First night in her room....

This girl is growing so much! Not just in size either. She really does look at you and try to talk. She rolls now as well. She looks at her toys and is starting to really reach for them- and then try and drag them to her mouth. She has a rattle that looks like a dumbbell. It's collided with her head more times than it has made it to her mouth, but the idea is there. We've noticed that she likes the tv too :/ I was kind of hoping she would never take interest in it; that's already not the case. She will twist her body around to watch it if her back is to it and you are talking to her. 

I feel like I should preface the rest of this post with i've been trying to read up on sleep training. All the literature points to the fact that she is well within the time frame to start. Last night it happened. Olivia slept in her room. I know most people are probably going to say "about time". She's already 3 months! I SHOULD be thrilled. But up until now, she's been in her rock n play in our room on my side. (Or dare I admit to her co sleeping in our bed on occasion). Her crib has only been for naps- as in, I'm awake during that time so I can check on her if I want to and still get things done. It was working for us. Now i'm feeling like we needed our space back and in the long run, she will sleep better in her own space. I was ready to do the up a bazillion times during the night to help her learn to sleep in her own room. Little did I know what I was in for. She was fine- she didn't even need me. I was not prepared for her not needing me.

Last night I didn't sleep well. I must have checked on her at least 5 times and every time she was in the exact same spot- still breathing, still sleeping. I kept her monitor close by. I even shook it a couple times to make sure it was working and it was. It's an angelcare monitor that has a sensor pad in case she stops breathing as well as a noise monitor. So for all intensive purposes, I should have been relaxed. We have our room back and she was sleeping just fine (even after a couple of false alarms). But no. Instead, I spent a lot of time browsing a new website my sister sent (http://www.alwaysunderpay.com/) and playing scrabble and words with friends. I really don't like to chat with people I don't know; I just resign from those games. They get weird and I just want to play and win. I also found a funny entry on one of my favorite food blogs I think everyone should read (http://www.ourbestbites.com/2013/05/a-few-thoughts-before-mothers-day/). Seriously, the pictures of the eggs in the vacuum and the 400 special story crack me up! 

Anyway, back on track, I'm afraid I'm turning into a helicopter mom. You know the one who needs to chill out and let her kid be a kid and stop hovering because they might do something? I really don't want to be that person. Maybe it's a first time mom thing and it will get easier with the next child or on a day I didn't take a nap while trying to adjust back to east coast time. I'm keeping my fingers crossed and myself in check for now. It's a good thing I have Steven to balance me out. The guy slept with no problem at all. 

On a side note, we made it to the class at the gym too late and it had already filled up. So I let Steven set up a workout program for both of us. The majority of it was on TRX bands. It was such a great workout. But I'm totally feeling it now- you know the kind where your legs start shaking while trying to get up out of the chair. Or when you go to reach for something up high and you end up feeling like your doing a major arm stretch. Yep, it's like that.