New Parent Orientation: Will We Ever Sleep Again?

I pretty much have only talked about the goodness of our baby Olivia so far; mostly because she is pretty much full of goodness! Here's a little story about our life the past 8 days...

Last Friday, March 4th Olivia had her 4 month checkup and shots like I told you earlier. She was a bit fussy that night and I was up more than normal comforting her and feeding her and giving her everything she needed. All fine and good, right? Not really. Ever since that night she has only had one good night of sleep and that means I have only had one good night of sleep and Josh has only had one good night of sleep. She seems to be waking every two hours - just like when she was a little tiny baby baby. I try to let her fuss herself back to sleep instead of getting up but then the fussing turns into a full blown screaming session. So that hasn't really worked out :)

For the most part, she has been great during the day - she is happy and playful and talkative and the happy girl she has always been. She has had some bits of fiestiness but overall she's been pretty good.

Grandma Sandy and Grandpa Den were here this weekend to see her which was a lot of fun- it's been a while since we've seen them! Josh and I had small group for church on Saturday afternoon, so Libbs stayed with Gram and Gramps. She wasn't too joyous of a baby while we were gone and I felt terrible about that. I wasn't sure what was wrong with her, so I fed her (that's usally the problem, or if not the problem it satifies her).

This morning she was being a little crunchy - that's daddy's word for grouchy...he doesn't like to say his pretty little girl is a grouch, so crunchy it is :) - I wasn't quite sure what she needed because she had a full belly so I went to the second method of choice:for a happy Oliva: the bath! I got rid of her baby bathtub - she is getting too tall for it so I laid a towel down in the sink and put a couple inches of water in the sink and laid her on the towel. We played in the bath for 10 minutes or so and then I gave her a bedtime massage and let her roll around naked on the floor for almost a half an hour. She was very happy during all of this. But then got crunchified again.

This afternoon she had a hissy fit for some reason we couldn't figure out. She had just finished eating, so she wasn't hungry, so didn't want to play or sleep or cuddle and she had a clean diaper on. Finally her smart daddy suggested a little OraJel that I picked up last week. It was a miracle! Apparently that was the issue - her gummers hurt. DUH - Why didn't I think of that?!

We have been wondering about her teething lately, hence why I even bought the Orajel. So Grandma Sandy if you're reading this - sorry I didn't figure that out sooner and have some of that out for you! But you handled her wonderfully without it :)

We are now hoping that with this new-found friend, we can give her some if she wakes up in the middle of the night and we can all have a good night's sleep...we will see!!!

I really hope my dad wasn't right when he told Josh today that maybe Olivia had us spoiled the past 4 months by being such an easy baby...I want to keep being spoiled!