Recent Happenings

Ok - I get the message! Sorry for the wait between posts, but we have been travelling yet again. We went to Sydney for 5 days (flew this time) for a conference, then to the US Consulate to get Maya's US passport (both Noah and I are US citizens - and Noah needed a passport, too), then to the Blue Mountains for Noah's research.

Maya is 6 1/2 months now, and is becoming brighter and more socially interactive each day. She is much more receptive to different people now, and smiles a lot. You may recall my earlier posts where at the early age of 3 months she would get startled and cry if handed to others, but that seems to have mostly subsided as she settles into her little being-ness.

As for sleeping, well....the little baby has gotten used to a pattern of waking about 3-4 times a night for a feed. I could keep going with this, but have decided to make some sort of change. I did buy a 'portacot' when I was pregnant, but have never dragged it out (the thought of all of this baby equipment and figuring out how it all works just seems too tiring sometimes!). We've set it up next to my side of the bed, and I am putting Maya in there when she goes to bed at night, and then letting her cry through the time when she would usually have her first night feed- which is somewhere between 11-12pm. I have only done this 2 nights now, and the crying usually lasts for about 5-10 minutes. It is hard, but I really don't think she needs that first feed. At one of her feeds later in the night, I pull her back into bed again, and sleep in with her in the morning. I love this time with her and can't quite give that up yet, nor do I feel I have to...BUT I would like to get her used to sleeping through without so many feeds, so any change feels good. We'll see how we go.

Enjoy the photos (Noah and Maya at the Three Sisters in the Blue Mountains - Sis, that's your shirt she has on; Maya enjoying a 'ride' on her dog Bindi).