Two Steps Forward, One Step Back

We've had a lot of changes around here recently. First, Abigail got rid of Mr. Binks (except for when sleeping). It was definitely time, but it was SO tragic! She has actually done MUCH better than we ever would have expected. Now when she gets up, we just put our hand out and ask for it and she gives it to us willingly. Such a big girl!

Then on Sunday, we switched from bottles to sippy cups. Abigail has used a sippy cup for over a year, but only for water. We have tried to put milk in them, but Abigail would refuse to drink it. We knew she was not going to be thrilled and she wasn't. Our pediatrician warned us that she probably wouldn't drink much milk until she got used to it. He was right. Abigail is a HUGE milk drinker, but she barely drank a drop the first couple of days. Now, several days later (and tons of new sippy cups purchased) Abigail seems to be doing better. We still give her a bottle at night. Well...let me take that back. we give her LOTS of bottles at night before bedtime. Abigail drinks like a fish before she hits the sack....about 12oz of milk! Crazy, huh?!?

So we've pretty much crossed off two major goals on our list that have been lingering over our head for a while. Yay! But while we have taken two steps forward, we seem to have taken a step back in the sleep department. Abigail has been sleeping through the night for a while now, but this past week she has woken up 3 times (some time between 2:00-3:30) and then pretty much stayed up the rest of the "night". Ugh! So we're running on little sleep here in the Harris household. Just when you think you are ready for baby number 2...something like this happens and then you think "Ahh maybe we could wait a little bit longer!" :-)