Last night I put some yams in the oven so I could offer Ansel some when we sat down to dinner. Then he decided to go down for the night a little after 5 pm, totally sleeping through dinner and only semi-waking to nurse until about 5 am this morning. Maybe we'll try again tonight.

I think I'm starting to get used to the interesting style of sleep that having a new baby requires. I implemented a new strategy and so far it seems to be working well. My big problem was that Ansel would wake up extremely early, sometime between 5 and 7 in the morning, and I would be so groggy that I could not sanely deal with changing diapers, ( Read more... )

Sleeping in this morning was the most wonderful feeling. It wasn't that I even slept in very late, but I went to bed feeling beyond exhausted and then there was no alarm to contend with when morning came around. My stomach didn't force me out of bed (it happens a lot that I'm so hungry that I have no choice but to get up and eat even if I'm wanting ( Read more... )