Bink-pocalypse

So for the past three months or so, (but seems waaaay longer) Payton will wake up in the middle of the night. I know this is normal for a lot of babies. But she'll wake up wanting her binky, which I know is also normal. The not-so-normal part is I have to momentarily get up, stealthly walk into her room, give her her binky, then quickly exit. Now you might be saying to yourself "Can't she reach for her own stupid binky?" Yes, I suppose she can considering most times it's laying right next to her head.

But here's the problem, and if she's anything like Heath it's true. I'm guessing she sleeps so soundly that she has no idea what the eff is going on when she wakes up in the night, let alone know she could simply get her binky herself. Other times the bink gets knocked out of her crib and the poor thing wouldn't be able to find it even if she tried! Once she gets it back, she's immediately out like a light. This happens anywhere from 1-3 times a night, and I'm stuck being the one having to wake up to give it to her.

Now, you maybe asking "Idiot, why not wake up your husband once in awhile and make him do it?" To which I say "What?! That's a great idea! I wonder why I never thought of that before!" Uh HELLO, have you ever tried waking up Heath? It's like trying to wake the dead. And when he does wake up from a deep sleep, he couldn't even spell his name he's so out of it. So by the time he would be fully awake, Payton would be too and then we're all awake and there's no sleep to be had. So since I'm awakened by her easier than it is to wake him, I do it.

Well last night I hit my breaking point, the last straw. As I was walking around the foot of the bed I rammed my leg on the corner of the bed frame, thus shaking the entire bed and putting me in pain. Do you think Heath woke up for that? Nope, not even a stirring! He was still blissfully in slumberland.

I need advice, from all mothers out there, how can I get Payton to soothe herself back to sleep? Do I just let her whine until she finds her bink or her thumb herself? Which, by the way, we've done a GREAT job at getting her to NOT suck her thumb so we would hate to resort to that. Or do I let her whine a bit before going in her room and then somehow getting her back to sleep by gently placing a hand on her tummy, or something like that? I don't want to wake her up more than she already is, but I also don't want to have to endure the wrath of our bed frame again. Is it best to do something like this over a weekend so I'm not a zombie for work the next day? Help, what do I do?!

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Here, There, Everywhere!

Alright, It's been a couple of months since my last post & there rewally is no excuse for it other than I'm lazy. But the last two months have been amazing! To show just how much Payton has accomplished, here's a list:

-She's finished eating through fruits like a champ! She loves them, even prunes. Which by the way are seriously amazing if your baby is ever constipated. Pretty sure I've heard they work for adults, too, who knew! ;)

-She's starting to move onto meats, although she hasn't had any yet. I browned some turkey for her that we're going to try in a veggie parfait, I'm pretty excited about it. I feel pretty proud of myself that I make 99% of her meals myself with my amazing Baby Bullet. It's sooo much cheaper than buying jarred food each week.

-She's also eating finger foods, she's especially partial to Cherrios.

-She can hold her own bottle AND drink from a sippy cup!

-She's learned to play pattycake. Cutest.thing.ever. The smile on her face when she does it is rewarding enough.

-She loves playing peekaboo, but we call it "Where's Payton?" and instead of covering our face, we put a burp cloth on her head and say "where's Payton?" She rips that cloth off her head & looks at you with a smile, as if to say "I'm right here, silly!" Heath and I love laughing when she laughs. (It's the simple things that entertain us!)

Ready for the BIG milestones?
-She's crawling! She skipped army crawling, she skipped rocking back & forth on her hands and knees! She is full blown crawling! Sure she would lay on her stomach and scoot herself backwards and get uber pissed because she backed herself into a corner. Hell, I'd be pissed to if I felt like a cornered turtle on Super Mario Brothers. It's fairly comical to watch her crawl on the hardwood floor when she's wearing pants. It's too slippery for her and she looks like she's crawling in place. Whenever I see this the Dumb & Dumber line always pops into my head "I'm running at an incredible rate, Harry!" After about 30 seconds of this she gets mad, flattens out on her stomach in a Bambi-on-ice sort of fashion and whines. She then tries to scoot backwards towards the carpet to regain traction to sit up & try again. I know she's thinking in her head "Stop laughing at me! I'll get my revenge when I put you in a home in your old age!" Maybe so, Payton but for now you're stuck with us...just like you're stuck on the floor! She tries chasing the dogs, poor thing. She doesn't catch Allie since she's constantly on the lookout. But Champ, poor Champ. She catches him, mainly because he's laying on the floor and is too lazy to move. She grabs his collar and likes to make it jingle by jerking it somewhat harshly, or she will grab one of his ears and pull. She has occassionally poked him in the eye or inadvertantly put a finger in his nose, gripped and pulled (her hand was thoroughly washed, of course) and the dog just sits there and takes it. Guess his name suits him cause he takes it like a champ.

-Payton is getting closer everyday to pulling herself up completely with the aide of furniture or our legs. She gets to her knees, but can't seem to figure out how to lift her whole leg to get in a kneeling/crouching position. I don't think it'll be long until she's walking, but then again I said the same thing about her teeth when she started teething and she's still a toothless wonder...at nine months.

-She seems to LOVE bath time. She never wants to get out! It's super cute when she turns around in her little tub and tries to grip the running water coming out of the faucet. She looks at me with a "wtf" look and tries again. Poor thing, hate to tell her that sometimes in life she's going to be trying to grip/chase things that sometimes aren't attainable. Her dad & I have tried numerous times to attain millions by taking part in "get rich quick" schemes a.k.a. the lottery and/or powerball, and it just isn't workin' out.

All of these wonderful beginnings Heath & I have so excitedly anticipated. I personally enjoy not having to lug the entire carseat around when we go to a store. So much easier that I can just put her in the seat of the cart, but not without my cart-cover of course. I don't trust the anti-bacterial wipes that are readily available when you walk into a store, ICK! It's also very handy, or so I've heard, when using on a highchair in a restaurant. Wish I would've had this gem the last time we were eating out. I was seriously grossed out by Payton licking the highchair. She didn't seem to mind, but I on the other hand was vomiting in my mouth. Wonder what month 10 will bring!!!

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