Dreaming About Someday
Sleep begets sleep. But how do you get babies to sleep in the first place?!? Rhys is ahead on milestones, yes, but he is lagging with sleep. While all his cohorts (my friends' babies who were born within a month of him) are all sleeping 8 hours straight at night and good, solid naps, Rhys is taking maybe a 45 minute nap (and fights our babysitter at nap time) and wakes up every 3-4 hours still at night (he doesn't need to eat, except for a dream feed between 10:30-11pm). I'm so jealous. I know, I know. Like Bonnie says, "my experiences aren't your experiences" and vice versa, and I know I shouldn't compare my baby to other babies, but I'm at the point (because I work in the middle of the day and there really isn't time for me to take a nap) that I would trade in Rhys's ability to scoot across the floor and rolling over one way for good, solid naps and sleeping through the night. Sigh.
How do you get your babies to nap well and sleep well at night?
If your babies are at a babysitters or daycare, how do they do the same?
But, that is one of the joys of motherhood, which only comes when you are an adult. Speaking of adults, I want to introduce you to my friend Aubrey. She is a wonderful girl who works with special education children, runs marathons (ask her how many she's already run this year alone!), loves nail polish, and is a great friend through blogging. She is going to talk about being an adult!
hi i'm aubrey and i blog over at dreaming about someday. remember being a kid and thinking...i can't wait to be a grown up so i can do whatever i want?!?
i actually remember being in college and thinking i couldn't wait to get out of there and be a grown up. i was so ready to get out of school and get on with life. even my blog name goes along with that idea. being a grown up has its advantages, but now that i've been a grown up for a while now, i realize it's not all it's cracked up to be. being a grown up means
paying your own bills; making your own lunch; figuring out retirement, insurance, and investments; getting the oil changed in your car, and grocery shopping
it also means
setting your own bedtime, coming home whenever you want, eating chips and salsa for dinner, buying new shoes because you want to, and cleaning your room when you feel like it.
being a grown up also means
getting a real job, buying a house, and starting a family.
sure it comes with more responsibility, but it also comes with more freedom. i guess being a grown up isn't so bad.
what's your favorite or least favorite thing about being a grown up?
I am a reader of Aubrey's and stopped by to read her post. I have a ten month old little girl and she DOES NOT SLEEP. I work from home luckily from now, but I do not get naps during the day either. Honestly, I will say that my body has adjusted to the lack of sleep and I generally make it through. Some days are really rough. SO just know I feel for you. Everyone keeps telling me to hang in there. I read and read and read books about baby sleep. Ultimately I personally could not make her cry it out. My husband finally gave me a blessing and told me to stop listening to what the world has to say and listen to what Heavenly Father has to say. It hasn't solved all of our problems, but I've honestly started praying for ways to help my little girl sleep. We went through a better patch a while back and now we're in the thick of more struggles. It's hard and I'm so sorry. I wish I could offer more than sympathies, but I can say--prayer helps. Good luck. No sleep is so so hard.
ReplyDeleteIt seems as if we are constantly fighting the sleep battle. I remember Marcus taking those 45 minute naps, and it was frustrating. We still have troubles with sleeping all the way through the night. By the time Marcus was 5 months we decided to do the Ferber Method (CIO). We purchased the Ferber book on sleep training, and it REALLY helped with sleeping at night.
ReplyDeleteI hope your family is able to find something that works well for you all!
My least favorite thing about being a grown-up is having to keep track of so many responsibilities! I can't tell you how many things I forgot about this week. And only got half the things done that I actually remembered.
ReplyDeleteThat's a good idea asking for a blessing of comfort.
ReplyDeleteWe do too!
ReplyDeleteThere definitely is so much!
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