Who Needs Sleep Anyway?

Ok, over the past year I have posted many wonderful things about my daughter. However, as everyone knows we all have our flaws, and right now Jenna's biggest flaw is her sleeping pattern. It al started around New Year's when Jenna got her first cold. It was then that we started cycling between colds and new teeth, both getting Jenna up at night. Well, unfortunately, Mike and I , well I should say I started some bad habits. I started giving Jenna a bottle to get her back to sleep and even brought her into bed with us at times. Now 3 whole months later, she has become very dependent on this way of getting to sleep. I didn't mind when it was just once during the night, but lately it has been 2 or even 3 times up. So I decided it was time to get tough. I am trying to let Jenna cry it out, which has not made for an easy 2 nights. LAst night she cried (and I mean cried) for 2 hours before I finally gave in and gave her a bottle while rocking her. Now I know this was the wrong thing to do because now I taught her she ccan keep complaining to get her way, but at 3 AM, I don't think logically.

My plan tonight is to take her outside as much as I can during the day to tire her out. Tonight I won't go in the room at all . The last couple of nights I tried patting her, which would calm her for a bit, but then get her angry because I was not picking her up.

Is there anyone that knows any good tricks? I am sure the answer is to stop spoiling her, and it might be a good week of this before things sink in, but it is a lot easier said than done.

By the way, these are a few samples of Jenna's Easter pictures.

Not Quite A Year

I can't believe that at this time last year we were all guessing the birth date, sex, weight, etc. Now as I write this, I need eyes on the back of my head because Jenna is all over the place. She crawls all over and loves to explore EVERYWHERE. Jenna is also pulling herself up to a standing position. She even lets go every now and then, but can only stand a second. She has four teeth, the top two finally broke through.

We got spoiled last week with the nice weather and spent a lot of time outside. Jenna loved going on the swings, the slide, and the trampoline!

Hope to see everyone soon!