Michelle Smiles

Teaching my children to question authority, except mine.

The Peanut and the Pill

November24

Grandma and Pap-pap arrived on Friday to give the girls some loving like only grandparents can.  Pap-pap determined that Tessa would like a rocking chair.

The next morning this arrived with the grandparents:

How awesome is that?  A great gift for the kiddos that doesn’t make noise!

Sabrina was very bummed out to wake up this morning and find no grandma and no pap-pap.

Tessa loves the rocker – we’ve had plenty of opportunties to use it already.  Tessa quit sleeping through the night about a month ago.  We were just getting back to it before she got sick and now all bets are off.  She just seems unable to go more than 4 hours without eating now.  So we are up at midnight and 5-ish.  After a false start last night, Steve and I are trying to come up with some ideas to help her sleep longer between feedings.

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9 Comments to

“The Peanut and the Pill”

  1. On November 24th, 2008 at 10:05 am tonya Says:

    That looks like the perfect rocker. I like the nice high back for resting your sleepy head and the nice wide arms for propping arms and babes. Awesome! I have a hickory rocker…its pretty but not comfortable for baby rocking.

  2. On November 24th, 2008 at 11:04 am Melany Says:

    That is such a sweet picture of grandma with the two girls! As far as the sleeping… maybe she’s just needing to eat a little more right now to make up for being sick and then it will even off again. I am actually NEVER one to give advise about getting kids to sleep. Whatever I did – didn’t really work. Perhaps put some turkey in her bottle. ? 😉

  3. On November 24th, 2008 at 1:20 pm Angie Says:

    Nice chair!!! I cannot believe how long Sabrina’s hair is getting! Gorgeous!!!

  4. On November 24th, 2008 at 3:32 pm Vanessa Says:

    That’s an AWESOME gift!! I know I use to LOVE to rock my son!!

  5. On November 24th, 2008 at 7:33 pm Meena Says:

    Some of my sweetest moments with Serena were rocking her to sleep. You will all love the rocker, it’s a great gift. Sabrina looks so happy and what a smile! I hope Tessa starts sleeping through the night. It just might be because she was sick and it takes a little while for her to get back to her routine.

  6. On November 24th, 2008 at 8:09 pm Rachel Says:

    One of the things we did to start getting through the night is when our son woke up, we started giving him a pacifier. This started getting him over the habit of expecting a bottle in the middle of the night. I think we started this at around 3 months old and it only took a night or two before he got the hang of it. Just a thought!

  7. On November 25th, 2008 at 8:18 am Dori Says:

    Kids are so cute…awesome rocker and if you figure out how to get her through the night, PLEASE let me know. My little one is 3 months and he eats at 8:30, wakes up at 1am, I give him a binky, then he sleeps until 3:30am to eat…..then at 6:30am again!
    I am SOOOO tired!!!

  8. On November 25th, 2008 at 1:22 pm Samantha Says:

    it’s so sad to see my kid sad when someone is visiting then leaves…
    and great idea about the rocking chair, it’s even pretty!

  9. On November 25th, 2008 at 7:49 pm Bobbi Says:

    Aren’t grandparents the best?? What a great gift!!

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