Don't take this the wrong way, but you are sort of driving me crazy this week. For a couple of months now, you have been doing relatively well at sleeping. You would usually wake up once in the night, eat, and fall back asleep. A couple of times, you even slept all night! But this past week, you've started waking up at 2 or 3 and never really settling back down. It's not fun. On Sunday, we let you spend the night with Grandma, so we could have a break, and you slept the whole night! But then, last night, it was back to the 3:00 AM wakeup call. We tried everything to get you to go back to sleep, or just to be quiet enough that WE could go back to sleep. Your Daddy even drove you around the neighborhood. I rocked you, and you slept for about 20 minutes. I left for work at 7:45, and you had drifted back off. Apparently, you waited until I staggered, bleary-eyed, out the door, and then you slept for several hours.
I keep reminding myself that this is normal... that it's temporary ... that it's what we signed up for. But it's hard. I love you more than you can ever realize, but honestly, when your Daddy took you to the car at 4:00 this morning, I almost told him that if he was going to return you to the hospital, he'd better take the receipt. =)
I came home from work on my lunch break, to do some housework and see you and Daddy. You were asleep, but when you woke up, you were all smiles. It was like you knew how badly I needed some love. So thanks for that. If you follow it up with a night of relatively calm sleep, I will appreciate it even more... but if you don't, the smiles will do.
Love Mom
4 months minus one day out of the oven
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