Does sleep sense make sense? We shall see.

Hello Folks!
Well, it's been a week and 2 days since we started the "Sleep Sense" program. I have to say that some nights it seems to be going great and others, not so much. It's funny how much I love the program on the "on" nights and how confused I am on the "off" nights. I also checked out a book at the library called "The No Cry Sleep Solution". I thought sleep sense was gentle, but this other book is soooo gentle. It's so confusing to know what to do in the middle of the night when both of us are sooo tired.

Kate seemed so hungry last night. One time I held her and she still cried (which hardly happens), so I knew she must be hungry. She was almost ravenous when I fed her! She woke up only 2 hours later, still hungry. Then 2 hours later, she woke up but wasn't hungry. She was AWAKE! It was 4:30 am! ahhaah I did the math though, and from start to finish, it had been 10 hours. So tonight, I waited to put her down until 7 pm. We did her cute little routine. She was falling asleep while I fed her. I kept blowing on her face and sniffing my nose to wake her up (she always jumps when I sniff my nose! I found it's the best way to wake her up!) haha :) So anyway, I woke her up and burped her and put her down in her crib and she rubbed her eyes and went right to sleep.

I'm always so hopeful at this point of the evening. 11pm and 4am are the tricky times. Hopefully tonight will be a good night for Kate.

A Friend's Question...Brushing Toddler's Teeth

This time I'm asking a question for my friend, Stasha. She was wondering all the ins and outs of brushing toddler's teeth (do you use toothpaste? how much? how often do you brush their teeth? how in the would do you keep their mouths open?). Her baby boy is 11 months old and has 6 or more teeth. Thanks :)

Postpardom Preeclampsia

Have any of you, or someone you know, been diagnosed with preeclampsia (pregnancy induced hypertension) and that it didn't go away for a few months after delivering? I was at week 38 or 39 of my pregnancy when I was diagnosed. They induced me that day (I didn't have high blood pressure my whole pregnancy) and expected it to go away within a couple of days. It didn't, so they put me on blood pressure medication (30mg). That brought it down after a few days and worked so well that I got off of it after 2 months. Then my bp went back up again, and stayed up for about 7 weeks. They put me back on the medication, but it wasn't helping, so they upped my mgs to 60mg. It is working again.

Everyone seems to misunderstand what preeclampsia is. They tell me to eat certain things, avoid others, and exercise. I TOTALLY understand that this is the best advice for the average person with high blood pressure, but this is different. Mine was not brought on by doing or not doing. It just happened. There is no known cause to preeclampsia, so my eating won't make it get better. Blood pressure meds are the only thing working. SOOOO, I was wondering if you've known anyone who had preeclampsia that lasted a few months after pregnancy and if so, what they did about it. Did it ever go away?