After all my bragging last Wednesday, Reese decided to stay up late Thursday (3:00 a.m.), Friday (1:00 a.m.) and Saturday (1:00 a.m.) night. I don't even know what happened on Sunday night; the amnesia kicks in so quickly. You have a rough night and can't seem to remember the details the next day.
Matt was out of town on Thursday for work and I couldn't believe Reese stayed up soooo late. I tried everything (rocking her in her room, rocking her in the living room, putting her in bed with me, changing her diaper, feeding her, burping her, etc.) to no avail. I ended up feeding her twice before she finally went to sleep around 3:30 a.m. Whew! I was missing Matt about then. I really wanted to call him and share my challenging experience. I needed some company! When he got home I asked if he got any sleep and he said that he didn't because he stayed up late watching TV. He was enjoying getting to relax. If I had called, he would have been up to answer.
So on Monday night we tried something new. I had been brainstorming all day what we could/should/would try. Maybe I would sit beside her bed and shush her and rock her tummy until she was sound asleep or I would dim all the lights in the house after her bath indicating it was bedtime. I did dim the lights, but we ended up doing something else too and it just sort of happened. I fed her, we bathed her and 1 1/2 hours later Matt fed her a 4 oz bottle. She passed out and went right to bed. She slept pretty well. I only had to fix her swaddle twice at 2:30 and 4:30 a.m. She didn't wake up to eat again until 6:15 a.m. Last night she slept until 5:00 a.m. when she was ready to eat. So, let's hope tonight will be another good night...Matt is trying to get her down right now. Since she is sleeping longer during the night she eats every 2.5 hours during the day.
Oh, the moral of the story is that she was hungry...I think my milk supply gets low at night and she was not getting enough to eat. Haven't I learned by now that when all else fails feed her! I mean we would feed her formula, but usually that was after trying for an hour of more to get her down. Yes, I felt like a bad Mom, but I keep telling myself that children are resilient because God knows that parents are not perfect.
I love how cute she is when she wakes up from a nap and starts her stretching routine.
Mom came over on Saturday to help me clean out the guest bedroom; I am purging the junk! Then Matt and I had a wedding to attend, my friend Greg Osborne from high school, so Mom kept Reese for the evening. I think it wore Mom out because she didn't call on Sunday or Monday. When I talked to her Tuesday she said she was tired! Yes, Reese is a wonderful handful.
Mom and I also decided to remove her bumper pad. It's cute, but too much work to change the sheets. Besides we have to remove it eventually, so why not a little early. I also ordered Reese a mobile, finally, and she loves loves loves it! It really stimulates her. She gets both arms and legs moving and just looks up and talks to her little friends. She seems to prefer it over the bouncer now, so a lot of her playtime has been in bed looking up at her mobile.
She is doing better with tummy time as Matt has been putting her in her crib for tummy time the past few days.
My last updates are about me...
My arms, wrists and hands are taking a beating lately. I feel like I have arthritis. I wake up with swollen sore hands that are sometimes tingly like they are asleep. And my index finger and thumbs are sore and they pop when I move them. I don't know if it is because I am holding her so much when I feed her and rock her coupled with the fact that she is getting bigger or what. It just started this past week and is very strange. Have any of you experienced this before?
I am going back to work on April 23rd. It'll be so hard to leave Reese, but I've got to make a living. :) We are finalizing the details and it looks like Grandma Ruth is coming to Houston to live with us and keep Reese for a year. We enjoyed her so much that we want her back and she wants to come and stay. We'll be paying her, but will be able to save $$ on day care and it will be less stressful to leave Reese with a family member in our home. I also plan to keep breastfeeding as long as I can, so I'll be pumping at work and nursing Reese in the morning and evenings.
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