Naps are mostly back to normal. Well, in some ways. She’ll sleep on me, but she fidgets a lot. Today I took one nap with her on our bed, a few naps holding her in the rocker, and one I laid down with her on the futon so she’d sleep and I could sort-of watch TV (got a sore neck from that one – it’s not an easy angle). Unfortunately no matter what I do she’s only sleeping for max an hour. This is not typical of her and it creates a rather fussy, whiny baby that needs to be put back to bed within an hour. I’m guessing it’s just one of those phases, a growth spurt or something. I look forward to “normal” naps in a few days.

Breastfeeding is also a little bit weird recently. The last couple of days she didn’t want to nurse while I sat up. Even when she was obviously hungry, every time I’d put her in cradle hold she’d latch-unlatch and cry instead of eating. I know she eats slower (and thus gets less gas) when laying down, but she normally doesn’t fight nursing like that. All day Saturday I just ended up laying down on the bed to nurse her every time. No clue what that was about, but today she’s not having an issue either way. I figure it must be linked to the strange sleeping habits.

Tonight I didn’t want to go to bed at 8pm, so I put her in the mei tai and walked her until she fell asleep (not long), then was able to sit at my computer for a couple of hours. I can’t do that for her naps, but she sleeps deeper at night. It was almost like having time to myself!

I’m also learning to eat at the kitchen counter. Life is just easier when you go with it.