We received Sophia's referral...some days it's hard to believe she's only been a part of our lives for 9 months, other days I can't believe how time has flown. Her newest talent is saying cheese, if she sees a camera she puts on her biggest grin :)
Here is a Halloween preview...
And....she continues to have her big brother wrapped around her little finger...
Sophia is just blossoming more and more each day. I think I can honestly say that she is finally sleeping better...like, through the night better. And in her own room. She has found her comfort on a twin mattress on the floor. Let me see if I can give you a 9 month recap as to how she finally reached this monumental milestone:
Phase 1: Slept in our bed between us. Would have been okay with this for a while except quickly found she was a mover and a shaker...
Phase 2: Put crib in our room beside our bed. Found out Sophia was part billy-goat when she tried to chew her way out of crib.
Phase 3: Took side off crib so she could have access to us, but still have her own space to lie in.
Phase 4: Gave this up because it was a major pain in the a** as she would just climb back over me anyhow.
Phase 5: Crib back to Sophie's room...Sophie would start the night in her crib...and end up in our room.
Phase 6: Noticed that when Sophia came to our room to sleep, she would often slide herself off the foot of the bed and sleep on the floor...thus we entered...
Phase 7: Converted crib into toddler bed. Sophia loved it!!! ...but...
Phase 8: She would gladly go to sleep in her room but then roll, slide, or fall out of bed onto the floor and wake herself up...so....
Phase 9: I put a guard rail up on the side of her toddler bed....and Alex said, "mom, isn't it just a crib again now???" I told Alex to keep his mouth shut...but he was right and Sophie hated it...crib rail only lasted one night and...
Phase 10: Twin mattress on floor next to toddler bed. Soon noticed that Sophia started every night in her toddler bed and every morning she was on the mattress....and finally....
Phase 11: Twin mattress on floor in Sophia's room. She starts there, she ends there.
Now...you may be wondering why we made things so difficult knowing that she slept with her foster mom on a futon you may think that it would have been logical to start with a mattress on her floor and sleep in there until she was ready to be in her room by herself. Well, all I can say is...yes, that would have been logical. I never said I was a logical person.
That's all for now...
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