Xiaoniu 小妞

Last night was the best so far. I think there are a number of factors that lead to a good night. First off she had a decent dinner. Other than Monday she has been very obstinate about eating a decent meal and forcing her to eat does not work. Last night Amy and James paid us a visit and dinner. The little one was much more interested in eating and had food from me, Sue and Amy. By the time they left she had a full tummy and a little play time with James. A little something to break up the monotony of the week.

The second thing I think made a big difference is that we put her humidifier in her room. It keeps the room a little warmer and a little moister making it more comfortable to sleep and it provides a bit of white noise. The white noise keeps her from waking up every time the floor creaks or something makes a noise.

Lastly, she was exhausted. This was night four and by now she is really getting tired. There is only so much that she’ll take before she gives in to sleep.

She went down at 7:05 and was asleep by 7:10. I didn’t have to go in to tuck her in even once. She was out, but woke up repeatedly throughout the night. We heard her making noise, but the crying was kept at a very minimum. Mostly she was vocalizing her efforts to get comfortable and move around. When we were sure she was asleep we went in to cover her again so that she would stay warm. The heat was up a couple degrees because of the cold night (it’s -1 F outside right now). Thankfully, she stayed in bed and asleep until 6:30 this morning when Sue got up.

All in all I think that we all got a decent night of sleep. Emelia was clearly not as tired this morning and I’m not dragging anymore. Yesterday was very hard and I made it through with a thermos of Starbucks. Let’s hope this improvement continues and that we don’t have any trouble tonight. I won’t expect miracles and for there to be no crying, but a night like last night will do.