Want to know something no one ever told me about parenthood that I've just recently discovered for myself? It's not mind-blowing... heck, I'm pretty sure I should have just intuited this one. I never promised to be the sharpest crayon in the box, though. So, here it is:
Babies go through rough sleep patches.
Even "good" babies who usually sleep well. Even my sweet angel. The past few nights, even if he's totally pooped when he goes to bed, he wakes up full of energy and ready to play multiple times throughout the night. He goes through his entire bag of tricks and practices rolling, scooting and doing baby push-ups. It's adorable, but Momma needs her sleep so she can wake up early and work a full time job!! Last night I went ahead and fed him a few ounces of formula when he woke up and started playing, just to help him settle down and get back to sleep. He hasn't required a night feeding in weeks, but suddenly now that's what it seems to take to get him back down.
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| Colin never stops moving. Here he is doing a yoga pose. ;) |
Before I get a bunch of comments about "cry it out" methods: As tired as I may be some mornings, I'm just not ready for that yet. He still seems so little to just leave him there and let him cry. We tried a variation of Ferber at bedtime, and, well.. that didn't go so well for either of us. I'm hoping this is just a rough patch, and that my sweet boy will be back to his awesome sleep patterns soon. I like to think he's just so thrilled that he can roll and scoot, that he wants to practice his awesome skills as often as he can - even if that means waking up at 3 am to do it. :)
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| What?? You want me to SLEEP in here? Yeah right, Mom! |
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| One of Colin's first days at home... oh so peaceful. |
One day, hopefully soon, we'll all be sleeping soundly again. At least, that's what I keep telling myself. For now, I'll just enjoy the fact that my little one still wants to snuggle with me, even if it's in the middle of the night. I miss him so much while I'm gone during the day that I'll take whatever snuggle time he'll give me!
More to come,
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