Adventures With Our Little Pumpkin

When Pumpkin was an infant we just played everything by ear and since she was nursing watched her cues on when to feed her and put her to sleep. But as she got older we found that didn't work as well anymore and ended up with a baby who liked to stay up til nearly 3 am some days. It's then that I delved into research on baby schedules. We found Pumpkin really responded well to knowing exactly what was coming when but I was quickly over whelmed by all of the conflicting information I found online. It takes a long time to find what works for your family and a schedule, especially a sleep schedule, doesn't happen overnight. We found it really important to get set times for everything especially once Pumpkin started eating solid foods and changing to milk. Starting a schedule is easy enough. For us we started with one thing. Sleep. We decided what time we would like Pumpkin to sleep and started moving her bedtime to that time slowly. We did it in half hour intervals and gave ...

Holy update Batman, it's been SO long! The first thing I need to do is update you guys on our lives. I can't believe how much has changed since my last blog post. For starters. I had a baby! Our sweet baby girl was born on her daddy's birthday in early September. to protect her privacy we'll be calling her Pumpkin on social media. Not only did I have her but she's almost a year and a half now!  Pumpkin turned one the same day her dad turned 30. We celebrated with a huge party in our backyard. We also moved into a huge 5 bedroom 2.5 bathroom house.... On Halloween last year we finally moved from our tiny two bedroom apartment to a large gorgeous house. It was a long endeavor but totally worth it! Pumpkin has her own room, we have a master bedroom, art room, and guest room. With a whole other unused room available to us. ...In another state! Our beautiful new house took across state lines to the state for Lovers. Mr Pumpkin still works in West Virgini...