sleep

I love when I hear people everywhere (namely great grandmothers in Publix) talk about how Zella is currently at their favorite age.  Clearly quite a few drinks have been consumed between when they were raising a 4 month old and the present day.  I just can't agree, so I nod and smile thinking "why don't you take her for a while and give her back at the 6 month mark?"Every one of the kids has gone through a 4 month sleep regression of sorts.  Zella has not skipped this phase either, but she happens to have regressed in a far more horrible way.  Where many kids, if not most, wake up in the middle of the night, eat, and then fall back asleep within some fairly short period of time, Zella has decided that is just not her jam.  She sleeps for long stretches, which I am ... [Read More]