My darling girl has not always been a wonderful sleeper. For the first 8 1/2 months of her life, she woke up at least 1 or 2 (and sometimes many more than that) times a night. For awhile now, she has been sleeping about 12 hours straight. It's amazing. I need my sleep. If you know me, you know that's true. :) For the past three nights, Olivia has started rubbing her eyes around bedtime. When I ask her if she is tired she says, "Yah..nigh, nigh." Then she proceeds to grab her duck and her baby. After that she either starts walking to her room or reaches for us to pick her up. We take her into her room, give her a few sips of milk, and then she says, "Nigh, nigh" and we lay her down. We don't hear another peep from her until the morning. The other night she wasn't feeling very well. I thought I would get some snuggle time and I started to rock Olivia. She looked up at me and said, "No..nigh, nigh." I hope this bedtime routine continues! The first few months were rough, but sticking to our routine/consistency definitely paid off! I love that my daughter asks to go to bed and I hope (and pray) that she will always be like this.:) If she is anything like me, she will continue to ask to go to bed-haha!
On another note, she started saying, "Of you" this summer. When I say, "I love you" that is her response. It may be the most precious thing I've ever heard.
Ah...the joys of being a mommy will never end. I adore her and am so lucky to be her mommy.:)
