I often ask my Mom or my mother in law questions about whether or not their kids went through certain stages as an infant. Questions like when they sprouted their first teeth, how the slept and whether or not they "played strange" are samples. Understandably, their answer is often "I really don't remember". After all, it was a minimum of 20 years ago or longer since our mothers were in the stage that my Handyman and I are in now with our little man. I can completely understand their lack of memory for the small details as even I have a hard time remembering what it was like 4 months ago when we first brought him home. I know I was up a lot in the night, I know I was tired, but the specifics have definitely vanished from my memory.
So just in case I ever forget this time, at 20 weeks old today, here it is in writing, for everyone to see and for me to remind myself of later....this is hard. At times I feel like someone has switched babies with me. Where we once had a good nighttime sleeper and decent daytime sleeper, we now have a restless baby 24 hours a day who seems to be all over the map when it comes to sleep. By doing some reading, I know that this is all because of the huge developmental milestones he is working through right now, becoming aware of his surroundings, moving & depth perception, however, that does not make me any better rested. Not that books know it all, but where they say we should be at 3 naps a day, we somehow find ourselves still at 5, sometimes 6 and none of those are what I would call "quality". When he was born, my Mom told me that just when you think you have things figured out, everything changes and this is no exception. Let's hope the next change is one for the better as figuring this stage out is proving to be the most difficult yet.
I guess the motto continues....this too shall pass.
It better :).
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Take heart. Eventually he will be an 18 year old and you will still be wondering whether he sleeps and where! Your journey as a parent has just begun (although I think there is a little stage between ages 3 and 12 when you are fairly certain what he is doing all the time).
ReplyDeleteIt will SO pass. And there will be other things. And the babe you think has been stolen will be GIFTED back to you so many times your heart will break open.
ReplyDeleteI promise.
Believe it or not Lee, there will come a time when you will work very hard to keep Colin awake, so as not to ruin the bedtime routine. He may even be one of those who fall asleep in his supper and you will find yourself suddenly noticing the limp sleeping one and yelling, "Don't let him fall asleep yet!"
ReplyDeleteI am sure you must be exhausted though....just keep remembering lovelife's affirmation of your motto..."It will so pass" and know that God certainly knew what he was doing by making our little ones so cute :-)
The routine changes about every 2 weeks around here. Just when we get it figured out! We're all in the same boat together!
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