Saturday, January 7, 2012

Update

Eden's done a little better the last couple of days!  At least, I can put her down for naps after she's deep.  Still have to find a way to get her to that point multiple times/day while taking care of the boys after mom leaves...that will take some luck...but getting some sleep under her belt has helped with the needing to be held for the whole nap.  Yay!!  At night I've been unusually permissive and need the sleep badly enough that I've let her sleep in the crook of my arm for one session of the night.  Funny, if she's in the baby bed (which is inclined, fuzzy and quite cozy) she might sleep for 2 hours.  Last night, I tucked her in my arm at 2am and didn't hear from her til 6:30am.  Wow, that felt good!!  But how can she tell she's next to me?  Is is just the warmth?  She's not near enough to hear my heartbeat...interesting...

Commence spoiling of youngest child :}  Actually, not so different from Asher at this point (of course, he's arguably pretty spoiled right now too...)


2 comments:

Stephanie said...

No shame, no shame! Especially with Jonah, for the first 10ish weeks he'd either sleep in my arms in the nursing chair, or I'd bring him to bed. Anything to get sleep at night. Hang in there!

LSK said...

I agree - My first thought on your last post was "Let her sleep with you!" With Joel working night shifts, both kids slept the second half of the night with me a lot their first 4-6 months, or I would not have survived. This must have lasted longer than 6 mos and also when Joel was home some: Meredith used to turn sideways to tuck her head up against me, which meant Joel was on the receiving end of her feet... When she was tall enough to kick him out of bed several nights in a row, she was promoted to her own bed full time!