Ellie is sleeping in her crib! She has spent every night in a bassinet (or her car seat when she was having reflux issues) in our bedroom which has been great to have her right there.
When she was born I decided not to nurse her in the bedroom because I didn't want to get in the habit of falling asleep with her in bed. For me, it is better to take her to our office for feedings. Everything is in there and we can sit on the couch and I can watch TV if I want to. I have to admit that I have fed her in bed a couple of times, but those were desperate times.
It has been nice to have her sleeping in the bedroom because I just pick her up and go, but last night she was not quite ready to fall asleep when I was. She wasn't mad or even fussy...just "talking". It wasn't bad enough to have Richard sit with her in the living room so I just decided to put her in her crib. By the time she was actually asleep (after a late night snack) she slept there from midnight to 5:30. Wahoo! Tonight I fed her and put her in there to begin with and has been asleep for almost two hours already. I have the baby monitor on my night stand and didn't have any trouble hearing her when she woke up last night.
It feels like such a big step! I was a little emotional about it last night (silly, I know) but it just made me think of all the little things that are really going to be huge things.
Anyway...I am excited about my second night in our room just Richard and I. Not that she took up a lot of room or kept us up a lot, but it is just the fact that we are in our room and she is in hers. What a big girl she is. I will have to post pics soon.
Sorry for the ramble-ness of this post. Not really tired, I guess, and have a lot to say. :)
Oh...and to help with my anxiety about Ellie being in her room across the house from us, we are leaving Emma the dog out (she normally sleeps in a crate in our room). She will growl and bark at her own shadow right now so that gives me some peace of mind.
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