The pediactrician did say we need to keep watch on her eye movement. She was moving them around quite a bit in the office and he was concerned that she may have wandering eyes which could lead to a lazy eye and monocular vision. He said if caught early it is treatable. So I am currently on the look out for that. We certainly hope this is not the case. We started Sadie on rice cereal. Down below are some pictures and some videos we have taken over the last month.
As for the sleeping thing, we are making a little progress. I have found a way to put her down for naps and she sleeps for 2 hours! Which is a huge step considering she only slept previously for 30 minutes at a time. My trick is to bounce her while I sit on my exercise ball. It knocks her out in half the time and lulls her into a deeper sleep quicker. We are still working on the nighttime sleeping. Our doctor explained that babies have a sleep cycle of deep sleep for 2-3 hours and then a light sleep, when they are in the light sleep cycle they have the potential to wake up easily. This is what is happening with Sadie and she has forgotten how to put herself to sleep. The doctor gave us a few ideas but said it is really hard to give sleep advice because all babies are different and need different things. He said they had to do something different with each of their babies. So, I guess we will be experiementing over the next little while. It's a good thing I like experiements! Although I could really use some sleep!!
Those are the updates for now. Hope all is well with you!
Love,
Rachel
Looks like you are having lots of fun Rachel! Sadie looks a lot like you in these pics. So cute.
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