Staying Optimistic

Hey Guys! Wanted to write this blog post as an update. Pretty much the same from last week. James and I are still looking for a new place to move to. That has been pretty frustrating, but you have to have trials in life to grow and appreciate what you do have. Its just very hard when we want to move so badly and no one will give us a chance. We are fixing our credit right now but not fast enough :\. But we need more space very fast because Ava is getting bigger and needs more room to roam and explore. We just have to keep looking and someone will give us a chance. Just have to keep the faith and stay positive.

The sleep sense program has been working really well. I hate that she had to do the cry it out method but I honestly didn't know any other way to get her to sleep through the night. I tried to do some non cry it out methods but she would not give in unless I put her back in bed with me, which was not going to work out. I enjoyed co-sleeping but after a while it became hard to do. She would want to eat (nurse) ALL NIGHT LONG. Like every 3 hrs. Plus she would take up the whole bed with her little arms all stretched out and James and I would be sleeping on the edge of the bed. It just wasn't cool anymore. We needed her to sleep in her crib so we could have enough energy for the next day keeping up with her. But it has been working really well for bedtime. Naps are another story and i'm sure in time she will get use to it better. But right now she only naps for 30-40min at a time when I need her to get at least an hour nap. Just have to work with her and be patient. Let me know if you have tried the sleep sense program or some type of sleep training or what did you do to get your baby to sleep in their crib during bedtime and naps.

Nowadays at 9 months almost 10 months old she is all over the place now. She loves to crawl back and forth like 10 times. Loves to climb her playpen gate and hold on to it walking. She is also talking and babbling more too, saying "ma-ma", "da-da", "ba-ba", and "bo-bo". Its really cute. She also loves her toys. She only likes to play with one at a time and she will hold on to it for half the day while climbing the pillows or holding on to the couch walking back and forth. Also at her 9 month check up she now weighs 22lbs and is 28inches long (my little tall-y with her long plump legs :D)

Check out my new YouTube video I made of Avarose playing and babbling. I'm starting to get a little better making videos. I'm hoping I will make more videos. I really enjoy editing and making them look nice. Thank you for visiting ❤

Been a while y'all...

Sorry I haven't blogged in a few months! Last few months have been crazy... well not that crazy but I just haven't had the time nor did I know what to write. I am such a perfectionist and I want my blog post to be perfect. But nothing can be perfect if you don't start and try. So that is my plan now. Just to try as best as I can to write at least once a day. Maybe at least once a week first then build myself up to once a day. I look at other mom blogs and they are so put together nice with nice banners and pictures and they write them like articles. I'm thinking "maybe they are all journalist majors" cause they are written so well. And I don't write to well, yet, I guess.

Anyway life has been really stressful. We have been struggling financially and just getting by. I have been trying to find a job but no one has called me back yet. I'm thinking maybe it is my resume or its something with me. I just want to work so I can bring in some income to my family and I just can't get a break.

Plus we are beyond frustrated with our baby's sleep schedule. She is currently still sleeping in bed with us because she wants no parts of her crib. She also nurses herself to sleep and wakes up every 4 hours or so to sleep eat (eating while sleeping, not opening her eyes just her mouth so she can soothe herself back to sleep). Its very frustrating. We tried the sleep sense, a sleep training program I heard about from some YouTubers. We tried it and it was working but its hard to get a system going because you literally can't go anywhere til the schedule is solid. And I just can't do that. It's hard for me to tell my grandparents "hey I can't visit today with the baby because she has to get this sleeping thing down". They don't understand or care. So I would have the sleep training down and then she visit great grandparents house and everything would be set back again and we have to start all over again. So we took a month off. I was like "you know what she is just the type of baby that only wants to co-sleep and I just have to accept that". But I can't and I know my fiance can't. We are tired and its frustrating and tiring trying to put her to sleep in the bed and nurse all the time. Yes I know she is only a baby and this is a short period of time but at a point it just becomes ridiculous. So we are going to try the sleep sense program again tonight.

Other than that, that is all that is going on. I really want to reach an audience and get some views. Any advice on what I could do to reach more moms and other people, let me know in the comments. I also want to start YouTube too but I'm shy and I get nervous and I don't want people to be mean to me on there because I'm so awkward and strange sometimes. Anyway that is it guys. Thanks for reading.