tomorrow we are off to visit the in-laws. thanks to a generous donation on their part (or a short term loan- not sure yet...) we can actually afford to go up there now. i'm not looking forward to the traffic through nyc, or in general- it being the last holiday weekend & all. but it must be done. after this though- no more traveling for the rest of the year, haha! i am also not looking forward to her being off her schedule- i am a zombie for a few days as she readjusts.
speaking of which- she was up at 10:30 last night, just crying & so fussy. we both tried everything to soothe her & finally i just nursed & rocked her back down. then she was up every 4 hours & up for good around 8am- an hour earlier than usual. i think it's teething again as her little buds are back & she's chomping on everything. we still stick with our usual bedtime routine & she still does go back down very easily, but she's quicker/easier to wake the past few days. she has now been napping for an hour and a half & thankfully is starting to stir. i want her to get good naps during the day, but not sleep so much that she takes it out of the nighttime. such a fine line to walk!
i do still have it pretty good though- far better than i ever hoped for- a 5 month old that typically sleeps for more than 6 hours at a clip & goes right back to sleep at night without having to be rocked & walked for minutes, much less hours? i'll take it! but it does really show me sometimes how quickly we adapt that when she gets up every 4 hours for about 10 minutes, i complain (the nerve!) i was liking getting some good sleep- but she is still better than a lot of the sleep horror stories i hear. i think we just need to stay consistent & weather these little bumps (haha- get it- like her little teeth bumps... ok, i'll stop now)
i hope everyone has a lovely holiday weekend & gets to bbq or grill or whatever you enjoy to relax!
oh- yeah- i am quickly approaching my 400th post. dang- that snuck up on me!
3 comments:
I'm so glad that the trip is going to work out after all! Have a great weekend.
You are so right about the adjustment. Every once in a blue moon I have to get up with Chicken in the night - it jsut kills me. Which is funny because when he was a baby I was up with him lots in the night and I was fine.
Sorry about the teething - it's so hard on they hey!
Have a fun vaca!!
Oy vey. Even getting up for a few minutes every few hours is hard on mommy. That's how Allison was for the first 2 years - went right back to sleep, but I had to get up and pat her back.
Have you tried the teething tablets? They seem to help Mr Man when he's really grumpy for teething.
Have a good time visiting the in laws! ;)
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