I thought I would be better at keeping up with this. Olivia is 8 weeks old today (well its actually Saturday now, but Friday she was 8 weeks)! This week she has been awake much more. I had great hopes to get some work done around the house...made a list and everything (normally when I make a list, I am serious about getting stuff done so I can cross if off the list). Sadly, the list is still full and not much was crossed off. I have been playing with Olivia all week, because she has been up all week. On Thursday, she was awake from 8:30am to 6:00pm and slept maybe an hour all day (15 minutes here, 15 minutes there)...I even took her on a walk to the mailbox (You have to understand that I do NOT get the mail, so walking to the mailbox was a big event).
After getting the mail, we go and visit with Adam's aunt (she is in walking distance from our house) and she holds and loves Olivia and of course the darling falls asleep in Adam's aunt's arms...I push her in her stroller back to the house...I get her inside and her little eyes pop open and she stares at me...BIG SIGH* well, she is at least getting familiar with her surroundings and knows when she is home. :)

Our Livie girl has been enjoying This Little Piggy, The Itsy, Bitsy Spider, and Deep and Wide. Together, with hand motions of course, we sing these songs...I laugh as I type because she likes my voice and my singing...and I love this. No ONE likes my singing...so I will enjoy this while it lasts. She is also starting to squeal..good squeals, squeals of delight.

Today I have worked on letting her fall asleep on her own. I was tired of trying to entertain my widely awake princess all day...This morning I was exhausted and Olivia was fed and changed. I decided I was going back to bed...Olivia fussed some, but when I woke up an hour later, Olivia was asleep..She must have put herself to sleep. I felt kind of bad for letting her be and going back to bed, but I was simply too tired to stay awake. Then this afternoon, I cleaned our bedroom...Again I made sure she was fed and changed, put her down and started cleaning...she did not fall asleep, but she did keep herself entertained...
And tonight...voila...fed (check), changed (check) walked away....Olivia fussed some...now she is sleeping.....I think I am doing the right thing by having her put herself to sleep. I simply cannot hold her all the time (like I have been doing) and put her to sleep in my arms...I exhaust myself and Olivia needs her own time as well...

Oh being a new mom...constantly doubting yourself and hoping you're doing the right thing for your baby...our saga continues.