An update

In other news, Naomi is almost 8 months old. Saturday will be the day. We have all been pretty sick the last few weeks so I haven't had much time to post. Within a matter of weeks (or days it seemed at times) Naomi has started crawling, pulling herself to a seated position and standing while holding onto something. We have some videos, but they are not loaded on the computer and I'm not sure how to upload them here. But perhaps I will try to load them at a later date. (I'm a smart girl, I can figure it out.)

Also, Naomi has been sleeping through the night for almost a whole week now. With one exception: the night she came home late from my mom's she got "stuck" in a corner which I assume is what woke her up or it could be that she didn't go to bed on time. Alas, after hours of "fighting" her to go to sleep one night, I decided we were doing her a disservice by rocking, singing and bouncing her to sleep. We were doing the most to try to help her go to sleep and still she was crying and fretting and waking up every couple of hours. Even though, I do not like putting her in her crib and letting her "cry it out," (it is 20 minutes of agony, watching the clock and wondering if she is really okay,) it seems to be working for her. She started sleeping through the night immediately. I am happy that my husband and I are getting sleep, but I'm even happier knowing that her sleep isn't as broken and that she is getting a good night's rest that will help her with her development. I hope this progress continues and that it spreads to her nap time.