Shhhhh!

Lately, Jillian has started fighting her sleep time.

Heather will feed her until she is full, and normally that sends her into "food coma". But sometimes, she is still awake ... and if she stays awake long enough, she starts crying. So, we typically use the old standby of slowly walking and bouncing around the house to help her doze off. The other method that we've found works pretty good is to rock and sway in the utility room ... especially when the heat pump is running which makes some white noise. If we're really lucky, the clothes dryer might be running, too. And to head off the crying, we'll do a "shhh, shhh, shhh" in her ear. Once Jillian zonks out (in her deep sleep), she's usually going to be out for at least a couple hours.