Anyone else awake?

Well it's the second night of trying to get Ellie to sleep in her crib. It is 12:30am and I figure I might as well update our blog while I sit and pray Ellie goes to sleep in her crib for longer than 20 minutes at a time.

I spent two hours last night trying to get her to sleep in her crib. I'd lay her down while she was still awake and leave her room praying she'd go to sleep. Within 5 minutes she was crying. I'd wait 15 LONG minutes of her crying and finally go in and calm her down and then the process would start over again. I did this for two hours and finally gave up and let her sleep in the swing. I was desperate for some shut eye. Of course, she fell asleep in her swing right away, so I was stuck sleeping on the couch, again. She always seems to wake up at 5am after sleeping in the swing and want to eat. After her feeding I can manage to put her in her crib and she'll sleep for 2-3 hours until she is hungry again.

Besides the sleepless nights parenting has been amazing so far. We love our little girl and are enjoying every minute (during the day at least) of being mommy and daddy. =) Ellie is now 7 weeks old and is starting to look less like a newborn and more like a pudgy cheeked little baby. She loves to smile at daddy and her pink bunny. She still doesn't seem to know about Maizy and I think Maizy is in denial that there is a new baby in the house. Maizy likes to sit on my lap while Ellie eats and tries to sit on the glider footrest. The barking of the dog and the crying of the baby doesn't seem to bother either one of them-they both sleep thru each other's noises. We pray each day there will be less barking and crying because we definitely notice their noises...ha!

We're trying to break Ellie of only sleeping in her swing, our arms, and her car seat. If anyone has any suggestions of what has worked for them we are WIDE OPEN to suggestions. I must say, I am looking forward to the weekend when it is Mike's turn to sleep on the couch and attempt to get Ellie to sleep in her crib.

My 15 minutes of listening to Ellie cry are up...wish us luck!