Thursday, December 10, 2009

exhaustion....

not for me, for T. Yesterday, his only good nap that lasted longer than twenty minutes was from 8-9am. After that, he was UP. As someone said in the book I've been reading, 'i think he's a little excited from all the living going on.'

since he's so much more aware and alert these days, any and all stimulation just keeps him going, and it's SO hard to get him to settle down to sleep. All that said, he was STILL fighting sleep at midnight last night. but by this point, it was no longer fun for any of us. he was manic tired, the kind where there is no soothing him to sleep.

finally, at twelve thirty, the backs of his eyelids won the fight. and he slept until seven this morning, when his tummy woke him up. he ate, and now he's back down again, hopefully for a LONG morning siesta. my goal is to help him appreciate the value in a good nap. i'm a napper, love naps, and i think people who take naps are better, more well adjusted people because of it :) even if that's my sorry excuse to give myself to be a thirty something that takes two hour afternoon naps, i'm totally okay with that :)

2 comments:

Baby Payne said...

Luke as ALWAYS fought sleep and still fights his naps sometimes. But, if I can ever get him to stay still then he goes right to sleep. Unfortunately, he is on the go, all the time! hopefully, that was just a bad sleep day and he will "get back to normal" soon.

Angela said...

He is growing so fast! I can't believe it! Brock still has to come meet him! When are you going back to work?? Maybe I can stop by next week if you're free. Love you guys!