Kate was wide awake and definitely NOT tired. She kicked me and wiggled and whined when I layed down with her. Not like her at all. I fed her, changed her, and still she was smiling and cooing at me. Cute, but arg. I ended up sitting up in bed with her sitting between my legs. She played with a toy with all the seriousness a 2-month old can muster while I surfed the web on my phone.<\/p>\n
Then we heard it. The diaper being filled. Den changed her. She smiled at us, whined a bit, I gave her a soother and rocked her. Out for the night. She’s now tucked into bed at my side.<\/p>\n
No wonder she couldn’t sleep earlier.<\/p>\n
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Kate being asleep for the night does not mean that I can wander off to watch TV, use my laptop, or eat food. I can’t even snuggle my husband. I am now stuck here, laying on my side next to Katherine until she wakes up. As much as I love her sleeping nestled against me – and I do – I wish I could sneak away for a little bit.<\/p>\n
At times over the past few weeks I have wondered if I am doing something wrong. Most other babies are sleeping somewhere by themselves by now: napping in a swing, sleeping in a pack’n’play or cosleeper. Kate has reversed; she was taking day naps in her pack’n’play and would sleep some in her swing. Now she wants nothing to do with either. She used to sleep pretty deeply but has slowly shifted into a light sleeper. No matter how gently I attempt to put her down she immediately rouses. Sometimes, if she’s in a nice deep sleep, it takes her a minute or two. Usually her eyes crack open accusingly while I’l
\nM trying to put her down. A couple weeks ago I could put her down on her belly when tired and she’d fall asleep. Now she dozes and fusses restlessly, as if she’s either unable or unwilling to give in to sleep.<\/p>\n
I remind myself that this is just a phase, that she needs me right now and too soon I won’t get the privilege of these snuggles. But I just keep wondering, is it her, or is it something I’m doing? Not that the answer really matters. It is what it is. I continue to try to simply have faith in her, that she will know when she is ready.<\/p>\n
The interesting side of sleeping with her is that I actually appreciate the fact that she still wakes every 3 hours; it gives me the opportunity to stretch and roll to my other side! There are some nights I wake before she does, hip aching, waiting for her to wake up.<\/p>\n
But then nothing beats opening my eyes in the morning to see her smiling face first.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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