Ahhh... Finally
So, I am sitting here writing this post while little Jackson is actually taking a long nap for once. He was 12 weeks old yesterday, and although he sounds very little and helpless, he is actually creeping his way out of "newborn"and into a full-blown "infant". We are definitely trying to make a sleeping schedule, and he is actually starting to follow it! So it goes something like this:
About 8:30am
Wake up & Cuddle Time (my fav!)
10:30am-11:30/12:30
Nap time!
3:30am-4:30...or whenever
Nap time!
9:30pm-8:30am
Bath time and go ni-night
He gets up a couple times in the middle of the night. Most of the time I feed him, change him, and then I put him back into the bassinet, and other times I wake up and I am already nursing him in our bed--woops!?
I don't really know if I am doing things "right", but this just seems to work. So by my calculations, Jackson is getting about...ummm... fourteen hours of sleep a day (give or take--hopefully give!).
He is really growing into his own little personality. For example, last night he was making hilarious facial expressions while gnawing on his fingers with his little gums. He just loves his hands.
He definitely is his own little person when he wakes up in the morning. He is so excited about everything from the sunshine, to getting his diaper changed, to looking at himself in the mirror. I have never seen anyone so excited to be alive.
He just woke up.
These are some reasons why I am smitten with him:
The way he looks at me when I am nursing him. His stinky feet. The way he coos when I change his diaper. Bath time. Kicking his legs in his swing. The way he smiles when I sing Frank Sinatra while doing the dishes. When he scrunches his nose. His many noises.Pushing him in the stroller. His belly button. Tummy time on Daddy's chest. Snuggling.
Makes me smile : ) Natalie
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And honestly, unless you are drunk, on narcotics, or just enormously tired, waking to find yourself nursing is OK. When my twins were still night-feeding, I would almost always wake to find one crying, one sleeping in my arms.
And I didn't lose either of them.
Hope things continue to go well for you.
"I have never seen anyone so excited to be alive."
I think that's the most insightful thing I've read about a baby's disposition. My son is the same way (though, like his Mommy, he's more of a night owl... damn).
And I often wake up with the realization that the baby never made it back to his room. Oops! Well, as I've been told, you catch your Z's when you can, and sleeping with the baby certainly isn't going to hurt him or spoil him at this young age!