One month in...

So we have made it to one month since D has come into our lives. Let me tell you, this month has sped by. However, all of the days have blended together into one huge jumble. I think that a lot of this is because of the lack of sleep we have been getting.

D has been getting better about sleeping at night. He has only been waking up once or twice a night which has been appreciated. However, sometimes he decides that he wants to be wide awake at 3 am. Well, I am not ready to be awake until 7 at the latest.

For a few days I was able to trick D into sleeping in a little bit longer in the mornings. I would get him from his bassinet and have him snuggle on my chest while I slept a little longer. This worked for a few days back when he was waking 3 times a night. Now that we are down to 1-2 feedings, he has NOT enjoyed our AM snuggle-time.

I am nervous to go back to school this week because there is SO much that I need to get done. Also, I am worried that my sleep deprivation is going to either make me cranky with D or make me too spacey at school to be an effective teacher.

This month has been one of the best months of my life. It has been an utter joy to watch D make small improvements. It wasn't until A and I were looking at the pictures/videos we took of D in the hospital that it really hit me how much he has grown. By my basic calculation, I think that D must be somewhere between 9.5-10 lbs. While he isn't the biggest baby in the world, he is getting so long. He doesn't even fit properly in his bassinet any more. We are trying to get him to transition to sleeping in his crib, but it has been a rough one for both of us.

We tried putting him in his crib for nap time. However, he would wake up almost the minute that his body touched the crib mattress. We did that for a few days until he started becoming super cranky from the lack of sleep. Now we try to put him in there at least once a day for a nap. Tonight we decided to give it a try and see if he can do it. The thing that makes it difficult is that D makes a lot of sounds in his sleep. When he sleeps in the bassinet next to me, I normally wake up a few times to see if he is actually awake or if he is just making noises. I worry that with him being in the crib which is a room away that I either won't wake up to his noises or that I will jump up every time he makes a noise.

I guess we will see how it goes. I think that in the long run D will get better sleep in a crib where he can stretch and kick without kicking the bassinet.

Wish us luck!