sleeping update

we have been asked a couple times on lucy's sleeping situation. here is what we have. her afternoon naps take place on one of us. they seem to only last 45min avg. once a day at noon.

nighttime, we got it figured out. as much as we were trying to show her a much better life than that she left behind, it seems mimicking the past is what she wants. with help from a straw mat (like the one she used to have at the orphanage) given to us from lydia and dan, we decided to ditch the mattress and throw the mat on the crib plywood base. (putting it on top of the matress did not work, she lifted the mat and pressed her hand on the mattress, like telling me she figured out my trick). i covered half the mat with a blanket, so she has both worlds in there. i find her sleeping on both halves of the bed now. she is too funny. i will have to try and get a pic some night without waking her up. but, now we put her in there awake, sometimes give her some warm milk, and soon enough, she will lay down and pass out without trouble. bedtimes now: 7:30pm - 6:00am. straight thru. we are pretty happy about this arrangement.