Ella was 2 months old on Tuesday, and Hal and I can hardly believe it. Some days it feels like she's only been her 2 days, other days 2 years. We decided that in honor of her 2 month birthday, it was time to try two new things: her crib and a pacifier.
I guess that's not exactly an accurate description--we've tried the pacifier. In fact, we've tried 4 different types of pacifier. Until today, Ella was completely uninterested. Then, a magical thing happened. Carrie told me about these MAM pacifiers, so I gave them a try right before her nap today. Now, I haven't mentioned this much, but Ella has really been throwing us for a loop for several weeks now with her fussiness. There are the obvious cries for food, sleep, etc. but she should win a gold medal for the "random, I'm-perfectly-fine-but-totally-miserable" cry. At least, that's what I thought she was trying to tell us. Apparently, she was just looking for something to suck on to soothe herself, because once she took that pacifier, she stayed in her crib for over an hour just looking at her mobile and sucking away! It was a complete breakthrough! She has since taken it twice more today, and we're thrilled to have a happy, content baby.
As for the crib, Tuesday night was her first night sleeping all alone in her room in her crib. She did splendidly; Hal and I were miserable. She slept for 5 hours, then nursed, then went straight back down (which never happens) for another 3 hours. Hal and I slept for 5 hours, and then stayed up talking about how weird it was that she wasn't in the room and were we sure that the alarm was working on her bedroom window in case robbers decided to steal our baby on her first night in the nursery. I even caught Hal red-handed on the computer before bedtime looking at pictures of Ella in the hospital and on her first week at home. His little girl is growing up, and it's hard and wonderful at the same time.
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