"Mama"

Gloria has been working on her "mmmmm" sounds lately. She's been saying a lot of "Mmmmmmm-mamamamama-mmmmm-mamamama!" On Monday morning while she was playing in her crib, she was jabbering away. All of a sudden it was quiet and I heard "mama" and then silence again. Gloria said her first word!

When we came back from our trip this past weekend, Rob and I decided that it was time to move Gloria out of her bassinet and attempt to get her to sleep without having to swaddle her. Sunday evening she fought the swaddle quite a bit so we let her sleep for part of the night without it. She did pretty well.

Tuesday, January 15, 2008
2 days old

Saturday, June 28, 2008
5 1/2 months old

On Monday night we moved the bassinet out of our bedroom and put the pack 'n play in it's place. After Gloria nursed and fell asleep, Rob put her down without swaddling her first. She slept okay, still waking up around 12, 4, and 6. Tuesday night went a bit better and she rolled onto her tummy after waking up and put herself back to sleep. Rob was worried because it's supposed to be "back to sleep" so I told him he could flip her back over if he wanted to. He did but she rolled onto her tummy later during the night. We really thought we'd have some long nights by not swaddling her, but apparently she was ready. The nights haven't been any worse than they were before and now Gloria knows she can roll onto her tummy and sleep and move around. Just prepping her for moving her into her crib in her own room!

"I'm a big girl now!"