Comments on: Sleep, the Hidden “S” in Fussiness

By: Michele

Michele — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 21:11:05 +0000

Ari – you’re looking great with your little Jasper, he’s just perfect! So beautiful!!!

I forgot to mention when we spoke about how important the regular naps are for Leo too…the only way to avert melt-downs is keeping him well-rested, and well-fed.

Let me know what you find out tomorrow. I’ve got my fingers crossed that the pump won’t end up playing a bigger role than you originally anticipated.

Lots of love, and hugs of encouragement!

By: Kath

Kath — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 18:28:45 +0000

You look beautiful. He looks beautiful.

That’s all I can say because everyone above said it first. I’m just catching up on your blog because I’ve been VERY busy and happen to, at this moment, have some of that “You” time you mention. :)

By: ariana

ariana — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 15:16:36 +0000

California girl.. oh yes, the happiest baby on the block is a life saver! I actually have the DVD and the book. The dvd is amazing. There is a package deal of DVD with miracle blanket that I got for my shower you can get on amazon.com.. if you don’t have the miracle blanket, I would recommend getting that combo. Basically for our naps he must be swaddled and bounced to sleep in the sideways position with white noise. (that’s three of the Ss that Karp talks about, swaddle, shush (noise) and sideways.

Let us know how it goes!!

Oh, and thanks.. I think he’s pretty damn cute too ;)

By: California Girl

California Girl — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 04:38:14 +0000

Wow… so I take it he is doing much better with the naps now? Maybe I’ll pick up that book… sounds interesting.

And Jasper is the CUTEST little guy ever. Seriously, you have one casanova on your hands!

By: Jamie

Jamie — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 16:14:49 +0000

I also HIGHLY recommend The Happiest Baby on the Block–it has helped me so much with getting my little boy to fall asleep. He loves to fight it even when he is super exhausted. He went from 4 hours of sleep a night to 7-8 in the four days I’ve been trying it! I loved a lot of principles in The Baby Whisperer and Babywise as well…

By: ariana

ariana — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 14:55:44 +0000

Thanks Merrilee! I am looking forward to hearing some good news from you soon..

Jaimie, we have the opposite problems, Jasper will sleep in his crib during the day but only on me at night.. yeah, I know, baaaaad habit! I have similar hopes for 3 months, we’ll see, good luck to both of us ;)

By: Jaimie

Jaimie — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 00:45:41 +0000

Ariana, it is amazing to me how much we have in common! I have the Moby and the Babyhawk too as my main carriers and like/dislike them both for the reasons you listed. My son is 10 weeks old now and I read the Baby Whisperer book. He really does follow the pattern she describes, and I do have to start soothing him to sleep after an hour or so of wakefulness. Unfortunately, although he sleeps all night in his crib (with a few wake-ups to feed) he just won’t sleep in his crib during the daytime. I can’t figure out why. So, the Moby is indispensable for lulling him to sleep, and then cradling him during his naps. I’m hopeful that when he hits 3 months his system will magically mature enough to nap on his own during the day …

By: Merrilee Hesterfer-Diaz

Merrilee Hesterfer-Diaz — Sun, 26 Oct 2008 14:34:22 +0000

I’m just catching up on my blog reading after quite a long blog hiatus….OMG, I was gone so long , he’s actually here!!!!!
He’s so handsome and the photos you take of him are just precious!!!! Congratulations!!! His arrival gives me hope ; )
xxooo-Merrilee

By: Lindy

Lindy — Sat, 25 Oct 2008 22:16:08 +0000

We all miss cues that our babies give as first-time parents. It makes me chuckle though. In the reverse situation, when my daughter was around 18 months old, I would have a horribly frustrating morning getting her to take the “mid-morning” nap she had always taken. She would cry and scream…I would scream and cry. My Mom suggested that maybe she WASN’T tired. Little did I know that it was her “milestone” moment of needing to drop that nap and only have her afternoon nap. I could have shaved of WEEKS of aggravation had I picked up on that cue!!!

No worries! This will go in your jar of “parental misfires”. You’ll realize, as a first time parent, how quickly that jar seems to fill up. Ha! Ha! Jasper will grow up fine and love you just the same. That’s the joy of being a Mommy!

By: ariana

ariana — Sat, 25 Oct 2008 20:43:25 +0000

Suzanne, glad you delurked! I have a sound machine too (on the nest it’s referred to as the “baby crack machine” but it never seemed to affect Jasper one way or another, maybe I should try it louder ;)

As for your questions, 1) the onesie said “Shhh, I’m watching the game with dad”.. and you’re right, he hasn’t worn it yet.. now that you mention it, I’m not even sure where it is. I’m going to ask Jeff when he gets back from Costco if he’s seen it. THere are so many things he never even got to wear once, its terrible! 2)He became Japer (Jack as a middle name) because even though I wanted to name him Jack after my grandfather I just wasn’t happy with how popular the name Jack is becoming among children his age. I LOVE the name, but I’ve always wanted to name my children something a bit more on the unusual side.

If you get a rebel, you definitely wont regret it!

Sarah, I don’t know if we (or my ovaries) have it in us, but I can already see that things would be alot easier a second time around!

Wow, four hours.. amazing, I’m very lucky if I get three!

As for the pictures, I do almost always adjust in photoshop. There is a great tip on a blog that I use often which is to make three duplicate layers of your image, the second one change to screen mode and the third one change to overlay mode and adjust the opacity of those two layers and the pictures really pop!

Chantal, I think Jasper would LOVE that, I might need to introduce something new into the rotation if he gets bored of his mobiles and playmat.