More milestones!

Baby Laurna has been doing well with sleeping - she's been managing about 5 hours straight at night, which isn't bad. This week I started working on getting her down in the cradle instead of in our bed, which resulted in my having to put her down multiple times per night because she would start flailing her arms and legs and wake herself up.

Yesterday at her doctor's appointment we asked about this. Her doctor said it was really up to us - we could get her up every time she cried, or we could let her work through it.

So last night I decided to give it a try. I put her down around 10 PM in the cradle, and we were still up so it wasn't as disruptive for her to be crying. She was quiet for about 20 minutes, at which point she started doing her flailing thing and predictably started crying. I wasn't prepared to let her cry for longer than 10 mins straight. Well - she didn't. For about 40 minutes she did cry on and off, but for shorter and shorter periods of time and never for longer than 10 minutes. By around 11 PM she had stopped crying completely, and when I peeked in on her was sleeping diagonally at the bottom of her cradle with her feet in the corner. So much activity!

She slept without making another peep until 6:30 this morning.

Wow!

Any parents out there - as much as it's hard to let your baby cry for any length of time, it can be a good thing!

We're off now on our first BART adventure...

Pictures and immunizations

Baby girl had her 2-month checkup today, which included a bunch of immunizations - she was a champ! She's now sleeping it off, poor girl. At least it's worth it - those diseases are no joke.

In other news, I have finally posted some photos! You can view the album here or by clicking the link to the right. Unfortunately they got out of order when I uploaded them, but oh well! Enjoy!

Official birth announcement!

Milestones!

Yesterday baby girl started hitting at some hanging things in her baby gym. She also played by herself for quite a long time today. Exciting! (for us, anyway...)

And yes, pictures are still coming!

Time is already flying!

Baby Laurna is now just over three weeks old, and it's hard to believe how much we've all grown and changed during those three weeks! She's doing great, and her parents aren't doing so bad either. She's been considerate enough to not get her days and nights mixed up, and has even slept for a six-hour block the last two nights. Thanks, baby girl!

More photos will be up soon.

Introducing to the world

Here's the first picture of Laurna Anne Keuter Sudat. She was born April 16th at 6:39 PM and weighed in at 10 lbs 6 oz. Both mother and child are resting comfortably.

Baby shower pictures are up!

I have posted pictures from the baby shower at our house in March. You can view them here. Pictures from last year's bridal shower in June and from the day-after wedding Open House are also up - click on the "Wedding" link to the right and you'll see the new albums! Enjoy!

...and obviously no baby yet... :o)