Matthew has been a trooper. Week one was rough at night. Week two was amazing! He's only ever been up once/night, which I can easily handle. Week three was back to painful again. The eating and screaming 3-hour ping pong match shifted to 9:30pm-12:30am. I wasn't understanding how he could possibly be awake after typically being jossled awake most of the time since his 6:30-7:00pm feeding. But low and behold, it was the same over-stimulation that Andrew and Margaret both suffered from, as well. How easily we forget that the little bitties do not yet function how we do. When we are over-stimulated and exhausted, we check out and collapse into bed. This little man isn't capable of that self-regulation yet. So we started what we did with the others (Andrew about 3 weeks, Margaret about 1 week)...putting Matthew in his crib for the night at 7:00pm in anticipation of him eventually sleeping 12 hours there. Voila! No longer forced to stay awake in the evening, he has been snoozing peacefully in his crib only to be awakened by 10pm for another feeding, then dictating the nights himself. With the exception of last night, he continues only to wake once. I reiterate. I can handle that. Job well done, Little Man!
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| Dressed in Clare from head to toe. |
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| Food coma at 3:00am. Now back to sleep for both of us! |
Dody's crab soup has been a HIT with Andrew. GO FIGURE! I will never figure out this child and his palette! At least it's a way to get some tomatoes and okra in him!
We are oscillating between VBS songs from the last THREE summers (no, we cannot seem to let go of them!) and Christmas music. It's a daily chorus in the car, but rare that Daddy is driving and we can capture a little tune.
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