Alice's second visit with Dr.Pow

Alice saw Dr. Pow yesterday for her 6 week check up. Dr. Pow was happy and has no concerns. He once again was impressed with her head control (I call it the “gotta see gotta know” reflex- she is after all, the daughter of a Chant). She weighs 10 lbs 3 oz. and is 22 inches long now. No wonder she dosen’t fit into her newborn clothes anymore. In fact there are many 3 month size outfits she no longer wears. Definately the big Murray of the family. Dr. Pow commented that since she’s gaining weight nicely that she must be eating and sleeping great. We informed him that her eating is fine but sleep is a huge problem. He thinks Alice has us wrapped around her little finger and we should just put her down when it’s bedtime; if she cries, so beit, just let her cry. This is easier said than done, and hasen’t proved to be effective thus far. The longest we’ve let her cry is 15 min. and by this point she’s so worked up it’s hard to calm her back down and takes just as long to get her to go to sleep as if we held her. He recommended a book on the subject; once we’ve read it we’ll see how our nights go. For now it’s still the status quo of 3-4 hours/night on average. Don and I are both tired zombies most of the time…