glorious sleep
We had great weekend except for the sleeping part. We had a lot of fun with
serenity_valley and
str8ontilmornin and accomplished a lot. Now I'm on an organizing kick of my own, though. So I have a spreadsheet of all the areas of the house needing organizing and purging. My plan is to organize those spaces, put everything I purge into the garage, and then we can have a cleaning extravaganza some time next month and get the garage spic-and-span. This will require some organizing and putting away, some recycling and throwing away, and some taking of things to the Goodwill. But I'm excited to get started!
Now on to the sleep issues. I think Miss M was teething this weekend. Friday night we were up for HOURS. She was drooling and crying and very unhappy. It was kind of awful. She finally fell asleep fitfully in bed with me around 3:30. And woke up around 6:30. She was SO tired on Saturday. She took a couple naps (which was great because it allowed us to do a lot of work), and then fell asleep at 6:30!! Around 11:00 she woke up and we put her jammies on her, she nursed, and then she fussed for a bit and finally settled down and slept with me (she would NOT let me put her in the bassinet). She woke up periodically throughout the night, and then was up at 6:30 again. Good times. I felt ok for most of the morning, but by early afternoon the sleepless nights started catching up with me and I was EXHAUSTED!! Sunday night was another rough night. She didn't want to sleep in the crib so I rocked her to sleep before laying her down. She slept in the crib for a few hours, but woke up around 11:00 and would not go back to bed. So she slept with me. Again. And again we woke up a couple times in the night, but there was less crying and fussing. Monday night was the same. But last night... Last night was great!!! She still didn't want to sleep in the crib, so we let her fuss for 15 minutes and then
birwulf rocked her to sleep. He lay her in the crib around 8:30... and I didn't get up with her until 5:30. 5:30 people!!! That hasn't happened in weeks. She was waking up around 10:00 to nurse every night, and then again between 3-4:00. So last night was like a dream come true. The best part... she was still tired after she ate at 5:30 so she went back to bed IN THE CRIB. So I got to go back to bed for an hour. It was wonderful. I feel great today.
So I'm just working on my organizing projects. Enjoying Miss M. Having fun with our busy and active weekends. Loving spending time with family and friends.
serenity_valley and
str8ontilmornin and accomplished a lot. Now I'm on an organizing kick of my own, though. So I have a spreadsheet of all the areas of the house needing organizing and purging. My plan is to organize those spaces, put everything I purge into the garage, and then we can have a cleaning extravaganza some time next month and get the garage spic-and-span. This will require some organizing and putting away, some recycling and throwing away, and some taking of things to the Goodwill. But I'm excited to get started!
Now on to the sleep issues. I think Miss M was teething this weekend. Friday night we were up for HOURS. She was drooling and crying and very unhappy. It was kind of awful. She finally fell asleep fitfully in bed with me around 3:30. And woke up around 6:30. She was SO tired on Saturday. She took a couple naps (which was great because it allowed us to do a lot of work), and then fell asleep at 6:30!! Around 11:00 she woke up and we put her jammies on her, she nursed, and then she fussed for a bit and finally settled down and slept with me (she would NOT let me put her in the bassinet). She woke up periodically throughout the night, and then was up at 6:30 again. Good times. I felt ok for most of the morning, but by early afternoon the sleepless nights started catching up with me and I was EXHAUSTED!! Sunday night was another rough night. She didn't want to sleep in the crib so I rocked her to sleep before laying her down. She slept in the crib for a few hours, but woke up around 11:00 and would not go back to bed. So she slept with me. Again. And again we woke up a couple times in the night, but there was less crying and fussing. Monday night was the same. But last night... Last night was great!!! She still didn't want to sleep in the crib, so we let her fuss for 15 minutes and then
birwulf rocked her to sleep. He lay her in the crib around 8:30... and I didn't get up with her until 5:30. 5:30 people!!! That hasn't happened in weeks. She was waking up around 10:00 to nurse every night, and then again between 3-4:00. So last night was like a dream come true. The best part... she was still tired after she ate at 5:30 so she went back to bed IN THE CRIB. So I got to go back to bed for an hour. It was wonderful. I feel great today.
So I'm just working on my organizing projects. Enjoying Miss M. Having fun with our busy and active weekends. Loving spending time with family and friends.