tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29488101.post8216742128886275244..comments2023-11-02T08:07:27.762-07:00Comments on Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds: What Worked for UsKellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06814077683590558058noreply@blogger.comBlogger21125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29488101.post-58024345026295245912008-04-17T11:43:00.000-07:002008-04-17T11:43:00.000-07:00I agree completely that the best thing a parent ca...I agree completely that the best thing a parent can do when it comes to sleeping is to take cues from their child. I hope many people read your post and really take it to heart. I hate the idea of books or doctors telling parents that only one philosphy (letting them always cry it out, always co-sleeping, etc) is the correct one. <BR/><BR/>We co-slept with Ava for a couple of weeks, but no one was getting any sleep. So, we moved her to into a crib near our bed and eventually into her own room. I've felt heat from both directions...those who can't believe we didn't just shove her into her own room ASAP, and those who question why we didn't keep co-sleeping. We just did what was right for everyone, she adjusted well and slept fine...and to this day is still an excellent sleeper.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29488101.post-5478654047908317202008-04-16T13:45:00.000-07:002008-04-16T13:45:00.000-07:00I SO agree that every child is different and that ...I SO agree that every child is different and that it is best to use your child as a guidebook--well said. :-)The Hines Familyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04255969558936648175noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29488101.post-35620616411522571362008-04-16T09:39:00.000-07:002008-04-16T09:39:00.000-07:00The house looks great and I wish I would have gott...The house looks great and I wish I would have gotten to go to the zoo! Kisses to Miss Lucy.StaceyFhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15957649870274580007noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29488101.post-38980662286709826922008-04-16T07:50:00.000-07:002008-04-16T07:50:00.000-07:00Thank you for this post, Kelly. I hope to try some...Thank you for this post, Kelly. I hope to try some of these methods when we bring Morgan home.<BR/><BR/>Also, you are becoming an amazing photographer! Granted...you have a beautiful subject...but the lighting and the composition of your shots has become really sophisticated.Jenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10656997842906713233noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29488101.post-60701316896217286412008-04-16T06:48:00.000-07:002008-04-16T06:48:00.000-07:00I am so behind on your blog! You are capturing th...I am so behind on your blog! You are capturing the best pictures of Lucy. Of course, you have a great subject to capture.Heatherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16215798214456789755noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29488101.post-11487194820127851552008-04-16T05:52:00.000-07:002008-04-16T05:52:00.000-07:00kel--i love the sepia pic!!!! awesome!i agree that...kel--i love the sepia pic!!!! awesome!<BR/>i agree that reading your child is the most important thing! i do loooove reading all the books though! i actually think they are more alike than different. i try to research as much as i can and then take things from each that pertain to liza! :) she is my first cue..than i go from there! it's kinda like going on a diet..everyone knows how to lose weight, work out more, eat less (just like the fundamental basics of parenting..lovin on your baby, going to her when she needs you, being there for her emotional development) but it is still fun to read books or magazine articles to get new ideas or new menus to help along the way!<BR/>ha! jason hates it when i make comparisons like these!<BR/>anywho--you are a good mama kel,,keep the great pics comin! love and miss ya'll!!!!Katehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17328018760286574198noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29488101.post-50706783585324649142008-04-15T21:55:00.000-07:002008-04-15T21:55:00.000-07:00Your sepia toned pic of Lucy on her daddy's should...Your sepia toned pic of Lucy on her daddy's shoulders is absolutely stunning!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29488101.post-67881587760555403952008-04-15T19:08:00.000-07:002008-04-15T19:08:00.000-07:00Sienna has always slept well. However, since she ...Sienna has always slept well. However, since she would sometimes wake up early and whine a little in her crib, we converted it into a toddler bed so she could just crawl out and come into ours. Well...she refuses to get out of bed unless one of us is in sight (great at night, but the complete opposite of why we converted her bed). Sienna does sleep with us on occasion...especially if she is sick or if she wakes up early, but it is hard on me since she has to be on my pillow (as close to the edge of the bed as she can push me in her sleep) and I always wake up with a sore back. She lets us know when she is ready to sleep (she asks for her "pass") and lets us know if she needs to be in our bed or not (more often she wants her own). We have always had a Leap Frog Tad that we push the "night-night" hand so that it plays classical music and has soft lights for six minutes and she is ready to sleep.<BR/>PS~Love the pics!Sarah & Sethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04641211787624677010noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29488101.post-73097358462708969012008-04-15T13:08:00.000-07:002008-04-15T13:08:00.000-07:00My goodness, you are blessed with a good sleeper! ...My goodness, you are blessed with a good sleeper! Thanks for sharing this. I couldn't agree with you more on two things - that every book will tell you something different, so you have to "read" your child, and that attachment parenting is often exhausting but very, very worth it. Great pics as always.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29488101.post-32774656293357584852008-04-15T11:21:00.000-07:002008-04-15T11:21:00.000-07:00This is helpful!Right now Elia is doing pretty wel...This is helpful!<BR/>Right now Elia is doing pretty well sleeping but she still sleeps in our room and does occasionally still have a bottle in the middle of the night (She's 14 months and still has a bottle..and I don't plan on taking it away anytime soon!) She spent 12 months crying in her crib in the orphanage I won't leave her to cry at night ever.R&Hhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01557546561708361765noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29488101.post-39176717564498209332008-04-15T10:26:00.000-07:002008-04-15T10:26:00.000-07:00Kelly, all this sleep talk, I need a nap!! You al...Kelly, all this sleep talk, I need a nap!! You all look wonderful--so does the yard! You're a good Momma, pumpkin. Keep up the good work. Love ya tons, LeeLeeAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29488101.post-84287439277688427152008-04-15T09:34:00.000-07:002008-04-15T09:34:00.000-07:00She's a great kid! Photogenic as usual! You are bl...She's a great kid! Photogenic as usual! You are blessed with such a great sleeper!dwayne and melaniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11248570837345722991noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29488101.post-88413493287229642512008-04-15T08:39:00.000-07:002008-04-15T08:39:00.000-07:00The house and yard looks beautiful; I love that se...The house and yard looks beautiful; I love that second level balcony. Nice!mamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05262845008335534197noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29488101.post-48115896201781713942008-04-15T08:28:00.000-07:002008-04-15T08:28:00.000-07:00Like you, we too listened to Annslee and she is a ...Like you, we too listened to Annslee and she is a great sleeper. She stayed in a port a crib in our room the first two months (she was 13 months old when we got home) and then moved happily to her crib. We have co slept some and I personally LOVE it but none of us sleep well : )She moved to her big girl bed easily as well. <BR/>Just last night she woke up twice during the night (unusual for her) but I went both times and the second time she came back to our bed b/c she seemed to be really upset. Like you said the most important thing to us is that she KNOWS we will respond to her needs and so she only really cries out at night when she really needs us.<BR/>Oh, and on the rocking....she was always a standing rocker and she got really heavy but I do miss it now!LaLahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00683776702937016130noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29488101.post-11675697694049366292008-04-15T07:17:00.000-07:002008-04-15T07:17:00.000-07:00Hi Kelly,Just want to say I love reading your blog...Hi Kelly,<BR/><BR/>Just want to say I love reading your blog about Lucy!!! She is such a cutie!! I am a prospective adoptive parent and I just enjoy reading your journey to Lucy. I enjoy the videos you post, they make me laugh everytime. Also wanted to comment on your beautiful photos, you do such a NICE job with photography, may I ask what kind of camera you have?? Thanks for such an inspirational and uplifting blog...I love it...Stacyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09168684474376424111noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29488101.post-759046222994336052008-04-15T07:03:00.000-07:002008-04-15T07:03:00.000-07:00Great post and great pics!!!! I love the b&W-ish o...Great post and great pics!!!! I love the b&W-ish one, especially!! Your yard looks wonderful! Can they come over here and work on mine?! :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29488101.post-60986725725081500352008-04-15T06:47:00.000-07:002008-04-15T06:47:00.000-07:00I love what you are sharing. Thank you so much.MI love what you are sharing. Thank you so much.<BR/><BR/>MMer (Lulu's Mommy)https://www.blogger.com/profile/09965609077417632731noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29488101.post-90738943121161434832008-04-15T06:32:00.000-07:002008-04-15T06:32:00.000-07:00Thank you for posting this. You are indeed very b...Thank you for posting this. You are indeed very blessed with a child who loves to sleep. Like you, I believe in responding to my child each time she needs me, regardless of how tiring it is for me. I know Petunia's sleeplessness has got to be hard on her sometimes, but I swear she gets by on so little sleep. I'm the one who really suffers, but then I just remember my plan for her when she becomes a teenager and wants to sleep until noon. Uh, I don't think so! LOLSusanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15829876092950262085noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29488101.post-56168161224811467322008-04-15T05:39:00.000-07:002008-04-15T05:39:00.000-07:00Yeah pretty much exactly what we did but we had to...Yeah pretty much exactly what we did but we had to let them cry more since it was 2 and they were getting pretty demanding, without needing it. We just were consistent and consistent and it stuck!<BR/><BR/>Everyone is amazed at 7, when we sing the brush your teeth song, brush their teeth, kiss and then lay them down and leave....we worked at it for 6 months! Now it is old hat!<BR/><BR/>I do wish we were a bit more flexible with sleep though, not soo much but that is ok, at least they sleep!<BR/><BR/>the yard looks wonderful!Jennyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13556769238466112740noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29488101.post-91339608714756538362008-04-15T05:29:00.000-07:002008-04-15T05:29:00.000-07:00Great advice, Kelly! I completely agree that you ...Great advice, Kelly! I completely agree that you have to listen to your child's needs. All my children were COMPLETELY different in their sleep habits, so following one particular book would not have worked. Compiling advice and being in tune with your child is the the key to succesful parenting. Oh..and consistency. I completely believe in trying to be consisent and keeping everything routine as much as possibe, particularly at night-time. My Luci is almost 3 1/2 and we still rock. We've had the same routine since we brought her home. Bath, Snack, Brush Teeth, Books, Rock to music. She absolutely loves to rock and loves her face rubbed. It's our most favorite time! Also, if you love good "rockin" music, we have a few CDs from a company called ROCKABYE BABY. They do lullabye music to modern music. We have Coldplay, Radiohead and U2...Love them! <BR/><BR/>Anyway, great job! Lucy's got one good momma!Katehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04393455846126396424noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29488101.post-45807080246719183762008-04-14T21:45:00.000-07:002008-04-14T21:45:00.000-07:00Congratulations, Lucy is beautiful, cute!!Congratulations, Lucy is beautiful, cute!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com