I am not sure if God is trying to prepare me for a newborn already (besides the getting up to use the restroom in the middle of the night) or what. But for the last 5 nights, Andrew has woken up in the middle of the night crying. And 4 of the 5 nights, he's ended up in our bed after rocking, diaper changing, etc...., hasn't worked. Which we all know means that niether Marc or I sleep well at all. Now, I have two schools of thought on this:
A) Since he's been sleeping well through the night for a while now, when he wakes up, I tend to think that something is wrong
B) He just wants a little TLC from us in the middle of the night and hey, if he ends up in mom and dad's bed...even better.
The first couple nights, I was definatly leaning toward A. I had to reason to think otherwise. However, after 5 nights of this, I am leaning toward B. I even let him cry (not full fledge cry...more on and off fuss) for over an hour the last two nights before giving in and getting up. And even then, I tried putting him back in his bed after rocking, changing, etc... to no avail. But, my friends...this has got to stop.
This already is a very busy week and as of last night (merely the 2nd day into the work week), Marc and I were already exhausted. I went to bed early. So, this loss of sleep (a couple hours worth last night) is just not cutting it.
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I did this to my parents too, when I was a baby. There was nothing wrong, no wet diaper, no belly ache, nothing at all - I just wanted some attention. (Not much has changed.) Anyway - my mom ended up putting me to bed in a pile of blankets in the BATHTUB because that was the farthest room away from her bedroom, and she couldn't hear me cry as much. I cried for 4 hours the first night. 3 hours the next night. 1 hour the night after, and didn't cry at all after that. the trick is not giving in!
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