What a Week.........

Well it has been a very long and trying week for the Benefiels. Gabi turned 4 months old on Saturday, and we got to spend the weekend in Lubbock with Grandma and Grandpa Martinez and Jonna and Chris. Gabi got to go to her first Texas Tech football game:) Of course, the Red Raiders lost horribly to Texas A&M, but we had a great time anyway.

Gabi started on rice cereal this week (she gets more on her bib and face than in her mouth), and moves onto fruits and veggies over the next two weeks. We have decided to wean her off the middle-of-the-night feedings and get her on a more rigid eat/play/sleep schedule. We have been rocking her to sleep every night and responding to her every time she wakes, but our new schedule will not permit that. We now put her in her crib for naps and nighttime sleep without responding to her every wimper. For the first few days, this meant listening to a lot of crying, both Gabi's and Rachel's!

As difficult as this has been, last night she slept from 8pm until 4:30am....SUCCESS IS SWEET:) With Gabi on a schedule, we have more quality time to spend with her and each other, and we do not sleep in 2 hour increments. I think that Rachel and I have aged about 1 year in the past 4 months! But you know....it is totally worth the sacrifice to have a healthy baby who is learning more each day:)