Jane's nighttime sleep routine the past few weeks has been really hard. There are some nights she wakes up every 2 hours from 8:00 PM until 6:00 AM wanting to eat. It's KILLING me. I worried about trying the "cry-it-out" method because we are living in a hotel and have neighbors on 4 sides of us. Not only that, but most of these neighbors are aviators and the Army imposes minimum sleep quotas. If you don't get at least 7 hours of sleep at night you are considered "high-risk" and they may not let you fly. I didn't feel right allowing my child to keep half of Army Lodging awake at night. However, 2 nights ago she woke up at 9:00 after going to sleep at 8:00 and I decided it was early enough that most people wouldn't be asleep yet anyways. We let her cry and she cried for 30 minutes and then fell asleep until 12:30. I fed her at 12:30 and she fell asleep again until 4:30, ate again, then slept until 7:00 AM. Last night, she cried for 15 minutes, woke up at 1:30 and 5:45 to eat, then slept until 8:00. I am really encouraged and hope that we are breaking some of her bad habits. I can handle getting up twice a night, especially when it is spread over a 12-hour period. Hopefully it will continue.
Although there are hard times, we have lots of good times too. Jane is still small, but she is growing and gets cuter every day. I love this picture of her with Jimmer. We went outside one afternoon and I took this magazine to read. I set it in her carseat so I could carry her back inside and this is what I saw when I set her down. I love how her little hand is holding it. So cute!
When we took her in for her 4 month checkup last month she weighed in at a whopping 12 lb 1 oz, which is only the 10th percentile. The doctor suggested we start her on solids and after much debate and a second opinion (thanks again Jenny!) we decided to start her on rice cereal. It's not going so well and I'm starting to think she's just not ready. Jane is a petite baby girl but she's not sickly or lethargic. She has plenty of fat rolls around her legs and bum and is active and happy. Maybe we'll try again in a few weeks. This particular day I tried mixing the cereal with sweet potatoes which went a little better, but not much. Oh well. 
This past weekend Jane started sitting up on her own. She is still a little tipsy but does really well overall.
Motherhood is definitely an adventure! Hopefully we can make it through babyhood without too much permanent damage on either side. Despite the challenges I LOVE being Jane's mom. She is by far the best thing that ever happened to me.
