We’re gearing up around here for the throw-down this weekend. If we lose our game on Thursday, we are done-done for the season. Which would mean, no more driving down to Wakulla for a while, no more getting home at 10 or 11 after games, which means that we can start to put Nico on a somewhat coherent sleeping schedule. Do-what? Yeah. For real.
We’ve been reluctant to do the whole schedule thing with him because it seemed wrong because we were putting him to bed anywhere from 830 pm to 1130 pm. Get home from game at 11pm, nurse, feed solids, bath time, books, songs, sleep would easily have us up till 1 am. So despite the intellectual awareness that we would be creating a monster, we put him to bed by rocking him. And eventually just brought him to bed with us, because it was easier than fighting to get him to sleep in the bassinet.
Last night, we went to Monk’s for dinner. We got home around 930- I had to pump and asked Dave to get Nico ready for bed (including the bath routine). Nico was out of the bath for about 5 minutes before he was seriously PISSED. Like, WTF? I AM A BABY!! WHY AM I STILL AWAKE AT 1000PM? I SHOULD BE SLEEPING! WHAT KIND OF PARENTS ARE YOU, JERKFACES? ALL I WANT TO DO IS SLEEP? CAN’T YOU CLOWNS GET IT TOGETHER?
So, I am wondering if he has sort of set his own inner clock- to be ready to sleep at 930-1030, and every minute he is up past that time=meltdown, meltdown, meltdown. In any case, what it has meant is that I have gotten to sleep a lot earlier than I normally would this week. Of course, that goes out the window when we go to Gulf Breeze on Thursday…
In any case, Dave and I really want him out of our bed. Not because he is rotten or a noisy sleeper or anything. In fact, it’s just the opposite. He is usually pretty quiet and is just so precious. It’s just that we’re nervous about the dogs sometimes ending up in the bed (a couple of weeks ago, Drake actually stepped on Nico). Plus neither of us get good sleep when he’s in bed with us… if it’s possible to separate your shoulder while sleeping (because the way I let him lay in the crook of my arm) I have done it.
So we’re gonna test Nicole’s theory: that anything with kids can be undone in a week. Hopefully it won’t take a week.
Is him precious? No doubt.
ReplyDeleteIs him as pretty as a picture absolutely. With that being said, he is also half Jessi. And while usually, when one was asking YOU to be resonable, you were quite flexible. However, you are more stubborn, more hard headed, more relentless, and more tenacious than just about anybody I've ever met. So...good luck with all that.
PS Back in the olden days the rhythm of the work day and seasons and family set the schedule for a baby and millions of children adjusted to their parents schedule -- even when there was no clock in the house. Farmers get up at 3-4 am to milk the cows. Junior woke up too. Nico seems to be pretty reasonable for a baby. Just don't let him doze on the weekends until you want him to sleep. Get after him to do his chores. Make him do tummy time. Love.