Heidi Kukoly - Real Life, Real Talk

Hello!!  It's been a little while since I've posted:) I've been quite busy with life stuff....being a wife, mommy, daughter, friend, employee etc!  We've had lots going on and Emil is now 2.5 months old!  Over the past month we've been doing well!  Emil has really adapted well to being able to fall asleep on his own. YAY!  We had a bit of a rough patch with that transition but it was short and now it's way better.  During the day we typically let him take his naps in his swing or, when he's with E.J., on the couch...lol.  We just lay him down and he will have his eyes open for a little bit then he dozes off to sleepy land:)  At night he does GREAT...Oh my gosh!  I'm so thankful...we have a very good baby:)  I feed him between sometime 8:30-10pm and he will sleep for anywhere between 6-7.5 hours straight!  It's fantastic.  Then I'll feed him again around 3:30-5pm and he'll sleep another 3-4 hours!  Last night I fed him at 9...

Well, good afternoon!  I've named this post Parenting 101 because I've gotten so much advise from...well, basically everyone.  I don't know even what to think about it!  As a first time mom (FTM) you hear so many things you should do and shouldn't do and usually you'll hear that same advise in reverse, which does nothing but make you think you're crazy.  I've been just trying to do the best thing for our son and our family.  Our biggest currently hurdle is "falling asleep."  Sweet baby boy is really a good baby...he just loves to be held and rocked/bounced/swung to sleep.  This is something we are trying to change and it's been tough...  I'll update on how it's going next post.  Other than that Emil is on a pretty good feeding schedule that he's actually set for himself.  He eats every 3 hours during the day and during the night it's about every 3-4ish...last night it was longer.  I'm keeping up with him on this during the...