake don’t drop me then! |
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| You two are CARAYZEEE! Can I have fish fingers for tea ma? |
Jamie and me went to have a fish pedicure on Saturday and it was one of the wierdest experiences ever! A slightly tingly ticklish feeling at first then a mild pins and needles sensation to follow.
Reagan has had a chesty cough and a runny nose for a few days now but we know that was down to teething but as far as I know I don’t think either mom or dad are teething so I deduce from that, that we all woke up this morning with colds.
A runny nose each a sore throat each and a general feeling of lethargy! So what to do today put the heat on maybe all 3 of us snuggle under a blanket on the sofa I hear you say….? Nope Mommy says we are going to the biggest mall in the area “The Trafford Centre” shopping 26 days before christmas?
This maybe the last blog I write because even though we are made of stern stuff up the north it’s -4 degrees outside with a sprinkling of snow on the ground and the mall I heard from Karl who was there yesterday was “absolutely mobbed” and with a 7 month old (7 months today actually) the stress could see me off!
It so funny to try and put her down and she becomes rigid and will not bend in the middle so she can stand up. She loves to hold on to stuff or you and practice standing even though she goes down with a bump if you’re not careful but I have always thought she will not crawl for long because once she figures out sitting up on her own from a laying position she will want to go further almost immediately
As for crawling she has the knee action now but hasn’t got the arm technique which results in a kicking legs type bum wiggle and goes nowhere but she is trying it all the time now so watch this space because she’s close.