FB free and a short sleep training recap

Wednesday was my first day completely Facebook free. It is freeing, but has shown me that I don't spend as much time on there as I imagined. I'm still super busy and some things still don't get done each day, but I guess that's just the way things go when you have a toddler, let alone a toddler, a baby and a husband who works randome hours any give day. I'm still glad I'm doing this break. It has made sticking to our new schedule so much easier since I'm able to keep a better eye on the clock. Plus, I've had some time to get crafty again. That has been pretty awesome. I'm almost done with this little octopus. I added two more legs, but need to add another and close her up. This is my fist attempt at something like this. I'm actually kind of proud of it.

I also started sleep training my sweet little baby. I couldn't continue waking every 1 - 2 hours a night, every night. 

Quick recap. Night one sucked. Lots of crying in the beginning and quite a bit of wake ups throughout the night. Night two sucked too. Same as night one, except a million more wake ups and only 3 hours of sleep for me, which I got when I turned off the sound on the monitor at 3am and slept until 6. That was a hard choice to make, but our room is close to hers so I figured I'd hear her if she got too upset. She didn't and I was able to get some sleep so I could function the rest of the day (I miss my naps). Night 3 wasn't so bad. I actually had some good sleep breaks. Night 4 and 5 were awesome. Lots of sleep for us both. I didn't even have to go into her room once last night. There was one point I headed to her room at 5am, but stopped before turning the knob because she had settled down on her own. Now were on night 6 and things kind of got off track. We had to run errands in between naps, which worked ok, but we let her nap a bit too long and that threw off bedtime. I'll be keeping my fingers crossed I still get some sleep tonight. Overall I will say that I'm really happy with this whole thing. I could do without the crying and fussing for 45 mins, but the sleep that comes is worth it for me. 

February edition of Ten on ten.

My days blur together and I hardly ever know what the actual date is. Thankfully I saw a couple of these floating around a moment ago and have about 45 minutes until midnight, so I still get to join in the 10 on 10 fun.

Work in progress

Silly girl

Baby selfie

This happy girl

Gotta learn to keep my water bottle out of reach from the toddler.

"Time for your check up"

Bink obsessed 

One of these things is not like the others.

Photobomb!

Whatcha doin? 

(Yes I made her stay there so I could get a picture before sternly asking her to get down. We have rules in this house!)

Four photo Friday

Changing Octopus' diaper.

Thinking of taste testing some grass.

Loving on the pup.

Lounging on the raft back to the mainland. 

Goodbye FB...app

I did it. I deleted the FB app off my phone. I've been wanting to do it for a while now and today I finally did. I have two sick little girls right now and I had spent the morning more engaged in the FB world than in them. Don't get me wrong. I took their temps, suctioned boogs and gave them Tylenol, but while Ruby was whining and Sofia was pulling all her toys out of the toy box in her room, I was watching videos and checking everyone's status on FB. As soon as I realized it was time for lunch and I had no clear memory of the morning, I opened my phone and deleted the app. I know I can easily log in through the web browser, but the quickest route is now off my phone. I will still check in from time to time, but the point if this is to live my life a little less distracted. I know my family will only benifit from this. 

Here's a picture of the happiest sick baby I know....until you have to suction boogs.