It's hard to write updates at this point because every day is pretty much the same. Plus I have no real new poses for Sahana to take pictures in. Basically she's either got a bottle in her mouth, is playing on her play gym, under her mobile, or in her bouncy seat, or she's sleeping. And I have pictures of her doing all of those things. So I'm going to wait until she's doing something more exciting before putting some new pics up.
I am very proud of her, though -- last night I fed her at 10:30 and then she slept till 3:30 a.m. Another feeding and she was set till it was time to wake up at 7 am. I wake her up at 7 am no matter what, as I am following the same book I did with Paras, which is called The Contented Little Baby by Gina Ford. I think Gina Ford is a genius -- she gives a very strict feeding/napping schedule for the first year, and the crazy thing is that it works. She helped me get Paras from complete spaz who was waking up every two hours to sleeping through the night by the time he was 11 weeks old. That is my singular mission right now: to get Sahana to sleep through the night by the time I go back to work in September. This is crucial because I am completely dysfunctional if I don't get a good night's sleep.
Because I'm such a Nazi about the schedule, it's very hard for me to delegate her care to the au pair right now. I like for things to be done in a certain way, and the only person I trust to do it right is Andy. If I tell Andy that she must stay awake till x time, Andy will absolutely make sure she stays awake until then. Or, if I know she needs to have a good feed and should finish the entire bottle, Andy will make sure she finished the bottle, even if it takes an hour (she is a super slow eater). Some of his methods may be questionable, but he gets the job done, which is what is important at this stage. The au pair isn't really used to this -- she wants to run to Sahana and check her diaper if she makes the slightest squawk during a nap, or she'll feed Sahana while she's still swaddled (which just puts Sahana right back to sleep). So right now I have a million instructions written out in black sharpie taped to the refrigerator on when she feeds, when she naps, how to wake her up from a nap, how to feed her, etc. The nice thing about paying someone to help you (as opposed to a family member) is that they kind of have no choice but to do things the way you want them done. And I will say that the au pair has picked up my techniques pretty quickly so I'm able to relax more when I leave Sahana with her.
OK, I know a post is disappointing without new pics so I'll add another video of (surprise) Sahana playing in her crib:
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