Rollie Pollie

First Official Nap in Her Crib.

(we no longer use the sleep positioner since
she brings her legs all the way up and over it!)

Yea, Samantha is sleeping in her crib. Let's just say it was much harder on me than her. She transitioned well and slept fine the first couple nights. But the last few days she has been moving like crazy. She has mastered rolling onto her stomach but has trouble rolling back onto her back. This is where the problem lies. Samantha will toss and turn throughout the night making it onto her stomach and waking herself up to get back onto her back. With all her moving we removed everything from her crib and now use a Sleep Sack instead of a blanket. Toby and I haven't had much sleep we keep looking over at the video monitor to make sure she hasn't rolled over on her stomach. The morning after our first restless night I couldn't find Sparky to let him out and when I went to check on Samantha this is what I saw.


Sparky had slept under baby girls crib to make sure she was OK. Aww, he has been so good with her and seems to be taking on his big brother role!

Playtime has become more challenging as well if I lay Samantha down on her activity mat she rolls right over to her tummy, which she used to enjoy, but now she's trying so hard to move and gets frustrated she isn't going anywhere yet. She loves to be sitting up or standing with support. She has grown and changed so much and we are starting to see some of her sweat personality appear. She is such a happy little girl, her laughs melts my heart. She has also begun to babble to us more and seems to recognize certain words: If you say Sparky, Bottle, Momma or Dadda she seems to know exactly what your talking about.


We took Samantha to the Sacramento Zoo last weekend with Grandpa Steve and Marcia. It was such a beautiful day and Samantha did so well. She loves to be outside and enjoyed the fresh air. The zoo was much smaller than we thought it would be which worked out so we were able to see everything. Samantha was more interested in all the kids than the animals! She would smile at them and occasionally try to grab an unsuspecting child standing next to us.



We also went hiking and it was the first time Daddy carried Samantha in the baby bjorn. She loved it.