{7} Thankful

{7} Naptime

Oh, beloved naptime. How I love thee. 

(Kate with Gramps, Rosarito Oct 2011)

The key to this mother's sanity. And boy, has that been tested this last month! Ava was a consistently awful sleeper until she was 4 months. We let her cry it out one day, she did awesome and has been a great sleeper ever since. Kate, on the other hand, is a crazy fickle sleeper. She took a paci so nicely and would put herself to sleep for a long time. Then she hit 3 months and wanted the paci every hour or two at night. So I took it away (after these cute pictures), and while it took a little longer for her to learn to soothe herself, she got the hang of it. But now, wow. Some days are good. Others are awful. She got shots last week and goodness...thought we were barely going to survive the 3 sleepless days we had. She was miserable, and so was I. Other days, she goes 5+hrs at night. Mostly, she sleeps in 3 hr chunks and I am exhausted. So when we get good naps in...I am THANKFUL! Still love her though :)