A day of firsts

Today two 'firsts' have happened in our little Sophie's world... She held a toy in her hand for the first time.

And she slept in her crib (cot for all you non-Canadians!) for the first time.

Stephen and I have slipped into the bad habit of rocking Sophie to sleep in her cocoon. It seems much easier right now to rock her to sleep rather than try to get her to go down by herself but I am scared that we are creating a rod for our own backs because at one point in the not so distant future she will be too big for her cocoon and I have no idea what we will do then!

So we have been phasing her in to her cot. At first I would just put her into it in the day to let her play for a few minutes while I folded her laundry in the room with her, and today we have been putting the cocoon in the cot when she falls asleep at nap time so she gets used to waking in it. I think the next step will be to sit next to her and comfort her while she tries to get to sleep on her own in the cocoon in the cot. Hopefully it will work and with minimal tears because I really hate it when she cries and the baby whisperer says that one should never let their baby cry for an extended period of time as it breaks the trust between parent and baby. Maybe we're being too soft but I'd rather she feel secure in our love while she is so little.

Here is another picture of Sophie sleeping in the cocoon in the cot. She likes having the receiving blanket over her face as I think it blocks out stimulation when she half-wakes.

Here is a picture of the two of us taken last Sunday.

And here are a few of her looking very cute on our bed earlier in the day today.