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Hello everyone and welcome to my first entry. I was inspired by metropolitanmama.net and Dr. Bob Sears' Diary Blog to share my stories with anyone who might be interested. My goals for this blog are to entertain you, provide some good information about pregnancy/childcare/life, and also to brag about how adorable my daughter is.

So here goes...

My little girl is named Josephine and she was born almost a year ago on September 6th. I always knew that I wanted children, but I never imagined the amount of love I could have for one little person. I love my husband, I love my nieces and nephews, but I LOVE my Josephine. She is the most perfect little girl and so sweet. And I know she loves me too.

Actually, I fell in love with my girl very early. When I first discovered that I was pregnant and had my first sonogram, it was really love at first sight. At just 5 weeks, I was able to see her little beating heart. It was too incredible. My husband and I could not believe that there was a real heartbeat inside of me. Over the 38 weeks of pregnancy, I experienced the average symptoms like morning sickness, fatigue, increased appetite, bloating. But it was all good and nothing was out of control or unmanageable. I loved being pregnant. I was healthy, moisturised, hydrated and extremely happy. So when my little girl arrived right on time, my positive attitude helped me heal very quickly from a c-section. [By the way, it was an unplanned c-section. It was great! Really!]

I'll tell you more about my pregnancy some other entry...

Right now, I am in bed with my sleeping girl. We (when I say WE, it's usually refers to me and my husband, which means it's really just me) have been trying to sleep train her using the Elizabeth Pantley no-cry method. At 11 months, she was still taking 3 naps a day (30 min - 1 1/2 hr each), going to bed around 9:30 pm and waking up several times a night to feed, and then waking up btw 6 and 8 am. I finally figured out the problem. She's really not a bad sleeper. I was just giving her too many opportunities to nap. The 3rd nap has now been taken away from her! And now her night time sleep is better and her 2 naps are now longer than an hour. Baby girl still breastfeeds so she sleeps right next to me and feeding her in the middle of night is so easy. I'm half awake and she is asleep but in a light sleep mode.

I think this entry might be too long. I will end it here and write more tomorrow.