Wow, I am so proud of my little man (and myself). I decided at the beginning of this week that I was going to get the baby on a more predictable bed time schedule. (better late than never!!) Every night this week he has been fed and in his crib by 9 pm. I have just put him in there and turned on his little fisher price aquarium thing and off to sleep he went.
Monday night he whimpered off and on for about 30 minutes or so, but then slept through the night (for the first time in FOREVER!) and didn't wake up until 7 am!! How wonderful it was to be able to get a complete full night's sleep. That hasn't happened in over a year.
Sure, he has slept through the night before. He was for a while, then started waking up around 3 am again for no good reason. I, being too tired to deal with him, just kept him in bed with me for the rest of the night. In turn, I didn't not get restful sleep from that point on. It also didn't help that I wasn't able to get to bed til about midnight or later.
I truly believe I have some sort of sleep disorder. I can be dead tired and still lay in bed tossing and turning for hours. So this on top of having my sleep disrupted, makes for a very exhausted mommy.
It felt good to be able to sleep through the night again. This also gives me more time to do other things around the house that I didn't have time to do before. My home is much cleaner as a result and I am a much more relaxed person. I just can't relax when there is a mess around me. My laundry is caught up for the first time in weeks. The dishes are all done. It is just superb! Now, I just need to find time to work out and I'll be all set.
I did a walk away the pounds video tonight, but I had to hold the baby the whole time. He was super cranky. He woke up too early from his nap this afternoon and was very tired this evening. He fell asleep about 6 pm but I only let him sleep for about 30 minutes because I didn't want him to not go to sleep tonight. So he was a cranky crankenheimer and was coughing and gagging from crying so hard (I was trying to make him sit there and watch me, but he wanted no part of it!) So I just picked the little booger up and walked while holding him. Guess it only served to help my calorie burning because of the extra weight.
I don't know if I really like those walking videos or not. First of all, I don't like working out to videos much as it is. And I don't really feel like I'm really working out when I do them. Maybe that's the beauty of them, but I don't feel like I've done enough when I'm done.
Well, I better stop for tonight. I better get to bed now, if I want to be asleep before 2 am.
2 comments:
PJ also has a walking video. Maybe I should get one as well. Sounds interesting.
Btw, do you ever try to nap when your little man naps?
I can't really nap while he naps for a few reasons. A)it takes me a long time to fall asleep, so by the time I'd fall asleep, he'd be up and ready to play. B)I use that time to try and get some things done around the house. and C)He still doesn't like to drink things, so pretty much the only time I can get him to drink anything is while he's asleep. One of these days (SOON!) he'll be over that and I may be able to at least rest while he's sleeping. But then again, who knows with this kid, he'll probably think of some other way to be a handful.
I thought girls were supposed to be the high maintenance ones. My girls are but me thinks me boy has 'em beat.
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