1. Super score at Goodwill this morning. For $12 I walked out with two pairs of jeans one of which is from H&M, a Gap kimono style stop, a J. Crew merino wool cropped cardigan that is pale pink with a little ruffle, and here's the best.... a blue/gray 100% cashmere cardigan. That last one completely made up for the fact that Abe screamed through the store.
2. A good friend is in town from Scotland.
3. I'm going to make myself a dress today, or try to.
4. I also need to get busy on Marley's Catwoman costume.
5. Robin's sleep is driving me crazy. At first, when he was sleeping from 7pm-8am with only a wake up around 4 or 5am, I kept saying "oh I'm not stressed about him needing me to fall asleep, and he can stay in our room as long as he wants, etc." Wouldn't you know as soon as he started waking up 3-6 times a night again I've jumped on the sleep training bandwagon. Here's the other thing, he's probably our last, so I kind of want to soak up as much of this baby time as possible, and right now that means he's cuddled up in my arms in the middle of the night.
He is still going to bed around 7pm, and he has been consistently waking up at 11pm. He is hungry then, and I'm happy to nurse him back to sleep, but then he continues to wake up after that because he is tossing so much in his sleep. Last night we tried to move him the boys' room. We don't use a monitor, but I have super Mom ears, even when asleep, so I knew I would hear him, but might not hear the little rolling over grunts. Around 1am, there he was crying, and I've been so tired that I just brought him to bed with me, and nursed him back to sleep. There were about 4-5 times more between then and 6am that he woke, probably just to roll over, but because he was already in my arms I just nursed him back to sleep.
Do I really need to stop doing this? I mean I want sleep, I want him to sleep. I'm not that happy that he is transitioning to a different room, and I laid in bed last night picturing him in there without us, but it does make me feel better knowing Abe is in there. How do you people with kids in separate rooms handle this? I can't imagine the baby being in a room all night alone. He has to come out of the co sleeper though because he is pulling up so much that it won't be long before he "jumps" out of the cosleeper. But, like I said before I don't want to lose any moments of his squishy babyness just because I want sleep. Oy!!!
What did we learn from this....
-Robin used to sleep well.
-I used to sleep well.
-Robin is sleeping badly.
-I am sleeping badly.
-I don't want my baby to grow up.
2 comments:
And just like he won't be baby for long he won't wake up all the time for long either. It just feels that way at the time. Is he teething? Getting ready to crawl or walk? Too busy during the day to nurse? That second half of the first year is so full of stuff they tend to stop being "good" sleepers around then. Do what you feel is best for you and him! He won't be in your bed forever no matter what you go with.
Thanks Mrs. Gnome. Yes, he is definitley teething and has recently started crawling, well army style. His more frequent wake ups started at that time and I think he just needs more calories. I could start pushing solids, but really I would rather nurse him more, and more nursing just means at night.
I feel like there is such a push to get them to sleep through the night, it's not for all babies. Abe was a great example of that, and still doesn't sleep through the night every night. He's in bed with us 4x a week. And I honestly don't mind.
I do have to remind myself that this won't last forever and what is important to me, which lots of nursing and being close to him.
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