Friday, June 13, 2008

Blissful Nights

All that I have ever heard about babies sleeping at night are horror stories.  Apparently I got up at least once a night until I was 18 months old.  Brett's older sister took 12 months to sleep through the night.  The doctor says that babies don't sleep through the night until they reach 13-15 pounds.  Considering that I do not do very well without sleep, I was not doing so hot the first few days.  But this was the scene last night for almost 10 hours:

No kidding!  She even took a long nap yesterday afternoon, but she slept from 8:30 to 6:10.  Earlier this week she slept 8 hours straight two nights in a row.  We are so happy that Kennedy decided that she didn't have to wait until she even hit 13 pounds to sleep through the night.  It only took 2 months for her to reach this wonderful place!  She is getting awfully big though.  She's starting to grow out of her 0-3 month clothes.  She's also going to take her first plane ride next week to go visit her family in Texas.  She has yet to meet her Uncle Blake and her Aunts Christine and Lisa.  She also needs to meet her great-grandma and great-grandpa Emigh and her soon to be cousin Wyatt.  She's so excited!  If anyone has any advice about taking a baby on a plane (or packing for a baby for that matter) please let me know!

4 comments:

Heidi said...

wait... did you say aunt Lisa? who is that? Did blake get married?

Thats so fun that you get to go to Texas. we are going to Florida next weekend for a week! so excited!

Have fun in Texas. Tell your family I said HELLO!! Miss you guys

Sheryl said...

Heidi has had great luck traveling with Jackson. I think she feeds him right before they get on the plane, or just when the board, and he would sleep. Now he likes to look around and entertain everyone. Have fun with your family, I bet they are missing not having you and Kennedy around...as a Gramma, I can atest to that!

Taylor Kowallis said...

thats so excited!! Babies usually sleep better when they get naps thoughout the day just FYI.. well all babies are different but my kids take 2 2hour naps during the day and sleep 9-10 hours every night!

Kennedy is so cute!!! I wish I was there to she he grow up, i glad we have blogs!!!

Blair said...

And her aunt BLAIR!!! just kidding.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paregoric

That stuff used to be awesome for babies on planes. Not so much anymore. My mom said she used to give me 1 TBSP of Benedryl and that would knock me out for a while.