Hush Little Baby

When Alex smiles and laughs he does those "full body smiles" that infants his age do. The laugh takes over his whole body while he flails his arms and jerks his legs. It's really wonderful to watch.

I need those laughs these days. I could use with more sleep, of course. I can expect to keep losing sleep for the next 4-6 weeks unfortunately. He's kinda-sorta sleeping through one feeding sometimes. At this point, he sleeps longer than he normally does at his 1 AM feeding. For a while, he'll grunt and groan like he's about to wake up because he's hungry, but he won't wake up. When he does, sometimes as late as 2:30-4, he'll only want one ounce instead of his usual four at that time. He does the same thing during his long nap during the day. He should want to eat at 1 PM, but struggles to stay asleep instead.

I'm really trying to shedule some tiring events right before those sleep stretches, but it's tough to do. It's especially tough to plan a bath after his 10 PM feeding because I'll have dishes from our dinner in the sink at the time and I don't get always get the chance to wash them because he's often awake and needs attention. If I take time to do it at 11 PM after his feeding, he'll have fallen asleep already. Then giving him a bath seems to defeat the purpose.

Oh well. That's the way it goes for infants, I guess. I still have to try to sleep when he does.

June 5, 2007