life has been busy! eloise is getting her 2 year molars which has totally interrupted her sleep- ugh! i definitely blocked this out from when lucy was her age, but i'm quickly remembering the growing pains lucy went through when eloise was a newborn. because the girls are all the same age gap, it helps to reference when eloise was betsy's current age & lucy was eloise's current age. betsy has continued to be an awesome night sleeper- we've gotten 5, 6 & 7 hour stretches! naps have been a bit more troublesome over the past couple of weeks- she was continuing to wake up after 45 minutes, which i know is the length of her first sleep cycle. she definitely has not been ready to fully wake up after 45 minutes, but she wasn't able to relax enough to fall asleep again. i was feeling just a big desperate, SO i went to a newborn sleep class last weekend that was so so helpful [remember, putting a baby on a sleep schedule is completely new for me. i may be a 3rd time mom, but i've always had my babies sleep whenever/where ever- i no longer have that luxury as i care for my 2 big girls with a baby! jon says i run a tight ship these days, and i take that as the upmost compliment:)] we were given lots of sleep tips for gently helping baby cycle through sleep- i've been using the tips & thank God for blackout curtains, no night light & most recently, the "magic merlin sleep suit" [helps baby comfortably transition out of a swaddle, which was exactly what we were needing, as she's tried desperately to break out of her swaddle multiple times! it really is magical!]. b is back on track with naps & i'm a new mama to say the least :)

life lately-

happy fri-YAY!

-ivy