Diario di Mamma Jenn

Her Nonno Ugo gave her a surprise 11-month gift, it is a toy cash register that teaches numbers, colors, shapes and sounds both in Italian and English, when she saw it, she immediately smiled, she loved it! Of course like every baby, she immediately started scattering the smaller pieces here and there and Mommy had to go hunting for them. Her Abuelita Lulù on the other hand gave her a baby doll that cries for her bottle. Izzie will have to wait to get her monthly gifts from Abuelita, but time is creeping on us and before you know it we'll be out there! Which reminds me, my hubby was kind enough to remind me that we should start thinking about Izzie's 1st birthday party. I didn't think there was much to think about, we invite the usual people, we just have to set the time, send the invites and he cooks and bakes. I don't think there will be a particular theme or anything, or maybe I should have a flower theme. Izzie loves flowers and a flower cake and/or cupcakes should be easy to make, right?

Besides this birthday party, I need to start a plan on how to move Izzie from our bed to her crib. I am TIRED of her sleeping with us. I acknowledge it was MY fault to begin with, but I HAVE LEARNED MY LESSON!!! Before Izzie was born, I used to say that babies belong in their crib and not in bed with the parents. I am still a firm believer in it, I just happened to not do it, this time. Come to think about it, I actually put her in bed with me at the hospital!! She would cry so much that I would put her to sleep next to me and only then would she sleep. At least she slept then because I sure didn't, I was afraid I would roll over her! I didn't start her off in our bed immediately, she would sleep in her crib, but she hated it. At about 5 or 6 months I slowly started sneaking her in our bed, it was soooo much easier for me since I nurse her. Oh and by the way, I feel so proud of me, 11 months and I'm still nursing her!! I'm also getting a little tired of that, but I know I am giving her an awesome gift for she has yet to get sick. Knock on wood, on metal or whatever!! Anyway, there came a time when I started to put her in her crib and let her cry it out, yes the infamous Ferber method that a lot of moms criticize. It was the ONLY way she would go to sleep, luckily for me the most she ever did cry for was 30 minutes and then the following day it went to 15 min then 5 min. Why didn't I continue??!! She started to teeth and at this time, both my hubby and I thought: "Poor baby, she's hurting" and back to our bed she went. Now she completely takes over our bed and she leaves my hubby in one little edge and myself on the opposite little edge of the bed. How can a little body take over and entire bed?!?! She moves a lot too!! Well, I know whom she takes after and her sleeping positions? Yeah, just like her Mommy .