So I think I've figured out at least a decent plan of attack for night-times -- hooray!!
I take Margaret up at 7:30 on bath nights, 8:00 on non-bath nights, bathe/feed her, read her a story, burp her til she can spit no more and then put her in her crib. From here I come back downstairs and she proceeds to scream from 30-60 minutes. By the time I go up to bed, she's screamed herself to sleep and I can get in 2 hours of sleep before her next feeding. I move her into our room b/c I just can't put her on her own while I'm asleep yet. She's been sleeping 3-4 hours at a time...night-time feedings she doesn't seem to want to fall asleep as fast afterwards, but i'm more well-rested so better able to deal with it!!
Margaret is asleep on my chest and is cute as can be squirming around, but she smells like spit-up. gross. good thing it's bath night :)
I started cloth diapering yesterday - so far so good. Tried the bum genius all in one (the easiest for sure), tried a prefold with a snappi inside of a gro-baby cover, as well as the gro-baby with the snap-in insert...all seem to be doing well. The gro-baby with the snap-in insert was what Margaret was wearing at her 8:00 sleep time last night and the back was completely soaked with urine (I think since she was laying on her back) but no leak - may have if it had been left much longer though -- used disposables over night just to make things easier but really it's pretty easy. When using a prefold it takes a little more time, but the snap in inserts or the all in ones are simple! We'll see how things go when it's time to wash them - that's the only part I have reservations on...not sure whether to do a dry bag or rinse the poop diapers after use...i'm doing a dry bag for the first one and we'll see how it goes.
Amidst everything else going on, AJ and I are wanting to remodel the downstairs bathroom--why we feel the need to do this now? no clue. It's fun looking for the least expensive materials - we want to try to do it as much as possible by ourselves...it should be interesting! I went to Habitat for Humanity Restore yesterday to check it out - it's totally not what I expected, I was looking for materials for the bathroom and it's more like a gigantic Goodwill...tons and tons of furniture...found a few things that I think we could use in the living room, I think AJ's going back today to check it out!
I'll try to post pictures of my cutie and her newly diapered tushie once we get the camera plugged in!