Road Trip

Well I'm glad to report her sleeping schedule is getting better. Her nap times are consistent, but her bed time isn't as much but we're working on it. Last night I let her cry to sleep. I think that was the first time I did that. It was just so frustrating, she did not want to go to be. She was just to busy playing and having fun hanging out with mom and dad. So finally I had enough, I put her down and let her cry. I was surprised she only cried for five to seven minutes. I waited an extra five minutes after she was done crying just to make sure she was asleep.
Well either Friday or Saturday Maire and I are making our way to my parents house. My dad has to have surgery. This will be Maire's second trip down there. I'm kind of concerned on how she's going to do on a three hour car ride. I'm sure we're going to make some stops, but her being in that car seat all day is what is getting me.
On her first trip it was a breeze because she was so young she just slept and ate the whole way there. Now that she's seven months old and more attentive I'm kinda scared. She's always busy wanting to do something. At the same time I'm kinda excited because this is only her second time being away from home, so I hope she'll like it and have fun.

Keeping a Schedule

Right now I am trying to Maire to stay on a schedule. More specifically a sleeping schedule. I really don't have her on a feeding schedule because my days aren't consistent with school and trying to find a job. So I just try to feed her lunch and dinner at the same time as much as possible. As far as sleeping goes she did good for a while. She usually went to bed around 10:00pm and wake up at 7:00am with out a feeding during the middle of the night. Now she's not getting to bed after midnight, she gets up in the middle of the night for a feeding, and she doesn't wake up until 10:00am or so. I think the time change might have had something to do with it, because she didn't start doing this until after the change. So that' what we're working on now. I hope it won't take long, because the next step is getting her to do to bed with out a bottle. I can't wait to see how that goes.

Teething

Right now we're going through the teething process. It's a little difficult for me because I had to miss a day of school for it. I guess our main problem is making her feel as comfortable as we can. We have been giving her Tylenol,but I don't want to pumping her full of that stuff. We also give her teething rings but those only help for a short period. Is there a better remedy we could use instead of Tylenol?

The other day we had an accident where she threw up, and was running a slight temp. She fights sleep now, even at nap times. I don't know if it's because she doesn't feel good or if it's her teeth. It takes us about an hour to get her calmed down and asleep. We have no idea what to do when we put her down for bed. We try everything, I think she falls asleep because she gets worn out from fussing all night. I need help. Is there one easy solution to help her pain, fever, and help her fall asleep easier?