+ Well, I'll be! +
Look around you. Does the world look different today? Hell froze over! Yes, I know, it's hard to believe and I admit the world looks an awful lot like it did yesterday. That's something to ruminate on another day. But I digress.

CEILI SLEPT THROUGH THE NIGHT!

I know, it's happened a couple of times before, but this time felt... different. I think we're on to something. It was textbook, I swear to you. You went down at 7:30 - awake. No tears, no whining, just a few minutes of playing with your stuffed elephant and then sleep. That's it. I woke up at 3:30 and tiptoed in to spy on you, but you were snoozing away soundly. There was no sign you'd ever awakened. All of your toys by your crib were still there, watching over you as you slept, and your elephant and doggie were in roughly the same places they were when you fell asleep.

Next thing I know, it's 5:43 (two minutes before my alarm clock was due to go off) and I heard you whimpering very quietly. I got to you before you fully woke, fed you and you went BACK TO SLEEP! I had to wake you up at 7:15 to feed you before I left and you were all smiles and giggles.

Incidentally, you did your psycho giggling thing again last night. It was shorter, maybe only 5 or 10 minutes, but at least Auntie Chelle got to hear/see you do it this time. WAY too cute.

Daddy took you for your flu shot this morning, so I'm not overly optimistic that you will sleep happily tonight since that's kind of a big thing. On the other hand, maybe you'll sleep even better! Who knows?!

We also tried a new thing with your bottles at daycare yesterday. I'm sending 3 6-7 oz. bottles instead of the 4 4 oz. bottles you were getting. Dear reader: I know, I know. If you have a baby her age or older, you're thinking, "What?! A 9-month old drinking only 4 oz. at a time?!" But (a) she's small and (b) she's a snacker. I nurse her that often much of the time too. But that's why I'm sending less, smaller bottles now. I would like to break this pattern. And she seemed to like it too. She got her third one at 4:00, which tells me a lot. We did it again today and I think we're on to something!