so all along I thought MAddie's evening schedule was changing. Now I'm starting to realize perhaps its her morning schedule that was changing.

For the past week or maybe even 2 weeks, Maddie has stayed in her crib for up to an hour without calling for me. At first I was thinking, ok great, she can independently play. Now I'm thinking, she can just stay up longer in the mornings....thus her morning time of wakefulness extended, not her evening.

This morning I dont even know when she woke up. I woke up to her talking to herself at 7:10. This happens a lot lately, where I dont know when she woke up. I went in to get her at 7:30. I HATE when i dont know when she wakes up, bc then i dont know when to put her down for a nap. She doesnt show signs of sleepy cues anymore and im always afraid to put her down when shes overly cranky. But putting her down too early, also causes short naps, which is what i think happened the past 2 days. 35 minute naps both days. SO FUCKING ANNOYING!

I think starting on Monday, I am going to start giving her breakfast and dinner, rather than lunch and dinner. I usually give her solids after her first nap. But what I should have done was give her solids after she woke up. I think this will help mold her schedule better.

The reasons for me not giving her breakfast and giving her lunch instead are so dumb now that i think about it. For one, i dont set the heat to come on downstairs until 9:00am. So if I feed her solids after she wakes up, I would have to set it to come on at 7am instead. only 2 hours but that 2 hours makes a big difference when you get an $800 bill for dec-jan as it is. Yes, you read that right. $800+!

Also, I always check my emails and stuff after she wakes up and let her sit in front of the TV while i do so. this buys me 30 minutes of time. thats a lot of time. But the TV isnt good, and i dont really want her watching it anyway. so maybe by me feeding her instead, i will force myself to figure out the work situation later and keep her away from the TV. I do think its cute, though, when she starts to smile as soon as Elmo's World comes on lol.

So we'll see how the new schedule goes. RIght now, she is still only taking 2 naps a day. although yesterday on the way back from babies r us, she did fall asleep for a 3rd nap for 15 minutes. i still cant figure out if she needs that 3rd nap or not. i do know she fights it. oh wells, she'll work it out on her own i hope.

speaking of babies r us...we went...we spent...get used to it.

Got this for a grand total of $1.25. Yes, you read that right. SOMEWHAT makes up for the $800 oil bill. hehe.