Meditating

Snug as a Bug

Despite my previous comments, Chloe does actually sleep at night (it's during the day that she's miserable). But, in order to get her to sleep at night, she absolutely has to have her pink swaddling blanket - I'm convinced that any other color just wouldn't do. If it's dirty, we have to delay bedtime until it's been washed and dried. I really should invest in a spare, I guess. Anyway, here she is all wrapped up like a little pink burrito, ready for bed.

Sleeping Beauty

Now here's a sight we don't see every day around here:

You are getting sleepy...

The boys are really good with Chloe, but I guess even they can only take so much crying. A couple of weeks ago, I came into the living room and found Chase standing in front of Chloe swinging a pocket watch. I asked him what he was doing, and he said he was trying to hypnotize her to put her to sleep. I started to explain to him that that wouldn't work, but then figured, what the heck -- it might work, and I'm tired of the crying too.
A few days later, I found Cole standing in front of a screaming Chloe in the swing, desperately repeating "Simon says 'Go to SLEEP'!" I guess he figured if he said "Simon Says," she'd have to do it.

I guess now we've truly tried everything, and she still doesn't sleep.

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Push Ups

Chloe had a rough day yesterday. Her reflux has been really bad and she spent most of the day screaming. At one point, I tried to put her on her stomach on her play mat to see if that helped any. It only lasted five minutes or so, but I managed to take a few pictures. She's doing very well pushing herself up and holding her head up when she's on her stomach.

Charlie Brown

I tried to convince Cole to sing a slightly more appropriate song, but he obviously doesn't love this one quite as much as the butt one.