I don’t like to talk about Piper’s sleep. I am SO superstitious that I fear it’ll jinx me. It’s happened before, I swear! Anyway, as of her 7 month birthday, Piper stopped getting up three times a night. Previously, at 5 months, she slept all night. Then, all of a sudden… she was a rolling fool and decided that sleep is for the birds, and rolling is what all the cool babies are doing.

Now, she sleeps. She wakes up a couple of times a night with a random burst of tears then goes back to sleep (sidenote: what IS that about? Why cry in her sleep?). There are nights when she’ll wake up hungry or wet, and I’ll feed her or change her, so it’s not all “STTN! YES! I HAVE MY FREEDOM BACK!”. I have learned, in my months as a mother- to never, ever take anything she does for granted.

Example? The crawl. She crawled! Now she will never ever do it again. Her arms are getting stronger and her legs are getting better at moving one at a time, but as a whole, she prefers to side creep and roll around.

I think that when you start thinking your baby has a routine and that she’ll stick to it, that’s when you get a surprise. I will no longer assume Piper will ever do anything ever again.

Baby still has no teeth!  NOT ONE TOOTH! Of course, she is creeping, playing peek a boo and pulling herself up (Paul dropped her mattress down to the next level in her crib, sadness), and is this close to outgrowing her infant seat, so I’m more than ready to have her not get too advanced. :)

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