a little venting never hurt anybody

every now and again i have "one of those days"
one of those days where you feel like there will be no hair left in your head
and you just might scratch your eyeballs out.

yea...those days.

i think its only natural. and its just as natural to VENT about it. get it off your chest, just let-it-go.

up until the past 2 weeks i have known my baby like the back of my hand. i knew EXACTLEY when to put her down for nap, and she would sleep the entire 2 hours without a PEEP.

i knew exactly when she was hungry ( because it obviously followed the two hour nap)

there wasn't a day that didn't go by that surprised me.

until now.

now I'm completely lost. first came a growth spurt, then teeth, and rolling, and now a longer wake time, but i still have NO clue what to do with my child.

this girl used to take 3 2hour naps a day and sleep through the night 7-7 without a sound. and NOW we've got her waking every 45 minutes into her nap..talking to herself and playing with her hands..then crying for like 10 minutes..then going back to sleep...SOMETIMES. and waking around 4ish every night.

i blame the night wakings on rolling, those I'm not worried about they will smooth themselves back out when she's comfortable getting back and forth.

its the naps. i know i know that not everyone agrees with the schedule that i follow, but a lot of you do. and i also know that most moms will agree that 3 45 minute naps is not enough for a 5 month old.

our schedule USED to look like this...

7:00 wake and eat bottle and rice
7:45 nap
10:00 wake and eat bottle
11:00 nap
1:00 wake and eat bottle
2:10 nap
4:00 wake and eat bottle and avocado
6:00 night time bath and routine
7:00 bottle and straight to bed.
10:00 dreamfeed...straight to bed.

and this week it has looked somewhat like this

6:45 wake and eat bottle and rice
8:00 nap
10:30-11:00 wake and eat bottle and bananas
11:30-12:00 nap
2:00 wake and eat bottle
3:15 nap
4:30 wake and eat bottle and avocados
7:00 bath, bottle bed
10:00 dreamfeed ...straight to bed.

only all those naps she woke 45 minutes into them and played for like 15 minutes, then cried for 15, then went back to sleep.

she's starting to want to stay awake longer, and i THINK that may be the problem..im also thinking maybe an increase in calories for the night time issue, and she's obviously making it 3.5 to 4 hours in between eating in the morning. so maybe a 4 hour schedule soon?

oh these babies...always changing things on you right when your comfortable.

if any of my baby wise friends have any suggestions for our 45 minute intruder problem let me know! or a sample of what yalls schedules looked like a 5 months.

can you believe that? next week she will be 5 months old. thats just insane.

anyways just needed to type that out i think...its nice having a place to dump my problems other than my husband...he thanks you all hahaha!