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Have you ever woken up on the wrong side of the bed...... I mean, literally-- the wrong side of the bed. The last few nights have been pretty blurry for me. I think lack of sleep and a sinus flare-up has been getting to me. My beautiful, 4 month old son decided about 3 weeks ago that schedules are for babies (you don't say!) and he no longer needed to stay with his. You don't do that to someone once they have gotten into the routine of only getting up once a night for a power house feeding and then back to sleep. (My dear friend has had a son that has slept through the night completely and then started this not too long ago as well-- that's gotta be hard!!) My son has always gone to bed around 10ish, followed by a 2-3am feeding, and then up by 7. Great! Well insert a couple of teeth into a 3 month olds jaw and you get chaos! Oh, did I add in a serious growth spurt?? That turns into just oblivion... My son started to go to sleep by 7pm, which for his father and I is way too early. That meant that he would get his major sleeping done and be ready to wake up 1 or 2 hours after we go down. (For those thinking we should change our schedules-- don't tempt me to go on about why we have late evenings!!) Not only did he think going to bed earlier would be a great idea, he then thought that getting up every 2 1/2 hours after that was even a better idea!!! By 6 am he would give me a good 3 hour stretch so we would sleep untill 9. (Yes, we- as in I broke all my rules for myself and let him sleep with me..... I am so ashamed Well, yesterday we had our 4 month well baby appointment! (*Note: Due to my husbands work truck being broken, he takes my car to work. Therefore when I get the car I spend all day running errands) Things went really well (minus the fact that my son who never really cries for unknown reason- there always is a reason- decided that after making a ham of himself in the waiting room he would exercise the power of his lungs in the exam room. The dr. confirmed that he had very nice lungs, and I tell you, any pediatrician is worth going to that can do a thorough exam while mom holds that child. Impressive! ) Everything went well for the first time- baby drama for another time- and he got his 2nd round of shots. So we left and ran errands and I actually got 3 naps out of him yesterday! Woo hoo! We are on the right track. So last night, complete with teething (his upper two teeth now), having the shot crankies, and being exhausted from our fun day, he went to bed around 7:30. WITHOUT BEING IN MY BED AND ME NURSING HIM TO SLEEP!!! He slept untill 2:45! Dad and I made ourselves go to bed at 10. I got almost 5 hours of sleep by the time we were done praying and I nodded off. I still feel groggy this morning, after his mid-of-night feeding he woke back up around 5:50 wanting to eat and then took an hour nap and I am still coming around from being sick. So our day has started earlier than usual, but I'll take it because I think he's read y for a nap.**PAUSE** Yes, a nap is what he wanted. PRAISE THE LORD!! I think we're getting our schedule back. And he's starting to be okay with going to sleep on his own again. The Lord is so merciful to us at times, especially when we are so busy we aren't even looking to see it. Case and Point:
This mom thing isn't what I was expecting. (In more good ways than bad!) Things are different, nights are long, days are so joyous and yet so exhausting, but at the end of the day- to have that two-tooth grin coming back at me- it doesn't matter how long, or how tired, or how many times I repented to the Lord for my attitude towards being a mom or to my husband I have had to do, the Lord shows me exactly why he blesses us with these little people (no pun intended towards our son) in our lives. The Lord reminds me why we want a whole quiver full of 'i am teething, just got my shots, have a dirty diaper and am hungry' little pieces of big joy. I look forward to the days that are taxing, the days that are full of joy, and the days that go by unnoticed. All that will create, Lord-willing, years of a happy, noise infested, handprinted windowed, art class covered refrigerator filled life-- all give praise and honor to our Lord and Saviour. I can't wait for our children to be humming hymns as they do their school work, and even the toddler who thinks its their place to say amen! in the church service! So the Lord has given me much to look forward to today. I hope and pray I can honor Him in all I do. I have lots to do, and little time before I leave for a trip to Tx. Here's to waking up on the right side of the bed from now on!!! |
- ok not that bad) So three weeks of a new schedule. (Did I mention he quit taking his naps?? This kid was going on nothing and wanting more!!)
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