I've been thinking: I've been kind of hard on myself. I have a lot to learn, but for a new mom I'm not so bad. It actually surprises me sometimes how well I've acclimated to my life as a mom of a newborn. Just today I took little Scarlett out to meet a friend (the lovely J.A.) for lunch. It was the first time we did something like that just the two of us and it couldn't have gone better. It never occurred to me that I wouldn't be able to pull it off on my own. Yes, she wailed in the car on the way home because she was hungry, but we made it back safe and sound and now she's down for the count.
I'm proud of the steps I've taken to improve Scarlett's sleeping. I've been logging her naps, awake times and feeding times to see if a pattern emerges. That's still to be determined, but for now it's a great tool to keep track of her day. We've come a long way in just a few days. She's sleeping a lot more and going down for her naps a lot easier. I'm learning about the different sounds she makes, too. Boy is she a talker! She has a whole repertoire of sounds she makes when she's in her crib falling asleep and a separate set for when she's about to start crying for someone to pick her up. I'm not going to lie - things are getting better, but it's still tough sometimes. She had a heck of a time falling asleep yesterday afternoon and it got to the point where I thought we were going to be up all night. And then she fell asleep and stayed asleep for three hours and we had a typical uneventful night. Phew.
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