March 24th, 2010 by Overallgirl

I’m sorry…but I just can’t handle it!  My son really is the cutest baby I’ve ever seen.

March 19th, 2010 by Overallgirl

In general I feel like I’ve been a pretty energetic mom so far.  Which has really been great.  But for whatever reason, Nolan wakes up a lot at night still and even more frequently now than a month ago.  Between that and doing a lot of things in my life, I’ve been so exhausted this week.  (I know, sob).  Last night we all went into bed about 11:15pm.  At 11:30 Nolan had finished eating and we tried something new and put him down to sleep on the floor with blankets at the end of the bed to see if he would maybe sleep longer.  He made his usual talking/soft complainings until all was quiet at 11:43pm.  I take awhile to fall asleep lately because there’s so much on my mind.  So when Nolan woke up again at 12:20 pm- I had not yet fallen asleep.  I got him back in bed with us to feed him till 12:58pm which he had then fallen asleep in our bed.  I simply scooted him over away from me a little and then tried to go to sleep myself.  Mind you I haven’t actually slept at all yet.  Between 1 and 5 a.m. he woke at least another 4 times, each time me feeding him which takes anywhere between 5-15 minutes each time.  Thus happens the passage of a not unusual night for me.  Finally at 5a.m. Ben took him into the other room and laid him with blankets to see if he would sleep so I could try to get some undisturbed sleep myself.  Getting your sleep 1 hour or less at a time for days on end is just really hard- the longer it goes on, the harder it gets.  I was starting to feel like crying a lot for no reason yesterday and my brain was functioning so slow that it was taking me forever to complete or even start any task for the day.  Normally I can cook up something fairly quickly, while at the same time managing to keep Nolan entertained.  Being so tired, I just couldn’t multi-task like that so waited to cook till Ben could take over the Nolan-sitting.  But even then, since my mind is so slow and tired it took me forever just to make some usual recipes and get it put away.  Thankfully this morning when Ben took control at 5a.m. I got to sleep undisturbed from 5-9a.m. which really did make a difference in how I felt this morning.  I’m not jumping up and down or anything, but I have a noticeable improvement in my mind and energy level- still subdued but slightly more focused than yesterday.  It’s true I don’t often take a nap when Nolan naps- I do at times, but the instruction to “nap when the baby naps” is easier said than done.  There’s a reality of waking up to a very messy house, which can be very depressing in itself, and no cooked food, which means I either don’t eating anything, or eat something that will make me feel worse.  So although nothing has to be perfect, it’s still important to take care of some things and sometimes the only time to do that is when the little guy is sleeping. And so I have to thank all the people- both family and friends who take the time to either babysit Nolan from time to time or to just take him off my hands for a bit when we see them either at a meeting or gathering or an outing.

March 19th, 2010 by Overallgirl

Nolan is now reaching for everything and anything that is even remotely close to him…including my breakfast and the computer keyboard (happening as we speak….)